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people who have had success by upping their calories!

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  • Marge321
    Marge321 Posts: 131 Member
    20 days on MFP for me : I'm 23 years old, female, 5'10''

    First 10, I was eating 1500 calories: felt ok even if it was like my BMR, think it was more then I was eating before, I'm not sure.

    Then I've read things on "Eat more weigh less" group and realise that at my age and my height, I should eat more. After those maths, I'm now eating 2250 calories a day. Yeah, seems huge.

    Been at it almost for 10 days now and dropped 2 pounds. For me, I think this will work !
  • lilmiss_sunshine29
    lilmiss_sunshine29 Posts: 136 Member
    thanks for that.
    i've been wondering about eating a lil more in the hope I can actually lose weight. sometimes I feel hungry yet have next to no calories left...and despite tracking and walking...i've had weeks of no loss and on occasion an increase....much to my disgust!
  • melissa112
    melissa112 Posts: 99 Member
    Hi. I'm back again to MFP after putting on near 2 stone in the past year :( was wondering if anyone could help with my activity level.

    I'm 5'2, 154lbs and want to get to at least 126 (more eventually). I walk my dog 1.5hrs a day, quite a normal pace as my girl has hip dysplasia and arthritis. However I have a desk job so don't know if I should put sedentary? I am planning to get up an hour early and walk my nans dog for an hour on 4 days a week. Am I lightly active or sedentary with or without the extra hours walk for my nans dog.

    Ive calculates my TDEE (using lightly active) which was 1750and*0.8 to give 1400 calories a day. My BMR was 1273. If I should actually be sedentary then I'm eating more than I should and don't want to do that incase I don't lose. My body fat is 40% going by the military calculation on fat 2fit. Any help on activity level would be really appreciated!
  • MACnificence
    MACnificence Posts: 419 Member
    What a great thread !! Keep the posts coming guys and girls I'm just upping my calories today so this is definitely making me feel better about it
  • Joehenny
    Joehenny Posts: 1,222 Member
    I was eating 1800, I eat 2200 now. I didn't do it all at once though l slowly upped it by adding refeeds. I had hit a plateau at 1800 with a crap load of cardio...never again
  • MACnificence
    MACnificence Posts: 419 Member
    I was eating 1800, I eat 2200 now. I didn't do it all at once though l slowly upped it by adding refeeds. I had hit a plateau at 1800 with a crap load of cardio...never again




    Same at a plateau doing a load of cardio , upping calories today thinking 100 calories at a time is a good way to do it ?
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