Too many calories??

ketojeanna

Hi everyone. I have been trying to lose weight for all my life it seems but have been involved in a weght loss program through my health insurance for the last year. I lost close to 30 pounds and got burnt out on spinning and let myself get discouraged and I have gained about 25 back. As much as I was exercising I thought I would have lost more weight than I did. When I signed up for MFP I selected that I wanted to lose 2 pounds per week and they gave me a calorie goal of 1,800 calories a day. I have been excersing at least 5 days a week cardio 3 days for an hr (burn around 5-600 calories per day) and weights for 30 mins 2 times (around 150-200 calories per day)a week. I still am not seeing any weight loss. Is 1,800 calories a day too much? I don't want to drop to 1,500 only to lose at the same almost non existant rate that I am now. Am I doing too much at the gym and building muscle and not seeing that initial weight loss come off like many do the first couple of week? I have been religiously tracking with MFP for almost 2 weeks. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

**Let me add, while i have lost 5 pounds in 2 weeks which I know is more than the 2 pounds that I put I would like to lose per week, I always end up with calories left over at the end of the day. Also, with over 150 pounds to lose, I would think I would initially be dropping weight alot faster than I am right now. Thanks again.

MZNIKKIBOO

bump.. do u eat ur exercise calories back? im still trying to see what works for me

ketojeanna

bump.. do u eat ur exercise calories back? im still trying to see what works for me

Not always. If I am hungry I will eat them, but if not I don't. I don't want to be eating just for the sake that I have the calories if that makes sense.

Azuleelan

You are losing fast enough. That's the way this works... If you want to lose even faster, eat less than those 1800 cals, but never less than 1200 a day.

MayhemModels

I would drop your calorie intake down a couple of hundred for a week and see if there are any changes

donbet69

1800 sounds very high for a woman. I am a male at 230lbs currently and only allowed 1420 with a low activity level

dls06

I would not try to go too fast. It took a while to put it on so take your time taking it off. You will be happier and be more likely to keep it off. I would eat all the calories I had to make sure you are getting the right nutrition.

ketojeanna

I thought the exact same thing. My husband gets fewer calories than I do.