i am not losing weight

I started dieting on an 800 calorie diet for 3-4 weeks, I've managed to lose 20 lbs (im now 201-203 lbs from 224)
I gained 80lbs from depression/anxiety in 1 year (yes, i know.)
I drink diet soda and reset my 800 calories at 6 PM every day never going over that limit
I checked myself in the scale yesterday and I weighed 200.96 pounds, now today I weigh 203 pounds. The first week I lost 10 lbs and 3 the following 2-3 weeks. (the problem is i am not losing weight)
I need to lose this weight.
pls help me
 
Who told you to do an 800kcal diet? They're probably not a good source for nutritional information.

If your body had its way, then lying in bed sleeping for 24 hours, you'd burn about 1500kcal (about twice what you're currently consuming). Your body likes to move - it's in your body's design. So if your body had its way, it would probably be burning through 2000kcal each day, maybe more.

Now, it is a known fact that weight gain/maintenance/loss is fundamentally a balancing act of having energy in less than, equal to or more than energy out. So right now you're probably thinking: "Well I'm eating no more than 800kcal a day, that's way less than the 2,000kcal this guy thinks my body needs, so I should be losing weight."

Here's the thing. Your body likes to survive. It's good at this. So when it notices that it's receiving significantly less than what it needs to maintain itself, it politely says "HOLY **** SOMETHING'S WRONG!!!" and it responds in turn by entering into starvation mode. See, YOU know that another meal is coming. YOU know that there's plenty more food in the fridge, and if that food runs out you can just go to the shops and get more. Your BODY does not know this. Your body was not designed by God or any evolutionary process to sit back and relax, knowing that food's at arm's reach. So when your body isn't receiving enough food, it assumes that food isn't there. To survive, it boosts lipogensis and reduces lipolysis; in English, where energy and nutrients were once spread out throughout the cells of the body, now the fat cells are demanding as great a share of the energy received as possible, and they're suddenly very reluctant to let go of any energy.

So, unless you've got some very rare metabolic disorder (in which case the normal rules don't apply), you should consume within 500kcal of what your body needs for maintenance every day. So, realistically, about 2,000kcal every day and regular, quality physical training will probably help you out more than this extremely low-cal diet you're on.
 
Losing weight

I started dieting on an 800 calorie diet for 3-4 weeks, I've managed to lose 20 lbs (im now 201-203 lbs from 224)
I gained 80lbs from depression/anxiety in 1 year (yes, i know.)
I drink diet soda and reset my 800 calories at 6 PM every day never going over that limit
I checked myself in the scale yesterday and I weighed 200.96 pounds, now today I weigh 203 pounds. The first week I lost 10 lbs and 3 the following 2-3 weeks. (the problem is i am not losing weight)
I need to lose this weight.
pls help me


I really don't like the idea of an 800 calorie a day diet, it simply isn't enough to sustain you and quite honestly will do more to hurt your weight loss efforts vs. help them.

If you gained 80 pounds in a year, you need to respect that and take the time to lose the weight vs. trying to "hurry up" and get rid of it. The low calorie approach is going to completely screw up your metabolism and the minute you start eating more, you're body will gain weight because right now it's in the starvation mode(slowing your metabolic rate down.)

I'd encourage you to visit with an RD and take a look at what changes you can make that will stick and not just be temporary. My hope is that you'd like to lose the weight and keep it off and you can only do that through a healthy diet.

Hope that helps.
 
1. Drink plenty of water 6-8 glass per day it not only flush out toxins from your body but also manages metabolism which burns out 3% of calories.
2. Increase your fiber intake take green leafy vegetables and fruits.
3. Prefer to take black tea or coffee.
4. Avoid beverages, oily food and junk foods.
5. Take proper diet. Avoid red meat prefer taking chicken, egg and fish.
6. Take low fat dairy products like skimmed milk and yogurt.
7. Do proper exercise.
 
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