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sarahjohnson5701
sarahjohnson5701 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss

I am 5’3 175 lbs roughly. I am have been eating more to meet my maintenance calories and I am a pretty active person. I do my best to eat clean while have a sweet treat (popsicle or something small of that nature) about a few times a week. I am struggling to lose weight and keep gaining weight. I have been focusing on eating more protein. I am aiming to tone out and ideally get down to 140/150 lbs.

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  • gemuwyne
    gemuwyne Posts: 2 Member

    Google for a Calorie Calculator and put your numbers in you be given info on how many calories you need to eat to lose weight depending on the amount of weight you want to lose. Caloric intake is where you eating below the required calories to maintain the weight, hope it helps.

  • gemuwyne
    gemuwyne Posts: 2 Member

    Go to Calculator.net

  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,234 Member
    edited July 25

    What time-line are we talking about with the weight gain? More than a month?

    If so:

    • See if you can tighten up your food logging: are you weighing everything, making sure you're using accurate database entries? You may be eating more than you think
    • You may have chosen the wrong activity level, be overestimating your exercise calories, be using a fitness tracker that overestimates your calorie burns and/or simply not conform to the statistical averages MFP uses to calculate your calorie goal. Whatever the reason, you may simply need to lower your calorie goal.

    I don't really see the benefit of going to an external calorie calculator, they have the same flaws as MFP and are not guaranteed to give a better calorie goal. The best basis for changes is to look at your actual calorie intake and actual weight trend and make decisions based on that.

    And if the weight gain is short term (less than a month), patience is the first step.

  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,797 Member

    "Eating clean" does not equal weight loss. You will need to calculate how many calories you need to eat daily (or weekly) to get to your goal weight. Sounds like you are eating too much if you "keep gaining weight", as you said.

  • briscogun
    briscogun Posts: 1,195 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10943556/any-advice-tips

    I guess I'm a bit confused by your post, there seems to be contradictory statements?

    First, you say you are trying to eat more to be at maintenance, which implies you are consciously eating to NOT lose weight. Then you state you are struggling to lose weight and keep gaining.

    Can you clarify which goal you are currently eating at?

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