Need help maintaining weight
disney_addict_1028
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Lost weight and now I am up 11 pounds ! I’m having so much trouble maintaining! Any help? I’m working out 3 times a week and trying to eat 1450
Calories a day but find that 2-3 days a week I’m cheating ! Help!?!?
Calories a day but find that 2-3 days a week I’m cheating ! Help!?!?
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1450 to maintain?2
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Timescales?
What are your maintenance calories?
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Ok, so don't focus too much in your weight. If you're working out you should take measurements. Remember, muscle is way more dense than fat!!! So you may weigh more but are still the same measurements.6
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trying to eat 1450
What does this mean? "trying"?
Where did you come up with that number?
I know how many calories per day I need to maintain my weight. I found that number by logging my food and exercise over a period of a few months. When I say I'm eating 2100 per day in maintenance, I know I'm pretty close. I still log my food and exercise. I still use a food scale for the food I make at home.
So if you figure out honestly how many calories you need to maintain the weight you want, then you'll know #1. If 1450 is the right number for you AND #2. If you are in fact eating close enough to the right amount.4 -
When I put my goal weight as my current weight, MFP gave me about 1650 as maintenance. And that’s with a desk job. 1450 seems low. If you keep weighing your food and logging it here with a goal to maintain, your weight should stay FAIRLY consistent. Can you go back to tracking your food in the app?0
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If you're trying to eat at 1450 and not able to do it, chances are it's just too low for you. That's why your weight keeps bouncing from loss to gain. Scale back reasonably and go from there.0
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rissasaunt wrote: »Ok, so don't focus too much in your weight. If you're working out you should take measurements. Remember, muscle is way more dense than fat!!! So you may weigh more but are still the same measurements.
Don't think you gained 11 lbs of muscle. Most likely loose logging is to blame. Maintenance can be tricky finding the right caloric intake and not having the reward of watching the scale weight drop,5 -
I weigh myself every day and if I see my weight slowly going up, I dial back on the calories until I'm back to my desired weight2
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disney_addict_1028 wrote: »Lost weight and now I am up 11 pounds ! I’m having so much trouble maintaining! Any help? I’m working out 3 times a week and trying to eat 1450
Calories a day but find that 2-3 days a week I’m cheating ! Help!?!?
OP, take thoughts with a grain of salt. I am regaining/bulking right now. From my experience, I agree you have not gained 11 lbs of muscle. If you are progressively overloading at the gym, you will gain some muscle. Time scale is very important as well. My experience in gaining weight is that I popped up weight rapidly when I first started eating in a surplus, about 3 lbs in 2-3 days. Then slowly tapered down. That 3 lbs was mostly water weight and food volume in my gut. I also noticed that my weight stair steps. I will gain nothing for a week or two... then bam... up a lb. So, maybe some muscle, some water, and some fat. Just my experience.1 -
cmriverside wrote: »trying to eat 1450
What does this mean? "trying"?
Where did you come up with that number?
I know how many calories per day I need to maintain my weight. I found that number by logging my food and exercise over a period of a few months. When I say I'm eating 2100 per day in maintenance, I know I'm pretty close. I still log my food and exercise. I still use a food scale for the food I make at home.
So if you figure out honestly how many calories you need to maintain the weight you want, then you'll know #1. If 1450 is the right number for you AND #2. If you are in fact eating close enough to the right amount.
I also need about 2100-2200 to maintain. OP, you're probably binging because the daily total is too restrictive.2 -
Them calories seem pretty low! Sound like calories to loose around 0.5 lbs per week. Then again idk your weight or anything. If she's short, it might be right, without exercise.0
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staticsplit wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »trying to eat 1450
What does this mean? "trying"?
Where did you come up with that number?
I know how many calories per day I need to maintain my weight. I found that number by logging my food and exercise over a period of a few months. When I say I'm eating 2100 per day in maintenance, I know I'm pretty close. I still log my food and exercise. I still use a food scale for the food I make at home.
So if you figure out honestly how many calories you need to maintain the weight you want, then you'll know #1. If 1450 is the right number for you AND #2. If you are in fact eating close enough to the right amount.
I also need about 2100-2200 to maintain. OP, you're probably binging because the daily total is too restrictive.
