I've set my MFP at 1700 because to lose 2lb a week, it gave me 2070, so it's only another .5lb by cutting it down an extra 300 a day. I'm eating a decent breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, so I don't feel deprived. I see some people on MFP with their target at 1200, eating 900 and exercising off 300 so only having a net intake of 600 or thereabouts and I'm like HOW ARE YOU NOT HUNGRY ALLLLL THE TIME?!
I had Cheerios, unsweetened almond milk & a banana for breakfast, a ham salad sandwich made with 2 pieces of ham, approx. 100g each of cucumber & lettuce, a medium tomato and 1/2 tbsp mayo, an apple, some cheese, crisps & chocolate for lunch, and I'm going to have 100g dried pasta, 200g frozen veggies, sauce & Parmesan cheese for dinner. I'm aiming for 3 litres of water again today. It shouldn't be too difficult as I'm almost 1.5 litres down and it's only lunchtime
I had a big Sunday dinner last night with roast pork, crackling, mashed sweet potato/celeriac and steamed carrots, leeks & green beans. No gravy or oil, but I estimated it around 900 cals for the whole thing.
I was bad and weighed myself this morning. I'm now down 14lbs since I first started the diet on the 1st. It works out at around 4.5lbs a week. So, even though I lost 13lb in the first week and gained 4lb back (water weight) it still works out at 4.5lb a week which I'm pleased with. Even 2lb a week would be good. I like the big losses and it's hard not to compare my losses to other peoples, but if it's coming off, it's coming off. That's the main thing!
And I haven't been weighing myself daily though, so that's good. I'm going to try to avoid weighing myself again until the 1st Feb and then aim for once every fortnight. In fact, I might have a play around with my phone's calendar and set all my weigh in days in advance so I know when to check.