eating healthy but going over calorie goal.. is this okay?
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As far as 'health' is concerned, yes it's better to be eating healthier foods. But as far as weight loss is concerned, a calorie is a calorie. You could probably change your weightloss goals and let MFP give you a little bit higher calorie goal each day and still lose weight. I'm currently 144 and have mine set to 1 lb per week and MFP has me on the 1200 calorie goal (I normally eat more b/c usually I exercise to earn extra calories). 1200 seems pretty low for someone who's currently at 200 lbs (not that I know a whole lot about it, just saying it seems that way from my current perspective). Plus remember if you are exercising you probably need to eat at least some of those exercise calories back. That's the way MFP is set up anyway. Sometimes I have a hard time trying to eat 'all' of my exercise calories but I make an effort to eat at least half of them.
Anyway, kudos to you for eating healthier choices. Technically yes you can gain weight eating even healthy foods if you eat too much (calorie-wise) but for you personally at 202 lbs even if you go over your 1200 you are probably still going to be losing weight, as long as it's not 'too' over. Play around with your settings here on MFP like people suggested (maybe changing your weekly weightloss goal a bit) to see if the new calorie goal makes more sense to you, and remember if you exercise you can earn some extra calories on top of your daily goal. For me personally, exercising to earn extras is awesome b/c 1) I'm not going to be snacking *while* I'm exercising 2) I'm usually not hungry for awhile right after exercising so 3) it's actually easier to stay close to my goals if I exercise to earn extras, b/c then I get to eat more but yet there's a small chunk of the day that I'm not craving a snack *right then*. :-)0 -
If I were the OP I would be confused as hell right now. Yes, you're going to be fat! No, you will still lose. You should probably eat more anyway! Some foods are baaaad. Calories are all that matter. A random "Gret job!" thrown in there. Sheesh!0
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If I were the OP I would be confused as hell right now. Yes, you're going to be fat! No, you will still lose. You should probably eat more anyway! Some foods are baaaad. Calories are all that matter. A random "Gret job!" thrown in there. Sheesh!
Well, I showed my work...0 -
How MUCH over are you eating daily? You will only lose weight at a deficit, no matter what foods you stuff in your mouth.
Yup!0 -
1200 is not enough for most people and, as long as you are under maintenance calories, you'll still lose weight. You should be proud of the fact that you're giving your body good quality food/fuel!0
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If I were the OP I would be confused as hell right now. Yes, you're going to be fat! No, you will still lose. You should probably eat more anyway! Some foods are baaaad. Calories are all that matter. A random "Gret job!" thrown in there. Sheesh!
Well, I showed my work...
Ha!. There were some very good answers in all of that. I hope she was able to sort them out.0 -
How MUCH over are you eating daily? You will only lose weight at a deficit, no matter what foods you stuff in your mouth.
this. if you eat more calories than you burn off you will put weight on, regardless of what you are eating.0 -
are you exercising? If you're exercising and only eating 1200 period, than you should be hungry and you should be fine going over. If you aren't exerciseing and going over . . . well that depends on how much you are going over and what your true bmr happens to be. You will only lose in a balanced deficit.0
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A) clean calories and unclean calories are the same for weight loss
why are you eating 1200 cals when you're 200lbs according to your sig?
C) you will still lose weight not because you're going "over" with healthy calories but because you are still in a caloric deficit
^ Unfortunately this is true! Too many calories is too many calories, the body doesn't discriminate. You have to create that calorie deficit in order to lose the weight. 1200 calories is very low, you may want to up it a bit. Or if you are not exercising start!...you'll earn more calories!
BTW- love the bunny, too cute! I had bunny for 9 years, he just passed a couple of weeks ago0
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