Calorie counting to lose weight - discuss

dashxox
dashxox Posts: 11 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Over the last few months I've been steering away from calorie controlled diets as I've always heard bad things about them. However, over the past two weeks I've actually lost weight through keeping an eye on my calorie intake and I haven't been starving. Most days I've eaten 1800 ckals or so. Thats quite alot in my eyes. So whats the big deal? I think it's a pretty sustainable lifestyle too for the long run.

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  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    Perfectly sustainable. I've been doing it for over two years now, and lost all my baby weight--and more--doing it.

    And 1800 isn't that much. That's a pretty reasonable deficit for a woman of average height.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    Well... if we didn't believe in tracking calories/macros, we wouldn't have signed up for this website.

    I believe in healthy deficits. 1800 would still be low for me based on my weight/height and activity levels, but if I'm sedentary on average then it'd be more reasonable, although possibly still a bit low. I have been eating 2000-2100 for fat loss, currently in maintenance for a week at 2500-2600 (will depend on hunger).

    The big deal is that the majority of people think that losing weight is a gimmicks game. Super low calorie range that is not at all tailored to their activity levels, super low calories even if exercising, being too restrictive with food choices, trying to create a deficit with both food and exercise and thus way undereating... But if you go about it smart, it's obviously a very good fat loss method because you are in total control and will have a much lower chance of regaining the weight.
  • zamphir66
    zamphir66 Posts: 582 Member
    Aren't all diets ultimately about counting calories? It seems to be the big difference between them is whether the "system" has a calorie deficit built in, or is enforced through either pharmaceuticals or surgery. Counting calories myself means I get to eat what I want (just a little less of it), it doesn't cost me anything, and I feel so much more empowered.

    Of course: "An it harm none, do what ye will."
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    1800 is sustainable and isn't a big deal.A lot people trying to lose weight are given a much lower number.

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