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oocdc2
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I'm finding it hard, on a psychological level, to totally eat my maintenance calories (1500), even working out 3x week. I'm just so nervous about weight creeping up. Anyone else feeling like this?
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I feel you. I can eat about 1900-2000 daily with my current exercise regimen, but I'm usually eating between 1400-1800. I'd rather it be going down slowly than going up slowly, you know? I suppose you could do that, and if it dips down too far, then indulge in a pint of ice cream or a big dinner (or just do that every 2 weeks or once a month or something).0
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It's a bit of a shock to find out what your body NEEDS vs what you think you want in calories. Plus most of the things we eat in the west is very calorie dense.1
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@oocdc2 i love your profile picture!!!1
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Sort of. I have my calorie goal set about 100 calories lower than my TDEE.0
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Is this real life? I could smash 1500 calories in under an hour, easy.23 -
_lyndseybrooke_ wrote: »
Is this real life? I could smash 1500 calories in under an hour, easy.
Me too!1 -
I'm finding it hard, on a psychological level, to totally eat my maintenance calories (1500), even working out 3x week. I'm just so nervous about weight creeping up. Anyone else feeling like this?
Don't worry about it. What with less-than-precise labels and forgetting to note things you ate, you're probably eating more than you think anyway.
You SHOULD be nervous about weight creeping up. It's when people slack off that the weight comes back. You probably will internalize good habits after several years, but even if you were nervous for the rest of your life it would be worth it if you kept the weight off.
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Its not that she couldn't eat that physically, I think. It sounds like a mental road block. Try watching 10,000 calorie challenges on youtube and you might gag from how much they put down! I am partly envious because I would fear the repercussions too much.0
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1500 with exercise 3x a week sounds like still weight loss to me. I maintain on 2100-2600 and i exercise a few times a week and am only a tiny girl.0
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_lyndseybrooke_ wrote: »
Is this real life? I could smash 1500 calories in under an hour, easy.
Me too!
I'm old and slow, ladies.
I usually burn about 350/workout. 2 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »1500 with exercise 3x a week sounds like still weight loss to me. I maintain on 2100-2600 and i exercise a few times a week and am only a tiny girl.
I'm pretty new to maintenance, so I may have to up my caloric intake. I can't even imagine eating 2100/day, glad it's working for you!0 -
Screw calorie counting - change the foods that you're eating. Whole plant based foods - little processed foods.
I eat around 2500 - 3500 plus calories a day, and I'm maintaining my weight. I exercise everyday or 6 days a week for 30 minutes to around 1.5 hours . Strength training and probably around 20 minutes of cardio or so.
It's the source of the calories. According to the tdee calculator I should be gaining weight, but I'm not. If I were eating 1600 calories of processed animal product heavy foods, then yes I would need to stick to that number or else I would be gaining.
The point is , yes a calorie is a calorie in a laboratory setting - but when we apply that to a living breathing organism (human beings) if we had two people and set them on two different diets for a year but eat the SAME number of calories and exercise regime, John will eat 2500-3000 calories a day of plant based whole foods, with little processed foods and Tim will eat 2500-3000 calories a day of meat,dairy, eggs, processed foods - do you think they are going to look the same ??!?? Or have the same results in terms of weight, blood tests, body fat?!?! NO.
They are going to look different by the end of the year. This is because it's about the TYPE OF food we eat.
Oh and the calorie counters - say I need around 1800 or so to maintain - I was eating this a year back with the foods I eat now and guess what , I lost weight - WAYYYY too much weight (not going to go into details about this as this was a very painful time mental/physically)
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EAT REAL FOOD and you don't need to worry about calories.
It's honestly that simple.0 -
No way, I LOVE eating maintenance calories, I eat around 2100 on average and I wish I could eat more LOL0
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Screw calorie counting - change the foods that you're eating. Whole plant based foods - little processed foods.
I eat around 2500 - 3500 plus calories a day, and I'm maintaining my weight. I exercise everyday or 6 days a week for 30 minutes to around 1.5 hours . Strength training and probably around 20 minutes of cardio or so.
It's the source of the calories. According to the tdee calculator I should be gaining weight, but I'm not. If I were eating 1600 calories of processed animal product heavy foods, then yes I would need to stick to that number or else I would be gaining.
The point is , yes a calorie is a calorie in a laboratory setting - but when we apply that to a living breathing organism (human beings) if we had two people and set them on two different diets for a year but eat the SAME number of calories and exercise regime, John will eat 2500-3000 calories a day of plant based whole foods, with little processed foods and Tim will eat 2500-3000 calories a day of meat,dairy, eggs, processed foods - do you think they are going to look the same ??!?? Or have the same results in terms of weight, blood tests, body fat?!?! NO.
