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I am a 51F. I started making changes to my diet in July 2020 but did not get a scale. In December 2020 I got a scale and my weight was 76.9kg/169.1lbs on the 9th. I am 5ft 1in. I now average around 1600 calories/day over the week having lowered it from 1800 or so. I have become a lot more active than I was before. 7/11 -…

I am taking Ibrance which is a bit like low dose chemo. I also take a hormone blocking tablet daily and get hormone suppression implants monthly. I was told that the hormone tablets cause weight gain and accepted that until I realised the tablet can let it be hard to lose weight but just won't make me put on weight. Also I…

I weigh myself daily but take the average weight for the week so I don't stress out when my daily weight goes up.

Thanks. I don't seem to have the Weekly Digest. Do you have premium?

Thank you.

Where did you find that page?

How much weight are you aiming to lose?

I weigh myself everyday as well. However my weight fluctuates a lot and so I take the average for the week and compare that with the previous week's average. Are you male or female? How old are you? I am just wondering as you say you are eating 1600 calories and you are 6"0'. I am 51 and only 5"1' and am dieting on 1800…

That's what I was thinking.

At first I wanted to lose weight as quickly as possible but now I am finding this interesting, taking my time to get to a healthy weight. My weight isn't going up which is the best part and is lower than it was even before I increased my calories. Over the weeks of my weight not really changing, my body got smaller as my…

@cmriverside I kept my calories around 2000 daily for 4 weeks. 22 March Weight – 73.3kg/161.6lbs 29 March Weight – 72.8kg/160.2lbs 5 April Weight – 72.5kg/159.5lbs 12 April Weight – 73.6kg/161.9lbs 19 April Weight – 73.0kg/160.6lbs My average weight stayed around 73.0kg/160.6lbs so I decided to lowered my calories to…

I am living in Cumbria.

I am 5"1' and 51. I weighed 170lbs at the start of December 2020. I dieted on around 1600 going down to 1400 calories for 10 weeks and lost 10lbs. I then did a diet break/reverse diet for 5 weeks and brought my calories up to 2100. My weight stayed constant for the first 3 weeks then went up to 161.5lbs. I had intended to…

@xxzenabxx Thank you for the encouragement. My intention was to bring calories up to 2500 and cut on 2000, however on days where I ate 2300 or so I was stuffed. I got lucky and even though I only spent 2 weeks at 2100 I am losing at around 2000 calories. I find this so amazing and am realizing how crazy cool our bodies are.

I am short and I do lots of cardio.

@nooshi713 Have you thought about or tried reverse dieting to increase your calories?

As I saw that my weight was going up I decided to lower my calories to between 1800 and 2000 last week. I ended up being just higher than that but I will gradually work my way down this week. I hope to keep in this range for 3 weeks and see what happens. I weigh myself everyday and the average weight has also shown the…

15 February Weight – 72.7kg, Fat % - 43.7, Cal - 1423 22 February Weight – 72.6kg, Fat % - 43.5, Cal - 1840 1 March Weight - 72.1kg, Fat % - 42.9, Cal - 1864 8 March Weight - 72.5kg, Fat % - 43.4, Cal – 1874 15 March Weight – 73.1kg, Fat % - 44.0, Cal – 2136 22 March Weight – 73.3kg, Fat % - 44.2, Cal – 2151 29 March…

Pretty impressive to lose that % of body fat in that time period.

If I remember correctly, in one of Lyle's interviews he says the 5-10% off your original maintenance calories is to account for the fact that you've lost weight and thus your maintenance calories will be slightly lower now.

@Noreenmarie1234 Thank you so much for sharing this. :) I am feeling more energetic too. I still have some weight to lose but I am much more comfortable than I was when I was at my highest. I also have some health issues so figure that eating enough would benefit me there too. @thisvickyruns You are so right. Plus I love…

@thisvickyruns Good point. I meant my TDEE should be around 2500 as given by online calculators. At the moment I am not losing at 2200 but maintaining. I had hoped to get up to 2500 and cut at 2000 or so. However I am feeling pretty full most days but maybe I should see how I can increase calories without feeling so…

@elmusho1989 Me too! I just sorted out my settings and put my exercise in for today. @Emmapatterson1729 Thank you for posting this. I have totally changed my attitude to being overweight and learning to love my body. Your story will make sure I do this safely. Also a friend of mine just had her gall bladder removed so I am…

@BarbaraHelen2013 This method can be used to bring my calories up to my TDEE. My TDEE is around 2500 or so. You are right, I can't just increase my calories to say 5000 and expect to not put on weight but I am managing to bring it up, closer to my TDEE, without putting on weight. :) What happens is called metabolic…

@Kimmys_Big_50_2021 How is the diet going?

@kshama2001 I trust you have seen my replies.

@BarbaraHelen2013 I am trying to increase my metabolism by slowing increasing my calories. My body should adjust its metabolism to the amount of calories I take in. I am now eating 2100 calories and my average weekly weight has remained the same. This way I will be able to start dieting again at a higher number of calories…

What did you do in the end? Any updates?

Increased my average calories to 2136 this week. I intend to keep my calories around 2200 for the next 4 to 6 weeks and then cut calories to 1800-1900. Hopefully, I will then lose some weight on this amount of calories, instead of having to go back to the low level of 1400 that I was eating at the start of February. 7…