Hi, my name is...

stefanie18810

Hi,

I'm new at this posting thing... experienced at dieting and un-dieting. Lol.

Warning - I like (need) to analyze everything. I have a history of binge eating followed by restrictions. Not the healthiest, but really trying to work on stability going forward and hoping this works for me. I have to admit, I can't imagine losing weight while eating more than 1200 calories, but I keep seeing posts/benefits to upoing calories, so I'm giving it a try.

I'm 5'3 and 142 currently. My highest was 178 and I've been struggling the last 8 months with the last 15-20lbs for my goal weight. I've gotten to 131, panicked with the accomplishment, and been tetering between 135-145 since. Generally, its a week of healthy eating followed by a day or two binge to throw it away.

I go to a cardio boxing class 5 times a week and love it!! I used an HRM the first few weeks and estimate roughly 625 calories burned per hour class. I've always been athletic minded, so it really is the perfect workout for me. And, apparently I like hitting things.

So...I used a calculator to estimate what I should be eating based on a sedentary job (I sit in front of a computer), but added that I workout 5 times a week and burn 625 calories. I used 2 different sites so I could compare and make sure they were similar.

The results...

1400-1500 calories
145-155 carbs
110-115 protein
38-55 fat
28-35 fiber

Does this sound about right? It's not super restrictive, but scares me because I can't imagine losing weight eating so much.

Any help, advice, guidance would be appreciated!