Can I balance my weekly deficit?

Hi, I’m 23F, 246ib, 5’6. I’ve been in a deficit for the past two weeks. I’ve been eating 1200-1400 cals each day and calculating everything. I already feel a lot better but in the first week of April, I have a meet up at a party where there’s gonna be all greasy and sugary food.

Now, while I’ll be mindful of what I eat, it’s certainly not possible for me to be in my 1200 deficit. I might go up to my maintenance which is about 2300cals.

My question is, to not stall my weight loss, can I eat 1000-1100 cals each day for the rest of the week and eat 2000 cals that day and still lose weight?

In these two weeks, I saw progress and I know much of it must be water weight but I’m already feeling better. Just need to know if by this approach I can still lose without hampering these two weeks of progress.

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10,000 steps a day makes such a difference

For the first year of my weight loss I really didn’t get more than 10,000 steps ever, I was probably between 4,000-7,000 most of the time. But I had so much extra weight, I was able to eat a decent amount of food and still be in a calorie deficit, and lost probably 1% of my BW per week (SW 362lbs), so I just rode that out for a long time. Once I hit about 100lbs down (about 265lbs), it seemed like diet alone and lifting weights wasn’t really enough to keep the scale moving with the amount of calories I was eating. For a while I tried to drop my calories lower, which sort of got it moving but my energy dropped like crazy and I felt like crap. So back in January I got a full sized brand new treadmill, and set a goal to get 10,000 steps a day. And wow the weight loss has completely picked back up, I’m actually eating more now than I did at any point in my weight loss and I’m losing consistently 2lbs a week, based on my intake and weight loss, I’m consistently in the moderate activity level for tdee. I also weight lift 3-4 days a week, but I really don’t consider weightlifting as apart of my energy expenditure as I take so many rest breaks between sets, the amount burned is pretty small, but between my treadmill, taking my dog for walks, I’m getting usually 10-15k steps a day. I know it may seem like a lot to get in, but once you do it you won’t want to stop and it’ll streamline your weight loss so much. If you’re running into a plateau or not losing as much as you want, just start walking.

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What is an ideal diet / is it true that all carbs are bad?

So I have for years been lazy and opted for quick and easy food that requires the least amount of meal prep. But now that weight loss meds are off the table for me, I am wondering what I should put on the table.

My nutrional knowledge is abysmal and I don't know what a healthy diet looks like. I am expanding my cooking and nutritional knowledge. Pretty much every food I can think of someone has told me is unhealthy except for some vegetables.

So my question is, are there good carbs worth eating or are there no good carbs for weight loss? I know white bread is not good but are potatoes bad? Quinoa? Lentils? Chickpeas and lentils? And on that note is meat and dairy bad too(not because of carbs).

Nutrition is very confusing. Right now I am getting rid of frozen food, artificial sweeteners, drinking more water with meals, replacing frozen Mangos with apples and Oranges and adding more vegetables to start.

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I weighed myself and I am at my highest weight yet

for some context I am on anti psychotic medications for bipolar disorder that make weight loss very hard. Today I weighed myself and I was 250 lbs. I felt my world crashing down around my ears. I am very terrified that as a 29 year old single woman I will get health issues and never be able to find love. I hate my body I hate my double chin. I hate hearing negative comments about my experience by people I am interested in or when I try to date. I dont know if there is any hope for me. I dont know the first thing about losing weight. I have tried to go to the gym and went 2 days this week and that did feel good emotionally and mentally, I did 20 mins speed walking on the treadmill. I dont know if there is any hope for me I am devastated

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Progress last 2 months vs last 2 years

I’ve lost roughly 17 pounds in the last 2 months, but have been up and down in weight for the past 2 years: https://imgur.com/a/cWQ9sS0.

I’m 5’6” F, started at 173lbs, hovering around 156, and trying to get to ~130.

It’s a trip to see past weight loss attempts that have just bounced back after I gave up and stopped tracking. This time feels real, because I’m being smarter and healthier about it now than I’ve ever been. I’m eating at a deficit that’s safe for me, incorporating strength training / exercise, eating high protein high fiber meals, allowing treats and maintenance days, and tracking my rate of weight loss to make sure it’s not too fast or slow. I feel good, and it’s nice to see the scale moving down again.

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My Goal Weight differs from my doctor's

Hi all, I think I'm being silly here but I think I just need some reassurance.

SW 190 CW 165. H 5"3

A few months ago I started my weight loss journey with the help of my doctor.I've lost 25 pounds and me and my doctor are happy with the progress! But he mentioned that the goal is to hit 150 pounds. But this whole time I've been wanting to hit 130 as that seems to be more of a middle ground for my height. He didn't discourage me from that goal but he seemed hesitant and said "let's just see how you feel when you hit 150 and we'll go from there."

But I remember being 150 pounds from years ago and I know I didn't feel or look good at that weight. And I'm already not feeling the best because I see no changes from my current loss (though I'm trying my best to not let it bother me).

To me it just doesn't seem like another 15 pounds will make that much of a difference. Does 130 pounds just seem unrealistic and 150 pounds isn't as bad as I'm thinking it is?

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Wii Fit Plus - Exercise Enough?

Hi everyone and sorry if this post seems really long or boring. But I just wanted to see what someone else had to say. I've been trolled on social media for this so maybe just seeing what others who have been working on weight loss think.

I, (24 female), am only 3' 9" tall and already have managed to get down from 130 lbs to 88.8 lbs (factor weight fluxes of 1 kg/ 2.2 lbs a day) just with a treadmill over the course of 5 months. Now I still use the treadmill but I use it for a little less time (like 15-20 mins a day) because I've been using Wii Fit Plus (building routines in my routine for 40 mins at least and then an enjoyable 20 minutes doing the Aerobic Advanced Step game). Is that exercise enough to be considered able to contribute to weight loss? The reason I ask is I spoke to someone about it and they said that I wasn't really exercising for 45 mins to an hour a day if I was using Wii Fit as my main exercise. But I find that the exercises are hard for me with the exception being the tricep extension and for that? I use a three pound dumbell in the other arm while the arm with the remote is doing the exercise.

Sorry I ranted. So long story short: Do we consider Wii Fit Plus Exercise?

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