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Well done girl you sound like you are on the right track now and I’ll try to not derail OPs thread anymore with too long of a response so hit me up with a message or whatever any time if you want any more advice or anything. Just remember it is slowwww, 5 months for me to loose 14lbs and that was with being nearly perfect…
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This will likely sound a bit harsh, but if you have lost and gained significant weight 3 times that only shows you haven’t learnt anything... You need to educate yourself on how to loose weight sensibly and then how to maintain successfully. Your current strategy of eating very low cal 1200-1300 per day and then loosing…
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P.S sure you could eat more than 1800 cals and still loose weight, arent you terribly hungry? I eat 1800 cals per day to loose weight and im a 5ft1 female who weights less than half your weight! And I’m still HUNGRY!
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Sounds pretty boring to eat literally the same meal every day? As long as you are tracking accurately and staying within your goal, you can eat whatever foods you want and still loose weight you know? You dinner sounds very plain, it’d be real easy to add some extra nutrition there. How about throwing in some veg with the…
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Hey Sophia 8) I’m 30. Like you I used to use the old phrases ‘im small so i cant loose weight’ or ‘i must have a slow metabolism’. My personal opinion is that many people dont loose weight cause they don’t remain consistant, they stick with it for like a week and then when they don’t drop as much on the scale ss they hoped…
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OP my stats are v similar to yours, im 5ft1 and currently 114lbs. Been eating circa 1800 cals per day and loosing 0.5-0.7lbs per week. Everyone is different. Personally, i’d say 1200 is pretty low even for short and light females like us, expecially if you exercise... I have an office job 9-5 but walk 14k steps per day for…
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Yes I am tiny haha! 114lbs x 0.63 x 4 miles = 287. It’s fairly depressing how much exercise I have to do just for a chocolate! :D
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Also, what exercise are you doing that gives you 800 extra cals please? Cause I’d love to get in on that one! I do 4 mile runs at a decent speed and only get 287 extra cals... So, you may also wish to look into the accuracy of calorie burns from exercise too
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OP sorry but your post is a little confusing, you say your not loosing weight but also that your not eating enough (because trust me under 1200 cals is not enough). If your not loosing weight then it’s simple, your either eating too much or your eating at maintenance calories. No-one eating 1200 cals feeling like they are…
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Considering fruits and veg are carbs, I think the smart (and short) answer would be ‘no’. Longer answer: Weight loss is eat less move more, you don’t need to ban an entire macronutrient group. 5ft1 and 114lbs here. Eating at least 200grams of carbs a day. Lost 14lbs so far...
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Hmm tricky one if it is wet and muddy...have you considered trail running shoes/trainers may be more comfortable than big boots? They also have a lot of grip. Hoka have some trail shoes if you look in their website but I’m sure there’s other brands too. I’ve hiked rockies in Canada, Bavarian alps in germany, Arizona...I…
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Honestly, don’t worry about the speed. You are getting out and doing it which is great! For your weight at that height I think your suggested speed of 5mph is just fine but if I were you I wouldn’t focus on pace for now! You’ll be surprised too, as you drop weight and have more practice running, you’ll naturally get a bit…
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Judging by your profile pic loosing more weight isn’t what you actually need to do, you are already very slim but you look ‘soft’ so i suspect if you loose any more weight you still arent going to be happy with your body as you are just going to be even smaller but still the same shape. Consider a recomp and lifting heavy…
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Your upset that you've ONLY lost 13lbs in 6 weeks?!? Your first step towards success will be to re-evaluate what ‘stuck’ actually means. Be more patient and not so hard on yourself. If your tracking consistently and weighing all food on a digital food scale the fat will shift. Also 1200-1300...if it were me I wouldn’t be…
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What a load of nonsense OP can eat chocolate if they want! Im down from 130 to 115lbs over the last few months (requiring meticulous tracking at such low weight already) and i eat chocolate nearly ever single day. As long as you can fit a treat into your calories its fine. Same goes for bread, personally i dont eat bread…
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19% body fat is fairly low for a woman i thought and i suspect you have to be very slim and also lifting in order to reach that? Im only 115lbs and id say im like 25% body fat so i suspect you are being very hard on yourself.
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If you aren’t weighing your food that is your number one issue right there. Forget anything about exercise or what time you exercise it’s practically irrelevant if you aren’t tracking correctly. If you aren’t weighing your food how on earth can you track your calorie intake? For example if you had spagetti for dinner, you…
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Are you certain that walking for 30 minutes burns 250 cals? That seems like a very inflated figure. Try using the formula weight in lbs x 0.3 x distance walked in miles. What does that give you? You are probably eating more than you think, are you weighting all your food on a digital food scale? If not, then you are almost…
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With all that walking id be making sure your activity level is set to very active and weekly deficit is set to 0.5lbs per week. Youre not doing it right if your that hungry. Im smaller than you only 5ft1 and 115lbs and eating about 1800-1900 average lately and still loosing weight! Dont starve yourself, its not a race!…
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By the way forgot to ask, what weekly weight lose have you chosen? Make sure its only set to loose 0.5lbs per week, any higher than that its not sustainable when your small already. Slow and steady wins the race. You can reach your goal in 6 months time by being consistant and sensible or you can dart around between…
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The answer is simple, you are restricting yourself so much then you are going over calories by loads of other days. I used to be the same, its taken me time to realise your not gonna loose weight and keep it off this way. If i was you id put yourself as lightly active (to account for weekly bbg and horse riding/ gerneral…
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Try eating slightly more each day and then youll be less likely to have days over overeating and potentially drowning out your weekkly deficit. I also have an office job and 1 hr commute each way. Get out and do a walk for your lunch break thats what i do. So im doing like 12k steps per day. Stop eating 1200 a day its…
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Im 5ft 1 and started off 4 months ago at the same weight as you! Im now down to 115. Still got a bit more to go as i do have a very petite build. My advice would be dont think that cause your small you need to starve yourself. Ive been averaging 1650 cals per day but recently bumped up to about 1800 per day and still…
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Why eat so little? Im 5ft1 started at 130lbs down to 115lb in 4 month. Im eating about 1800 cals per day atm and still loosing weight.
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You need to cut out those 'cheat days'. Have the foods that you enjoy throughout the week but make them fit within your calorie goal. You don't need to eat like a small mouse. 1200 calories is not enough - it's no wonder you want to eat all the foods on the other 2 days a week, you must be so hungry. I know I would be! I'm…
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OP - like you I joined mfp beginning of June at 9stone 2lbs. I’m 5ft 1. Today I weigh 8stone 9lbs. Exercise and eating less but not starving. Its slow going but it’s moving. As other have said, you are eating too much / making errors on logging calories.
