If you have up'd your calories recently...

_runbitchrun

How long did it take to see if it was working for you? I up'd mine maybe a week ago and I've lost nothing. I've lost 6 lbs all together but that took me forever so i wanted to see if going from 1200 to 1440 would help.
Anyone else recently (or at all) go up and how long did it take to see it was working for you?

editorgrrl

With 17 lb. to go, you should set your goal to .5 lb. per week. The nearer to goal, the more slowly you lose.

Log everything you eat accurately & honestly. Find reliable database entries. (There's a lot of incorrect data in there.) Weigh your food. Eat your exercise calories for two weeks. If you're still not losing, eat back half your exercise calories.

Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

AnnaZimm70

So you were't losing weight, so you decided to eat more? If you want to lose weight, you need to eat less calories than you burn. Eating more is not the solution. I agree with the prior post - track everything you eat, don't overestimate your exercise calories, and if you want a greater deficit eat back only a portion of the exercise calories.

TavistockToad

How long did it take to see if it was working for you? I up'd mine maybe a week ago and I've lost nothing. I've lost 6 lbs all together but that took me forever so i wanted to see if going from 1200 to 1440 would help.
Anyone else recently (or at all) go up and how long did it take to see it was working for you?

wait longer than a week... you dont have much to lose, so it'll be fairly slow, but you'll get there if you are contistant with your logging and patient!

3laine75

If you weren't losing at 1200, you wo't lose at 1400.

It's more likely that you're not logging accurately (or have an abnormally low BMR).

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arrseegee

What they said. But also:

If you do want to try eating at 1400 then give it longer than a week.

I upped mine to TDEE from 1200 once I reached my goal (in November) and although my weight immediately went up 1.5kg I am now having to eat 200 a day above my TDEE to stop it going down any further. I think perhaps mine is not the normal situation but I had been losing weight slightly faster at my TDEE than I had been eating 1200 a day.

Check out the group 'Eat More to Weigh Less' if you do want to continue to try another alternative to eating 1200 calories a day, it may be helpful.

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arrseegee

What they said. But also:

If you do want to try eating at 1400 then give it longer than a week.

I upped mine to TDEE from 1200 once I reached my goal (in November) and although my weight immediately went up 1.5kg I am now having to eat 200 a day above my TDEE to stop it going down any further. I think perhaps mine is not the normal situation but I had been losing weight slightly faster at my TDEE than I had been eating 1200 a day.

Check out the group 'Eat More to Weigh Less' if you do want to continue to try another alternative to eating 1200 calories a day, it may be helpful.

Ugh! If you lose weight eating at TDEE, you're not eating at TDEE. Lol. If you eat at TDEE, you maintain. That's what TDEE means. Lol. So, by adding 200 calories and maintaining, you have found your current TDEE.

What I meant was, I was losing weight logging in my diary at what my calculated TDEE was.

The point I was trying to make was I upped my calories and was still losing.

As you have pointed out it was obviously not my TDEE!

AntWrig

What they said. But also:

If you do want to try eating at 1400 then give it longer than a week.

I upped mine to TDEE from 1200 once I reached my goal (in November) and although my weight immediately went up 1.5kg I am now having to eat 200 a day above my TDEE to stop it going down any further. I think perhaps mine is not the normal situation but I had been losing weight slightly faster at my TDEE than I had been eating 1200 a day.

Check out the group 'Eat More to Weigh Less' if you do want to continue to try another alternative to eating 1200 calories a day, it may be helpful.

Ugh! If you lose weight eating at TDEE, you're not eating at TDEE. Lol. If you eat at TDEE, you maintain. That's what TDEE means. Lol. So, by adding 200 calories and maintaining, you have found your current TDEE.

It appears she is trying to maintain her weight....

carlalovescake

I have :O I am eating 1890 now I stopped losing for AGES at lower and my loss is now roughly a pound a week. Some weeks half a pound but its all good - slow and steady and all that

I am 6 foot tall and have my TDEE - 15%.

I did the 1200 thing at the start and it was awful - I was cranky and lost lots of hair and after so long would just binge Yes I lost much faster but IMO it wasn't healthy and there is no way I want to eat that few calories the rest of my life. I got fat because I LOVE food lol

I still don't worry too much about macros I just make sure I eat to my daily allowence and stop - even if it means on occasion that I have a bar of chocolate instead of a healthy lunch tut tut.

I did gain a 4 pounds back when I first upped the cals - but that just went when it wanted If you have more food in your body you will weigh heavier because of the extra food, try not to panic

If you can find your TDEE (cals to maintain) then you can drop by 20-15-10% as you get closer to goal With the TDEE - cal% you don't eat the exercise cals back!

I used this calculator to find out the TDEE stuff : http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

smanning1982

I used to strictly eat 1200 calories a day then upped it to 1400. I would lose about a pound a week at 1200 then when I went to 1400 I lost 2 pounds a week. (Keep in mind that was mid last year, I fell off the wagon and gained it back) so since I started logging again as of 1/1/14 I am aiming for 1400 calories since I lost MORE weekly at 1400 than I did at 1200. I think it was because my body went into "starvation" mode at 1200? Anyhow, it took me about 2 weeks from when I went up to 1400 before I started losing again, and then it was a constant 2 lbs per week I also do not eat my excersise calories back though. I don't excersise much, 3 times a week on the treadmill for 30 mins, chasing 4 kids around all day is enough exersise for me LOL

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arrseegee

What they said. But also:

If you do want to try eating at 1400 then give it longer than a week.

I upped mine to TDEE from 1200 once I reached my goal (in November) and although my weight immediately went up 1.5kg I am now having to eat 200 a day above my TDEE to stop it going down any further. I think perhaps mine is not the normal situation but I had been losing weight slightly faster at my TDEE than I had been eating 1200 a day.

Check out the group 'Eat More to Weigh Less' if you do want to continue to try another alternative to eating 1200 calories a day, it may be helpful.

Ugh! If you lose weight eating at TDEE, you're not eating at TDEE. Lol. If you eat at TDEE, you maintain. That's what TDEE means. Lol. So, by adding 200 calories and maintaining, you have found your current TDEE.

What I meant was, I was losing weight logging in my diary at what my calculated TDEE was.

The point I was trying to make was I upped my calories and was still losing.

As you have pointed out it was obviously not my TDEE!

Thanks. I wasn't trying to be an *kitten*. Lots of new people on these boards and being more precise in how we discuss TDEE and other things is very important so that people understand what is being said.

All good, I'd have responded the same way if I read my comment with fresh eyes. Have mentioned that story a couple of times on here now so it's good to get some feedback that it comes across with totally the wrong point!!

_runbitchrun

Not enough information to make a decision.

How much do you weigh?
How tall?
What's your goal? Just weight loss, or are you exercising? What kind of exercise? Frequency? Duration?
Age?

Do you weigh all your food?
Do you consistently log everything?

I weigh 147
I'm 5'4
Goal is roughly 130ish
I am exercising. About 3 times a week 90 mins each. Weight training and cardio
I am 27

I do not weigh my food. but I look at everything Im eating (nutrition facts) add calories accordingly.
I log everything

jmp463

I do not weigh my food. but I look at everything Im eating (nutrition facts) add calories accordingly.
I log everything

You really need to weigh your food. It will help a lot.

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