Need help figuring out what I am doing wrong, stuck on a plateau after consistent weight loss

I started out last year at about 260 and now I'm at 195. I eat between 1200-2400 calories depending on if I exercised that day and I usually manage to get to the gym 27-28 days a month. I do 2 hours on the elliptical and a couple more hours of walking at home. MFP has my calorie goal at 2070 per day and other TDEE calculators tend to put it higher than that. Problem is I have been stuck at 195 for about a month and a half now and it is seriously discouraging.

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These are the last 5 days and are pretty typical for me overall. I also log EVERYTHING and basically don't cook/make meals due to the difficulty in calculating calories so I only order off of menu's with listed calorie counts, usually fast food or prepackaged meals. I also have cut liquid calories and snacking completely out of my diet except for energy drinks, which are logged and accounted for. Any idea where the issue lies? Are the calorie counts I log for my foods higher than listed, are the calories estimated from exercise in app/on the machine grossly inflated?

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Stopping an unwelcome trend

Hello. Just asking for a bit of advice

I know losing weight is a process bug last few days made me a but worried i am slippin. I have been on my weight loss journey since june and was doingreally well. The pst days have been much more difficult though, i am eating too much again. I had some stressful events and wanted to do a lot at once before traveling so it was somehow bad for my overall mood and as i was used to turning to food to feel better that ks exactly what i dod several days. Not good and makes me nervous.

Any tips to go back to good habits? I was not undereating amd had enough protein amd stuff as per the dietitians advice but just have a problem with will power i guess

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medication to treat binge eating?

hi all!

im super new to this subreddit and im hoping this doesn't count as "promoting unhealthy weight loss". after struggling with BED for years, i've finally decided to make the decision to consciously try to lose weight and reduce my eating. it's been really hard and ive broken my progress multiple times. im not gonna quit, but i was wondering if anyone knows anything about taking medication to reduce appetite and/or prevent symptoms of BED. i've heard of certain medications like Vyvanse that can help reduce symptoms of BED, does anyone take this or something similar? has it helped you? and is it healthy to take such medication or should i try losing weight the "normal" way? i do plan to exercise, have a calorie deficit and eat healthier, but I think medication would help. thoughts?

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hoodwinked, tricked, bamboozled!

So I have ben on pretty strict healthy living kick since September( F,29,165cm,130kg)and I signed up for a personal trainer at the gym and have been going 3 times a week every week, weight training mainly. But the scales have hardly moved at all... But my my body feels smaller clothes fit better

I had been very very tired for all the extra exercise and a friend recommended I try increasing my protein intake, which I have done for about 3 weeks and I feel I have much more energy.

I have been tracking my kJs in My fitness pal and consistently staying in the deficit. So pretty confused why I'm not seeing more progress with my weight loss.

Yesterday I downloaded the 'lose it' and there is a big difference in the kJs intake goal compared to MFP, have I been eating too much and not actually been in a true deficit?

MFP recommends 6235kJs a day whereas lose it recommends 5583kJs.

Some advice would be appreciated on what I should eat and achieve foodwise to lose it weight and build muscle, feeling lost and confused, internet is so hard to find true valuable information

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super food greens and weightloss

SW: 245 CW: 209 GW: 175

I recently had a baby in july. I went from 195lbs to 245lbs during my pregnancy. I'm currently down 36 pounds and starting to take my weight loss journey even more serious with CICO diet & intermittent fasting. I work a lot and very early so I'm always so tired but have stopped drinking coffee bcs of the added calories/sugar. I heard super food greens in powder form are a good alternative as they provide energy as well as speed up the metabolism. But are they really worth it?? Does anyone here take super green powders like bloom? are they really beneficial in aiding in weight loss/ gut health?! please let me know!

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I am living proof that eating below your BMR actually CAN stall weight loss & it’s NOT always as easy as eating in a deficit

Quick background- I have struggled on and off with weight loss since I was a kid. I did weight watchers at the end of high school and then gained weight crazy fast in college- got up to 250lbs (I’m just under 5’10”, female). Then I did a 30 day juice cleanse and a year of a super clean vegan diet and got down to 195. Kept that weight off, never fluctuating more than 5lbs or so, for 10 years eating a balanced omnivore diet, playing tennis, walking a decent amount and hiking occasionally.

Suddenly over the holidays last year my body shot up to 212lbs in just a few months. Usually I’ll put on a bit over that time and then lose it in Jan but none of my usual stuff was working. I was so shocked that I got a bunch of hormone tests and blood work done but it all came back healthy and normal. I ate in a calorie deficit, between 1350- 1500 cals a day, exercised, even tried a month of intermittent fasting. But I freaking GAINED weight!! I was up to 220lbs when I finally got my RMR calculated and the associate told me I needed at least 1700 cals to function even if I literally don’t move. I was beyond nervous to eat more because that felt insane considering my body was piling on weight at 1400 cals a day.

But I upped my daily amount to 1800 and voila. I am down 11lbs in a little over 2 months of eating that way plus a couple “cheat meals” here and there. It’s been a slow process but still moving in the right direction and I feel like this amount of cals is way more doable/easily sustainable.

I know everyone has different opinions in this community and it’s all way more confusing and complex than it should be…but I’m SO sick of reading the thousands of comments about metabolic damage being a myth and how you can and should eat way below your BMR. I am literally living proof that too few calories can not only stall your weight loss but make you GAIN weight. Things like hormones and stress DO play a role as well. For the record and those who tend to question OPs about this all over this community- I have a food scale and measure literally everything (sauces, oils, etc), I almost never drink alcohol and hate soda, and I don’t include estimated exercise cals in my count for the day.

So if you’re in the position I was in, so stressed and confused and being told by strangers that you’re wrong about your body- you’re not.

TL;DR- gained weight at a more restrictive deficit eating under my BMR, lost weight adding 300-400 cals per day

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Husband said something that totally changed my mindset

So we were talking a few days ago and I brought up (again) how unhappy I was with my body shape

For background, I’ve gained about 30 pounds since we were married almost 10 years ago, leaving me at least 10 pounds over a healthy weight.

Trying to be helpful, he said “Well, maybe this is just your body shape now!”

I understand his context, after 10 years of marriage, having kids and leaving our young adulthood and sliding into middle age, clearly bodies change.

But I don’t want this body to be my “body shape” now. I know he was trying to be loving and supportive of my insecurities, but it has actually kicked me back into gear- I need to lose some weight and get back to feeling comfortable in my own body. Settling for what may just “be my body shape now” isn’t good enough for me anymore!

I just needed to get that off my chest. I downloaded the LoseIt app this week and am looking forward to my latest, more slow and steady and sustainable weight loss journey!

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