Hey y’all! I recently lost ~20lbs, from 205lbs to 185lba with Noom but I can’t seem to break through 184. Every week I get down to 184 on Friday and then the weekend comes and I become lax with my calorie counting which then puts me back 188 on Monday and the whole process starts over.
Last weekend I flipped the script and was mindful of what I was eating during the weekend and I managed to maintain 184 till Monday. It’s now Friday and I’m 186. I’ve been careful with my calories and have been staying in the 1200-1500 range.
This is with running 3 miles every other day and I just re-introduced weight lifting on alternate days.
I’m concerned with 1) my calories are perhaps too low since obviously I can’t eat any less and not go f*cking crazy from hunger. Or maybe I need to be even stricter with calorie counting and really figure out whether I’m tracking correctly? 2) perhaps I’m doing too much cardio? I was able to run 3 miles with no problem a week ago whereas now it feels harder. Maybe I’ve lost muscle and my calorie burning has gone down and I need to do more weights instead? 3) maybe I’m not drinking enough water...
Also I just don’t understand how even if I eat a little bit more on a couple of given days for example in 1500-1700cal range I start gaining weight? In the grand scheme of things I’m eating less than what the maintenance calories of my weight (2200) are.
Also this doesn’t seem sustainable for me in the long run... am I supposed to eat 1200cals for the rest of my life if I want to maintain my ultimate goal weight of 145lbs?
Some help or a different perspective would be greatly appreciated.
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