So I am on the road to being fit as I have lost 15 pounds! (and hope to lose more for my wedding!) I have stayed motivated, worked in sweet treats, and moved cardio and strength training to 5 days a week. Now that the initial soreness is gone (instead of feeling battered i only feel bruised lol) I am at a crossroads. Last week i cut too many calories and lost 5 pounds in one week. I was like "woohoo" but then read that doing that can lower my metabolism and cause me to lose muscle instead of fat. so this week I am trying to eat more calories. But, I am haing an issue with it. Doesn't seem that hard right? Well, I am on a budget and right now have enough food until Saturday when I need to go shopping. I am adding protein bars (lara bars = my new love affair) and everything, but it's like my mind is saying no when my body is saying yes. any suggestions?

also, i workout (in my apt to tae bo amped and it kicks my ass every time) without my shirt on, just a bra as the shirt falls off my shoulders or goes too high on my neck or something, and I sit down after and get SO DISCOURAGED seeing my fat. I am big, 271 now and getting smaller, but i feel like 50 pounds won't show any difference in the gigantic size of my stomach/hips/abdomen.

I didn't think that i would be able to feel discouraged and motivated at the same time, but my happy peppy energy from last week is having problems staying with me this week. Also, today my energy crashed, twice, and last week i was so energetic. Is that normal? I get 7-8 hours of sleep a night, eat 1500-1700 cals a day (snacking often) do 15 mins of strength training in morning and 40-60 m ins of cardio a night (5 days a week).

any comments are appreciated as I want to celebrate my 15 and also hear from you all if you went through same feelings as me before, same problems etc. This is the first real time in my adult life i have been so seroius and motivated and sucessful.