Okay, I'm going to lay it all out for you'll, because I don't know what else to do. Please let me know if you have any questions. Here it goes:
Recently I started calorie counting to troubleshoot what is causing a long plateau. I have never experienced this in my life. I have always lost weight by just eating healthier, avoiding less "healthy" packaged food etc. I used the tdee calculator to see how many calories I should be eating daily. It says around 1765 a day, I should be losing 1 pound a week, but I have not been seeing that. I have a very healthy diet that I upgraded even more for weight loss. Most of the time I essentially eat : Meat, fruits, veggies, nuts and very dark chocolate (moderately) and I reduced my baking to just on the weekends. (This has truly been a sacrifice, but I did it!) I'm a little more adventurous on the weekends but not by much, & I don't really eat out.
I also have upped my exercise from just walking and added cardio sessions /light weightlifting 4-6 days a week, for the past 2-3 months. I have seen changes with my measurements, but not so much on the scale. This is my first time actually counting calories. I started doing so roughly 4 or more weeks ago. I am so ready to see the scale move significantly!
For reference currently I am 38 yrs old, 5'8, in good health, not on any meds. I usually eat around 1300 calories or less during the week and 1700-1900+ on the weekends. I have a desk job. I usually don't eat until 11 or 12 noon and stop eating around 7-8 p.m. I have had significant stress the past few years (that's ongoing) and lost a loved one. I am very aware of what I eat and I've never been prone to bingeing. But I tend to bake a lot of "healthy" goods which I realize are still calorie dense so that's why I've limited it.
I am trying to lose the last 15-20 pounds. My goal was 35-40 pounds and it's never took this long. I lost 23 pounds within the first few months of upgrading my diet last year. No calorie counting just eating naturally low calorie foods, meat, veggies, fruit, but then I hit a plateau and then the holidays came, I was still eating healthier alternatives, but everything was a lot denser and I baked a lot and didn't exercise for a week or so. I finally got back on track and stricter in January. Now I’ve added calorie counting because I'm tired of being in a plateau. The results still seem slow, but I'm getting better at tracking more accurately weekly. I try to over measure/weigh my amounts to make sure I'm not over.
All that to ask when did you start seeing results after you went into a calorie deficit? What are some things that may be hindering me that I'm not aware of? Am I missing something? Anybody experience anything similar what helped you? Any advice would be appreciated.
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