vsidles's Journal, 28 January 2011

way too few calories is my guess. Your body has a protective mechanism to conserve fat. Eat the right foods, gets lots of fiber and it will come off. Don't forget to exercise. Stick with it, don't starve yourself 

Your body is in starvation mode. No one can survive on 500cal a day. You need to nourish and eat balanced meals. You have to eat at least 1400 cal a day. You have to take in protein, complex carbs and healthy fats and fibre with every meal. My advice is to keep your fat intake to healthy fats - nuts, seeds.. (not animal fats) and no more than 40g of fat per day, make sure you eat complex carbs - fruit, veg, whole wheats. Just cut out the crap - no take away, no pizzas, no frozen/microwave foods, no chocolates, no icecreams, nothing that is made with white flour. You should eat 50% complex carbs, 25-30% protein and 255 healthy fats per day Have 1 cheat meal per week - just 1 meal not the whole day and in moderation. For instance every Sunday night you can have what you want to eat (pizza/burger/chocolate/doughnut..) but in moderation. Not 2 burgers with supersize fries. Just 1 plain sigle burger with small fries. Buy yourself Oxygen magazine for motivation If you eat correctly 90% of the time you will lose weight. Trust me I have lost 12kg now in 6 months. I could have done better but I do cheat alot - especially in December. If you lose 3 kg a month it is really very very good. Good luck! Nicky