I also agree about being super restricted. I am a restrained eater. I have learned that I like to pick and choose what is worth it to me. Dont be discouraged. It's all a giant learning curve. I am still learning every day. I think this will ALWAYS be a learning curve. Dont think of things has treats or cheats. Doing that helps me. I dont feel guilty when I look at things from a long distance. If I overeat one day. I just TRY to compensate through the week. For ME, it's not day to day. Its week to week. This lifestyle is the long game. To quote Denzel Washington from "Training Day.", "This *kitten* ain't checkers. Its chess."3 -
You need to work out more and be more careful with your calories. 1450 for maintenance sounds like too many calories.8
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I don't agree that sounds like too many calories for maintenance.0
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You need to work out more and be more careful with your calories. 1450 for maintenance sounds like too many calories.
Exercise bulimia? Well... I have the adage move more eat more, but there is a problem with this. People THINK they burn more calories exercising than they do and they compensate more. To me, exercising to eat more is a FINE line.0 -
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MFP gives me 1460 calories if I plug in my current stats and choose maintenance. It is a valid calorie amount for some people. Just because you are young enough/active enough/weigh more or whatever so that you get more maintenance calories doesn’t mean that’s the norm for everyone. Even if I set my activity to active (to include my workouts) I only get 1870 for maintenance.1
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You need to work out more and be more careful with your calories. 1450 for maintenance sounds like too many calories.
1450 calories for maintenance would be pretty low or otherwise be for someone who is not in the least active and very sedentary. On average a lightly active female will maintain on 1800-2000 calories. The only way someone is maintaining on 1450 is if they're basically doing nothing...which in and of itself wouldn't be a good thing.1 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »You need to work out more and be more careful with your calories. 1450 for maintenance sounds like too many calories.
1450 calories for maintenance would be pretty low or otherwise be for someone who is not in the least active and very sedentary. On average a lightly active female will maintain on 1800-2000 calories. The only way someone is maintaining on 1450 is if they're basically doing nothing...which in and of itself wouldn't be a good thing.
I agree. If my memory holds up, some days it doesn't, the average American woman's rmr is about 1300 calories give or take. That's before you factor activity. So, highly doubtful she is "maintaining" on 1450 calories. When you take in account doe variations in food labels and even variations in weighing and measuring, it could be on the 1800-2000 range. Then take in the "most days" statement. 1+1 does not equal 2 here... jmho... hey @cwolfman13 , has anyone heard from @Anvil_Head ?0 -
psychod787 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »You need to work out more and be more careful with your calories. 1450 for maintenance sounds like too many calories.
1450 calories for maintenance would be pretty low or otherwise be for someone who is not in the least active and very sedentary. On average a lightly active female will maintain on 1800-2000 calories. The only way someone is maintaining on 1450 is if they're basically doing nothing...which in and of itself wouldn't be a good thing.
I agree. If my memory holds up, some days it doesn't, the average American woman's rmr is about 1300 calories give or take. That's before you factor activity. So, highly doubtful she is "maintaining" on 1450 calories. When you take in account doe variations in food labels and even variations in weighing and measuring, it could be on the 1800-2000 range. Then take in the "most days" statement. 1+1 does not equal 2 here... jmho... hey @cwolfman13 , has anyone heard from @Anvil_Head ?
He got the boot0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »You need to work out more and be more careful with your calories. 1450 for maintenance sounds like too many calories.
1450 calories for maintenance would be pretty low or otherwise be for someone who is not in the least active and very sedentary. On average a lightly active female will maintain on 1800-2000 calories. The only way someone is maintaining on 1450 is if they're basically doing nothing...which in and of itself wouldn't be a good thing.
I agree. If my memory holds up, some days it doesn't, the average American woman's rmr is about 1300 calories give or take. That's before you factor activity. So, highly doubtful she is "maintaining" on 1450 calories. When you take in account doe variations in food labels and even variations in weighing and measuring, it could be on the 1800-2000 range. Then take in the "most days" statement. 1+1 does not equal 2 here... jmho... hey @cwolfman13 , has anyone heard from @Anvil_Head ?
He got the boot
Dang! I really liked his sarcastic sense of humor! He will be missed... 😞3
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