New calorie goal got me STARVING 😭

OOODINA777

I am 5'8 245lbs... my new calorie goal of 1300 has got me starving. I've be successful implementing intermittent fasting along with my calorie goal. As of late tho... ugh. I try to get as much exercise as I can, but have been relying on calorie restriction for the most part. Doing 1300 calories per day has my body throwing tantrums and did I mention hunger? So do I O.D. on protein? (Which I don't really want to do (older gal) another reason i much rather calorie restrict) Should I protein shake my life away... again (since slim fast 😭)? Do o just need to suck it up and starve... more? Any Advice? Mahalo in advance 🌺🤙

workinonit1956

What do you have your calorie goal set to for loss per week?

janejellyroll

How did you get a goal of 1,300? If it's from MFP, what did you set as your goal rate of loss per week?

When you do exercise, are you eating back your activity calories?

Spliner1969

janejellyroll wrote: »

How did you get a goal of 1,300? If it's from MFP, what did you set as your goal rate of loss per week.

When you do exercise, are you eating back your activity calories?

That's pretty much the questions that matter. 1300 sounds low for someone your height. I'd dial it back a bit or, at the very least, make sure you're eating back your exercise calories on top of it.

quiksylver296

I'm 5'9", 180 lbs and can lose on 2000 calories per day. Eat more.

quiksylver296

My answer from your other thread:

I'm 5'9", 180 lbs and can lose on 2000 calories per day. Eat more.

VioletRojo

IMO, your deficit is too high. I'm 52, 5'4", ~120, have no thyroid, was not not technically overweight, and lost on 1720 calories a day. Eat more and you'll feel better.

tinkerbellang83

5'8" 220lbs (started at 255lbs) lost the 35lbs on 1500 net per day (with exercise calories that was around 2000 cals per day). Better to lose slower and stick at it because it's sustainable than burn out quickly because you're starving, try setting yourself to a slower rate of loss and eat some of those exercise calories back!

apullum

Set your rate of loss to 1 pound per week. You’ll probably be able to eat more.

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mkculs

I threw your info (that I knew) into a calculator. If you gave yourself 2 years to lose 100 lbs, you could eat about 1650 cals/day (with walking 30 minutes daily). You would maintain at about 1900 (as long as you kept up the walking). Why risk blowing it all by trying to lose too fast? As someone told me, you can lose 1 lb a week consistently for months and months, or lose 2 lbs a month never

lmew91

Whew... I'm 5'5 and about 132 lbs, and I can easily lose on 1400 cal/ day NET (meaning I eat most of my exercise calories- so that's 1400 minimum, if I didn't exercise at all that day.)

stanmann571

quiksylver296 wrote: »

I'm 5'9", 180 lbs and can lose on 2000 calories per day. Eat more.

tinkerbellang83 wrote: »

5'8" 220lbs (started at 255lbs) lost the 35lbs on 1500 net per day (with exercise calories that was around 2000 cals per day). Better to lose slower and stick at it because it's sustainable than burn out quickly because you're starving, try setting yourself to a slower rate of loss and eat some of those exercise calories back!

Seriously, how did you get a goal of 1300 at 245 lbs.

Unless you're literally bedridden, you've probably miscalculated somewhere.

inertiastrength

I'm about 100lbs lighter and 2" shorter and that would have me killing people. Wouldn't be able to stick to that for 3 days much less the time required to shed 75lbs. I'd re-evaluate your goals and find something more sustainable

hesn92

So eat more. I wouldn’t succeed if I had to be hungry all the time. Using a TDEE calculator, you should be able to lose 1 lb a week on 1800-ish calories depending on how active you are.

DaintyWhisper

I'd be so hangry on such little calories.. Try setting your goal to losing 1 lb to 1.5 lb a week instead of 2 lbs. That should give somewhere between 1600-1800 calories. I think you'd manage a lot better with that amount without starving all day!

MichelleSilverleaf

Another vote to eat more. I'm going to guess you picked 2lb/week loss. Try 1.5 or 1lb.

ccsernica

Where on earth did you get that calorie goal from? You can eat a few hundred calories a day more and still lose weight. Do that.

Italiana_xx79

I eat between 1600 and 1800 calories a day, depending on the workout I had completed for the day. It's lower on the days I don't workout. There are multiple calculators online. I would google and try a few. I actually did about 5 or 6 different ones and started with the average of them all. It's a good way to get an estimate, but that's all that it is, an estimate. Start with that then add or subtract what works for you.

ruqayyahsmum

I'm 5ft 2, 233lb and my daily goal before exercise is 1640

My furniture would have teeth marks if my goal was that low

veganbaum

I'm 5'8" and there's no way I could eat only 1300 calories a day consistently. I'm in maintenance and at around 140 lbs have been eating over 2000 to maintain. Anything less than that I will lose weight on. Maybe you need to reevaluate your goals. 1lb a week, even when sedentary should give you much more than 1300.

kshama2001

Do you want to lose two pounds a week never or one pound a week consistently?

Change your weekly weight loss goal to One Pound a Week for 1,720 calories / day, depending on how old you are (I used a birth year of 1968.)