Mental battle & calorie counting
Helloooo!
I am fast approaching my one year mark and am 85lbs down. My weight loss has slowed over the past 4-5 months and I've only lost a couple pounds since February. I've been wanting to stay on a low dose and lose slow. My history of going too hard has often lead me to lose a lot in 4-6 months and then immediately gain it back. This is the longest I've consistently lost weight.
I started tracking again recently (after titrating up from 7.5mg to 7.8mg and added another 2mg on a second day, splitting the dose a little to try that out. Another reason I don't want to titrate too fast is because I seem to react strongly for a couple weeks and get a lot of GI issues).
I looked back at my calories eaten back in the summer of last year (I was losing more consistently). I felt like I couldn't eat much then, and was eating between 1300-1900 calories a day. I'm a female 5'5 and currently 309lbs (I was in the 350s-360s last summer).
Lately, I feel like I'm still hungry when I reach 1900-2000 calories. I know hunger is normal, but it worries me when the scale is barely budging.
I'm eating 100-150g of protein a day and 25-35g of fiber. Trying to stick to whole foods. I hike daily (1-2 hours) and try to be active in other ways (house work, yardwork).
I guess what I'm asking is... if you've been on it for a while, do you feel you need to eat more? What did you do to get over it? Is this all just mental and I'm truly just hungry? Any tips on overcoming plateaus?