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I wouldn't suggest making any changes yet - you're only 2 weeks into your plan and you only have a small amount of weight to lose so it should be slow weight loss anyway (probably less than 0.5lb a week). If I were in your position I would stay with your planned 1270 for another few weeks and see if your weight changes.…

I completely understand your other reasons for abstaining from meat-substitutes (especially as most Quorn products are not vegan as they contain egg), but I really don't get it when people cite this as a reason! For me, the objective of being vegetarian is to reduce my contribution to animal suffering. Quorn chicken-style…

Usually solid advice, but the OP has already mentioned that her clothes are not fitting any differently. Also, running (i.e. steady state cardio) and eating at a significant deficit is not going to build a noticeable amount of muscle. Far more likely that caloric intake is higher than realised.

The most likely explanation is that you're accidentally eating more than you realise - I'm a similar age and height, and started at about 220lb, also vegetarian! And I've been consistently losing weight on 1200-1400 calories a day with little to no purposeful exercise (just over 40lb down in just under 5 months). All solid…

Whatever your motivation is to lose the 100lb is also your motivation to lose 50lb, or 10lb, or 2lb, just on a smaller scale. There will not be a magical switch when you hit 100lb where you go from unhealthy to healthy, or unattractive to attractive, or whatever it is that you believe losing weight will change for you. The…

Setting myself a goal range for my calorie intake rather than a single number. 1200-1400 means I can be flexible if I'm craving something sweet after dinner, so I don't then feel like I've "ruined my diet" and end up binging. Cooking with oil spray instead of pouring a "glug" into the pan. I've got a bottle that dispenses…

My go-to easy dinner is a stir fry full of loads of veg, prawns, and high-protein lentil noodles (M&S if you're in the UK!). We eat a lot of tex-mex style stuff - stir-fried onions and peppers, with kidney/black beans and/or a vegetarian mince or chicken alternative (Quorn) - I'll have it with lettuce wraps while my…

My understanding of recomp is that you should be eating at maintenance calories with a high protein intake while lifting heavy (this is all from reading threads on here, I'm not at that point yet!) - so is 1200 your maintenance calories? That seems low unless you're a very petite elderly woman, especially if you're…

Since we're all here on MFP - could weight loss be contributing to the delay? I was a regular 29 day cycle, 4 day bleed, super predictable. Since I started losing weight, last month I was 4 days late and only had 1 day of bleeding, this month I was 5 days early and back to a more normal 3 day bleed. I use the app Clue to…

Thanks for your reply - do you happen to have a source for the estimates of maximum daily fat loss? It sounds like that might be holding the answer I'm trying to get to! I've been doing some reading and it seems like the 1-2lb a week and 1200/1500 calorie minimum go back to the AHA and NIH recommendations respectively, but…

But where do these ballpark figures come from? Why is it 1200 and not 1100 or 1300? Or the individual's basal metabolic rate? What research has been used to figure out these ballpark figures? But if men can safely go down to 1500 according to the minimum figures in the previous paragraph, why should this person be losing…

I know it's a generally accepted wisdom that 2lbs a week is only a safe rate of weight loss for people who were very obese to start with, but where has that figure come from? What are the risks/harms that come with losing weight at that rate from a lower starting weight? (not saying that anyone should try to lose weight…

My husband tried a full week of only Huel (no food!) as a bit of an experiment since it is supposed to be nutritionally complete - he gave up on the fifth day and ordered a curry! He found it really affected his digestive system, caused horrible gas. Since his experiment he has used it for a few weeks at a time as a meal…

Having said the above - feeling unable to eat over 1000 calories when your target is 1800 goes beyond the point of "flexible calorie goals" and suggests unsustainability. There's a list (somewhere on this site...!) of high calorie density foods such as nuts, avocado, oils etc that you could add in to get some extra…

I'm going to differ slightly from some of the opinions in this thread - I think having some flexibility around your calorie intake can be beneficial to being able to stick to your goals. Being extremely rigid ("I will eat exactly my goal, not one single calorie over or under") can lead to feeling like you might as well…

But where does the retained water come from? Mass cannot be generated out of nowhere...It's retained, meaning that it is kept in the body rather than being excreted as sweat or urine. I do not doubt that you could develop severe oedema overnight enough to be unrecognisable, but that is swelling from water that was already…

Hi! Slightly higher over here: Height: 168cm (5'5.5") SW: 100.5kg (221.5lb) CW: 88.2kg (194.5lb) GW: 70kg (154lb) UGW: 62kg (136.5lb) Body shape: hourglass Feel free to add me :blush: My current goal is to get into the "healthy" BMI range, ultimate goal is a BMI of 22 which is where I was previously happiest with my weight…

I'm aiming for 1200 on days when I'm pretty sedentary, 1300 if I end up doing more walking or going to the gym. Yesterday I had: Protein shake made with water for breakfast (~120cal) Edamame and black rice salad bowl for lunch (~400cal) Huge bowl of veggie stir fry with tofu and wholewheat noodles for dinner (~650cal) Plus…

I just had vegetable stir fry with pork (trimmed of the fat) and hoisin sauce. Only 300 calories in total, and filled me up a lot!

Hey, I'm 19 too and also aiming for around 55-57kg :) Been using MFP on and off for 7 months, and I've lost a bit over a stone in that time. :D