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First of all, CONGRATULATIONS! You can do it! Stay focused and follow your recommended calories on MFP. I lost about 20 pounds in my first 10 weeks of following the calorie recommendation on MFP. I did work out for about 30-45 min 5 times a week and tried to steer more toward low carb and high protein choices. You will be…
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Protein sounds good. Calories seem too low. I'm 5'5" and 198 pounds, I work out for 45-60 min 6 days a week and my calorie goal is about 1500-1600 calories a day. I lose about 1.5 pounds a week steady at that. Your BMR (the calories you need to be alive) is 1600+ calories a day. So if you do nothing each day, 1000 calories…
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I agree with some of the other posts in that you should make sure you aren't anemic or have a deficiency in iron etc before anything else! I will also say that I recently upped my calorie allowance because my weight loss had slowed to a crawl and I was starting to feel tired as well. My Fitness Pal dropped me about every…
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When you increase your workouts you start building muscle mass which, believe it or not, weighs MORE than fat! Just stay focused and keep on the track you're on and you'll start to lose again. The more muscle mass you have, the more calories you burn so you may even need to increase your caloric intake if you are doing a…
