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need help with diet

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LuckyAmy1986 · 06/03/2026 14:01

Started calorie counting Monday - 1600

Typical day is greek yog with seeds, nuts, fruit, honey
Lunch - egg on sourdough with avo or feta/ lentil chilli
Dinner - seabass, sweet potato/some sort of grain with veg

evening - snack around 100 cal with a chamomile tea (can't not do this because if I have too long between meals, my acid flares up like crazy overnight)

have also started counting my steps so I wear a watch for my outside walks (after each meal) but take it off inside so probably doing 12kish - this is all i'm doing exercise wise.

So.... my aibu is........aibu to think that I should feel ok on this?

I don't! I am very hungry and I feel almost weak.

I have done 1200 a couple of times in my life (when younger) when I have needed to lose weight, so this should be easy, but it's not and I can't work out why.

I am 40. 5ft 5 and 12.7 stone. I want to be 10.7 stone ideally.

TIA for any help/advice

OP posts:
Itsanewyear26 · 06/03/2026 14:06

I also want to be 10.7 stone so we are fairly similar. That was my happy weight where I felt slim and as if I looked good in my clothes but could still have the odd weekend treat.

Itsanewyear26 · 06/03/2026 14:05

I hear you OP. I’m 41, 5 foot 6, weight fluctuates but early 11 stones, and I aim for 1500 calories. I feel starving on that. I do work out a fair bit (4 workouts a week, mix of running or weights, but it’s quick 30-45 minute sessions, I’m not doing mammoth calorie burning sessions, just active).

When I was younger and a size 8 I would eat 1200 calories to lose weight. I would not survive on that now, 15-1600 is a struggle!