Coral_Leigh Member

I’m a bit shorter at 5’0” and on the same journey. I used a calorie calculator & have set my calories to 1,350 per day. According to the calculator it will take me 1.19 years to reach my goal weight on this amount (a loss of 19kg to reach my goal weight of 50kg). Are you planning on calorie counting, or going to use…

Thanks for sharing your experience - I’ll be sure to watch out for those symptoms, and keep an eye on rate of weight loss. 6” height difference makes a massive difference to our energy requirements - I’m far below average, so the generic advice doesn’t apply for my situation. It’s quite frustrating not being able to eat…

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Yes, and to achieve weight loss of 19kg (42 pounds) which would put me at my goal weight of 50kg (110 pounds) in 1.19 years I would need to be on 1,350 calories. Once I reach my goal weight, it’s calculated my TDEE will be 1,561. This helps with understanding how I’ve become overweight in the first place - I feel like I…

When I say I’m hungry it’s more like craving junk food than actual hunger, coming off refined sugar treats is difficult - it’s like a drug. I’m on day 5 of calorie counting & have been doing much better than I anticipated. Cravings have been manageable & I’ve been able to distract myself. I’ve allowed for a chocolate treat…

Thank you. Yes I’ve got scales & pretty good at tracking accurately. Also taking a multivitamin and trying to get better with adding more veggies into my day

Thank you, I’ve increased to 1,300 to be safe. Bubs is my #1 priority! Yes I agree, I want this change to last long-term, and being really restrictive is tough. Gotta be careful because I do have a tendency to binge (“surely 1 more won’t hurt” quickly leads to “I’ve already gone over calories so might as well splurge”), a…

Thanks for your thoughts! I find it difficult to lose weight, adding to this I’m diagnosed with PCOS so it makes it even more frustrating - low carb helps. I was counting calories before I had my baby and had success following the fast 800 diet for 12 weeks, it’s the only time I’ve ever lost weight. It was tough &…

Thanks for your words of encouragement and advice, it is so helpful :) I definitely needed the extra calories while breastfeeding, I was so hungry all the time. Plus I went back to work full time before baby was sleeping through the night so I was like a zombie for most of the year - I survived on a lot of junk food! Now…

That's amazing, well done! That's a really tough challenge, you did amazing and should feel very proud

We add lentils into Spaghetti Bolognaise - super tasty :smile: