Thank you MFPs

Paige1108

Hey all, I've never posted before but I feel like I have something to share, so here it is. Eat your calories.LOL. I was doing really good and then it took me 6 weeks to lose 3 lbs. I asked my boyfriend, also on MFP, to look at my reports. He instantly said "you need to eat more". Well I was sure he was wrong and so I came the to community to prove him wrong. Well every post I found on the subject agreed totally with him. So I upped my base calories and I started eating almost all my exercise calories. I lost 2lbs this week. I feel like slapping my forehead and saying "it's the numbers silly, and the numbers don't lie". Thank you all for proving me wrong.

miqisha

Congrat on starting to lose weight again. Thats the mistake alot of people make, glad you are back on track

frogmommy

Good post. I think many people have trouble with this concept. I would like to add one addendum, though. Eat all your calories, but try very hard to eat good things (lean proteins, fruits, veggies, complex carbs). I notice a huge difference when I eat whole foods to round out my calories as opposed to junk to use up the calories...

Paige1108

Good post. I think many people have trouble with this concept. I would like to add one addendum, though. Eat all your calories, but try very hard to eat good things (lean proteins, fruits, veggies, complex carbs). I notice a huge difference when I eat whole foods to round out my calories as opposed to junk to use up the calories...

I totally agree. I try to avoid the totally empty calories and if I succeed I'm always amazed at how MUCH food I get to eat.