From 199 lbs to 160 lbs currently; Plateaud and Shooting for 142 lbs. What to do? -

I m a 22-year-old female with slower-than-usual metabolism. At my heaviest I was 199 lbs. I dropped to 175 lbs or so relatively quick, and once I started my job in nursing (3 - 4 days a week 12-hour rotations on my feet constantly), doing a 1300 calorie-per-day diet has dropped me to 160 lbs in two and a half months.The thing is, the past three weeks, I have plateau d -- however, over these three weeks, one day a week I severely went over my caloric intake. However, the other 6 days of the week, I was back on it strict. I m a bit disappointed I m not losing weight quickly with as little effort anymore.I m looking for experienced peoples ideas with breaking through this. Based on body fat percentage 18% body fat would leave me at 142 lbs or so, which is ultimately what I m shooting for. I could use some guidelines, some advice, and perhaps some ideas. Thank you!

Hi Kima, having lost weight is starting to work against you losing more. Your drop from 199 to 175 would have cut about 100 calories off your bodies daily requirements and they fall from 175 to 160 would have cut another 50cals. There will also be almost 100 cals at 142lb as well so keep this in mind.So you now need to account for an additaional 150 x 7 = 1050 calories/week that your body was losing by default when you first started. Add to that the couple of days where you went over and that explains the plateu, no biggy.What you do need to decide is are you happy to accept slower weight loss, or do you tweek to 1200 cals (don t go lower than that) or throw in some additional exercise or a combination of two of those.You have done some great work to get where you are don t get frustrated when you are so close to your goal. Just take the road that will fit your lifestyle and personality best. Congrats on what you have achieved already and good luck with the rest :)

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