Gained weight on serious calorie deficit
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Anonymous
NP here. You misunderstood the OP. She is saying her deficit is 500 calories per day. NOT that her daily caloric intake is 500 calories. Sheesh. |
Anonymous
| For me, it’s not linear. I’ll be in a deficit and see no movement for 2-3 weeks then one day I’m down two pounds. I’d look at results over more than just one week. |
Anonymous
Op just because you are eating 500 calories less than before doesn’t mean you’re in a deficit. If you were overeating by 800 calories a day, you’re still overeating by 300 even if you cut out 500. I suspect you’re vastly overestimating how active you are when using calorie calculators and getting the wrong maintenance number. But also, it’s only a week. It’s hot. People retain water. You’d probably have to stick anything out for 3-4 weeks to start noticing a real change if you’re in a true deficit. |
Anonymous
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I’m in the same boat. I think it just takes more time at our age to see results. I’ve been tracking my food for three weeks and focusing on the deficit plus two workouts a day for the past two weeks. I weight everything that goes in my mouth to the gram and record it in Chronometer (love this app—much better than MFP). I focus on exceeding my fiber goal and meeting my protein goal—those both keep me full. I don’t eat back my exercise calories unless I’ve had seriously strenuous workouts and am uncomfortably hungry, and then I’ll eat back .25-.5 of them in protein plus veg/fruit. After two weeks I finally saw the scale go down 1.5lbs. I’m realizing that I no longer get that big water weight drop I used to get when I went on a diet. It’s all slow and steady.
I told myself I’ll do this for 6 months and if at the end of that time I haven’t lost at a rate or .5-1lbs a week despite truly being in a calorie deficit, I will get a GLP-1. It will be a massive financial commitment (I’m overweight but not quite obese and am otherwise in excellent health, plus have BCBS FEP, which barely covers anything now), so the least I can do is try to do it on my own first before I throw in the towel. I’d say give it a month. Weigh yourself every day to see the fluctuations (I’m “up” 1.5 lbs from yesterday…), since weight loss at our age isn’t as linear as it might have been when we were younger. Set a much longer-term goal for loss and adjust expectations. Then, if it all still isn’t working, explore drugs. That’s my plan. Wishing you the best!! |