Eating back calories with T25

AliGilbreath
AliGilbreath Posts: 18 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I have been doing T25 for 5 weeks, I've always eaten within my calories (1600), and eaten back my calories from exercise. That being said, I have only lost 2in my chest and 1in in my waist. I was expecting more. I was thinking about starting to not eat back my exercise calories, and see if that helps. I've been doing it for 2 days, and I haven't felt hungry and actually feel better about myself. Anyone else had any experience with this? Am I harming my body, metabolism? Should I be eating back my calories? Help!

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  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    I did T25 Alpha and Beta programs, and only lost 5.5. lbs and about 5 inches total after 10 weeks. The results advertised are not typical. Losing 1-2 inches from a specific area in five weeks is awesome. And you're also losing from other places that you didn't measure - face, wrists, ankles, feet, fingers, etc.

    I only eat back a portion of my exercise calories. You want to make sure that you are eating enough calories that your net calories for the day isn't too low. Unless you are going below 1200 calories consistently, you're probably not damaging your metabolism. Definitely try not to go below your BMR.

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