Lost 7 lbs since last Thursday by eating MORE!

RoseRoiz

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actshepherd

I think the trick is to NOT get into the same routine. Our bodies are designed to develop memory and if we eat the same way and excercise the same way all the time, it loses its effect. I'm glad you posted this. I hope I remember that I might need to change it up if I'm not losing.

When I started MFP, I wasn't losing any weight but I was excercising and eating well for three weeks. Then this last week, I gave myself a break from the "workouts" and actually lost two pounds. I'm back to excercising today for the first time after about a week off and the weight is still gone

lpatriquin

I am fairly new to this site (2 weeks) and MFP says's that my daily caloric goal is 1200 even though by BMR is a little over 1400. Should I be aiming for 1400, 1200 or higher? I also earn approx. 200-300 calories a day from exercise which I may or may not eat back. But my average caloric intake over the last two weeks would be around 1200-1300. I have to say, the weight is not coming off quickly enough for me... maybe I am being unrealistic but I am only down 3 lbs which doesn't seem like much especially in the beginning of a (never ending) weight loss journey. When I hear that someone is losing 7 lbs in a week, I take notice... Good for you guys! It make me really nervous to increase cals but that might be the answer... any suggestions??

dls0516

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fearie_jae

High five!!

I know when I started "dieting" I feel victim to the thought of 1200 was the # and that was it but then I learned about increasing my caloric intake to a certain # that's right for me AND eating back my exercise calories and I can really notice a change. I love knowing I can lose weight and be healthy and NOT be starving all the time it really makes you see this is not a diet but a true lifestyle I can stick with.

chaniray

this is good info! i never knew this thanks and congrats!

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punkrockprincess23

I hope this works. ive currently been eating 1200 calories a day and trying to not eat back my exercise calories-some days i do.

If I get this right:my TDEE # is 2260.
My BMR # is 2013.
So I SHOULD be eating between 2013-2260 calories a day?

EX. i choose to eat 2150 calories a day(between my 2 #'s),
but i exercise and burn 430 calories today.
Brings me back down to 1720 cals a day.
I should eat back that 430 exercise cals?

PLS help me........

tubbs_nomore

How are you guys losing so much weight in a week??? 7lbs??? I've been extremely faithful to this program for 12 days now ...measuring everything....drinking the water....switching to lowfat products & 1% milk from 2%...etc & I'm working out 6 days a week...and NOTHING!! I'm getting quite frustrated. Even when I tried to switch around my goals it wont let me lose any more than 1.5 lbs a week even though I chose 2lbs a week..and I still only get a net of 1200 calories no matter what I choose. Whats up? Help please...I'm having major surgery on April 19th & was hoping to have lost some weight by then...ty in advance.

badmediakarma

Thanks for posting this! My weight loss has slowed down and it's only been a little over a month! I have a lot of weight to lose and didn't think I could "plateau" so fast. I have been thinking of upping my calories and have been so scared even though there are a ton of people posting on here where it worked for them!

_Brandy_

I was thinking about upping my intake as well. I've been at a stall for about a month. How do you know how much more to increase?

Helloitsdan

Click on my name for my profile.

I have a link you can use to a very good calculator for calories.
This is the link that brought me out of the low calorie fog and into the real world of dieting to lose fat.

BTW my High Calorie group just posted their first measure up and so far 99% have lost Body Fat % by eating higher cals.
This stuff works!

Isnt physiology fun?

Gaby5050

I'm so afraid to eat more calories!It says I should eat 1500 cal. And then when I enter my exercise it says I still have to eat 400 cal more.How can I eat 1900 cal and still lose weight?Please help My weight right now is 197 and I want to lose 50 more pounds!

prettygirlhoward

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valorieflowers

I hear a lot of talk about upping calories, is that only really effective for people working out pretty intensely? or maybe people eating so little calories that they are starving. I would think it wouldn't help someone only doing a light amount of exercise. Like me, I am on 1700 calories (I am 5'10", so it's not all that much) and I am just doing 30 minutes of cardio 3x/week. I am guessing eating more calories would not have the same effect in this case, am I right?

DonnaRe2012

Click on my name for my profile.

I have a link you can use to a very good calculator for calories.
This is the link that brought me out of the low calorie fog and into the real world of dieting to lose fat.

BTW my High Calorie group just posted their first measure up and so far 99% have lost Body Fat % by eating higher cals.
This stuff works!

Isnt physiology fun?

