Ok I need HELP!!

msblondy16

So first of all, I am in the science world and tend to overthink, overanalyze, and overcalculate just about every aspect of my life.

So of course I have placed this obsessive talent on my weight loss efforts, leading me to actually wake up in the middle of the night in a panic about calorie deficits and losing the weight I want in my time period. I mean I am actually losing sleep over this!

Can someone please give me their personal testimonial on how eating their exercise cals helped them lose weight? I am TERRIFIED to eat too much and exercise a lot so I am always under by at least 500 a day. I know that it's bad, but I seriously have nightmares over this. I want to lose weight in a healthy way, yes, but I need it to come off as soon as possible. On Dec. 10th I am visiting my boyfriend/family in the States for the first time in 6 months and I need to look great!

YES YES YES I have read all of the posts one thousand times (sorry, no offense to anyone). I just need reassurance I think...

Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

msblondy16

So first of all, I am in the science world and tend to overthink, overanalyze, and overcalculate just about every aspect of my life.

So of course I have placed this obsessive talent on my weight loss efforts, leading me to actually wake up in the middle of the night in a panic about calorie deficits and losing the weight I want in my time period. I mean I am actually losing sleep over this!

Can someone please give me their personal testimonial on how eating their exercise cals helped them lose weight? I am TERRIFIED to eat too much and exercise a lot so I am always under by at least 500 a day. I know that it's bad, but I seriously have nightmares over this. I want to lose weight in a healthy way, yes, but I need it to come off as soon as possible. On Dec. 10th I am visiting my boyfriend/family in the States for the first time in 6 months and I need to look great!

YES YES YES I have read all of the posts one thousand times (sorry, no offense to anyone). I just need reassurance I think...

Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anna_Banana

I have lost 33 pounds by watching my calories, exercising, eating all my calories, and having 1 free day a week where I eat more than my allotted calories. It works, but you have to keep at it. Try to get in all your calories even if in the evening you have extra and you have to eat a snack to use them. Try a PBJ sandwich with a glass of milk or PB with apples.

kerrilucko

I have lost 33 pounds by watching my calories, exercising, eating all my calories, and having 1 free day a week where I eat more than my allotted calories. It works, but you have to keep at it. Try to get in all your calories even if in the evening you have extra and you have to eat a snack to use them. Try a PBJ sandwich with a glass of milk or PB with apples.

ditto. I always eat my excercise calories.

Jackie_W

By not eating your exercise calories, you are risking valuable muscle mass, not eating these calories, is starving your body. Don't forget that if you're not eating these calories your body will start to eat away at valuable muscle - and that's not a good idea at all.

Bedsides, if you lose weight too quickly, it will come back twice as quick, so the long haul is the best road to take.

I always make sure I eat my exercise calories, and I've lost 24lbs in 2 months - so it obviously works, but you have to keep in there.
:flowerforyou:

ChubbyBunny

I have lost 33 pounds by watching my calories, exercising, eating all my calories, and having 1 free day a week where I eat more than my allotted calories. It works, but you have to keep at it. Try to get in all your calories even if in the evening you have extra and you have to eat a snack to use them. Try a PBJ sandwich with a glass of milk or PB with apples.

ditto. I always eat my excercise calories.

Ditto, ditto....

My issues weren't OVEREATING all the time....but not eating enough for my body to function...which is why everything I put in my mouth was held onto. I'd workout for 4 hours a day and only eat 1200 calories.... I basically was starving my body due to the activity level I was maintaining.

Phoenix_Rising

I have lost 33 pounds by watching my calories, exercising, eating all my calories, and having 1 free day a week where I eat more than my allotted calories. It works, but you have to keep at it. Try to get in all your calories even if in the evening you have extra and you have to eat a snack to use them. Try a PBJ sandwich with a glass of milk or PB with apples.

ditto. I always eat my excercise calories.

Double ditto.
43lbs gone.
I eat every last exercise calorie. Sometimes I even go over my allotted daily calories (usually by less than 100). Still losing...

:laugh: Oops, Bunny beat me to the ditto!! I'm a triple ditto now!!

