Or more to the point, too much of a calorie deficit. I need to be aiming for a deficit of around 1000 calories a day to hit my goal of 2lb a week loss of more, so 7000 calories a week. I'm already hitting 550-600 average through my biking and gym, leaving me 400-500 to find through diet.
Someone my size is looking at 2600 calories a day to sustain (verified through multiple sources), meaning I need around 2000-2100 a day to hit that 400-500 diet deficit.
Out of curiosity yesterday I ran a detailed calorie count on my daily diet (as it's almost identical each day) and most surprisingly it revealed I'm only eating 1100-1150 calories a day. Most definitely not enough. This may go part of the way to explaining the lethargy and lack of motivation in the last 2-3 weeks (which was when I changed the diet up a little, trimming it some more). I'm still going to hold my drinking habits responsible for the slow in weight loss too though.
Once you deduct my 550-600 average through activity, I was only absorbing ~600 calories a day. No wonder I've been having occasional difficulties with a couple of exercises, and no wonder I've had little daily energy recently.
My trainer has suggested I try upping portion sizes slightly rather than artificially forcing in another chunk of food somewhere, which should make things easier.
Anyone else found themselves eating too little and suffering for it?
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