I’m a female, 27, 5’7, and I currently weigh 15 stone 6 (216 lbs I think?), down from 15 stone 13 (223 lbs).
I used a calorie calculator which suggested that a daily calorie intake of 1200-1500 calories will help me lose 1-2 lbs a week. I’ve been trying to stick around the lower 1200 calorie end, though if I’m hungry and have a healthy snack that takes me up to 1400-1500, I don’t stress about it.
I’ve also increased my cardio. I’m disabled, and chronic illness and pain makes exercise difficult, but I’ve been walking for 10 minutes a day, and I’m managing 15-20 minute low impact HIIT workouts 4-5x a week. Outside of this however I am pretty sedentary.
As I said, I’m down a few pounds, and I think it’s going ok. But when speaking to a friend about it, she said when she lost 3 stone, she maxed 1000 cals a day, with 2 days of the week being 800 cal days, and suggested that I need to be doing this to see progress.
Now, that sounds unhealthily low to me, and since I don’t plan on this being a crash diet but a steady, healthy way of losing weight and changing my habits to maintain a better lifestyle, I don’t plan on restricting myself that much. It just sounds like a recipe for failure to me.
But I have to admit her feedback has left my confidence knocked somewhat. Is what I’m doing enough? Should I be doing more?
I truly want to commit to shedding the weight and being healthier overall. For one thing, while it won’t cure my disability, it will help ease some of the symptoms - less weight on inflamed and painful joints for one thing, and hopefully more energy. I’m not entirely sure what my “goal” weight is - I just want to be in a healthy BMI range.
Any advice and feedback would be greatly appreciated!
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