I can't take it anymore!!

Thanks. I will research this at work. ;)

I was told that I should be taking vitamins and/or supplements during this process. Any particular kinds?
 
I stick to my basics.

Fish Oil, Multivitamin, and Protein (shakes, because when you are in a deficit, it's hard to get a good amount of protein in for the caloric value, I don't want to sit around eating pieces of chicken all day).
 
Despite what Darth said, I still think you should follow my advice and eat less, not more.

The less you eat, the more fat your body is going to burn to compensate. This is a scientific fact.
 
HealthyEating said:
Despite what Darth said, I still think you should follow my advice and eat less, not more.

The less you eat, the more fat your body is going to burn to compensate. This is a scientific fact.
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Just so she can be stuck in a plateau like you are now?

Why is YOUR advice better than mine? What scientific reasoning do you have to back yours up, don't just say it's fact, show me research? I plateaued once like you... once. Because I was being stupid by going too low. But, again, you should really research what your are talking about before you talk about what the body does and how it "burns" fat to compensate, actually you should research it before you try spouting off shitty advice.

A safe deficit should be about 500 calories a day (that's a lb a week), anything more, your getting into more complex body mechanisms that you just don't know anything about, obviously. That deficit should come from a combination of physical activity and calorie reduction for optimum health benefits.
 
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/topic/26282-now-i-m-confused-about-my-calorie-intake.html#post539223

You are just a part of your own problem. You believe that eating less = more weight loss.

Sometimes... more = less. I've been there. I've done it. So have many others... you are just in "DIET" hell. Read up on these forums and you'll see people have hit the same wall as you. Self-built wall.

The best bet now, is to work your calories back up to maintenance (so you don't gain), that is roughly your weight x 15 (some 14, some 16, remember it's experimentation). But don't go all up at once, add about 200 calories every 10 days or say, so if you are at 158 lbs, so that puts you around 2300-2400 calories. Start eating 1700 for 10 days, than 1900 for 10 more, than 2100 for 10 more, and then finally 2300 for the last 10. You will then be resetting your damaged metabolism (when you diet, you slow it down considerably, therefore it isn't as effective as when you first started dieting, and eating way too low, you pretty much kill it even further). A more modest reduction for you would be 400 calories... so eat 2000 calories and then work out. I bet you bust your plateau... and hopefully the urge to give out shitatcular advice.
 
Darth Pooh said:
Just so she can be stuck in a plateau like you are now?

Why is YOUR advice better than mine? What scientific reasoning do you have to back yours up, don't just say it's fact, show me research? I plateaued once like you... once. Because I was being stupid by going too low. But, again, you should really research what your are talking about before you talk about what the body does and how it "burns" fat to compensate, actually you should research it before you try spouting off shitty advice.

A safe deficit should be about 500 calories a day (that's a lb a week), anything more, your getting into more complex body mechanisms that you just don't know anything about, obviously. That deficit should come from a combination of physical activity and calorie reduction for optimum health benefits.
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I'm increasing my calories to see if the theory you mentioned works. In a week and a half I'll know if increasing my calories is a good idea or bad idea for weightloss.
 
For the record you aren't following my advice...

sidenote, you want the weight off in a week, but you didn't put it on in a week. It might be a cliché but it doesn't mean it isn't true.
 
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