Hi all!
About a year ago I lost 65 lbs over the course of about 3- 4 months. 10 lbs from CICO watching and the rest from a program.
I gained 25-30 back pretty quick
The program I used (Optavia) included packaged food (like medifast but had more natural ingredients and probiotics )
I’m trying to lose it again but decided to do it using whole Foods for many reasons 1. I have reflux and processed foods are no bueno & 2. I want to keep it off this time and I feel like I need to learn HOW to eat.
I’ve been logging my food for a couple months and not really lost any significant amount of weight.
I get an average of 12k steps a day and work out using elliptical or bikes & weights about an hour 5 days a week.
I average 1600 calories a day of food
I’m 5’5” and 188 lbs
I’m proud of myself for getting down under 200, something I haven’t been since much younger.
I don’t know if this is the right forum, since I’m not too far from my 150 goal.
I think what’s sabotaging me is 1-2x a week I overeat at a social event or out to dinner and I have 3-4 drinks a week. BUT I thought that because my overall average is still 1600 calories a day I would still lose. I would say 5 days a week I’m under 1400 calories, 1 day around 1800 and then one day 2500 or so.
Am I missing something or is it really these 1 day a week splurges? I will be sad if I can’t have a splurge meal but I should just get over it.
My days are not super consistent but my week as a whole is. Some days I get 10k steps and some 16k. Some days I work out 2 hours and some it’s a half hour. But I’m ALWAYS in my feet standing or walking. I’m lucky to be self employed so stepping up my activity since about February 25th has been pretty easy.
I do feel better and lost 2.5” of my waist right away. But haven’t lost any weight or inches for about a month now. I know I’m gaining muscle but I thought I would see more inches after the initial plunge.
I just started using myfitness pal so soon I’ll have more info on my macros. Most my fat comes from vegetable oils, eggs or the one day a week splurges. I eat lots of vegetables and fruits. Most my protein comes from chicken breast. I usually have one grain item a day/ like one piece of toast or a tortilla. I’m really trying to make everything from scratch- I enjoy cooking. I do have a guilty pleasure of cream in my coffee but I measure and count it.
I tried doing less calories but I found myself to be starving and still not losing- thought maybe I was eating too little at 1200/1300 calories so I upped it to 1400 using tdee calculator. I just don’t know what the right amount is. I know I need to be a little hungry to loose weight but I can’t handle being starving.
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