Help with Calories

MarquisJohnsons

So I'm currently cutting on 1900 calories at 6'3, 228 and after looking more into it I may be in a larger deficit than I was expecting.
Right now I can't workout due to financial reasons so the only exercise I get in is the occasional walk and HIIT 3x a week. My question is: Do I set my activity level to sedentary with 1.5 pound loss a week, in which case I'd be eating 1900 calories, or should I just do the 10x bodyweight in which case I'll get 2280

futuremanda

How long have you been at 1900, and what results have you been getting? (How many lbs loss per week on average?)

If your actual results are too fast, then up your calories. Actual results will trump any calculator or info you find in an article. So if you've been eating 1900 and getting the 1.5 lbs a week you told MFP you wanted, then you have the exact deficit you expected. If you're losing faster, then you have a larger deficit.

If you're unhappy with your target of 1900, then up your calories. If you'd like to try 2280, then up your calories. You can absolutely do this; it will slow your weight loss by about 1 lb every 9 days or so (all else being equal).

MarquisJohnsons

futuremanda wrote: »

How long have you been at 1900, and what results have you been getting? (How many lbs loss per week on average?)

If your actual results are too fast, then up your calories. Actual results will trump any calculator or info you find in an article. So if you've been eating 1900 and getting the 1.5 lbs a week you told MFP you wanted, then you have the exact deficit you expected. If you're losing faster, then you have a larger deficit.

If you're unhappy with your target of 1900, then up your calories. If you'd like to try 2280, then up your calories. You can absolutely do this; it will slow your weight loss by about 1 lb every 9 days or so (all else being equal).

A few weeks and I've been losing 2.5-3 pounds a week, but I think a lot about food and usually hop in the shower instead of eating to get my mind off it. Guess I'll be upping it to 2280 and see how that goes

MarquisJohnsons

Pu_239 wrote: »

Try that deficit and see how it works out, make adjustments as necessary. Keep in mind those calculators are just estimates.

About your "financial" reasons. That's not an excuse to not workout, you can do body weight exercises. WHen I first started working out to lose my weight, I had 1 kettle bell, did an entire full body routine with it. ALso power bands are an option, those things are cheap... if you're seroiusly broke, e.g. simply can't put down 20 dollars, then you can simple do body weight exercises, push ups pullups/(assisted pullups). body weight squats, or body weight squats holding something for weight.

What I meant by financial reasons is I used to work out at a gym 4-5x a week, due to not having a job or any source of income for the time being I will not be able to do that anymore.

I still do the whole calisthenic, HIIT, blah blah but that doesn't fall under working out in my books.

Liftng4Lis

Try the 1.5 pounds a week. If you find you're hungry, lower it to 1 pound.