I'm getting really frusrated!!

Fit4LifeAR

I don't lose at 1200 calories. As much as you are working out, that is not nearly enough. Try eating more, it worked for me. My happy number is between 1600-1700.

fiddletime

Fit4LifeAR wrote: »

I don't lose at 1200 calories. As much as you are working out, that is not nearly enough. Try eating more, it worked for me. My happy number is between 1600-1700.

Personally, I've never found that eating too few calories slows my weight loss and that eating more calories will help me lose weight. Most of us on here are of the opinion that if you eat fewer calories than you burn, you'll lose weight (CICO- or, calories in, calories out). If you eat "too few" calories, in the long run, it isn't healthy. In the short run you might find you have lower energy and are more tired. Also, if you're trying to build muscle at the same time that will be difficult.

acorsaut89

fiddletime wrote: »

Fit4LifeAR wrote: »

I don't lose at 1200 calories. As much as you are working out, that is not nearly enough. Try eating more, it worked for me. My happy number is between 1600-1700.

Personally, I've never found that eating too few calories slows my weight loss and that eating more calories will help me lose weight. Most of us on here are of the opinion that if you eat fewer calories than you burn, you'll lose weight (CICO- or, calories in, calories out). If you eat "too few" calories, in the long run, it isn't healthy. In the short run you might find you have lower energy and are more tired. Also, if you're trying to build muscle at the same time that will be difficult.

Totally agree with this! While eating too few calories might make you tired or you'll find you're grumpy with little energy all the time, it will definitely not slow down weight loss. In fact, if you're eating too few calories AND have some type of work out routine you will probably lose quite quickly.

In the short term and long term it's really not healthy though. In the short term, you'll be grumpy all the time and really tired with very little energy to expend, your workouts will suffer. In the long term, if you can sustain it, the effects are much greater: your vital organs could be deprived of nutrients, nails and teeth get brittle, and so on (of course that depends on how little you're eating over how long of a period).

I personally eat to perform. The weight loss is approximately 1lb/week give or take but when I did body composition testing I have just shy of 140lbs of LBM on me. I'm 5'10 and weigh approx 255lbs. I am not an elite athlete, but I can lift heavy and I run 5 and 10K distances. I prefer the fitness aspect of things, so I choose my foods accordingly and increasing my performance and fitness levels are really important to me right now.

That being said, I get not everyone has those goals so it's all personal preference of course