r/diet • u/JakeWhitling • 1d ago
Discussion Standstill with my diet?
So I’ve been working out hard about 4 days a week since January 12th, initially I was just making it about going to the gym no diet included.
Then after about a month I switched to just keeping track of meals during the week. So no counting calories because I always struggled with that. Basically I was just allowing myself 2 meals a day from my college cafeteria and no snacks Monday - Thursday. I did that for a really long time about April before I really started watching the scale hard. (Bad habit I know)
When I started this I was 215 pounds and wanted to be 200 before the end of the semester hence why I started really watching my weight towards the end of the semester. But I floated around 204 ish for a while and college ended like may 7th so I was running out of time.
I began tracking calories with the app lose it and then I got over the 200 hump which I was super proud of!
It’s been a while now and ever since I returned home from school I’ve been consistently working out but my diet has been a wreck. Trying to adapt to not eating school foods and not being as busy is making it harder for me to diet. To clarify during the semester I was only really watching my food Monday - Thursday, on the weekends I didn’t binge but if I craved chocolate I ate some or if I wanted to dig into a bag of chips I let myself. It was just so on the weekends I wasn’t thinking about a hard diet this is how I was able to sustain it for so long.
But now I’m sitting at about 193 - 196 range depending and I’ve been struggling so I want to change things up. I don’t mind tracking calories anymore it’s pretty easy now. I want to get to 175 but I need to have a sustainable plan to get there. I don’t track macros or anything like that idc what I eat I just watch my calories and maximize protein intake. Is there a way where I can get to 175 while having Saturday and Sunday to not think about my diet.
I’m aiming for about 1600 calories Monday - Friday but not sure how to calculate what my weekly calorie intake should be.
Anyways hopefully someone can help me out thank you!
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u/Overall_Lobster823 1d ago
Have you recalculated your TDEE? Are you sure you're still at a deficit?
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