Hungrier as I lose weight??

Hi all. Curious to get other thoughts on this!

I’m 30F, ~5’4”, SW 230 lbs, CW 158 lbs, GW ?140-145 lbs.

I’ve been dieting and exercising for the past 7 months and have lost 72 lbs which is excellent and I’m very pleased! This whole time I’ve been eating 1200 cal/day (which I know some say is too low but I’ve been averaging 7.5 lbs lost/month after the initial brisk loss so it seemed appropriate), and exercising 6x/week (weight training 4x/week, cardio 2x/week), usually for 30-40 min at a time. I’ve felt generally full and satisfied and happy with this plan, rarely super hungry (and the hungry days tended to be around my period). No big cheat days or deviations from plan or even real temptations to do so since I started.

The past couple of weeks I decided to up my exercise a bit, now strength training 6x/week and cardio 3-4x/week, often combing strength and cardio in the same day, which has equated to more like 50-70 min exercise per day. Still one rest day per week. Aside from exercise, I’m pretty sedentary for the rest of the day.

This didn’t feel like too big of a jump in activity level, but I feel like I’m now WAY hungrier than I was! I also have been feeling more tired. I’m not sure if it’s due to the modest increase in my exercise or related to the weight loss somehow. Like now that I have less of my own fat to burn, I’m hungrier? But I feel like as my BMR decreases, I shouldn’t be needing MORE calories, right??

If I say lightly active on TDEE calculators, it says TDEE ~1700, so 1200 should be right for a 500 cal deficit. But should I listen to my body and increase to 1300 cal/day or so anyway?

Ultimately my goal is to be healthy, and I want to build muscle and get stronger, while also progressing towards a normal BMI. I’m willing to fuel my body however is the best way to do that. It just seems counterintuitive to increase my calories now that I’m down to my last 15 or so lbs!

Thanks for your help!

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Frustrated

I know weight loss takes time I get it. I’m a couple months pp and have been trying to lose weight for about four weeks now. I’m bf my baby and trying to keep my calories between 1800-2000. After two weeks had passed I checked my weight on scale and I had gained five pounds. I won’t weigh myself again until June 1 so I’m giving myself lots of time in hopes I’ll see progress with consistency. But I’m so unhappy with how I look and none of my clothes fit and I’m hungry most the time. 🫠 Edit: apparently I didn’t meet minimum character requirements soooo I guess does anyone else feel this way too? Any other bf moms in here? How long did it take others to start seeing the scale go down? I’m being very diligent with my calorie counting. I won’t be measuring myself because it’s too triggering.

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Visually speaking, how significant is a 30-pound weight loss?

I (26M) started my weight loss journey at 280 pounds. I am now down to 226 pounds, most of which is carried in my lower belly/some love handle. My girlfriend and I are in a long-distance relationship, and I would really love to be sub-200 the next time I see her. She's only seen me around 230-235, which I have hovered around for the last two-plus years since my initial weight loss. Is this a significant weight loss? Will she notice? I just don't remember the effect of being down 30 pounds, from 280 to 250, from two years ago.

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but the best time to start is NOW, even if you start slowly.

I assume in this sub a lot of us probably struggle with motivation. With weight loss and getting healthy, if you've had whatever bad habits for a long time, it's mentally very exhausting trying to break out of them. I for example tend to eat poorly/too much to deal with certain emotions. I know I shouldn't, but I do. The issue is I'm really good at making a diet plan...then I barely stick to it, and I have my cute little excel sheet that I made with a start and finish date, and I keep immediately cheating, so I just repeatedly push the dates back. The old "my diet starts tomorrow".

I heard recently about something called "last supper syndrome", and that's essentially this. When you plan to diet/eat healthier in the future, if that's the near future, you'll use those few days before to really indulge. But what if you procrastinate and those few days turn into a few weeks? Then it's really easy to spiral and give up because your "last meal of freedom" has suddenly happened 30 times.

Recognize the cycle and stop it now. Even if a calorie deficit is intimidating, maybe try easing into it. If you've been gaining weight, maybe take a week to eat at your maintenance before going into a deficit.

Hope that helps!
- someone who's been pushing her diet back for almost a year and is tired of this

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In what ways did you change your relationship with food for sustainable/maintainable weight loss?

I'm coming to realize after having been overweight since my young teens, that I have a messed up relationship with food. Even now, no longer drinking soda, eating any sweets, completely having given up the junk food, it's still SO difficult for me to lose weight. I think I just consistently overeat. I would LOVE to hear from those of you further along in this journey than I am - how you changed your diet, habits and relationship to food for sustainable change. I really want to hack this once and for all so that I can stop yo-yoing and just being so uncomfortable in my body. I want to lose my 40 lbs and have them stay off. On paper I've done all the things, and am currently counting calories but that feels like white knuckling it. I want to know how to fundamentally change my approach to food and fitness so that I can truly maintain it over time. Please share your journey!

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Need some help

Hi I’m a 21F 177cm and 83 kgs

I have started my weight loss journey in 2022, and I was thriving, my original weight was around 90 kgs and I reached 75 this has been my lowest recorded weight. Ever since I returned back to my old eating habits and started gaining weight. Every time I decide to start dieting again I keep adding on more weight, my goal is about 68 kgs and I don’t know how to start correctly and gain willpower, as it has fallen down too much One thing that I struggle with is social events that involve eating I somehow just lose myself in these and end up ruining a weeks’ effort

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Dieting is so much harder when super stressed!

vent post, I guess

The overall win is that I'm managing to not regain, but I'm completely stalling my weight loss because I've got so much going on right now and it's oh so easy to overeat on a 1750cal diet (hate being a short girl when it comes to food!)

Like last night, I've been craving salty chips so I bought a big bag to share with my partner (over multiple days in theory)... and instead I ate half the bag and blew out my allowance by 400 calories, aka my whole deficit probably plus some

Which isn't so bad one day, but every few days going over adds up, and it's basically impossible to maintain a weekly deficit of any kind (especially when my little daily treat is all that keeps me going but that turning into a big treat has been my problem 🫠)

Worst part is, my ADHD dictates that if I stop seeing results for too long, it'll be super hard to keep trying and if I give up, who knows if I can restart and I have finally been getting myself healthy this year.

I'm just a mess and I'm getting tired... maybe I'll do better today now I've shared the struggle 😅

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