maintenance calories ok to eat?

jessiefreedman

hi guys

I've been on 1200 calories a day for quite sometime and i have lost a lot of weight and extremely happy with how i look now.
i am 5'1 and 46kg think thats 104 pounds?

i switched to maintenance on my fitnesspal and it gives me 1570 NET calories, and i am really scared to eat more and after exercise that means i have to reach 1570. so i could for example consume 1800 calories a day.

will i not gain weight doing this? will i definitely maintain? has anyone switched to higher calories after such a low calorie intake and been ok?

thanks

GymRatGirl13

Yes. I went from 1200 calories daily to over 2300. Add 100 calories every other week. Slow and steadily increse. You will be fine. :-)

jessiefreedman

thanks didn't think of doing that just adding the calories slowly?

ms_leanne

Yeah it's always god to reintroduce gradually otherwise your body will stash the cals especially as you have been eating so little.

TavistockToad

you may even find that net 1570 is too low - MFP says i should maintain on NET1600 but its actually closer to NET 2000.

i agree with adding 100 cals each week till your weight stabilises. remember, you should have a maintenance range (of around 5lbs to account for fluctuations) not one goal number.

enjoy eating all the food!!

3foldchord

Yes. I went from 1200 calories daily to over 2300. Add 100 calories every other week. Slow and steadily increse. You will be fine. :-)

Agree. Adding them slowly might be a good way to acclimate your body and mind to the increase.

jessiefreedman

Thanks everyone will def give it a go. x

ekaustin7

I went from 1310 to 1950 very (and I mean very gradually) and continued to lose weight until I got there. I have been struggling mentally with convincing myself that I need to eat all of those calories because I have trained myself to fear going over my goal.

If you increase slowly, you will be fine. And remember, you calorie goal is not a limit to stay under, it is a target to hit. Hope that helps