Fiberoptic's Journal, 31 Mar 21

THIS IS something everyone should be aware of. Why you may not be losing weight.



Some followers may be aware. I just wrote to a couple of members that I have corresponded with to let them know. So I will copy:


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I happened to see you were about the same weight as I am and wanted to see how you are doing. You've lost 4 pounds this year. That was good to see until I checked out your food calendar. The figures are all out of whack. Like me, I cut intake and exercised and lost less.

If you follow me, I have written in my journal about how the metabolism slows because it thinks you are starving and will not let the fat go.

Just a heads up. I crunched the averages of intake and calories for the month of march and you should have lost 15 lbs. Even if you ate 1700 like I , and walked my hour and 30 minute cardio you should have lost 4.6 lbs.

I don't want to lose weight at the expense of my health. I don't want to do all the extra exercise that I did in January while cutting down to 1200 calories and really destroyed my metabolism. I was good up until then. I lost 30 lbs since my stroke last February 2020 by just watching what I ate essentially. January I should have lost over 7 lbs and only lost 2.2.

So now I have cut back the extra exercise on top, then I started eating a bit more and held steady. March I have held maintainence level of 1700 and hoping that I can get to 1850 this week without gaining. I should be able to maintain at over 2000. Our metabolism slows with age by 10% every decade over 20. So I figure if I could eat 2200 minus 800 ( optimistic)or 200X4 (i am 62) that is 1400 and add my exercise in......440.....should get to 1840 or actually 1720 (exact). The scale went up a couple days ago which being extreme I take as water weight after high sodium dinner, so I am crossing my fingers as I ate 1800. Down a bit today but still waiting. ........

I am not sure if you will regard this as good news or bad. I thought you would prefer and fix it rather than spinning your wheels.


You wrote that you upped your calories to maintain. However, this has to be done slowly. Add 150-200 calories or maybe less given you on an a drastic reduction. Under 1200 is not safe. The body needs time to adjust and realize it is not starving so that it doesn't hoard the food into FAT STORAGE. This is why people gain all the weight back after done dieting. One extreme to another.

Any hints that you have learned that might help me would be appreciated. We can eat normally again sometime I hope.....and lose weight without harming our bodies.

CAN ANYONE ADD TO THIS?

63.2 kg Lost so far: 4.7 kg.    Still to go: 0 kg.    Diet followed: Not Applicable.

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1897 kcal

Fat: 89.32g | Prot: 60.08g | Carbs: 232.35g.   Breakfast: AT Foods Ground Flax Seed, Banana, Peanut Butter Oatmeal with Flax, Calavo Avocado, Coffee (Instant Powder), Whole Foods Market Stevia, Southern Home 2% Reduced Fat Milk. Lunch: Worcestershire Sauce, Lemon Juice (Canned or Bottled), Bananas, Cheerios, Potato, Salsa. Dinner: Hunt's Garlic & Herb Pasta Sauce, Ground Pork, Spaghetti. Snacks/Other: Blue Diamond Whole Natural Almonds, Peanuts. more...

1652 kcal

Exercise: Walking MET with Jamie 4.4 around block - 30 minutes, Sleeping - 7 hours and 30 minutes, Resting - 16 hours. more...