Thanks for the link, I'm going to up my calories according to there figures and see how it goes. Thanks

sleepytexan

How are you guys losing so much weight in a week??? 7lbs??? I've been extremely faithful to this program for 12 days now ...measuring everything....drinking the water....switching to lowfat products & 1% milk from 2%...etc & I'm working out 6 days a week...and NOTHING!! I'm getting quite frustrated. Even when I tried to switch around my goals it wont let me lose any more than 1.5 lbs a week even though I chose 2lbs a week..and I still only get a net of 1200 calories no matter what I choose. Whats up? Help please...I'm having major surgery on April 19th & was hoping to have lost some weight by then...ty in advance.

Choose no more than 1 lb. a week, AND eat your exercise calories. use that guy's link (Helloitsdan). seriously. Starving doesn't work.

sleepytexan

I hope this works. ive currently been eating 1200 calories a day and trying to not eat back my exercise calories-some days i do.

If I get this right:my TDEE # is 2260.
My BMR # is 2013.
So I SHOULD be eating between 2013-2260 calories a day?

EX. i choose to eat 2150 calories a day(between my 2 #'s),
but i exercise and burn 430 calories today.
Brings me back down to 1720 cals a day.
I should eat back that 430 exercise cals?

PLS help me........

YES EAT YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES!! you should be eating a NET total of 2013-2260 per day. yes. yes. yes. yes.

krystina_letitia9

That's very motivating! I also upped my cals - I got tired of eating only 1250 cals (before eating my exercise cals back)... we'll see what that shows for me next week :happy: I'm a hungry girl! haha!

delilah47

I lost 50 lbs from October to February by following low cal (1200/day and eating back exercise calories), I stalled and lost/gained the same 5 lbs for a month. I decided to try something different so I increased my calories to 1700 (which is a little over my BMR) last week and since increasing my calories and continuing to eat back all of my exercise calories I have continually lost a pound a day for the last week!!!

I can understand maybe losing 1 or 2 lbs in a week but 7!? This is great! I hope weight loss lasts like this for at least another week! Then I'm ok with seeing a 1 to 2 pound loss a week again!

Sometimes when it appears you have hit a plateau, your body holds water to displace the fat that has been burned. I think, maybe, to be able to replace it quickly if need be. Maybe your body says.. "ok I have more calories so I guess I'm not going to starve" then releases the water. I doubt you are burning 3500 more calories than you are taking in each day. Keep going!!:bigsmile:

GB333

Thank you for posting this! And congratulations!!

I just upped my calories, too and I hope I am as successful as you have been!

slowturtle1

I hear a lot of talk about upping calories, is that only really effective for people working out pretty intensely? or maybe people eating so little calories that they are starving. I would think it wouldn't help someone only doing a light amount of exercise. Like me, I am on 1700 calories (I am 5'10", so it's not all that much) and I am just doing 30 minutes of cardio 3x/week. I am guessing eating more calories would not have the same effect in this case, am I right?

This is also my question because I'm admittedly very sedentary. I get in what I can, when I can, which comes out to twice as much as I did before joining MFP, but I didn't even include exercise in my goals because it's so irregular. That's not going to change any time soon due to my schedule/life style, so I'm worried that changing my formula is only going to send me backwards. How do you know when to up your calories?

KourtneyP83

Very interesting. I can't quite figure out what I need to do to fix my plateau...I have upped my calories, downed my calories and now I'm working out 2 hours a day. How frustrating. Glad that adding calories helped you!!

smcesko

Hmmm.. Well I guess I'm not going to get too upset about going over my calories today on MFP. :-)

sleepytexan

Very interesting. I can't quite figure out what I need to do to fix my plateau...I have upped my calories, downed my calories and now I'm working out 2 hours a day. How frustrating. Glad that adding calories helped you!!

don't make your changes too quickly, or you will never know.

make a change and commit to it for at least 1 month. your body needs time to adjust. when I upped calories after chronic (years) of undereating, I gained at first, but then I lost 12 lbs. in 3 mos. and have maintained within 2 lbs. of goal ever since.

blessings.

LilysMom28

thats exactly what happend to me. I lost about 12lbs being at 1200 calories a day. Then I would lose and gain the same stupid 5lbs!! A friend on here told me I was eating way to few calories. I just uped it to 1700 today. I'm hoping to have the same success you are!!!

Good luck everyone!

persilcolours

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DamaliAsabyiKioni

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ninalovinglife

how do you up your calories? I have been on MFP and lost 12 pounds and 5 inches but thats it then I have gained 3 pounds back i am stuck

juliekaiser1988

I am SO glad you posted this. I'm currently in an arguement (a nasty one at that) on another thread about this very subject. I've lost a lot of weight (as you can see) and I didn't do any of it by starving myself.

I realized on that other thread, that hungry people are very mean