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Female, 5' 7. Pretty active. 1200 calories is nowhere near enough for me. I lose a considerable amount on 1750 calories

But even if I didn't use the scales, my midsection is definitely thicker and clothes are tighter. I'm so confused

I'm weighing and tracking everything too so my calorie estimates are pretty accurate

No, lost a few pounds but gained fat according to my body fat precision scale. I know they aren't wholly accurate but I use them to determine a trend in fat levels and it's gone up

Thanks for your replies. Yes, it was a 4 hour flight and I was away for 7 days. Hey ho, I'll weigh again in a week and see how I fare then. I guess I was expecting a loss with all the exercise and healthy food options I was making but I'm guessing it's sodium and bloat too after reading your replies! Thanks again x

We have the same start weight and I am now 145 pounds at your height but look nothing like you! Thank you so much for the info you have given us..my issue is diet and struggling with consuming too many calories because I didn't know how many to have but I'll stick to 1700 mon-fri like you and 1900 on weekends (lift heavy…

I really don't like sweet potatoes and up til recently, I've been eating a lot of white potatoes as my last meal, with protein and veg but it was filling me up even less. The whole meal pittas do tend to fill me up considerably more than potatoes. Rice does nothing for my satiety levels unless I'm eating a ridiculously…

I've doing iifym and when when I inputted by level of activity, it told me to eat 1990 calories to lose 0.5 pounds so I'm hitting that amount but going over by around 100 cals most days

I'm hitting around 30g + of fibre easily most days

Do you exercise? I tried 1500 calories and lost 2.5-3 pounds a week eating that little! The bedtime snack idea is s good one- thanks!

My body shape is trimming down nicely though my weight is staying the same. There is a definite change in my physique

I try to have a nice combination of carbs/fat:protein before bed and bulk it out with a large salad or some vegetables. I tend to eat it around 6pm and go to bed between 11-12. I think scheduling in a snack a little before bed will help. I'll cut the calories from elsewhere to make room for it

I didn't think that the issue may be thirst! I drink 2 litres of water a day but will increase it

I'm wanting to ideally get to 135 pounds albeit slowly so I can stick to it and not binge. I think you may be right and maybe 2000 calories aren't enough for the amount and intensity I'm training at. Thanks for the replies all

I'm 5' 7, 143 pounds and am hitting 120-140g of protein daily so am consuming more than enough protein, I would've thought

I'll try IF and eat more at night and more protein at that. Thanks!

The last time I posted a similar question, I was eating 1800 cals and asking if I should consume more. I went with the advice of consuming 2000 and am finding that still doesn't satiate me hence another question. That's the problem.

These are all helpful. Thanks!

Batteries on both are new. I have ate back up to 200 calories maybe once a week otherwise I stick to 2000. I'm due for TOM on Monday. I'm very regular. TOM doesn't normally affect my weight...

I weigh in once a month. To be honest, I have guessed the calories in 3 meals this past week and one of the 'meals' was a huge slice of birthday cake so I could have been waaaay off with the calories there! I'm feeling a lot less disheartened now than before. I won't be giving up on what I'm doing. I enjoy it too much at…

Thanks so much for the help guys. Bet informative and useful!

This is actually a really good idea! I'll try this. Stuck to 1800 on days I don't workout and then 2000 on days that I do! Hopefully, I can report progress in a months time. I'll take pictures too and won't rely on what the scales are telling me

I'm 5' 7. 144 pounds. My bmr is around 1400 cals. Sedentary gives me 1700. Adding my exercise calories on top makes my tdee around 2200-2300. So 2000 calories is a pretty reasonable deficit to lose fat, maintain muscle while lifting and keeping my protein up in the 120's, isn't it?

I'm consuming 2000 calories. That's what mfp and most of the online calculators are giving me. That's taking into account that I'm fairly active during the day on top of my workouts which are pretty intense. Im sweating a heck of a lot while lifting.

When I've gone down to 1700 calories, I was losing 1.5 pounds a week and was so hungry. It's was far too aggressive for me. I want to lose .5-1 pound a week max. I'm eating 120g protein minimum

Also, I'm doing a body composition scale. I know it's inaccurate in terms of the initial body fat reading it gives you but it's useful to measure a trend over time

My calories are 2000. I'm 32, female, 144 pounds. I workout 3-4x a week (lifting) and a day or cardio where i typically burn 5-600 calories. Clothes fit the same. I'll measure tomorrow morning. And it's so reassuring that some of you are saying your weight went up initially and then evened out. I won't be giving up on…

Thanks for the replies. It nice to know I'm not the only one. I keep hearing about how filling it is and couldn't understand why it did nothing for me. I'm trying to cut out heavily processed foods so would have liked to replace my toast with oats but not at the expense of me wanting to gnaw off my arm from hunger

Of course it's more time consuming than hitting calorie amount. Trying to stay under 2000 calories for instance, is much more simple than trying to hit a specific number of carbs, fats and protein. Or am I missing something?

Phew, that's reassuring! I watched some vids concerning macros on YouTube and one fitness lady specifically stated that you haven't met your macros if you're not within 5 percent of all 3. Started obsessing once I heard that