Faye_Anderson Member

You only changed a week ago, you can't expect to be seeing much of a change yet, give it time. Most advice would say give it 8 weeks to see if the change is working. In the mean time are your measurements changing?

So you are losing weight, just slower than you'd like to. It's not a race, as long as you are making lifestyle changes and staying in a slight deficit you're on the right track :flowerforyou:

It took me 18 months to lose 98lbs eating pretty much what I wanted as long as I stayed at a slight deficit. Didn't really do much exercise either. (My ticker says 72lb lost because I just had a baby!) Good luck :smile:

Going off your diary (I only looked at the past 5 days) you're not eating anywhere near enough to be gaining muscle (sorry :ohwell: ) How often do you weigh yourself? Maybe the gain is a natural fluctuation or water retention, too much sodium, time of the month etc?

Me too!! :grumble: :laugh:

You need to give it more like 8 weeks. A week isn't enough time to see the effects of the changes you are making :flowerforyou:

Ignore this!

It depends on how you set your goals. If you set up using MFP figures then yes, MFP already builds in a deficit so you're supposed to eat them back, Yes you will lose more by not eating them because you're creating a higher deficit, so say you eat 1200 calories but then you burn 300, it's like you've only eaten 900…

Is there a reason why you have a goal of 105? There's only a 6lb difference from where you are now. I'd suggest working more on composition by lifting weights (as you said you'd be happy with a change of shape). I doubt you'll get any real results eating so few calories, either go to maintenance or work out your calorie…

From the information you've given your BMR is around 2067. This is the amount your body would need to function if you lay in bed all day so you should aim for above this number. Don't worry about how much other people are losing compared to you, it's not a race or a diet, it's a change to being healthy :flowerforyou:

Yes! I started here at around 262, lost most of my weight eating 1800 calories + whatever I earned from exercise. Try to reach your calorie goal :flowerforyou:

I saw this just after I'd been trying to talk a friend into eating more protein lol

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Or just eat the yolk

I don't think 1800 is too much, I have friends on here with similar stats to you who lose on 2000 or more calories. People see 1800 calories and think it's a huge amount but the daily recommended calorie intake for a "normal weight" woman who's not losing weight is 2000 calories so it's still a deficit :wink: ETA: Make…

Why not start lifting weights? Change your body composition so you look better in your clothes rather than losing weight too fast and still feeling uncomfortable due to loose skin?

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Not BMR - 500, that is wrong! You only have 20lb to lose so I would suggest TDEE - 10 or 15%

Well no, not really, your BMR is the amount of calories your body needs to function and there aren't many people who's BMR are 1200 or below

From those numbers I'm guessing you chose tdee-20% for your daily calorie allowance, with less than 50lb to lose you could cut this to 15% or even 10% cut so it's not so aggresive

You have quite a high deficit already, I'd use all those 200 calories if I were you. Your starting weight is around where I started. Let me guess, you're set as sedentary and lose 2lb per week? Up your activity level and don't count the walking . You'll get the same result :flowerforyou:

OK, I'm in, I'll save the pictures for later :embarassed:

Had my first at 21, had my 2nd 3 weeks ago at 34, I am managing a lot better this time around, so much so I'm planning another, this time I won't wait 13 years to do it again!

How are you planning to count calories if you don't know how much you are eating? :huh:

Sounds like a troll response? You're a male so you need to eat a MINIMUM of 1800 calories, your exercise would see you AT LEAST as lightly active (very few people are truly sedentary) and 0.5lb a week seems very reasonable as your ticker suggests you only have 15lbs to lose. Go to…

MMM breakfast!

Nobody got fat eating 1200 calories, it's a crash diet because it is the MINIMUM amount a female should eat, people are too quick to jump on here with only a few lbs to lose and hit "lose 2lbs per week" which is too fast a loss and then complain that they put weight back on when they try to transition into maintenance. Too…

This year was a target weight not to get up to/past, Full term pregnant and my limit was 35lb gain, I've gained 30lb and it's all bump so I'm happy :smile: :drinker:

Yes. Everything. I've already pre logged quite a bit of it :smile: :drinker:

You haven't really given any information to be able to give you an answer. What is your calorie goal? How did you decide on that calorie goal? If you are hungry are you eating enough? (one of your previous posts said you only eat 1200). Do you drink enough water? If you're waking up hungry and with headaches maybe you need…