More or less calories close to goal weight?

AngeleyesJo
AngeleyesJo Posts: 191 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Do you need more or less calories closer to goal weight? I'm about 5 pounds off target and finding it really difficult to lose them, have had it suggested I should up my calories?

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Increasing the amount you're eating will either stop or slow your weight loss. When you say it is difficult to lose them, do you mean you aren't losing at all or you're just losing slowly?
  • AngeleyesJo
    AngeleyesJo Posts: 191 Member
    Sort of hanging around the same few pounds I seem hungry a lot too
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    To lose upping calories doesn't work...what does work is tightening up the logging as there is less room for inaccuracies when we are close to goal. If you've slackened off weighing foods etc now is the time to address that.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,260 Member
    IF you are hungry a lot and it is causing you to eat above your calorie goal, it can be helpful to either take a bit of a maintenance break for awhile or to up your calorie goal slightly. Both will slow down your loss rate a bit but if you're already stalling out or getting frustrated it can be worth it.
  • Flapjack_Mollases
    Flapjack_Mollases Posts: 218 Member
    How much is your deficit now? If it is more than 400-500 calories below your recommended calories, then I would up it to at least that.
  • AngeleyesJo
    AngeleyesJo Posts: 191 Member
    How do I work that out?
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