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Loosing weight

Ashlove5
Ashlove5 Posts: 152 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I started my weight loss journey starting this month and roughly lost like 6 pounds and i feel like i am pacing too slow. I try to eat like 1200 - 1300 cals a day and idk if i should increase my food portions because some days i do end up feeling really weak and feeling the need to binge. But because of my activity level i am home now most of the time but i workout like 30 mins a day and my fitness pal gave me a low calorie intake because of my activity level. Should i increase how much i eat and increase my activity level? Or should keep eating at the same defecit

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,462 Member
    If you're so hungry and weak that you are compensating with binges, yeah. Eat more.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Are you eating back calories to reflect your workouts? If not, that seems like a good place to start.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Pick a slower rate of weight loss.
  • Thoin
    Thoin Posts: 961 Member
    1200 is like 2 sandwiches. I would feel weak too.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    1200 calories and id be hungry and a nasty person to be around. the lowest i can do is 1400ish. and that can be pushing it.

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