Should I increase my calories?

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Casssie999
Casssie999 Posts: 5
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So I want to loose 3-5 kilos (I'm 60 kg and 163cm). I've set my goals to loosing 1 lb a week so I'm eating 1200 calories a day plus any extra I get from exercise (I usually don't eat around 200 of them though).
I've been doing this for a couple months now, though partly on another site and I haven't really lost any weight or noticed a difference in my body shape.

I know people are going to suggest upping my calorie intake but I don't get hungry with only 1200 cals and sometimes I eat even when I'm not hungry so I can get enough calories.
Should I increase my calorie intake any way? Or any other suggestions?

p.s my diary is public if you want to look.

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  • xraychick77
    xraychick77 Posts: 1,775 Member
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    so you are 132 lbs now..

    have you lost any weight at all?

    typically when we stop losing weight, its usually many factors. our bodies are dynamic things. hormones, water/fluid retention, stress etc etc all impact weight loss.

    usually what i see, is someone who says they've burned such and such amount, when actually they didnt. so when they eat back, they are really eating over what they should. i dont even count my exercise. for many reasons, i'm not going into. also, after a while your body adapts and becomes efficient and it harder to lose. Especially the smaller you are. i have never stalled..i can only conjecture as to why people do.. i feel its mainly because they are not honest about what they eat or how much and how much they exercise. also, they dont change up their routine.
  • Casssie999
    Casssie999 Posts: 5
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    I did loose about a kilo right when I first started but since then nothing.

    Yeah that's why I try not to eat back about 200 cal from exercising, to act as a kind of buffer. I might try not eating any exercise calories back and see how that goes, I never really burn large amounts anyway.

    If that doesn't work I may just have to accept my body doesn't want to loose any weight, I'm in the healthy range so I want to loose weight for purely appearance reasons.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    How are you tracking your food? Do you measure accurately with proper measuring cups or, better, a scale? Are you comparing your label to the entry? Do you enter everything and i mean everything?
    How are you tracking your exercise calories, do you use a heart rate monitor?
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    I did loose about a kilo right when I first started but since then nothing.

    Yeah that's why I try not to eat back about 200 cal from exercising, to act as a kind of buffer. I might try not eating any exercise calories back and see how that goes, I never really burn large amounts anyway.

    If that doesn't work I may just have to accept my body doesn't want to loose any weight, I'm in the healthy range so I want to loose weight for purely appearance reasons.

    If you are at a good weight, the last few pounds are notorious for being difficult to take off. You will have to increase exercise.
    I dont really believe that our bodies refuse to lose more weight, I do know they don't make it easy.
    My suggestion would be to incorporate weight training.

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