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Here is an article on metabolic adaptation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19198647/

Eating too few calories can cause your metabolism to slow down - your body basically thinks you are in a food shortage and compensates by being more efficient. There are scientific studies backing this up. That's why "diet breaks" or calorie cycles are used for long term weight loss processes. It sounds like you are in a…

I agree - I am 36, 5'5" and started at 200lbs eating ~1780cal. It took me about 2-4 weeks to see the scale budge, but then I started losing an average of .5/week (I wanted to go slow) and over the course of a year lost 30lbs. I didn't even lower my calories for weight loss. I have been maintaining and VERY SLOWLY slowly…

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I recently busted through a plateau by increasing my calories (to what was recommended for maintenance) and increasing my protein intake. I'm not super low carb but the small shift in macros and more calories made the difference! Mentally, rather than obsess about the plateau, I accepted it, told myself I was OK with…

@HufflepuffGrl9 Thanks for sharing! I love your attitude. I have a different story - always ate pretty healthy but had a very negative relationship with food & fear of weight gain. I am trying this time to be positive and forgiving. I like hearing that you found the weight that made you feel good, and also that you…

I have definitely experienced my metabolism slowing down from eating too little, especially in the past when I lost a lot of weight quickly and was exercising a lot, eating too few calories. This may slow or halt your weight loss. Recently I was in a plateau and went back to losing weight through increasing my calories (to…

Wow, congratulations on maintaining such a significant weight loss! Thank you for sharing your story. I'd love to hear more about your maintenance journey.

@anb3600 How are you doing? Have you contacted your University's counseling services? Please check in.

Good suggestions. It makes me kinda sad that faking it is what works :( I guess I could take it home to my partner.

I used to be obsessive about logging and it became a negative experience for me. I'd freak out about going over my calories and get caught in a shame spiral. If I logged for a couple of weeks obsessively and the scale didn't move I'd restrict calories, nothing would happen, and I'd feel defeated. I was in a negative…

I agree with what others are saying to give it a while at maintenance and see how you feel. There's nothing wrong with maintaining for several months to a year and then seeing if you want to lose more! In my past, I lost a lot of weight (too quickly) and pushed way below a healthy weight for me. It led to hormonal changes…

I agree with this post. 1200 calories a day, not counting all the exercise you're doing is probably not enough! If you starve yourself your metabolism slows down. It helped our ancestors make it through times of famine or hard winters with little food. It's in our DNA to slow down the metabolism when you are starving. I…