I'm 6' female, so not small by any means and probably how I ended up at my heaviest without it causing too many issues.
I've been doing CICO and exercise since mid-November last year and so far have only lost a measly 7 lbs. In three months. How is this even possible??
I started off aiming for 1600-1800 calories a day but weight was coming off at a glacial pace so now I aim for 1400 calories a day which is well under my maintenance. But somehow I've not lost ...anything... In the last month? It's like every time I go to lose weight I get like 7 lbs off then it just stops??
I know 1400 is low but I don't struggle to meet this target and I have energy. I feel better than ever, in all honesty.
I used to be very active, I do judo, but that's stopped since covid and that's when my last 20 lbs went on and I decided enough was enough. But I'm really struggling with so little progress.
I've went from only being able to run for 10 minutes to running 2 5ks in the last week and going for a 16k walk, I know I'm doing actual exercise and not just kidding myself!!
I also suspect I have PCOS (other symptoms present) but my doctor won't test me unless I'm trying to get pregnant and struggling (I'm in the UK). She says the symptoms are best managed by keeping your weight in check. Which is great.
Any advice or reassurance appreciated. I feel like at the weight I'm at, I should have seen more progress by now then it starting to slow down. I would have thought 6 weeks for this amount of weight loss would be reasonable, not three months?
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