Yes! Finally! I got some real weight loss. A major down-blip! I am at 379.8 lbs! That's an amazing 1.4 lbs down from yesterday. I'm not the least bit mad about it.
The strange thing is that I seemed to have eaten more calories to lose some weight, and that's a bit counter-intuitive. So I find myself wondering if eating fewer than 1,000 total calories makes my body stop losing weight. While staying under 1,500 calories, and more along the lines of 1,200, I lost 1.4 lbs. What is even going on here?
Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 379.8 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs
I read a few articles I just researched on the topic, and it seems that eating too few calories causes my body to go into that starvation mode that I wanted to avoid. By eating more, but still controlling my intake so that I'm getting balanced nutrition, my weight loss should continue and happen just as fast as when I started.
I'm going to continue eating 1,200 - 1,500 calories and see how my weight loss goes. Keeping a food diary was the best decision. Now I can see how my eating habits affect my weight.That is super important. If it takes more food to lose more weight, I'm okay with that. I have been struggling a bit trying to will-power myself through eating less on some days, so being able to eat a bit more, and having it benefit my weight loss, is wonderful! I hope this trend continues and proves the theory. Eating under 1,000 calories a day was tough, but 1,200 to 1,500 is completely do-able.
I'm feeling a lot more energetic and healthy, too. I have now lost a total of 35.2 lbs, and that's a lot of weight off my body. It's still a far cry from the goal of a 270-lb loss, but I'm well on my way. I have definitely felt some changes in the way my body works, moves, and feels. It's amazing what just 35 lbs can do.
My husband is not as consistent with weighing himself and keeping track of his weight loss and food intake as I am. He really wants me to handle the whole diet so he doesn't have to think about anything. I get it. I don't like the work either, but I know it needs doing. I think today he said he was 235.8 lbs. That's down from yesterday; he was at 238 lbs yesterday.
Food Diary
The strange thing is that I seemed to have eaten more calories to lose some weight, and that's a bit counter-intuitive. So I find myself wondering if eating fewer than 1,000 total calories makes my body stop losing weight. While staying under 1,500 calories, and more along the lines of 1,200, I lost 1.4 lbs. What is even going on here?
Current weight: 379.8 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs
I read a few articles I just researched on the topic, and it seems that eating too few calories causes my body to go into that starvation mode that I wanted to avoid. By eating more, but still controlling my intake so that I'm getting balanced nutrition, my weight loss should continue and happen just as fast as when I started.
I'm going to continue eating 1,200 - 1,500 calories and see how my weight loss goes. Keeping a food diary was the best decision. Now I can see how my eating habits affect my weight.That is super important. If it takes more food to lose more weight, I'm okay with that. I have been struggling a bit trying to will-power myself through eating less on some days, so being able to eat a bit more, and having it benefit my weight loss, is wonderful! I hope this trend continues and proves the theory. Eating under 1,000 calories a day was tough, but 1,200 to 1,500 is completely do-able.
I'm feeling a lot more energetic and healthy, too. I have now lost a total of 35.2 lbs, and that's a lot of weight off my body. It's still a far cry from the goal of a 270-lb loss, but I'm well on my way. I have definitely felt some changes in the way my body works, moves, and feels. It's amazing what just 35 lbs can do.
My husband is not as consistent with weighing himself and keeping track of his weight loss and food intake as I am. He really wants me to handle the whole diet so he doesn't have to think about anything. I get it. I don't like the work either, but I know it needs doing. I think today he said he was 235.8 lbs. That's down from yesterday; he was at 238 lbs yesterday.
Food Diary
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