Major sucess with higher calories!

jjnt007

What is your excercise regime? I am new and need to lose 84 pounds.

jdennis719

yes, it is soooo very hard to believe you have to eat more to lose weight; all my life I've always heard "cut back" and "decrease" so I'm still struggling with getting in my calories BEFORE my exercise. I pretty much always am under my calories, and under a significant amount too. I guess I have to take the plunge and try this upping the calories and see where it takes me.

It just scares me to death that I'll gain back what I've already lost.....< sigh >

trysha1231

That is awesome! I wonder if he would run my numbers for me? I have no idea if I should up mine and what I should up them to. But I know things aren't working well. I don't always eat great, but I'm not usually terrible either.

I am wondering the same thing. I have tried to ask some questions on the board, but it all goes so fast, I don't think my post gets seen.

SwimKitty

Thanks for sharing - hope it helps lots of people!

Riverofbeauty

Thanks so much for posting this! I hope others will read this and do the same.

Anthonydaman

awesome

Coco_Puff

So, I have a question about upping your calories. If you/when up your calories do you still eat back your exercise calories or not?

You eat whatever number MFP gave you to lose weight, that number does not figure any exercise. Then you see what calories you burned durning your workout, add the two together, which MFP does for you when to enter your workouts. Now try to eat as close to that number as possible.

Stephanie2167

Monday hits week 4 for me. I think on Monday after I weigh in I'm going to up my cals from 1200 to 1400 and see if that makes a difference for the next month.

love2bthin

Hey there

I read your post and you really made me think about my calories intake. So I went in and set for more calories because I was eating between 1000-1200 and been have not lost anything for 3 weeks except a little bit this morning. A friend of mine raised her calories a few weeks ago and she is losing more too. Thank you for the advice

jadedone

How do you know how to up your calories? I'm at 1200 and have a desk job. So I'm wondering if I up them, how much I should and how to reflect that in MFP?

I have a desk job as well, and work at home. You want to use your base number as the TDEE (whatever that stands for) and then subtract 500 to get a good amount of daily calories to eat.

des24rob

such a great and inspiring post for me (a MFP newbie) to read! Thank you and even more so CONGRATULATIONS

sophhhki

i'm really happy to see this...i've been on a 1330 cal/day diet for about 2 months now...i was totally hitting a plateau, feeling depressed, and having lower energy! i went to my doctor today and she said i have to ramp up my calories to at least 1800. right now i'm doing 1600 because i'm ~so anxious~ about upping my intake...do you guys think i should go all the way to 1800?? check out my profile for my fitness info.

thanks

MysteriousWays

I just went here to find out my Total Daily Energy Expenditure. Mine was 2225. So to lose weight, I should eat no more than 1725. I eat maybe 1200-1500.
http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

There have been a few posts like this lately and I'm inclined to give it a go. Just remembering that I need to fill my 1725 - or 1570 as I have it set now - with good foods and not burgers, beers and cookies. Yes, some of those things are fine in moderation - but whole grains, protein, veggies and fruits are the way to go.

NiceTee75

This is such a great post!!! Thanks for sharing. I too recently upped my calories and I'm hoping I have as much success as you!!! Again, thanks for sharing!!!!

valligator

bump!

ryvenna

I'm sorry if this is silly, but when you ladies talk about upping your calories, do you mean you still net around 1200... Or that you're upping your calories so that you net even higher?? I've been eating around 1800 to 2000+ cals a day, but I usually net around 1300 and I'm curious to know if I should net even higher...

missfancy1980

I told her to add about 400 calories in high protein food.

How do you do this? I am always low on my protein it seems. I eat fish, but no meat.

lifechange12

Bump

andreaavrutis

Hello! These are very exciting posts!! My question is, how do you determine what calorie range you should be eating each day?

tjsusong

I have been contemplating this for a while now because no matter how hard I try, I have been barely maintaining, even gaining. I'll give it a shot now, what do I have to lose??? (Aside from 30 lbs!!! LOL)

barwood

Where do we find this guy. Or tell us how to come up with the number we need.

Mirabilis

One question... does anyone have something more than anecdotal reports on how hormonal fluctuations affect that?

Perimenopausal women have a hell of a time losing weight and can even gain weight on less food than you'd ever expect to make a difference. I can say that anecdotally, but also, I've been doing some reading on the issue.

From what I've been reading, this has to do with the body's imperative to retain estrogen stored secondarily in fat cells when your ovaries stop producing it. It wouldn't have crossed my mind if I hadn't run into an article on it. I don't know how reliable that information is, given it's not my area.

On the up side, when you go full meno apparently it stops being an issue but that transitional period might just be the exception to the rule.

Mirii

mpf1

bump

2youngatheart

:flowerforyou:

Lula16

good for you! i hope i have the same results as i upped my calories this week!

YMark

Where do we find this guy. Or tell us how to come up with the number we need.

Awaiting answer......

littleblueallie

I'm on a 1200. I eat a lot, just healthier things, with the exception of the past few days. I haven't really weighed myself since Monday (I'm trying not to weigh myself TOO much) so maybe if i plateau or have gained, I'll up my calories as well.

blynnblair

I've been thinking about upping my calories for awhile now myself, i did my TDEE as well as how many calories i will need to maintain my goal weight. According to those i should be eating around 1800, looks like im trying that starting tomorrow. I havent had much energy with the 1470-1590 i've been at and I've never eat my exercise calories unless im starving..time to change it up! thank you all for posting your success!

stephr2014

*bump*

ladyraven68

Add me to the list - I had my numbers ran by Helloitsdan on the 18th Feb, and I went from 1200 to 1750.

I thought - HUH???? I'm just about 5ft, how am I going to lose weight on that many calories?

But I was prepared to give it a go, and I am so glad I did. in 3 weeks I have lost over 5lb, but I am more excited about the inches off my waist.

Apparently your body needs fats to burn fat.

According to MFP I should be maintaining at this level of calories.