Calorie Question

Chasity6

I am losing weight slowly, however I am not able to exercise right now and I am eating below daily calories. My concern is even though I am losing slowly is that I am not eating enough calories. Should I eat all of the daily allotted calories or should I continue to eat less since not exercising. I see people posting people not losing due to not taking in enough calories just want to make sure I am doing the right thing to lose correctly. Just have a lot to lose so thought it would come off a little faster at first since over 100lbs to lose. Thanks for the advice.

WBB55

How slowly is slowly?

You can lose weight without ever exercising. Though walking really can do wonders.

DemoraFairy

A deficit is built into your calorie goal - you'll lose weight eating to that goal with no exercise. You won't stop losing weight if you eat too little, but obviously eating too little has other problems.

I will also reiterate the question of how slow do you consider 'slowly'?

malibu927

It's impossible to not lose weight by not eating enough calories. That defies the laws of science.

You should be losing eating all your calories. Log everything accurately (which, for most people, means using a food scale to weigh everything) and it will happen.

Chasity6

I set my loss at 2lb a week I am averaging .5-1lb a week. I just thought I would lose closer to the 2lb mark for a couple of weeks with such a large amount to lose. I will take what the scale gives its a matter of lifestyle to get to the goal just would make it easier if it went a little bit faster. I expect it to slow dramatically once close to goal weight but I just thought it would be faster at first. I also weight what I eat, I follow a paleoish style diet lots of lean protein, veggies and fruit. No processed or high sugar foods and only water and unsweetened tea for drinks so not drinking calories. Averaging 1100-1300 calories a day MFP value 1460.

Chasity6

Just wondering if eating the extra couple of hundred calories a day would make a difference in weight loss speed or not.

barryplumber

Put the scale deep in the closet for about 3 weeks then bring it out

DeguelloTex

Chasity6 wrote: »

Just wondering if eating the extra couple of hundred calories a day would make a difference in weight loss speed or not.

Of course it would.

Chasity6

Good Idea Barry might have to try that to save my sanity lol.

DeguelloTex

An extra "couple hundred" calories a day for a year is 21 pounds.

WBB55

If anything, try making sure you're as accurate as possible. Logging everything (including vegetables and condiments) and weighing everything on a digital scale. Give it 4 more weeks. Then if you're still concerned, come back and ask more questions.

Once you reach goal, you have the rest of your life to maintain. THAT'S the harder part (in my opinion) than emotionally dealing with slow loss. Yes, it might take you two years. Those two years will pass anyway, might as well be 50 lbs lighter by this time next year.

Chasity6

Thanks everyone. Yes maintaining will be harder. I should just be happy though I do have hashimotos to so that could be why I am losing slower.