Can I really EAT MORE????

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  • seif0068
    seif0068 Posts: 193 Member
    OK, last question, how terrible would it be if those extra 150 calories every day were...lets say...more cake??? ;) JK...kind of....no really, can it be?

    lol yeah you can eat the cake. How far off are you from your goal weight? Do you know your body fat %?

    At 5'7" and 158 lbs at about 23% body fat I can lose weight eating 2100 calories PLUS exercise calories. I lost the first 30 lbs eating about 2100 calories daily, but then I'm very active with about 2500-3500 calories burned per week through exercise. I went from 194-164 at about NET 1600.

    Its kind of a funny story about my goal weight... When I was 15, getting my driving permit, they asked my weight, and I was too embarrassed to tell the truth, so I fibbed and told them 135. I don't know how much I weighed then, probably 150ish. So, that has always been my goal, and I have never gotten there...I think 135 is a healthy weight for my height of 5'6", so I am almost 30 pounds off of it....

    That's so funny - my goal weight was based on a similar thing! I had 135 on my very first license, though I think it was accurate at the time. When I started this process at 175, my public goal was 145 but mentally, I wanted to see how I looked and felt at 145 and then 135 was my REAL goal and it totally stems from the driver's license! I am at 142 right now (stupid ticker says 32 but it's 33...they are "working on resolving it"). I'm much less focused on losing the last 7 lbs right now, just enjoying maintenance for a bit and resting after a half marathon, then kicking into gear again next month.

    P.S. Yes - the extra 150 calories could be a treat! I have a sweet tooth and am way more likely to stay on track if I let myself have treats than if I try to deprive myself. It's just that now a treat might be 15 Reese's pieces or a miniature Hershey bar instead of half a tub of ice cream!!!

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