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Ihateslugs · 21/12/2025 23:30

SerafinasGoose · 21/12/2025 15:26

Done some research in the meantime and it seems from this that I'm losing a little too fast and need to increase my calorie intake (from average 1300 to average 16-1700) and resistance exercise for a short period of 3-4 weeks to give my body time to reset and adjust. Some areas - especially my backside - do feel quite soft and flabby and if I'm 'crash dieting' this will not work for longterm results. I'm happy with my progress and it's the last thing I want to do, it's so satisfying seeing the weight come off. But I know this is the sensible course - and I guess if I want to see a calorie increase I'm at the right time of year to do this.

I'm never one for doing things by halves so this leaves me quite impatient, and a gain on the scales doesn't have a great psychological effect on me. But I know it makes sense. The last thing I want is to run into the usual long-term plateaus, or go at it too hard and too fast and later derail/undo all my progress. I want this to be sustainable.

Why is it so hard to just be SENSIBLE!? 😡

Will you have an actual gain on the scales though by increasing calories? If you stick to the TDEE calorie deficit calculations, you should still lose weight, just less of it each week so reduce saggy skin hopefully. I wince a little when I read about the weight losses some people are achieving week after week, it’s great to lose weight but it needs to be manageable, sustainable and healthy. But I know how addictive successful weight loss is especially if you’ve been struggling for years to sustain a loss.

The chart I used had me on 1700 cals for 1/2 lb a week loss and 1450 cals for a 2lb loss so I started eating 1400 cals when I started on Mounjaro but reduced it to 1200 for a couple of weeks if I stalled as a kick start.

SerafinasGoose · 21/12/2025 23:51

Ihateslugs · 21/12/2025 23:30

Will you have an actual gain on the scales though by increasing calories? If you stick to the TDEE calorie deficit calculations, you should still lose weight, just less of it each week so reduce saggy skin hopefully. I wince a little when I read about the weight losses some people are achieving week after week, it’s great to lose weight but it needs to be manageable, sustainable and healthy. But I know how addictive successful weight loss is especially if you’ve been struggling for years to sustain a loss.

The chart I used had me on 1700 cals for 1/2 lb a week loss and 1450 cals for a 2lb loss so I started eating 1400 cals when I started on Mounjaro but reduced it to 1200 for a couple of weeks if I stalled as a kick start.

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I guess I won't know until I try, but I know this to be the sensible course. If there's still a deficit there should still be a loss, but it should slow (which I'd expect to see at this stage anyway). If calorie deficit remains too low then at some point I'll plateau anyway. The important thing is to ensure this is sustainable.

Thanks for this reply, it's very helpful.

Chopsy123 · 23/12/2025 18:22

Has everyone moved to the new thread now?

OneDayIWillLearn · 23/12/2025 19:54

Chopsy123 · 23/12/2025 18:22

Has everyone moved to the new thread now?

Not sure about everyone, but there are quite a few posts on the new thread