Some quick background: I'd lost 100 lbs, mostly through calorie tracking, then the last bit (25 lbs or so) through running as I trained for a marathon. Running the marathon was a long-time goal I had if I lost the weight. I did it and it was great (I wasn't breaking any speed records but I finished in under 5 hours). Fast forward a few years and I've gained 40 lbs back and I'm tracking carefully to lose again. So far I've lost about 15 lbs.
I offer that background because I know what it takes to lose weight and I'm a big believer in the science of weight loss: tracking calories in, calories out, knowing your BMR, etc., and I use a fitness watch to estimate calories burned. When I eat right and do everything I'm supposed to, the weight comes off, albeit slowly, about a pound a week, which is what I'm aiming for. But if I deviate even a little bit, everything seems to go sideways. I'm not talking about overeating or stopping tracking, I just mean if I eat 500 calories more in a week than I plan to, because of a birthday part or whatever, I don't lose anything.
It feels like I can be strict and keep to my calorie count every day and lose a pound a week, or lose absolutely nothing if I go over by so much as 10 calories. Based on my tracking, I should be losing around .5 lbs to .75 lbs per week the last month, but instead...it's zero. I get it: weight fluctuates daily and weekly and there's a lot of factors. But it'd be nice to feel like I can eat a little bit more one night and lose a little less that week than nothing at all.
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