Maintenance Calories

kfitz10103
kfitz10103 Posts: 354
edited September 29 in Health and Weight Loss
So I know that my maint. calories will be 1,810 when I am at my goal weight and they are 1910 at the weight I am now. So I keep telling myself I can eat up to 1,910 calories per day and still not gain weight. I wish I didn't know those numbers so I wouldn't use them as an excuse to eat more than my calorie goals that I have set.
Last week I ate an average of about 1810 calories per day instead of my 1660 I should be eating. So I went over an average of 150 calories per day and I feel it is a slippery slope. I still had a 100 calorie per day deficit, but I won't be losing weight at that rate. I need to be more committed to my new weight goal and STICK TO IT! What is wrong with me?????? I have worked too hard to get here to start slacking off now.

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  • slpkennedy
    slpkennedy Posts: 8
    i try this little trick is if i really want something i mean really want it.... i try to eat alittle of it like i cant have peanuts they will kill me but i have the biggest cravings for peanut butter cups.... and ill buy a twix and eat one bar then put the other half in the fridge and do something else like some household chores or something like that and i can forget about the other half of my treat for days sometimes, but if i really want the other half of that treat i make sure to take the stairs or park farther then needed at a store just to get a little more activity to kinda counteract that. i dont know if this will work for you but it has been really helpful to me....
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    have you been doing any workouts as well as that comes off your total. If you ate 1810 you are at a deficit of 100 (1910-1810), and if you worked out and burned 400 cals in any day, and didn't eat them back, then your deficit for the day would be 500 (100+400) which would equate to 1lb/week

    So was your 1810 average intake Net (before exercise) or did you workout and still average 1810/day. How many caloires did you burn that week you averaged an intake of 1810?
  • kfitz10103
    kfitz10103 Posts: 354
    have you been doing any workouts as well as that comes off your total. If you ate 1810 you are at a deficit of 100 (1910-1810), and if you worked out and burned 400 cals in any day, and didn't eat them back, then your deficit for the day would be 500 (100+400) which would equate to 1lb/week

    So was your 1810 average intake Net (before exercise) or did you workout and still average 1810/day. How many caloires did you burn that week you averaged an intake of 1810?

    It was net. I know I need to start working out and my schedule is changing in a couple of weeks so I am trying to work it in.
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