They are going to look different by the end of the year. This is because it's about the TYPE OF food we eat.
Oh and the calorie counters - say I need around 1800 or so to maintain - I was eating this a year back with the foods I eat now and guess what , I lost weight - WAYYYY too much weight (not going to go into details about this as this was a very painful time mental/physically)
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EAT REAL FOOD and you don't need to worry about calories.
It's honestly that simple.
@mlee981 Sorry to burst your bubble but if your maintenance was really 1800 and you ate 3000+ you would gain even if you ate 3000 kcal of broccoli. You cannot defy laws of physics no matter how hard you try. There is NOTHING wrong with meat, dairy, eggs. Stop demonizing food. If you want to eat plant based that is fine. Imposing your (wrong) opinions on other is not fine. Also 2 people will never look the same...but that has more to do with genetics and exercise routine rather than food choices. Usain Bolt eats burgers. He looks fine to me :P18 -
@KorvapuustiPossu "Imposing your (wrong) opinions on other is not fine."
WOW.. since when did someones opinion become right or wrong.. isnt that what an opinion is, someone else views.. whether or not they agree with yours??0 -
@KorvapuustiPossu "Imposing your (wrong) opinions on other is not fine."
WOW.. since when did someones opinion become right or wrong.. isnt that what an opinion is, someone else views.. whether or not they agree with yours??
@cglogosh Her opinions are wrong because they defy laws of physics and logic as well. Her opinions are scientifically wrong. If I think elephants can fly does it make it true? No. Because it defies logic and laws of physics.10 -
Screw calorie counting - change the foods that you're eating. Whole plant based foods - little processed foods.
I eat around 2500 - 3500 plus calories a day, and I'm maintaining my weight. I exercise everyday or 6 days a week for 30 minutes to around 1.5 hours . Strength training and probably around 20 minutes of cardio or so.
It's the source of the calories. According to the tdee calculator I should be gaining weight, but I'm not. If I were eating 1600 calories of processed animal product heavy foods, then yes I would need to stick to that number or else I would be gaining.
The point is , yes a calorie is a calorie in a laboratory setting - but when we apply that to a living breathing organism (human beings) if we had two people and set them on two different diets for a year but eat the SAME number of calories and exercise regime, John will eat 2500-3000 calories a day of plant based whole foods, with little processed foods and Tim will eat 2500-3000 calories a day of meat,dairy, eggs, processed foods - do you think they are going to look the same ??!?? Or have the same results in terms of weight, blood tests, body fat?!?! NO.
They are going to look different by the end of the year. This is because it's about the TYPE OF food we eat.
Oh and the calorie counters - say I need around 1800 or so to maintain - I was eating this a year back with the foods I eat now and guess what , I lost weight - WAYYYY too much weight (not going to go into details about this as this was a very painful time mental/physically)
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EAT REAL FOOD and you don't need to worry about calories.
It's honestly that simple.
This is complete BS.9 -
KorvapuustiPossu wrote: »@KorvapuustiPossu "Imposing your (wrong) opinions on other is not fine."
WOW.. since when did someones opinion become right or wrong.. isnt that what an opinion is, someone else views.. whether or not they agree with yours??
@cglogosh Her opinions are wrong because they defy laws of physics and logic as well. Her opinions are scientifically wrong. If I think elephants can fly does it make it true? No. Because it defies logic and laws of physics.
@cglogosh Having an opinion is not wrong. I think what @KorvapuustiPossu is saying is that imposing it on others is wrong. Especially when the opinion you are giving is incorrect. I was kind of wondering where the research that backed @mlee981 post was. That sounds like anecdotal evidence to me, nothing scientific. And I don't really believe that she is eating that much more than her TDEE and not gaining weight. But that is my opinion. I don't actually know how many calories she is eating. But if she says screw calorie counting I have doubts if she knows how many calories she is eating either. I think I'll stick with my calorie counting and my meat, dairy and processed foods. It is working for me.
The OP came here wondering if others are having trouble eating up to their maintenance calories after being at a deficit. She didn't come here to be lectured about her food choices. I know how you feel @oocdc2 . I'm not quite at maintenance yet. I have 6 pounds to my goal, but I am having a hard time thinking about upping my calories. Right now I am focusing on eating back all of my fitbit adjustment, but it is hard. I'm so used to eating at a deficit and I am afraid that I will gain when I eat more. That is why I've been reading on the maintenance forums. To get advice about maintaining, not about food choices.4 -
@KorvapuustiPossu "Imposing your (wrong) opinions on other is not fine."
WOW.. since when did someones opinion become right or wrong.. isnt that what an opinion is, someone else views.. whether or not they agree with yours??
Well, what she said wasn't even an opinion. It was actually a false claim. Big difference...8
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