Okay, so this should be a dream to someone trying to lose weight, but I no longer want to lose weight! I started 46 lbs heavier and am below my target weight, but even when eating at what my calculated daily calories are, I am losing-albeit slowly at about 1 lb per month.
At 125 lbs I should be eating about 1300-1400 calories to maintain according to some calorie calculators, but I eat as much as 1500 calories most days and on others as much as 1700. I eat :
breakfast (300-400 calories, same breakfast for a year),
lunch (400-500 calories),
dinner (400-700) calories
snack (1/4 or 1/2 cup ice cream in a cone at nights) in addition to a fruit here and there and a treat like peanut brittle or some chips
I was stuck at about 150 lbs for over 4 months and then I was stuck at 140 for another 6 weeks, but since then I have slowly but surely burned off the weight. I started losing weight Feb 2010@ 172lbs and now 22 months later I am down 46lbs. I am no longer exercising as I have connective tissue issue and fibromyalgia and I simply hurt too much. My doc says neither of the two medical issues or my meds can cause weight loss. More so, I am not very active more than to go to the store and cook dinner- otherwise I am in front of a computer.
I go to the doctor at least 3 times a year, most recently 2 months ago and I have had a full checkup with blood tests earlier this year. I am not diabetic and not showing signs of such (apart from losing weight! ). My thyroid tests have always been okay.
So my question is, could it be that my metabolism is to "blame" for how my weight loss is continuing? Can't believe after 20+months I am asking but how many calories should I be taking in to maintain 125/126 lbs?
Even my primary care and rheumatologist want to know. Any ideas?