I need your help with calorie numbers
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honkytonks85 wrote: »With 9lbs to go - 1kg per week is too much. At your weight you're better off aiming for a gradual loss of 0.5 or .25 lbs per week.
Yeah that was my thought. This is why I asked here. As I'm useless with calculations.
I need a number to start with and then I can tweak it from there if I need to, based on my results0 -
Ok, my tdee is 1620. Minus 20% = 1296 calories. Oh joy
I might hover inbetween the two and see what happens 0 -
christinev297 wrote: »Ok, my tdee is 1620. Minus 20% = 1296 calories. Oh joy I might hover inbetween the two and see what happens
Negative ghost rider
. Your TDEE is 1950, which puts your calories around 1600.
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christinev297 wrote: »Ok, my tdee is 1620. Minus 20% = 1296 calories. Oh joy I might hover inbetween the two and see what happens
Negative ghost rider . Your TDEE is 1950, which puts your calories around 1600.
oh thank God!! 1600 is definitely doable!!
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christinev297 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »Ok, my tdee is 1620. Minus 20% = 1296 calories. Oh joy I might hover inbetween the two and see what happens
Negative ghost rider . Your TDEE is 1950, which puts your calories around 1600.
oh thank God!! 1600 is definitely doable!!
I'd recommend slowly moving up towards that. Since you are used to the lower calories, maybe continue doing 5:2 for a little while longer while changing the high/low numbers to average out to new goals every week (e.g. 1100, 1300, 1500, then finally just eat 1600 straight). Or you could start out at 1000 cals/day for a few days, increase to 1100 for a few days or a week, keep increasing a bit until you are eating 1600. Jumping so quickly can definitely make you feel a bit sick initially due to the huge surplus of food, also you'll definitely have more water weight initially that way.0 -
No, the calculators will not tell her her TDEE, they will guess at her TDEE.
Her logging and weight loss will tell her her TDEE.
^This. My actual TDEE is much higher than the calculators guessed, too.Negative ghost rider . Your TDEE is 1950, which puts your calories around 1600.
^ This too. Judging by the numbers on this thread, 1600 would make for a good target.
At that pace you could expect to lose about 0.5lbs (0.23kg) per week. It may sound slow, but you're nearing maintenance and in the home stretch, those last 5kg are best lost slowly.
By the way, you've been eating so low for so long that you might see a temporary weight gain once you up your calories to 1600. Don't stress about it; it's normal and should revert in a couple of weeks.0 -
christinev297 wrote: »Ok, my tdee is 1620. Minus 20% = 1296 calories. Oh joy I might hover inbetween the two and see what happens
Negative ghost ride . Your TDEE is 1950, which puts your calories around 1600.
oh thank God!! 1600 is definitely doable!!christinev297 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »Ok, my tdee is 1620. Minus 20% = 1296 calories. Oh joy I might hover inbetween the two and see what happens
Negative ghost rider . Your TDEE is 1950, which puts your calories around 1600.
oh thank God!! 1600 is definitely doable!!
I'd recommend slowly moving up towards that. Since you are used to the lower calories, maybe continue doing 5:2 for a little while longer while changing the high/low numbers to average out to new goals every week (e.g. 1100, 1300, 1500, then finally just eat 1600 straight). Or you could start out at 1000 cals/day for a few days, increase to 1100 for a few days or a week, keep increasing a bit until you are eating 1600. Jumping so quickly can definitely make you feel a bit sick initially due to the huge surplus of food, also you'll definitely have more water weight initially that way.
Thankyou. And will do slowly
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No problem, choose whatever speed you're comfortable with. Could be 2 weeks or 4, but there will be water weight retention. I'd say don't bother taking notice of the weight on the scale until at least eating at 1600 for 2-3 weeks.christinev297 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »Ok, my tdee is 1620. Minus 20% = 1296 calories. Oh joy I might hover inbetween the two and see what happens
Negative ghost ride . Your TDEE is 1950, which puts your calories around 1600.
oh thank God!! 1600 is definitely doable!!christinev297 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »Ok, my tdee is 1620. Minus 20% = 1296 calories. Oh joy I might hover inbetween the two and see what happens
Negative ghost rider . Your TDEE is 1950, which puts your calories around 1600.
oh thank God!! 1600 is definitely doable!!
I'd recommend slowly moving up towards that. Since you are used to the lower calories, maybe continue doing 5:2 for a little while longer while changing the high/low numbers to average out to new goals every week (e.g. 1100, 1300, 1500, then finally just eat 1600 straight). Or you could start out at 1000 cals/day for a few days, increase to 1100 for a few days or a week, keep increasing a bit until you are eating 1600. Jumping so quickly can definitely make you feel a bit sick initially due to the huge surplus of food, also you'll definitely have more water weight initially that way.
Thankyou. And will do slowly
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Thank you so very much guys xx you all have been hugely helpful
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