The simple answer is you’re not in a real deficit. Deduct 200 calories from what you eat and see if there’s any movement in 4 weeks. True fat loss is slow! |
OH nevermind just saw you’re only eating 1300 calories?? That’s insane. Bump it to 1700 and you’ll see more progress, guaranteed. You are not fueling properly. |
OP do not listen to this disordered poster. Listen to your doctor. Consult experts who’ve actually researched the impact of chronic calorie insufficiency on the body. |
NP but how would this even work? If I’m stranded on a deserted island and getting fewer calories, I will drop weight. I won’t drop EVEN MORE weight if another 200 calorie fish swims to shore for my consumption. Can you elaborate because I feel stupid. |
Not the PP but eventually your body gets used to that 1300 and thinks it he’ll starve so it doesn’t want to let fat go. This person is very active so they can probably go up to 1700 and try it for a few weeks to see a new baseline and then maybe drop to 1500. |
I have been there recently too. I have always been very active and wasn’t seeing any drop in scale for the past several months. This is what I’ve been doing in April and I’ve lost 3-4lbs.
No alcohol (stopped this 12/31) Very limited sweets (this is my downfall and it’s a work in progress) 100+g protein a day Follow glucose goddess hacks for steady glucose. 3 solid meals a day, no snacks Limited my fasting to a few long fasts right after ovulation and period. I have not counted calories or macros or taken out any other food group. |
What were the side effects? |
I am in a similar situation and increasing calories HAS led to greater weight loss. Someone explained it to me that there are some (say, 200) calories that you use for non-basic functions and non-exercise: just housework, gardening, walking a little further, optional stuff you don’t think about. When you are cutting calories so much, your body is too calorie-poor to do those things do your body finds ways to avoid them. This was true for me—instead of cleaning the kitchen for example I was so depleted I was just sitting on the couch in the evening. When I added more calories I felt better and added more punches of activity throughout the day, offsetting those and then some. |
How are your clothes fitting? Doing what you’re doing with eating and exercise (although I’d cut the awful protein powders and add nuts and nut butters as snacks or components instead) and have a pair of “reference pants”. If your clothes are still fitting the same then some thing is really off. I’d also get your thyroid checked.
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Absolutely. Bump your calories, you’ll be amazed at how it drops. |
Initially... diarrhea. Yeah. Wasn't pleasant. Eventually passed but the trick is to go up slowly. However , I was at 2000 but never got used to it/ tolerated it, so I backed down. So far so good now. |
Nuts and nut butters are not close to the protein equivalent as most powders. They are more a fat source than protein source |
Insulin resistance. |
You know who also severely restrict calories, workout excessively, swear they are eating healthy and keeping weighing themselves because that damn scale doesn't seem to change?
Those with disordered eating. This thread should have a trigger warning on it. |
Please get over yourself. I’m an overweight woman doing her best to get in effing shape so I don’t die one day. I’m doing it a healthy way using a trainer I thought I could trust. I’m training for a big event that is motivating me to exercise. I don’t need your shit! |