calories per weight

parrotlover

I am now at 1200 calories a day at 187lbs and having a hard time adjusting....i eat a small breakfast because i know i tend to overeat in the evening....anyone else have a hard time getting used to calorie changes?

spicy618

If you set your goal to lose 1 lb or less you will have more calories. Also, every calorie you burn with exercise is one you may eat

CasperO

When I started I was just dieting. I was a really big heavy guy (270 pounds) and my calorie intake was about 2000 a day, and that was fine, I wasn't uncomfortable.

When I got to 260 MFP adjusted my intake down to 1920 or something, and that was lean but I was Ok. When I got to 250 it dropped me down to 1850, and then it was starting to get hard. When I got to 240 it cut me down to about 1780 a day and that just wasn't enough food and I was $&%in' miserable.

So then I went to Walmart and blew $300 on an elliptical machine, and now I'm doing 30 minutes a day, earning 400-500 extra calories and I'm feeling great and I get enough to eat and I'm still meeting my weightloss goals. I also really feel like I've made a real lifestyle change that I'll be able to sustain and not gain the weight back.

Best move I ever made - I love the changes from the exercise. Added resistance training now too, which is more good-good stuff.

My BP is now 110/65, my resting pulse is 60, I can put out at 15 cals per minute 'til the cows come home. It's kewl, and none of that would have happened if I'd stuck to just dieting.


Anyways - if you're hungry you have 3 choices:

1 - adjust your goals. Less calorie deficit = more food = slower weight loss
2 - Change your cooking. Learn to do more with big, bulky, filling lo-cal stuff. Learn to love cabbage.
3 - get off the couch and earn some extra. Get some exercise, eat those exercise calories.

I do a combination of #2 and #3, and it's working for me.

parrotlover

thanks!!! I do exercise but I still end up eating to much...i gotta kick my butt back into gear!

BrenNew

thanks!!! I do exercise but I still end up eating to much...i gotta kick my butt back into gear!

Exercise IS the key to higher numbers, and therefore, MORE food!
It doesn't always have to be awful either. For my exercise, I walk almost every day, (weather permitting!) I also dance to a fast oldies CD that my husband made up of all my favorite old songs. (Like "Love Shack", Wild, Wild West", "Mony, Mony", "Footloose", and "Gloria")
It's free, (unlike a gym!) fun, and I can even watch tv at the same time, so I never get bored! :happy:
I also use the Wii Fit, and jog to that, which is a lot of fun, and easy too!