Bigger Active Ladies - How many cals did/do you eat to lose?

chelleymae1105

Hi Ladies!

Just looking for some ranges on calorie intake from some bigger gals who had/ have 20-50 lbs to lose. Specifically those who are active and have a good amount of muscle.

I did WW and lost 30 lbs in a year, then it stopped working. My metabo slowed down to be efficient at the 1400 cals I was eating on WW so I had to up my cals to get my metabo back to normal levels. I did that on about 2300 cals...moved up to this slowly. I've gained about 13 lbs back over the course of a year and a half, all the while tracking my cals, and recently upping my cals to the above mentioned. Now I'm trying to find the right CUT amount for my calories and in theory, i SHOULD be able to lose on what I'm eating now...which is 19000 cals...but I'm not, I just keep going up and down the same 3 lbs. I do have a food scale and try to weigh most foods...and the ones I don't weight are either pre-portioned or fruits/ veggies which aren't calorie dense.

I workout 4-5 days a week with 2-3 days cardio (HIT & kickboxing + walking dogs every day), and 2-3 days of heavy lifting.

Thanks for your input!

Branstin

My advice is to set-up your MFP profile to reflect your lifestyle before any exercises. Set a reasonable weekly weight loss goal. Next, add your exercise and eat back about half of those calories.

Helpful links:

As a rule of thumb, the following weekly targets would give a balance between minimizing negative side effects and seeing a reasonable weekly weight loss:

More than 75 lbs: 2 lbs/week
40-75 lbs: 1.5 lbs/week
10-40 lbs: 1 lb/week
Less than 10 lbs: 0.5 lb/week

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

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

SezxyStef

When I started I had 50lbs to lose.

My BMR is 1387 it was 1687....
My RMR is 1450 it was 1752...

Setting my activity level to sedentary I lost on 1600 a day. I continue to lose on 1600 a day...about 1lb a week if I were still on a cut.

I exercise at least 5-6x a week...lifting 3x a week, cardio (walking/biking) and HITT 2-3x a week.

I maintain on 2100-2200 calories...give or take.

I lost my weight without any issues...

Looking at your diary my suggestion would be to weigh everything even prepackaged foods as those weights are not always accurate.

As well...

peanut butter should be weighed
Use grams not ozs
but I see lots in your diary that isn't weighed...like peppers, cherries, rolls, bread, peanut butter, corn, popcorn, mayo, butter, lettuce, potato, cheese, chips,

As well I see in June you were at 2k or more calories for your goal, May it was 2150, April 1900...

If you aren't losing you are eating more than you think. I would lose on 1900.....slowly mind you but I would lose.

As for your metabolism slowing down...probably not a significant amount but it will happen when you lose weight...you don't burn as much during "normal" activity 30lbs lighter...so upping your calories and gaining weight probably wasn't the best idea...

As you can see my RMR is 1450 (on average based on a few calculators) and I maintain on about 2100...it's about being active and exercising as well...keep in mind my TDEE at 205 was 1900...it's increased because my activity has.