Am I doing something wrong

[dlfjr1 2]

I went to my doctor for my 6 month checkup on Jan 21st. At the appointment. I weighed in at 240

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

6 month checkup weighed 240

difjar

hey dude or dudette

your starting weight was 330

now you weigh 248 lbs???

down 82 lbs in 6 months???

you are doing terrific!!!!!

"they" say an average weight loss of 10 lbs per month is good

so............you are above average, in fact you are aces

keep up the good work

kathy

congrat

Edited February 28, 2014 by proudgrammy

[LindafromFlorida 1,542]

Keep up the good work!!!!

[dlfjr1 2]

I was at 240 on my dr appointment day January 21st. Since I have only lost about 4 pounds. I told him I was eating 1200 Calories a day. He told me that was not enough told me to go to 1500. I did and ever since my weight loss is slow. I eat about 30% fat or 50 grams, 20% Protein or 75 grams, 50% carbs or 180 grams. My sugar is about 60 grams. Do I need to go back to 1200 or am I at a plateau? Or do I need to lower fat, sugar, and carbs per day?

[jessroto 8]

Hi! You should only be taken in at most 100 carbs a day, your good with Protein, I would also decrease your sugar intake... I don't know if your exercising but that will boost your metabolism as well! Good luck!

[NMJG 1,266]

Tell us about yourself. Are you male or female? How old are you? Personally, I don't lose weight at 1200 and would certainly plateau or maybe even gain at 1500 calories. But if you are a 23 year old male, that may not be a problem for you at all. What sort of exercise are you getting? Do you get in a minimum of 64 oz of Water daily?

I am not a nutritionist, but just from what I have seen for many people here I would make the following changes. This is just my opinion. I do think that a diet with 50% carbs is not very good for weight loss or even long term maintenance, but I'm a low carber. I also think higher fats from good fat sources (nuts, vegetables, oils) are very healthy and helpful for weight loss.

1. Keep your Protein where it is or even increase it to 80-90 grams
2. Drop the fat to 30-40 grams
3. Drop the carbs to 40-60 grams (net grams)
4. Drop the sugars to 15-25 grams
5. Get a minimum of 10-15 grams of Fiber in every day (I'm a Fiber fan)
6. Go back to 1200 calories max since that worked for you until you changed it

Let us know what happens. Good luck.

[dlfjr1 2]

I am a male who will be 45 this year. I do dink Water, but it usually has crystal lite in it. I get about the 64 this way. Does it have to be straight water or will this work?

[dlfjr1 2]

The doctor said that my size I should be eating 1500 calories. I eat a lot of Greek yogurt. I try to keep my fat per serving under 9 grams, carbs under 1 grams per serving.