diminishingreturns
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I see other people's threads where they say that they've lost 7 or 8 pounds in the first week, or else that they're consistently losing 3 or 4 lbs a week. I've been back on plan for about 5 or 6 weeks now and whilst I've lost about 10lbs, it's been a real struggle and a hard slog.
I'm calorie counting using My Fitness Pal, set to lose 2lbs a week and it's calculating my allowance as around 1500 cals a day. I've stuck to this rigidly apart from 3 days where I've gone ever so slightly over. I'm watching portion sizes and carefully studying cal content of any packaged foods. If anything I've underestimated the amount exercise I do and I'm consistently under my weekly allowance according to MFP. MFP claims I should weigh about 10lbs less by this stage then I do. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I have a Mirena IUD which I know can cause weight gain but I'm told this shouldn't hinder my weight loss.
I'm not giving in but it's soul destroying
I'm calorie counting using My Fitness Pal, set to lose 2lbs a week and it's calculating my allowance as around 1500 cals a day. I've stuck to this rigidly apart from 3 days where I've gone ever so slightly over. I'm watching portion sizes and carefully studying cal content of any packaged foods. If anything I've underestimated the amount exercise I do and I'm consistently under my weekly allowance according to MFP. MFP claims I should weigh about 10lbs less by this stage then I do. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I have a Mirena IUD which I know can cause weight gain but I'm told this shouldn't hinder my weight loss.
I'm not giving in but it's soul destroying