Hi Loseit community, I could really use some insight. I'm feeling like such a failure right now.
I’ve been stuck around 162lbs for over 6 weeks now (down from 173lbs since Jan 2025). I’m F/34/5'6", and aiming to hit 150 by September, so I know I need a consistent deficit, but I keep averaging 13,000–13,500 calories per week when I need to be closer to 12,000 to lose at my current weight.
Here’s the problem:
I start every week strong, logging, weighing, eating max 1700 calories. I weigh and track everything I eat.
Then Thurs–Sat creep up: fatigue, social plans, feeling “deserving” of a break
I rarely go way over...more like 200–400 kcal per day, but it adds up
End result: stuck in maintenance limbo week after week
I’ve already tried:
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Eating more fibre / more protein
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Higher calories on social days, lower on others
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Not eating after 8pm
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No takeaways this year (at all!)
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Low-carb days
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Tracking everything accurately and meal prepping
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reducing alcohol
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Exercise 3–5x/week (mix of strength, cardio, walking)
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Daily weigh-ins and weekly averages
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Being really honest about portion sizes
But I still can’t seem to keep my weekly calories under 12,000. I’m not bingeing. I’m just slightly over most days, and the weight loss just isn’t happening. It feels like I’m constantly putting in 80–90% effort but not getting results because ultimately I'm still overeating and unable to stop myself. I feel like a failure every Sunday and its really starting to get me down.
How do you actually lock in consistency week to week?
If you cracked the code on breaking through this kind of mental/behavioural plateau, how?
What helped you stay at 1700 max daily (or whatever your number was) without sliding?
I’m open to any mental strategies, mindset shifts, boundary setting tips...anything that helped you stay within your weekly budget consistently.
Thanks in advance. I really want to make this work and finally move the dial.
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