Healthy New You: Your Change For Life #2

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LOL! Who's the neg repper in our thread Well, have 6 points(yay finally someone I can rep) to balance it out a bit

I'm considering dropping my calories down to 1200 again. I upped to 1400 when I plateaued, and lost another 5lbs or so, but seem to be slowing again and haven't lost for 2 weeks now.

Will dropping to 1200 again be a good idea?

No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
You'll be starting you're bodies starvation mindset. Keep it at 1400 but drop carbs and up exercise wherever possible.

If you're still not losing weight then you have to be at you're bodies healthy weight

When I hit 10,7 two years ago I had an anorexic mindset. I dropped to 600 calories a day with 2 hours at the gym (cardio) every day. I didn't lose a pound for two weeks but mentally and physically I was ruined. I then put twice as much weight on twice as fast (now 15,13)

Maybe it's time to concentrate on keeping a healthy weight

Really? It worked at 1200 before! It's just the last few lbs I need to get rid of

Maybe I'll try upping the exercise first. I'm definitely not at optimal weight!

Would you mind if I asked what weight you are currently at, and what your goal is

I'm currently 130-131lbs and aiming for 125. I'm only 5ft 2/3 you see!

I would stick with 1400 for another week or two.
But that's just my opinion, I didn't put on 5 and a half stone because of my sound nutritional knowhow

I'm going to be exercising a bit more compared to the last week or 2 anyway so I'll see how it goes! Just want the last 5lbs to go already

Cheers for the input!

I think I'm going into starvation mode. I've had 4 days of eating about 500 calories per day and I'm still in a plateau. Actually I was 9 stone 12lbs 6oz at my lowest, and I've gone up a tad to 9 stone 13lbs exactly as of this morning.

I'm not doing it deliberately though - I'm really poorly, I've not had a cold this bad in about the past decade, which is saying something considering I pick up at least 6-8 colds a year thanks to the kids. But this is just ridiculous. I have gone through 200 tissues in less than 24 hours.
Needless to say I haven't got much of an appetite.

I'm ordering a calzone tonight to share with hubby to see if I can force a bit into me and kick start my metabolism a bit. I'm not hungry (only had 272 calories today so far in the form of 2 asparagus cuppa soups) and to be honest I can barely smell anything anyway, so that sort of defeats the whole point of eating anyway as I can't taste much, but I don't suppose I'm going to shake this cold (OR lose weight) if I don't get some calories into me for energy.

meh

I'm considering dropping my calories down to 1200 again. I upped to 1400 when I plateaued, and lost another 5lbs or so, but seem to be slowing again and haven't lost for 2 weeks now.

Will dropping to 1200 again be a good idea?

2lbs gone since last weigh in..

12lbs to go!

Getting so close it's SCARY.

thanks ladies for the advice. Well I ate half a calzone and some chips with cheese, and I feel like the most bloated oaf ever. I dunno how many calories that was, but I'm sure it was a lot. I'll be honest, I haven't the faintest idea how I managed to eat it! Not going on the scales tomorrow, I have no doubt I'll see a 10 there and I don't want to.
Still feeling full of cold. Ugh it's awful. Now I've gone through a box of 100 tissues (which I tore each one in half, so 200 tissues), 3 toilet rolls, and an entire roll of kitchen roll. In desperation I've just had to sneeze into some baby wipes.

Posting this again because I'm not sure if anyone saw it

I'm cooking dinner tomorrow night (for three) does anyone have any suggestions for tasty high protein / low carb meals I could do? Fat isn't an issue but I definitely don't want to do pasta as I always eat too much. If it is relatively easy that would also be awesome Currently thinking of doing fajitas / enchiladas but it's a bit of a go to recipe and I wanted to try something new... Thanks!!

I have my first driving lesson in 3 years today . Will be interesting.. my Dad's just qualified to be a driving instructor so hi free lessons! But he asked me last night whether I thought I'd have to go back to the beginning and I was like.. well if you value your car it's probably for the best! Haha.

Driving is the best thing ever, I can't wait to have a car again and get back on the road.