Hello everyone...

Just me... you know I have not really "dieted" but tried to change my eating habits. Trying to fit into my budget and lifestyle. Like today I ate tuna with celery and egg. I ate no bread...and I have been drinking enough water to float TITANIC.

My calorie calculator says with my height and weight that to maintain my weight....I can eat 2863 calories ( Um, NO ) to loose I must stay under 1976. It seems no matter how I try, I can't.

I am so stinkin' frustrated..... praying that things look up. BTW, afraid to weigh in.. afraid that no progress will just really discourage me.

My Food and Exercise Log

Originally Posted by 8486

Hello everyone...

Just me... you know I have not really "dieted" but tried to change my eating habits. Trying to fit into my budget and lifestyle. Like today I ate tuna with celery and egg. I ate no bread...and I have been drinking enough water to float TITANIC.

My calorie calculator says with my height and weight that to maintain my weight....I can eat 2863 calories ( Um, NO ) to loose I must stay under 1976. It seems no matter how I try, I can't.

I am so stinkin' frustrated..... praying that things look up. BTW, afraid to weigh in.. afraid that no progress will just really discourage me.

My Food and Exercise Log

i would stick to 1200-1500 if you can......
im doing it......
im not really hungry either.....

im just saying to myself that his is a lifetime change....im not going to change the amount i eat......my body is getting used to eating little and thats what i wanted.....
ive even ate out and it still works.....just watch the calories...

im just wondering how many calories you all eat.......
i mean i stay at 1200 calories and i would think i would lose more each week........makes me wonder how many calories you all are eating.....

I go between 1400-1900 cals a day. I've had 2 days of the past 14 I got up to 2200 cals. Still, due to my weight and activities even there I'm allegedly eating only half of what I burn. I'm not hungry much...

IDK how much I'm losing, probably too early to tell, and I don't have a scale of my own. Weighed at the doc's 2x with a week-ish between, I lost 5lbs but they say the first weeks are easiest for weight to come off.

Its supposed to be 3700 cal deficit to take off one pound of fat...I've read this but can't yet say if I've experienced it...at some point if the cal intake is too low the body stops burning fat, so that's a consideration.