Who began to EAT MORE and lost weight ?

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  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    I have read that if you eat more frequently you will lose. Not more food but smaller meals and snacks

    no truth to this.

    Eat when you like.
    If that is 5 - 7 times a day, do it.
    If that is 3 meals a day, do that.

    eating more frequently will keep your insulin levels up.....
  • TX_Rhon
    TX_Rhon Posts: 1,549 Member
    I was never at 1200 but hovered around 1400 for a bit. Yes I was losing but no energy. Upped myself to 1550 - 1600 and still losing.

    And while it doesn't sound like much, it made a difference! Good luck :smile:
  • whitlisd
    whitlisd Posts: 85
    This is a great read. I have been struggling with confusion over this too. I have a really hard time thinking that I should actually eat MORE when my weight is plateauing, but seeing all of these posts is very helpful to know that it works.

    Thank you.
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    Leptin

    http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-facts-on-leptin-faq
  • askeates
    askeates Posts: 1,490 Member
    Make sure when you increase your caloric intake, that you do it slowly.... You will gain weight, that is a given, you have been eating at 1200 calories for quite some time, so your body is going to see that as extra, HOWEVER, after 4-6 weeks (sometimes sooner, sometimes longer) it will even out and your body will start to work more efficiently.

    Add weight training to your workouts as well, muscle burns energy faster than fat, so weight training is very good not only for losing but for shaping the body as well. Don't fear bulking, (many women stay away from weight training because they are afraid of getting bulky) in order to bulk up/become very muscular, you have to work VERY hard to do that.
  • rosemary98
    rosemary98 Posts: 632
    I am on like week 5...lol..now THAT is a plateau!...I am gonna up my cals as although they are set to 1420...I rarely get to that and I do full body weights for 35 minutes 3 times per week and cardio for 45-60 min two times a week...I noticed that when I went over one day my weight did not move so I am thinking that is the culprit..but who knows with less than 15 lbs left to lose and the weight training I have been doing!

    Try a day or two where you go over your calories......then back to your eating plan.
    See what happens.
    So for a 5 week period on a calorie restricted plan, you may need to do a "refeed" for a couple days.

    I actually had a 10 day period of eating above my plan (vacation)...my weight went up a bit...but not more than a pound. it may even level out as it is my TOM. so maybe i can eat more and not gain.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Now that I am almost at my goal weight I upped my calories a bit and am still losing weight (just not as quickly as at the beginning obviously).
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    I am on like week 5...lol..now THAT is a plateau!...I am gonna up my cals as although they are set to 1420...I rarely get to that and I do full body weights for 35 minutes 3 times per week and cardio for 45-60 min two times a week...I noticed that when I went over one day my weight did not move so I am thinking that is the culprit..but who knows with less than 15 lbs left to lose and the weight training I have been doing!

    Try a day or two where you go over your calories......then back to your eating plan.
    See what happens.
    So for a 5 week period on a calorie restricted plan, you may need to do a "refeed" for a couple days.

    I actually had a 10 day period of eating above my plan (vacation)...my weight went up a bit...but not more than a pound. it may even level out as it is my TOM. so maybe i can eat more and not gain.

    most likely. :wink:

    never know til you start trying and tracking.....
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
    MFP had me at 1380 and I got "stuck" for two weeks a mere 3lbs above my goal, and I decided that wasn't enough calories for me. Bumped it up to 1557 per day and the last 3lbs came off in a couple of days. I know it was water weight and not fat, but the scale did move and that was encouraging.
  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
    The last two years I ate between 1200 and 1400 and lost 20-30 lbs.. but was always weak and had no energy. And, as soon as I "fell off the wagon" I would would eat a ridiculous amount for days and gain it all back and then some.

    This time I started to really read the posts here, find out what TDEE meant. Find out what my BMR was and I eat between those two numbers every day. For the last 30 days I have consumed over 2000 calories per day and netted on average 1700-1800 calories per day.

    I was at my lowest weight this year yesterday.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    I hit a plateau for 2 years.

    I upped my calories from 1000-1200 to 1500-2000 and added in a weight lifting program and scaled back how much cardio i was doing. Accidentally lost 15 pounds more than my goal weight, but that's not the best part, now i have the body i THOUGHT i would have with a 1200 calories diet + hours and hours of cardio. Turned out I wasnt balanced at all. Needed more food, (more protein to be specific), needed to balance the three kinds of exercise equally (flex/cardio/strength) and get proper rest and muscle care.

    Just dieting and cardioing to death made my formerly fat body pretty ugly. Adding in more food and picking up weights gave me the body I have now - and im really excited to see where I level up next.

    It doesnt work for everyone, but for some of us, its the holy grail of getting fit solutions.
  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
    Just dieting and cardioing to death made my formerly fat body pretty ugly. Adding in more food and picking up weights gave me the body I have now - and im really excited to see where I level up next.

    It doesnt work for everyone, but for some of us, its the holy grail of getting fit solutions.

    ^^ This is great! :drinker:
  • Kymwho
    Kymwho Posts: 183 Member
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  • haymancm
    haymancm Posts: 280 Member
    Without looking @ your diary, I can't tell too much. But, here are some options:
    1) You are eating too many calories with the workouts you are doing, not creating a big enough deficit.
    2) Not eating enough veggies & salads (bunny food)/potassium to offset your sodium intake with water retention.
    3) You are recording too many calories burned, not actual. Wear a heart rate monitor during your workouts.
    4) Not drinking enough water. Your water should be 1/2 (if not more) than your body weight in oz. To keep from being hungry all the time, up your protein. That too should be 1/2 your body weight in grams.
    5) You have sore muscles from your workouts.

    Regardless of what others think, I weigh myself daily to make sure I'm on track with what I'm eating, workouts, etc. It has worked for me the last 7 months. If something is not working, eat less, have a cheat meal, workout more, etc. Play with the numbers & see what works best for you...everybody is different. For my personal diary, I have my starting calories under 1200 to match the 2 lbs/week loss @ my weight, but I eat back almost all my workout calories of about 700/day. I eat about 1500 calories a day.

    Add me if you'd like. :)

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