It's not working! :(

[Floweryfields]

You can actually cause yourself to gain weight by not eating enough. I think that could be where you're going wrong. Your body thinks it's starving so it's holding on to the fat instead of letting it go. You should be having around 1600 kjs at each meal - a total of about 1400 calories per day. This will ensure fat loss but at a sensible rate.

I personally have lost almost 5kg using this method in the past 6 -7 weeks.

[skeetaboat]

I agree with PP's - you're taking in too few cals for your body's needs and it's shutting down in response - the fact that your milk is drying up is evidence that your body is trying to expend less energy. Try upping it to 1800 cals or 2000 if you're exercising. A 1000 cal deficit per day should see you lose 1 kg per week, but it might take a week of eating more cals for your body to realise it can come out of starvation mode and start burning the excess again. Goodluck, I know how frustrating it is, especially when you're putting in all the hard work.

[skeetaboat]

Also, if you've got a history of anorexia, your body will go into metabolic shut down quite easily, because starvation is familiar territory.

[C~Q]

Hon, be careful...did you see anybody when you were recovering? Perhaps you should go and talk to them again? It is so easy to slip back into old habits and i'm sure you know that that is NOT somewhere you want to go.

Ease off yourself babe...like a few people have said - an excessive cal defecit will slow down your metabolism and push your body into "starvation" mode. And you must know how much more effectively your body will utilise the exercise you are doing when you fuel it properly.

Trust me - doing 20 push ups with perfect strenght and technique is way more effective than 100 weak push ups with badly nourished and fatigued muscles.

Try to get out of the headspace as food as a poison for your body. Think about it as fuel your body needs for the exercise you want to do.

I hope you are ok and if you need to chat then PM me hon - i'm a recovering anorexic, recovering over-exerciser (ok, if i'm honest i'm managing it not over it but baby steps!) and i'm a gym/fitness instructor. I know what you're going through and i'd like to help x