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Old Wed, Feb-20-02, 17:36
razzle razzle is offline
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Plan: mostly paleo
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be patient, and raise your calories/food back up.

If you keep at lower calories, all you will do is lower your resting metabolic rate and won't ever be able to eat above that level again without a weight gain. You can consign yourself to a lifetime of having to low-cal diet forever this way--which isn't healthy or sustainable.

You lost almost half of what you want to lose already. The slower you lose, the better--the healthier, the more likely the loss is to be permanent, and the longer you have to learn long-term new eating habits to last you a lifetime.
Men lose at about twice the rate as women.

Your rate of loss is normal--even speedy considering how little you have to lose. So take a breath, be grateful you have so little excess weight, be patient, keep away from empty carbs, eat when hungry, and turn your energies to other areas of your life than the scale.

Raise your carb levels slowly, 5 grams a week, with green veggies--this may help you lose a little more, though you aren't ever going to experience a miracle rate of loss. It might take you six months to take the rest of the weight off--and so what? The calendar is going to turn over to July whether you're fat or thin, so be at peace and just continue moving forward, one step, one day at a time.
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