ChubbyBunny

You can never have enough dittos. :laugh:

Also....you may just want to chill and not obsess so much about this...
I mean, I know that is easier said then done but you are just going to hinder yourself rather then help yourself reach your goals.

DBranchaud

I've heard that eatting the calories is alot better for you too!

jen_huff

Ok I am new to this also (I've never dieted) so I am supposed to eat all my calories? Even to be a little under (like 300) is bad? And if I exercise I should replace those lost calories? Guess I need help to!

songbyrdsweet

What part of the science world are you in?

I'm in exercise science but I love physiology like little girls love ponies. :bigsmile:

I second what everyone else said. MFP builds in a 500 calorie deficit so you don't have to do the math.

mellymlk

Ok I am new to this also (I've never dieted) so I am supposed to eat all my calories? Even to be a little under (like 300) is bad? And if I exercise I should replace those lost calories? Guess I need help to!

Ditto

firegirlred

I've lost 12 pounds. It would have been more, but this website inspired me to not just lose weight, but to be fit. Only 12 pounds? Size 12 jeans to a size 6 in just over three months. And I'm more toned. I don't hate mirrors nearly as much anymore. Don't panic if you plateau, your body is "remodeling" for the weight loss to come.

Jen-300 calories is not a little. Sorry. It is 15% of an average woman's recommended intake. EAT YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES. And this site isn't so much a diet, as assistance in changing an unhealthy lifestyle.

Hope this helps.

Rae

ChubbyBunny

I've lost 12 pounds. It would have been more, but this website inspired me to not just lose weight, but to be fit. Only 12 pounds? Size 12 jeans to a size 6 in just over three months. And I'm more toned. I don't hate mirrors nearly as much anymore. Don't panic if you plateau, your body is "remodeling" for the weight loss to come.

Jen-300 calories is not a little. Sorry. It is 15% of an average woman's recommended intake. EAT YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES. And this site isn't so much a diet, as assistance in changing an unhealthy lifestyle.

Hope this helps.

Rae

Ditto again!
If you don't exercise you want to eat EVERY calorie.
If you work out you want to eat EVERY calorie (some eat only slightly less...no MORE then 100 less than what is recommended). Did that make sense?
MFP has already done the math to LOSE weight, with both scenarios.

Mangoaddict

i have eaten exercise calories and lost weight. It happens gradually but its worth it all.

kerrilucko

I've lost 12 pounds. It would have been more, but this website inspired me to not just lose weight, but to be fit. Only 12 pounds? Size 12 jeans to a size 6 in just over three months. And I'm more toned. I don't hate mirrors nearly as much anymore. Don't panic if you plateau, your body is "remodeling" for the weight loss to come.

Jen-300 calories is not a little. Sorry. It is 15% of an average woman's recommended intake. EAT YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES. And this site isn't so much a diet, as assistance in changing an unhealthy lifestyle.

Hope this helps.

Rae

Ditto again!
If you don't exercise you want to eat EVERY calorie.
If you work out you want to eat EVERY calorie (some eat only slightly less...no MORE then 100 less than what is recommended). Did that make sense?
MFP has already done the math to LOSE weight, with both scenarios.

Double ditto

msblondy16

Ok I am going to try my very hardest to eat my exercise cals!!! Thank you all for being so supportive and helpful!! :happy:

P.S. I am in the molecular biology portion of the biology work. I am currently working on my PhD and my research area is molecular and cellular basis of cancer and aneuploidy disorders (like Down's). I'm a nerd! I treat my little yeast cells like my children! Right now they are not behaving and are requiring literally 48 hours straight of work... but I do love it!!

Marla64

I've lost 12 pounds. It would have been more, but this website inspired me to not just lose weight, but to be fit. Only 12 pounds? Size 12 jeans to a size 6 in just over three months. And I'm more toned. I don't hate mirrors nearly as much anymore. Don't panic if you plateau, your body is "remodeling" for the weight loss to come.

Jen-300 calories is not a little. Sorry. It is 15% of an average woman's recommended intake. EAT YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES. And this site isn't so much a diet, as assistance in changing an unhealthy lifestyle.

Hope this helps.

