calorie confusion.......

runawaybride

So I have noticed that almost everyone no matter what size - activity level -- or height are allotted 1200 calories which makes no sense to me:grumble: I should not be eating the same as someone that is on the smaller side. I hope someone can explain this to me just so I understand how they figure these things out.

runawaybride

So I have noticed that almost everyone no matter what size - activity level -- or height are allotted 1200 calories which makes no sense to me:grumble: I should not be eating the same as someone that is on the smaller side. I hope someone can explain this to me just so I understand how they figure these things out.

beep

Let me look at your profile for a minute.

beep

Oh, you are so funny. run away bride...:laugh:

Okay. You are probably set at 1200 because you have chosen to lose 2 pounds a week, instead of 1.5 or 1 pound a week. If you chose 1 pound a week you would probably be set around 1500 calories a day.

Having 67 pounds to lose, you could probably go under 1200 calories a day, but not by much. it seems from all the information here, that you are best at 1200 or above, because of that "starvation mode" syndrome. We, as women, especiallly have to be careful about that, in that our metabolism tends to adjust to whatever we set our calorie intake to; conserving fat in case of pregnancies or famine! Going under 1200 a day seems to trigger that starvation mode and causes us to quit losing weight.

People who have around 10-20 pounds to lose, really shouldn't be trying to lose 2 pounds a week. The fat to lose at the end (10 lbs) is the hardest to lose, and has been there the longest, so it really can take awhile to get those last pounds off, months perhaps. Those people really should have a calorie intake of 1500 or more.

Hope this answered your question.

runawaybride

Oh, you are so funny. run away bride...:laugh:

Okay. You are probably set at 1200 because you have chosen to lose 2 pounds a week, instead of 1.5 or 1 pound a week. If you chose 1 pound a week you would probably be set around 1500 calories a day.

Having 67 pounds to lose, you could probably go under 1200 calories a day, but not by much. it seems from all the information here, that you are best at 1200 or above, because of that "starvation mode" syndrome. We, as women, especiallly have to be careful about that, in that our metabolism tends to adjust to whatever we set our calorie intake to; conserving fat in case of pregnancies or famine! Going under 1200 a day seems to trigger that starvation mode and causes us to quit losing weight.

People who have around 10-20 pounds to lose, really shouldn't be trying to lose 2 pounds a week. The fat loss at the end (10) are the hardest to lose, and have been there the longest, so it really can take awhile to get them off, months perhaps.

Hope this answered your question.

OK I am going to try to change it for one sec just to see what it says then --- I will let you know!!!

runawaybride

:embarassed: You are right on the money with that one-- when I did change my goal to 1 lb or 1/2 lb my calories went up -- I guess that still surprises me because I think that is so low!!!! Well I will probably still end up using my exercise calories and that will still enable me to lose 2 lbs right:huh:

beep

I am set to the same thing, have 50 pounds to lose. I've already lost 10, and I am staying pretty much at 1200, but then eating most of my exercise calories. I started 3 weeks ago. I've gone over a couple weekends, but got right back on track Monday morning, and it IS working. hang in there. Also, check out other people's profiles to see how much they've lost. There are a bunch of people on here that have lost over 50 pounds! It is very inspiring.

hmmmm

This site will not give you any calorie goals of under 1200, if you set your goals too high, then it will adjust you to show you how much you can lose with a total of 1200 calories a day. I assume everybody wants to lose as much as they can in a healthy way and that is why you see so many set around 1200.

Mine is 1250 before exercise. I am set to lose 2lbS a week although that doesn't always happen
Hope that made sense

runawaybride

I too have indulged ....tonight ..prime example went over tooooooo....ooo....o:laugh: many calories that it will depress me having to put em down. So tomorrow is another day and I will do better!!! Thanks for answering my question you guys sure know your stuff