Eat More!

JJLive
JJLive Posts: 88 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'd been eating about 1600 calories for almost a month now and having great progress (between 3-4 lbs a week) but after reading so much about exercise calories I decided to give it a shot and this week I ate about 1900 calories on days I rode my bike, where I usually burn like 900 calories.
I lost MORE weight. This week I dropped 5 lbs exactly, which at the same time delights me and makes me worry that it is TOO fast. I think I will keep creeping up on my exercise calories, this week going to shoot for 2000.. Anyways, don't be scared, eat them exercise calories!

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  • dls06
    dls06 Posts: 6,774 Member
    Thanks for the post.
  • Jessicaruby
    Jessicaruby Posts: 881 Member
    i have been asking about this. i have been stuck at 130lbs when my goal is 120lbs. many people said i am not eating enough and need to consume more of my calories but i worry that because i have been exercising and eating at the same rate for so long, if i start to eat more i will gain instead of losing
  • ameyc2002
    ameyc2002 Posts: 247 Member
    yes i also eat my excercising calories and seem to be doing just fine...
  • krystonite
    krystonite Posts: 553 Member
    i have been asking about this. i have been stuck at 130lbs when my goal is 120lbs. many people said i am not eating enough and need to consume more of my calories but i worry that because i have been exercising and eating at the same rate for so long, if i start to eat more i will gain instead of losing

    I share your concerns. I am 130 with a goal of 120. Those last 10 pounds are like pulling teeth and I feel that if I eat more I'm just going to end up maintaining my current weight.
  • JJLive
    JJLive Posts: 88 Member
    Jessica, you can always do what I did! I burn 900+ Calories biking but I didn't just want to start off eating a ton more, so I did a 'test' of 300 calories. Add a bit at a time and observe!
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    Sometimes I eat my exercise calories, and sometimes I don't. I weight myself every day (bad, I know), and when I hit within 200 of my calorie goal (instead of 500-600 under), I see a loss in the morning. When I hit lower, I maintain. I know everyone is different.. but.. food for thought.
  • JJLive
    JJLive Posts: 88 Member
    What harm can there be in trying out some exercise calories? I mean, if nothing else is working, you really have nothing else to lose, right?
  • Jessicaruby
    Jessicaruby Posts: 881 Member
    i have been asking about this. i have been stuck at 130lbs when my goal is 120lbs. many people said i am not eating enough and need to consume more of my calories but i worry that because i have been exercising and eating at the same rate for so long, if i start to eat more i will gain instead of losing

    I share your concerns. I am 130 with a goal of 120. Those last 10 pounds are like pulling teeth and I feel that if I eat more I'm just going to end up maintaining my current weight.


    how tall are you?
  • krystonite
    krystonite Posts: 553 Member
    i have been asking about this. i have been stuck at 130lbs when my goal is 120lbs. many people said i am not eating enough and need to consume more of my calories but i worry that because i have been exercising and eating at the same rate for so long, if i start to eat more i will gain instead of losing

    I share your concerns. I am 130 with a goal of 120. Those last 10 pounds are like pulling teeth and I feel that if I eat more I'm just going to end up maintaining my current weight.


    how tall are you?

    5'7"

    It's like we're long lost MFP sisters.
  • kirsty0911
    kirsty0911 Posts: 54 Member
    Thank you soooo much for this!

    This is EXACTLY what I needed to read! I have been under my calories by 200-300 nearly every day (not always consciously) but I know it's doing more harm than good. I know I need to eat more and hopefully the weight will still come off. I am just scared that I will put weight on.

    Anyway, here's to a new week for me starting from tomorrow, trying much, much harder to eat ALL 1200 calories!
  • seasonalvoodoo
    seasonalvoodoo Posts: 380 Member
    Good job!

    I always eat ALL of my exercise cals. :)
  • JJLive
    JJLive Posts: 88 Member
    You're welcome! I was a bit nervous about adding calories too, but I figured it was worth risking slowing down my weight loss if it meant possibly avoiding a plateau! I am going to slowly bump it up 100 calories a week until I eat all of my exercise calories I think, and then drop down 200 for a week, then back up 200 for a week. I am patient and I want to see what happens =)
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