well the maths says..... A woman of your height and weight and doing "hard exercise" sessions 6 or 7 times a week needs 2400 a day if she is 50, 2476 calories a day if she is 40,2560 if she is 30 or 2638 if she is 20 to stay the same weight(Obviously less for less exercise). breakfast Large bowl of porridge made with milk and little bit of jam/honey = 450cal (ish) lunch big omlette cooked with knob of butter with ham could be = 800 cal (ish) dinner large potato with knob of butter and tin of tuna in water with spoon of mayo and a side salad with tiny bit of dressing= 1100cal (ish) so if you had the above options for each meal every day of the week and a max of 4 small glasses of wine over the weekend -and nothing else to eat or drink all week except water, that means 2425 calories a day which would mean-if you were 40 years old your saving 350 cals a week -it would take you about 20 weeks to lose a kilo(7000 cals in a kilo)or 2 years to lose a stone! That is a lot of ifs and approximations but you get the gist-its really really hard!!!!!Plus you are already slim so your body needs less calories than someone who weighs more, and burns less calories than someone who weighs more. But you may find it motivating to crunch the numbers and see what rate you are losing weight even if it is slower than you would want!
