@TheRealHousewife thanks so much. I sometimes feel I could be making swifter progress and then remind myself it's still progress!
@buzzofthebumblebee throw your 11's this way please? Well done and on the 10k steps
@MyAnacondaMight well done on 2lb loss
@Rachel4545 welcome firstly 1/2 off is still a loss so that's a win!
But if you wanna do better tell us what you're doing just now and we may be able to help?
My first thoughts are have you checked the min number of cals you're meant to be having? You say an average of 1600 cals but I've found unless one is fairly strict/literal and doesn't go above - certainly the Max cals for bodily functions - then one finds weight loss...tricky
What has worked for me is calculating cals on nhs bmi page
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/bmi-calculator/
It'll tell you a range of cals and to err to lower I've tried to stay no more than 100cals per day more than the lower number
Also - are you measuring and weighing and Including everything?
Most common culprits people forget to inc are drinks, table sauces, and cooking ingredients (eg cooking oil)
People either don't count them at all, forget or they estimate how much they're having of them and generally massively under estimate.
Certainly at the start until you get a good handle on things it's really best imo to weigh and measure everything.
Drinks can be a real bugger for being higher cal than you think. Especially takeaway coffee type drinks (not just coffees but frappes etc) seriously even medium of certain ones can easily be over 400 cals a cup! That's 1/4 of your daily cals!
Personally I also do "negative weighing" as in i base cals/measurement on weighing the container of x food item before and after use and using that measurement for cals...so that every spoon lick, every cooking taste is counted! So if anything I'm over estimating how many cals I've had - another ww thing
That said one thing I don't weigh is low cal/non carb veggies. This is because they are healthy, filling and aid absorption of nutrients from other foods and keep you "regular" but I don't have tons of them either.
Removing foods/cutting portion sizes is but one step, to avoid cravings and nutritional deficiencies these are imo best replaced with lower cal options rather than the "simply eat less" option.
Also I agree with op that smaller more achievable goals can stop you becoming disheartened and provide a boost/motivation. I started at nearly 14 stone with around 4 stone to lose, that's a mountain! I use the happy scale app and I've broken it down to half stone goals much more palatable - you can't eat an elephant in one meal!
Also take body measurements to hopefully get you some nsv (non scale victories) I measure once a month and...usually...find I've lost inches even if I've not lost lbs that week. Notice how your clothes are fitting, how your body feels too. Like op and I think a few others I am disabled and while the weight loss doesn't make a huge difference it has helped a little.
Weight loss is dependable on many many variables such as height, build, age, activity, exercise, illness, meds, stress, sleep quality, hormones, diet etc.
Exactly. The nhs one takes into account age, sex, height, race and activity levels (I select inactive)
I'm also on meds that inc appetite and decrease metabolism hence why I err to as few cals as is considered healthy/necessary
@Youdoyoutoday the rate of weight loss slows as you get closer to a healthy weight. Think of it more on terms of % of your body weight 1% of 15 stone is gonna be more than 1% of 11 stone right? But it's still a 1% weight loss
Onwards and downwards! ❤
Adding to the glossary 
@Youdoyoutoday is the 1400 cals what you've always done or is that recently calculated? Remember as you lose you need fewer cals, think I started on 1600/1650 Ish and now at 1400 and if I had 1600 every day I'd be gaining! Just a thought
POSITIVE - My skin is looking the best it ever has.
Yes! My skin is looking much better too. I'm needing to use much less concealer when I apply makeup and my eczema isn't nearly as bad as it usually is this time of year.
non scale victories are really important, it's not all about the weight!!
Definitely
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