How long to adjust to calorie increase?

BarbieAS
BarbieAS Posts: 1,414 Member
edited January 27 in Health and Weight Loss
How long would you eat at an increased level of calories (for example, going up to 1750 from 1500 with a TDEE of around 2500) before you decide that that increase isn't working for you (as you've maintained your weight the entire time) and you should try adjusting again?

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    >4 weeks. 250 cals/day is only 0.5 lbs/week so after 4 weeks that's 2 lbs which is still the sort of random change that might happen anyway.
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    I see results I can count on after 5 or 6 weeks. it takes our bodies some time to adjust, but a 250 calorie increase is not huge so 4 weeks could be sufficient. I wouldn't go less than 4 weeks before deciding if it is working though.
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