Scared eating all my cals will = weight gain :(

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  • estherdfoster
    estherdfoster Posts: 127 Member
    hmmm i say eat the 1200 calories and once it says you ate 1200, then workout to burn some off..that way you did eat 1200 but you also burned off some of that 1200..1200 is my goal and when i log food it says i went over..but once i plug in my workout it goes down an i am under it. so make sure it is not what you burned thats making you think you are under cause it will confuse you..
  • t4fun17
    t4fun17 Posts: 1
    I have a hard time eating the amount of calories they say I need and then when I exercise they take the calories up. I feel like I have to eat all day none stop to get these calories.
  • ebony__
    ebony__ Posts: 519 Member
    hmmm i say eat the 1200 calories and once it says you ate 1200, then workout to burn some off..that way you did eat 1200 but you also burned off some of that 1200..1200 is my goal and when i log food it says i went over..but once i plug in my workout it goes down an i am under it. so make sure it is not what you burned thats making you think you are under cause it will confuse you..

    Thanks.
    Not confused.
    I don't eat back many of my exercise calories unless it's a huge work out and my body feels like it needs it
  • ehrenob
    ehrenob Posts: 3 Member
    id say, keep your calories at 1200. you body/metabolism will get used to it. weight is just a number dont let a few pounds get you down. as long as you eat healthy the weight will continue to come off and you'll see better results.
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    I haven't been well this week and my calorie intake has been very low. ( under 500 due to being sick) But I've also lost a bit of weight over the week. And I'm really terrified of starting to eat back up around the 1200 mark because I wasn't really losing and I'm scared it's going to make me put on weight. I know that 1200 shouldn't make me
    Put on weight but I just need some reassurance maybe?

    This is the hard part when you finally reach your goal. I had a hard time too. I'd been dieting for so long I didn't know how to let myself eat more, but you must. This is when you need to worry about starvation mode (if you are at 12% BF or lower). And actually you should taper up your calories by now anyway. But 1200 means nothing, it's relative to your BMR. I'm short so 1200 is a lot of calories for me but if you are taller you need more.

    It's really important that you eat. You will get sick if you don't. I got to my goal a year ago and I've been eating more now, at BMR, and I didn't balloon up in weight.

    Realize something else; It took years to get over weight, and it won't happen again overnight or in a week or even a month. If you start to creep up you know what to do now, no big deal. The neat thing about what you have learned in your weight loss journey is that these are the tools you will use for life. Relax. It's okay.
  • sadein
    sadein Posts: 40
    I completely understand what you're saying. I've been through the same thing before. 1200 calories and exercise should be all you need to continue to lose, stick with it and don't obsess about the weight gain, it will all even out. Like someone said, the weight you lost while sick, probably wasn't all fat. I'm one of those people that can get sick and actually gain weight while eating nothing, it happens.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    This is totally normal. I highly suggest you get off the scale for a solid week. Stick to eating good food and let things go a bit. You're obsessing more than you should, and it's going to do nothing but drive you insane.
    I agree with this. It's almost like you're bordering on paranoia. Stop using the scale for at least a week.
  • ebony__
    ebony__ Posts: 519 Member
    This is totally normal. I highly suggest you get off the scale for a solid week. Stick to eating good food and let things go a bit. You're obsessing more than you should, and it's going to do nothing but drive you insane.
    I agree with this. It's almost like you're bordering on paranoia. Stop using the scale for at least a week.

    Your both right and I'm going to stay of the scale for a week ,
    It's just hard when I feel like I've worked so hard for so long to only lose 10lbs and then to see them coming back on.
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
    This is totally normal. I highly suggest you get off the scale for a solid week. Stick to eating good food and let things go a bit. You're obsessing more than you should, and it's going to do nothing but drive you insane.
    I agree with this. It's almost like you're bordering on paranoia. Stop using the scale for at least a week.

    Your both right and I'm going to stay of the scale for a week ,
    It's just hard when I feel like I've worked so hard for so long to only lose 10lbs and then to see them coming back on.

    I think a little perspective is in order here. Look through the success stories. Look at their diaries. The people who lost the most and maintained it ate well and continue to do so. Think of them as an example for you to follow. Starving yourself and getting obsessive is going to do nothing but continue to hinder your progress, and eventually, it'll make you want to quit and give up entirely.
  • caslyn3
    caslyn3 Posts: 70 Member
    This is totally normal. I highly suggest you get off the scale for a solid week. Stick to eating good food and let things go a bit. You're obsessing more than you should, and it's going to do nothing but drive you insane.
    I agree with this. It's almost like you're bordering on paranoia. Stop using the scale for at least a week.

    Agreed. Even though I weigh myself every single day.. I know that I am going to go up and down in my weight..I don't get paranoid because every weigh in, I am down. Personally I think 1200 calories are not enough.. It's crazy, but I never knew that you have to EAT to lose weight. MFP already calculates your weekly exercise in your goal that is why you are able to eat your calories back.

    Stop being so paranoid that you are going gain..I agree you are stressing yourself. Just don't think about it and just EAT. Your body will get back to normal and then you start back your logging. Good LUck :-)
  • Kat120285
    Kat120285 Posts: 1,599 Member
    I know so many who are set on the scale. I may weigh myself more than once a week but I only take a weigh in on Fridays to heart. For instance my fiancé and I had chinese last night and even though I had only a small amount I knew I'd be poofy and heavy this morning and sure enough there were 5 lbs of water weight ... 3 of which were gone after todays work out.

    I don't count calories anymore, just more aware of portion, eat when I'm hungry don't eat when I'm just bored and I don't let a clock, person or otherwise tell me when and how much I need to eat anymore. I work out hard and I feel fine, plenty of energy and such and I'm within 3 lbs of where I wanted to be for my October 7th wedding.

    You just have to find what works for you but don't let the scale have you think it knows the whole story.
  • ebony__
    ebony__ Posts: 519 Member
    Thanks for the responses everyone,
    Think this post has digressed a bit, I'm not starving myself I was sick for a week then nervous about gaining when I upped my cals back to normal.
    Im not obsessed with weighing myself, I weigh in once a week, I just did a few extra weigh ins this week because I was nervous.
  • kareinlib
    kareinlib Posts: 98
    Everyone goes up a tad bit after being sick and not eating much for a few days, it's just the way it goes - that's why most people don't weigh themselves when they're sick because it isn't accurate to how they will weigh when they eat normally. MFP calculates in a deficit, though, so if you eat the amount of calories they tell you to then you should get back on track and losing weight once your body stops freaking out from you hardly eating anything.

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