Going over calories

lyndseyplexus
lyndseyplexus Posts: 2 Member
edited November 22 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm having a hard time staying below or at my calorie intake a day.. does anyone have that problem like majority of the week. I don't go over too bad, but like a 100 cal or so.. any help is appreciated. I'm also on steroids (I'll be on them for the rest of my life) so that makes it triple times hard. Thank you!

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  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    What do you have your weekly weight loss target set to, and how much weight do you need to lose? Often people will set a deficit that is too aggressive for them when starting out, not realising this can cause problems.

    Regardless, if you're only going over by 100 cals a day, you are still at a deficit, and will still lose weight, just not quite as quickly. The steroids are going to make it tougher for you in terms of hunger unfortunately, don't make it worse for yourself than it needs to be :)
  • whosshe
    whosshe Posts: 597 Member
    lyndseyplexus wrote: »
    I'm having a hard time staying below or at my calorie intake a day.. does anyone have that problem like majority of the week. I don't go over too bad, but like a 100 cal or so.. any help is appreciated. I'm also on steroids (I'll be on them for the rest of my life) so that makes it triple times hard. Thank you!

    You have to just do it. Like what others are saying, if 100 over is still a deficit just change your goal from say 2lbs to 1lb. But if you end up going over that you need to get real with yourself. You can do this. I'm on steroids as well.

    What I do that seems to work is log before you eat. Have your calories already accounted for. I find I'm way less likely to go over my goal this way. Before I eat anything I check to see how many calories it is.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    eliciaobrien1 wrote: »
    lyndseyplexus wrote: »
    I'm having a hard time staying below or at my calorie intake a day.. does anyone have that problem like majority of the week. I don't go over too bad, but like a 100 cal or so.. any help is appreciated. I'm also on steroids (I'll be on them for the rest of my life) so that makes it triple times hard. Thank you!

    You have to just do it. Like what others are saying, if 100 over is still a deficit just change your goal from say 2lbs to 1lb. But if you end up going over that you need to get real with yourself. You can do this. I'm on steroids as well.

    What I do that seems to work is log before you eat. Have your calories already accounted for. I find I'm way less likely to go over my goal this way. Before I eat anything I check to see how many calories it is.

    Even if she's set to lose 1 lb per week, she's still at a deficit if she goes 100 over. She doesn't need to 'get real with herself'. If she is happy to accept slightly slower weight loss that's entirely her choice, and if that's the difference between being able to stick with it and not, I'd choose the slower weight loss. Hell, even a 250 cal deficit would be fine. It's slow, and it requires meticulous logging, but it still gets you there in the end.

    OP, the most important thing is that you do something that is sustainable for you.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    If your calorie goal is too large to be sustainable then change it.

    You can manually set a calorie goal to fine tune the amount as well as change the desired rate of loss which is a very coarse adjustment.
  • emailmehere1122
    emailmehere1122 Posts: 140 Member
    How many calories are you allowing yourself...are you exercising ...if it's too low...like a 1000 with exercise...then you're jacking yourself up and it's good you're eating more.

    More information is needed
  • whosshe
    whosshe Posts: 597 Member
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    eliciaobrien1 wrote: »
    lyndseyplexus wrote: »
    I'm having a hard time staying below or at my calorie intake a day.. does anyone have that problem like majority of the week. I don't go over too bad, but like a 100 cal or so.. any help is appreciated. I'm also on steroids (I'll be on them for the rest of my life) so that makes it triple times hard. Thank you!

    You have to just do it. Like what others are saying, if 100 over is still a deficit just change your goal from say 2lbs to 1lb. But if you end up going over that you need to get real with yourself. You can do this. I'm on steroids as well.

    What I do that seems to work is log before you eat. Have your calories already accounted for. I find I'm way less likely to go over my goal this way. Before I eat anything I check to see how many calories it is.

    Even if she's set to lose 1 lb per week, she's still at a deficit if she goes 100 over. She doesn't need to 'get real with herself'. If she is happy to accept slightly slower weight loss that's entirely her choice, and if that's the difference between being able to stick with it and not, I'd choose the slower weight loss. Hell, even a 250 cal deficit would be fine. It's slow, and it requires meticulous logging, but it still gets you there in the end.

    OP, the most important thing is that you do something that is sustainable for you.

    I more meant if it turns into eating at or over maintenance. If you want change you need to change something. Lose 0.1lbs a week that's still losing. You literally picked out one sentence lol
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