Rae

Ditto again!
If you don't exercise you want to eat EVERY calorie.
If you work out you want to eat EVERY calorie (some eat only slightly less...no MORE then 100 less than what is recommended). Did that make sense?
MFP has already done the math to LOSE weight, with both scenarios.

Double ditto

Double dippity dog ditto-- nyah.

30 pounds gone, exercise calories.

mellymlk

I feel so much better now that I know your supposed to eat your exercise calories. I would go into them and feel like I exercised for nothing. I thought if you eat your exercise calories your only going to maintain your weight and not lose. Good to know thankx

ChubbyBunny

I feel so much better now that I know your supposed to eat your exercise calories. I would go into them and feel like I exercised for nothing. I thought if you eat your exercise calories your only going to maintain your weight and not lose. Good to know thankx

Somedays I would almost DIE without my exercise calories! :laugh:

songbyrdsweet

Ok I am going to try my very hardest to eat my exercise cals!!! Thank you all for being so supportive and helpful!! :happy:

P.S. I am in the molecular biology portion of the biology work. I am currently working on my PhD and my research area is molecular and cellular basis of cancer and aneuploidy disorders (like Down's). I'm a nerd! I treat my little yeast cells like my children! Right now they are not behaving and are requiring literally 48 hours straight of work... but I do love it!!

Awesome!!

I am SOoooOOOo jealous--can't wait for grad school! I graduate this year but I have to pick up some more classes before I apply to VCU. Darn liberal arts undergrad doesn't do anything to prepare you...:grumble: I'm planning on a PhD too. Are you going to stay in research? I'd like to go into teaching undergrad.

Sorry I hijacked your thread. :blushing:

Anna_Banana

Going under a little some times isn't bad, but a little is like 50 calories. 300 calories is a meal. Drink a protein shake with some peanut butter or a banana blended in. Or something I have for a treat is Carnation instant breakfast. Yummy

msblondy16

Ok I am going to try my very hardest to eat my exercise cals!!! Thank you all for being so supportive and helpful!! :happy:

P.S. I am in the molecular biology portion of the biology work. I am currently working on my PhD and my research area is molecular and cellular basis of cancer and aneuploidy disorders (like Down's). I'm a nerd! I treat my little yeast cells like my children! Right now they are not behaving and are requiring literally 48 hours straight of work... but I do love it!!

Awesome!!

I am SOoooOOOo jealous--can't wait for grad school! I graduate this year but I have to pick up some more classes before I apply to VCU. Darn liberal arts undergrad doesn't do anything to prepare you...:grumble: I'm planning on a PhD too. Are you going to stay in research? I'd like to go into teaching undergrad.

Sorry I hijacked your thread. :blushing:

Yeah I think I will stay with research. My ultimate goal is to get my MD after my PhD and then be able to do the clinical work and the research stuff, but that is a long way away. I need to live through this first!!! I really, really would like to teach at a med school no matter what I do, though. I taught some chem classes when I was an undergrad and I loved it. Keep working at it! It is so worth it!! :flowerforyou:

Phoenix_Rising

Going under a little some times isn't bad, but a little is like 50 calories. 300 calories is a meal.

A meal.
Or a Poptart and a half.
Or a little more than a whole package of Twix bars. :bigsmile: :laugh: :bigsmile:

I do nightly snacks. Currently, it's a frosted poptart. 200 calories. Makes my workouts worth it!!! That and totally losing weight along the way!

Fitness_Chick

Double dippity dog ditto-- nyah.

ok Marla....you're asking for it... Double dippity dog ditto-- nyah x a trillion!!

jen_huff

Wow, well I guess I can eat alot more than I was, which is great! I always thought the less the better so if I didn't eat 400 calories I thought I was doing good. Guess not!

Thanks for all the support guys! I really appreciate it! :bigsmile:

DjBliss05

Ditto x a lot.... I totally lost track! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I try to eat all of my exercise calories. Some days I am a little under and some days I am over (hopefully only by a little, lol). Most days I am really close!

I have been losing pretty steadily so far and feeling great!

Doesn't have to be perfect to work, just gotta get as close as you can.