At the beginning of February I re-planned my diet to be losing only 1lb per week. The idea being to gradually sneak up on my target weight so that I don’t have big, sudden changes in my diet to accommodate.

That was the idea, and it meant 500 calories per day being added to my calorie budget. After eating around 1300 calories per day for 4 months, it has been quite a challenge to get those extra calories and I have been averaging a shortfall of 150 calories per day!

Also, the weight kept falling off – by the end of the first week I had lost three more pounds in weight – so the amount I needed to lose per week had dropped to 0.7lb and my calorie budget had increased accordingly (about another 120). Since then, though, my weight has bounced back a little. I am still about 2lb ahead of target. I am pleased that the weight loss rate is now down to approximately 1 pound per week.