To Lose Weight You MUST EAT!!!

I have always heard you must eat to lose weight and I believed it but only to a degree. After last month I am now a real believer.

As I shared in my last post I set 10 pound weight loss goals to upcoming events in my personal life. Well in May and June I lost 6 pounds each month. So I was determined to lose 10 pounds in July especially since I was going to have a new set of after pictures taken professionally in August. So I decided I was only going to eat 1500 calories daily. I was very good and kept that goal for the entire month of July BUT my total weight lose for July was only 2 pounds. I was so disappointed it was the lowest weight loss since I began my journey.

I was totally in disbelief. How could I only lose 2 pounds eating only 1500 calories a day??? So I did some research at the first of August. A person my height, weight and age should eat 2450 calories to maintain their weight and 1850 to lose weight. So what I was doing by eating so few calories was putting my body in starvation mode and my body was holding on to weight for survival.

Three days a go I started eating more and I have already lost 3 pounds. HooRay, more than I lost the entire month of July.

I wanted to share this personal experience so anyone thinking eating very little is the way to lose weight is mistaken. I learned the hard way. Now I am a believer you must eat to lose weight and stay healthy.

Until Next Time ... Keep Smil'n & Stay Healthy.