ManagerHHC's Journal, 31 August 2014

U can do it , i have faith in u stick too it luv u 

Walking Good! Starving Bad! :0) Let's look at your 8/28 meals... 1200 calories roughly. At a minimum, you likely need at least 2600 cals to maintain your weight if you lead a relatively sedantary lifestyle (desk job, no gym activities). Males on average need 1500-1800 cals just to maintain your body, rebuild cells and the like. Anything above that feeds your activities... walking, gardening,shopping,exercise, etc. So if you only take in 1200 cals in a day, you don't have enough to support body maintenance, much less your other physical activities. Sure you will lose some pounds in the first few days, but after a couple days, your body adapts upon realizing "Food must be scarce"... and it starts doing amazing things! Like: 1) storing fat instead of burning it! 2) burning muscle (bad) 3)releasing hormones that make you hungry and "search" for food... just to name a few... even more so when you burn more calories exercising! Key is not just total calorie deficit, but keeping your "calorie in" - "exercise calorie" delta above 1500. Check my early calorie log and you will see lots of 1000+ calorie deficits early on, but as I got smaller, I started to plateau with that same deficit... I believe because I was not eating enough. When I added 300 cals to my meal plan, the fat started coming off again! Seems counter-intuitive to starving-deprivation diet fads out there, but it works! Check out my profile for reference web sites to calculate your target cals to achieve 20% calorie reduction each day... slow and steady wins the race, and your body will love you for it! 

I don't think I would worry about the water pills either. You don't want to just change the number on the scale. You want to change body composition... reduce FAT, and increase LEAN BODY MASS (add a little muscle). There may be weeks that the scale does not move, but your clothes continue to fit better, and the mirror tells you your body is changing! Hope this helps! Message me if you want more detailed support.