Where am I going wrong in my diet?

This diet isn’t sustainable long term.
Focus on protein for breakfast for satiety and to stabilise BGL.
Cook from scratch - you have control over what you are putting into your meals (ie. sodium content, using healthy oils)
Nourish your body - plenty of fruits and veg for antioxidants.
Drink water - 2.5 L per day.

Drink water. Not fizzy drinks.

It might not be a scientifically accurate term but it’s generally understood that crash dieting like this disrupts your metabolism.

It was just a response to the fact that you described Coke as satiating. It isn’t, it’s the opposite - the sugar sets you up for a crash that will leave you craving more.

Fully agree with the general point you are making about taking a balanced view.

I know not everyone is a fan, but WW has worked for me. I hardly eat any UPFs. Whole grain carbs at every meal otherwise I’m miserable. Lots of lean protein and about 5-7 portions of fruit and veg a day. Very minimal fats and sugar. No alcohol.

Lost 20 pounds in 7 months and kept it off thus far. No fasting, starving or meal replacements. Also had some gains in that time because I allow myself meals out and celebrations. It’s a change of lifestyle rather than a crash diet and that’s worked for me. But it is hard work and needs focus. MFP and calorie counting didn’t work for me personally as it led me to disordered eating patterns.

I think you’ve had a lot of good advice on this thread. My suggestion would be to focus on eating healthy with portion control.

Use MFP to input all your calories. Saying 200ish etc isn't accurate enough as you could be 50 calories or more over which will add up.Include weighing butter,cheese,nuts etc as its easy to forget those things

Sorry I read she had 2 slices of sourdough which would be around 200ish

OP meant kindly but you need to get a grip of your lifestyle.

Intense restriction to lose weight. Drinking awful diet sodas and eating UFPs and doing no exercise even walking.

This is shit. Even if you lose weight you won't look your best. You'll look weak and skinny. That's the opposite of hot. And as you age you will end up hunched with prematurely aged skin and brittle bones. You'll shrink more than necessary too.

What a bizarre way to live your life.

Someone who is anorexic and long-term calorie restricts severely will of course become very thin. At the same time their body will also do it's best to adjust to the severely low calories and do what it can to conserve energy. It allows muscle to go (muscle uses a lot of energy) grows extra body hair (to help maintain temperature) and leaves people wanting to sleep. People who are anorexic can survive on a remarkably low level of calories because of the adaptation. That also means that when they start eating more they put on weight more quickly than the next person, which is very scary and part of the reason why it's so hard to recover from.

Ime, most people suffering from anorexia do not severely restrict. That is a myth. They do what they call "high restriction" which is eating pretty much the way OP eats.

A calorie is a unit of energy, nothing more, nothing less. If you consume less energy than you burn, your body will burn fat and muscle for energy. I agree that it prefers to burn muscle because it is more energy-dense.

It's basic physics.

OP is losing what she is because her deficit is 2lb worth of fat and muscle less than she eats. She could eat nothing but Mars bars and Pringles and lose as long as she only ate 1000 calories worth.

@PrettyHungry FWIW, I agree your diet is shite and unsustainable long term. I would focus on eating lean protein and fresh whole foods. You will not be getting enough nutrition on what you are eating. If you want to lose more up the cardio and start strength training to protect and build muscle.

Starvation mode has been debunked so many times by so many scientists for so long I'm amazed anyone still thinks it's a thing.

I gave up on SW as not suitable for shift workers living on their own.

WW - no classes here since the pandemic and leaders were made redundant and treated like shit.

@Frequency because there is a thing called nuance, which is sadly often missing on Mumsnet.

Someone who is anorexic and long term calorie restricts severely will of course become very thin. At the same time their body will also do it's best to adjust to the severely low calories and do what it can to conserve energy. It allows muscle to go (muscle uses a lot of energy) grows extra body hair (to help maintain temperature) and leaves people wanting to sleep. People who are anorexic can survive on a remarkably low level of calories because of the adaptation. That also means that when they start eating more they put on weight more quickly than the next person, which is very scary and part of the reason why it's so hard to recover from.

Of course the average person doesn't calorie restrict enough for their body to change so drastically, but it is possible for some people to adapt to unduly low calories for a long period of time.

It's not fun! I'd bloody love to be having my soughdough toast and jam again in the morning! It's only until I can get back to averaging more than 1000 steps a day!

Thankfully I love veg 😆

Your diet is shit and you do no exercise or activity.

If I were you I’d stop looking at numbers on a scale and focus on health. No point being slim if you’ve got diabetes and heart disease.

Is this a joke?

Your diet will make you lose weight, but if you've been on it for 2 weeks and your already frustrated it's likely you won't commit so a lifestyle change that will maintain the weight loss. Also, if you put weight on during pregnancy I bet it took a lot longer than 2 weeks to go on, therefore it'll take a lot longer to come off.

Tough luck that you don't like exercising, but our bodies are designed to move, and you'll physically look better for doing so; even if it just changes the way you hold yourself. Walking, yoga, bloody gardening if that works! Find what you enjoy and you will enjoy something. I hate going to the gym or fitness classes, but I LOVE training at a boxing gym and I swear an hour at the allotment is better for me than a spin class!

Eat well, as little processed as you can (I still drink diet drinks FWIW, but my diet is probs 80% unprocessed/homecooked otherwise). Bet you could get a cheaper and better breakfast than a coffee. I have greek yoghurt (I buy a 1kg tub from lidl for £1.65), I add some frozen berries that I take out the night before and add a small amount of granola (which I am aware is processed, I could make my own but y'know what life is short).

Personally if I had a stone to lose I'd reduce portion sizes and focus on nutrition for a month, then weigh yourself and see how you're doing.

If your deficit is less than 400 cals a day that’s less than 0.5lbs you should be losing, so you’re doing well with a small deficit

So you’ve been dieting just over 2 weeks?
2lbs is fine.

Crash dieting is a waste of time, you just put it back on.

(I made a comment but think I’ve misunderstood the poster I was responding to so deleted)

Those who believe in "starvation mode", can you explain why long-term anorexics are not obese and why concentration camp victims were so thin?

Reduce the carbs to one meal a day.

Eggs are your answer.

Breakfast - sugar free latte from Starbucks (medium) - 150cals.

What milk do you use?

It always shocks me how dieting means health goes out the window. Other than lunch you’re eating crap. Focus on real, nutrient dense foods and let the weight come off on its own rather than starving yourself and living on diet soda, Starbucks thickeners and god knows what and UPF ready meals.

I thought this was a reverse at first. That's not a healthy diet op. High in fat, probably high in salt, definitely high in upf's. Calories are not the only thing that comes into it. Try upping your protein, fruit and veg to make more balanced meals. Try My fitness pal. It breaks down the nutritional content of what you have eaten as well as counting calories.

It’s the ish at the end of your calories 450 ISH
it either 450 or whatever it is
coffee is not a breakfast it’s a drink
if u have done slimming world u will know that all that food except the berries and salad is all mostly full of syns ! That’s where u are going wrong it may be low calories but it’s all rubbish