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LoriS
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Hello all. I need to lose about 40-50 lbs. I have been working out about 4x/week and am trying to work up to 5 -6x/week(average an hour a workout). Exercise seems to be the easy part and learning a how much I should eat seems the hardest for me. From what I learned and read I should be eating around 1800 calories/day (or even more as my workouts increase). However, I don't seem to be losing anything at that calorie level. Then recently, due to other non-exercise or diet reasons, just very low appetite for a few days, I haven't been eating as much, and I lost a couple pounds.
I am really confused now because I don't want my body to go into starvation mode and I usually have a good appetite and I know that I cannot maintain such a small amount of food for a long time. But also, of course, I can't seem to lose weight at 1800 calories. Do I just have a very slow metabolism? Is it possible I don't need to eat as much as I thought? I'm very confused, help please!
I am really confused now because I don't want my body to go into starvation mode and I usually have a good appetite and I know that I cannot maintain such a small amount of food for a long time. But also, of course, I can't seem to lose weight at 1800 calories. Do I just have a very slow metabolism? Is it possible I don't need to eat as much as I thought? I'm very confused, help please!