Hi me2685
Well done on your weight loss so far! :clap:
You need to move up to 810 once your BMI gets down to 25.0 (Cazza - as I understand it, you shouldn't
start on SS if your BMI is 25 plus one stone, which for me2685 would have been, erm - quick maths! - 157+14=171lbs. And me2685 started at - more quick maths - 183lbs. So that was ok, I think. (Come beat me up if you know I'm wrong, Caz (me2685, she knows where to find me
). You can stay on SS until your BMI reaches 25.0 - in your case, me2685, 157lbs.
So...
Why do you have to move up to 810? Well, to preserve your lean muscle mass. Once you've burnt off a lot of your fat, your body starts contemplating burning muscle for fuel instead of the flabby bits left around your hips and thighs if you aren't eating much. So you need more protein to encourage your body to carry on burning your remaining fat, more protein than is available in SS. So you need to start eating a protein rich meal every day in addition to your shakes etc. It's important because you really don't want to lose too much muscle - apart from the obvious strength thing, it's what keeps your metabolism up (so you can eat more when you get to goal).
As for the odds of you losing another 38 pounds in the next 50 days, erm, honestly? That would be a tall order. Even with lots of weight to lose, weight loss averages out at about half a pound a day and slows down as you near goal. So I reckon you could lose another 15-20 pounds, tops. Exercise tends to makes little difference to speed of loss on this diet, especially when you don't have much to lose.
But hey, another stone/stone and a half would be great, wouldn't it? You'd be nearly there.