Was maintaining my weight on the amount I was eating, now losing?

Sammi_Nicole16

I was able to maintain my weight no problem on about 1,500 calories. I've recently starting losing weight pretty quickly on that amount. What should I do?

mymodernbabylon

Up your calories by 100-200 calories. See how it goes.

Phrick

has your activity increased at all? I would first increase calories a little as above poster said, but sudden and unexplained weight loss is an indicator that something may be medically wrong so if you increase calories for a couple weeks and the loss does not slow down then a trip to the doctor might be in order.

mymodernbabylon

And quit asking the exact same question OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN on the same forum.

estherdfoster

this is the site i use to look at how many calories i need for either maintaining, losing or gaining, and it shows per amount each week you prefer to lose or gain.
http://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html

nxd10

I did that twice. Hit maintenance and was stable for a year, then lost 5 pounds. I upped my calories by 250 and maintained another year. Then I did it again a year later. My metabolism or my exercise changed apparently, as they do over time. You just adjust.

TavistockToad

Sammi_Nicole16 wrote: »

I was able to maintain my weight no problem on about 1,500 calories. I've recently starting losing weight pretty quickly on that amount. What should I do?

Eat more?

pkw58

Sammi_Nicole16 wrote: »

I was able to maintain my weight no problem on about 1,500 calories. I've recently starting losing weight pretty quickly on that amount. What should I do?

You might give yourself the gift of going to see a sports medicine doctor or a really good credentialed personal trainer with some of the advanced testing on nutrition/weight/fitness tailored to you to lay out your nutritional needs. I have found that processed salty foods make me retain up to 5 more pounds of water, and therefore I weigh daily and look at the foods from the day before if I have more than one pound up or down. I don't change the calories necessarily, I eat between 1200 to 2000 a day. I have to estimate a lot of times as my job requires me to take clients and consultants out for breakfast and/or lunch.

I actually had an assessment session with a performing arts doctor and PT when I got to 10 pounds below my original goal... found out due to my bone structure I was at the right weight. (which is about 10-15 pounds below most charts). All the on line calculators and charts are estimates, not an exact science.