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ajc1309
ajc1309 Posts: 255 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm 5'3", 25 and eating 1200 calories a day. I've been doing 30-45 minutes of cardio 5 days a week.

Over the last 3 weeks I've lost around 5lbs, going from 134lbs to 129lbs and that's with only 4 days of exercise in the last week. Should I up my calories or is this ok? My goal weight is 112-119lbs.

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    It will mainly be water weight in the first week...
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    You should be eating back 50% of your exercise calories on top of your basic MFP allowance

    Give it another 3-5 weeks then average your loss if you're averaging 2lbs a week then eat back more exercise calories
  • ajc1309
    ajc1309 Posts: 255 Member
    This isn't the first week. It's been 10 weeks. I've lost a total of 9lbs in those 10 weeks. 5 of those lbs have been lost in the last 3 weeks.
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    ajc1309 wrote: »
    This isn't the first week. It's been 10 weeks. I've lost a total of 9lbs in those 10 weeks. 5 of those lbs have been lost in the last 3 weeks.

    Oh, derp.

    As @rabbitjb said... eat back 50-75% of your exercise calories
  • Wii_Player
    Wii_Player Posts: 2,454 Member
    A healthy weight loss is an average of 1 to 2 pounds per week, which is what you are averaging :)
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