Are my net calories too low?

erinmac0211

I exercise just about everyday. My caloric needs for the day are around 2000 i think but my net always winds up at 1300 or less after my workout. Is this bad? I've been on a platue for about 2 weeks now. Should I eat more? less? I have about 10-15 lbs left to lose and they just won't come off!

NoAdditives

Try eating at least half of the calories you burn from exercise.

HeidiMightyRawr

It works differently for different people. I wouldn't take 1300 net is "too" low but from personal experience when I increased my calories from 1500 to 1750 net (1lb a week to 1/2lb a week loss) the last 4-5lbs came off alot quicker for me after having stayed the same for quite a while

Skeith5

Try upping your calories a bit and see what happens. I've been losing much the past month or so so I bought a heart rate monitor to make sure my calories burned was what I was really burning. I had been way off (about 500 calories too few..) So my 1400-1600 net calories were actually 900-1100 calories a day in actuality. Now that I'm back up to a more accurate 1600 I'm starting to lose weight again.

Scott

agthorn

Looks like you only have about 13 pounds or so left to lose, so if you're not already you should probably be at half a pound a week of weight loss (a 250 calorie deficit).

erinmac0211

Thanks everybody!! I think I'm going to go to the 250 calorie deficit and possibly buy myself a heart rate monitor