Calories/Day

irishdancer23
irishdancer23 Posts: 168 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am currently eating 1200 calories a day and have been for about 2 weeks now. At first it seems like enough, but now I feel like i'm always hungry. I really want to lose weight and get the best results out of my exercise (i'm doing 30 day shred right now), but at the same time, i feel like i might get frustrated if i am constantly hungry. I always eat back all of my exercise calories so i net 1200. what do you guys think?

EDIT: bmr = 1,645
my goals are set at losing 2lbs/week, but currently, it says that i will lose 1.7/week.

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  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    whats your bmr?
  • irishdancer23
    irishdancer23 Posts: 168 Member
    bmr according to mfp is 1,645 calories
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
    I am currently eating 1200 calories a day and have been for about 2 weeks now. At first it seems like enough, but now I feel like i'm always hungry. I really want to lose weight and get the best results out of my exercise (i'm doing 30 day shred right now), but at the same time, i feel like i might get frustrated if i am constantly hungry. I always eat back all of my exercise calories so i net 1200. what do you guys think?

    What is your BMR and TDEE? http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/
  • Pepper2185
    Pepper2185 Posts: 994 Member
    I would eat more.

    You are recognizing that eating 1200 makes you hungry, and you are likely to fail. Prevent this from happening. Add some healthy snacks to your day. If your BMR is close to 1600, adding a few hundred extra calories will not cause you to blow up like a balloon.

    Good luck :)
  • dg09
    dg09 Posts: 754
    What kind of foods are you eating?
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    bmr according to mfp is 1,645 calories
    id eat closer to that than 1200 :)
    when i was on 1200 i was miserable... even at 1400. i upped my cals to my bmr (1845) and ive never been happier lol
  • Taylerr88
    Taylerr88 Posts: 320 Member
    whats your macros at 1200? whats your currrent per week lb loss?
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Sounds like it's too low and your body is confirming it.

    If your settings are for losing 2 lbs a week, try changing it to 1.5 or 1, at least for a few weeks just to get into the swing of things.

    Also check your activity level. Lots of people choose sedentary, because they have a sedentary job, but for many people, it turns out that Lightly Active or Active give a more realistic number.
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