5'5
CW: 179
SW: 196
Female
Age: 22
I'm really confused by everything I know about weight loss. About 5 years ago I got from 180 down to 135, but put it all back on. I lost that weight by eating 800 calories a day, and it made me lose about 1lb a week. I know this is unhealthy, but it's what worked and I was young and had disordered eating. My other understanding is <1200 calories a day is unhealthy and unsustainable. My calculations of BMR/TDEE say that I should lose 2lb a week by eating 1170 calories. And I'm very overweight. My other understanding is that as you lose weight, you have to decrease and adjust your calorie intake to keep losing weight. But if I'm almost obese (BMI is 29) and the only way to lose 2lb/week is to eat LESS than 1200 calories, how can that possibly be? I'm eating 1200 calories a day at the moment, and I'm not losing anything. I've gained 5lb this past week. I track everything accurately as my first assumption was that I was eating more than I thought. But I'm definitely eating 1200 calories a day. I only lose small amounts of weight when I drop it to 800-1000 calories a day. But this isn't healthy or sustainable. Does anyone have an explanation of how I'm only losing weight on low calories, and how I'm supposed to continue to lose weight loss if I can't eat less than 1200, but my calculations show that I should be eating maximum 1170/day to lose 2lbs/week? I'm getting really down and it's affecting my mental health so much. I'm trying so hard. I'm eating wholefoods (I'm vegan) and cut out all junk food. I'm so lost, am I stuck being overweight forever? Is it possible I have a bad metabolism and that's why I only start losing weight at 800-900 calories/day?
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