How many of you actually eat all your calories?

BigCityKittyz

no, the 1200 minimum is WITH a deficit. Meaning, what your body needs to maintain your current weight is about 1700-2000. But you dont want ot maintain, youwant to lose, so they subtract 500 calories per day, if you selected 1 lb per week, or 1000 calories per day if you selected 2 lbs per week. The problem here is, no matter what your size is, 1000 calories isnt enough for ANYONE to live on, so the site has a minimum of 1200 calories. If you dip below the 1200 then you are virtually starving yourself, no matter wha tyour current size. There are many posts about this topic, so keep reading and i promise you will become less and less confused!

HOLY MOLee! No wonder I'm hungry! I've been working out like a mad-woman and basically cancelling out all my calories to thrive!

ps....I checked out you PF....too CUTE....and yes...you are glowing with LOVE! But I wanna know! Do you still have your dreads! That my dear is sooooo stinkin' COOL! (If I could put the flashy cool here to make everyone go bonkers...I would!)

iluvsparkles

BIngo! thats why you always see folks saying EAT YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES! because if you dont, you are going way below 1000! (that is if you are set at 1200 like alot of us) another example is, for me, i put in to lose 2 lbs per week. generally that means 1000 cal taken off of what i need to maintain per day. but i only need 1700 to maintain, so take away 1000, and you only have 700 cals a day!! so i guess losing 2 lbs a week isnt realistic for me...
and yes, i do have my dreads...ive had them for six years and dont plan on cutting them anytime soon!

BigCityKittyz

6 years! Are you kidding me.....that's hard to do! I'd have to be dead before someone could touch em' and heck even then....I'd haunt them.....

Thanks for the cal tips! I've gotta do more research....I'm sooo hungry for excercise and nutritional info! Feed the BRAIN....