9lbs to go

[Johnnylewis]

So I've 9lbs to loose for 19th August then I will have reached my goal from 19tg August last year. To help with this I've dropped my calories from 1950 to 1700. I run 3 times a week and work out at gym 4 times a week. When I dropped from 2200 to 1950 I never felt like this. I'm always hungary. Any easy ways to help with this. I plan to go up 100 cal a week until I hit 2200 again once I've hit my goal.

[Tiggerr]

Welcome back Johnnylewis.

I appreciate that you've lost a lot of weight to date, which is fantastic, and you're clearly very focused with all the exercising you do.

Maybe I'm wrong but it strikes me that you may be focusing too hard on trying to achieve a goal you set yourself a year ago. Trying to force weight loss can actually make things more difficult. Would it be a big deal, especially considering how much you've lost to date, if you reached your goal in September or even October?

Leaving yourself feeling hungry is not a good path to travel and with the best will in the world, is likely to cause our brain and body to rebel.

[Johnnylewis in reply to Tiggerr]

Last August I remember what I weighed. I set a goal that I wanted to get myself into a good healthy weight. I know bmi is the to be and end of it all. I have set goals with running, training etc and I've done them all. I have come such a long way and now my life has changed. Mentally I just have this one thing I want to hit. I'm now 7lbs off (not 9) so over next 6 weeks I just want to push it as its in touching distance. If I was a stone etc out I probaly wouldn't be as excited. Its not forever and I have other goals I want to set but just want to get this one over the line.

[Tiggerr in reply to Johnnylewis]

7lbs over 6 weeks is eminently achievable and I would have thought that you were probably losing at that sort of rate before dropping your cals.

Good luck whichever way you feel you have to go.

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[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

If you're hungry, you're either not eating enough or not enough of the right stuff i.e. your diet is out of balance. Take pride in what you have achieved in the past 10 months and, if a fixed deadline is throwing you off-track, maybe rethink that deadline.

You'd be very welcome to share your meals plans on the Daily Diary where you mat get more specific feedback

[Craftyperson]

First of all well done on what lost so far. As for feeling hungry are you eating the right kind of food to sustain you well. Porridge for breakfast good as slow release. Best of luck but don't get too down if a little late reaching your goal