reached my goal, but confused about what to do now?

angel101netta
angel101netta Posts: 152 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Okay i reached my goal, but still want to lose 5 kilos more as a buffer.
So at the moment still have 5 more kilos to lose!
I so dont know what to do, I was eating 1350 calories, now its put me to 1250!!! It was hard for me to stay at 1350, (i like my food).
At 1350 I was still losing if i went over to 1450, as i got to my goal of 70 kilos.
So does that mean I need to eat 1250?? Can i still lose weight if i still to around 1350 to 1450 mark???
Alot of people are talking about BMI??? Should i be eating just above my BMI??
Help please??

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    Most people talk about BMR or basal metabolic rate... This is the amount of calories a person burns if they would sleep 24 hours. Then there is TDEE or total daily energy expended.. this is the total amount of calories you burn through all daily activities to include exercise (you can estimate your BMR using the tool below). From your TDEE, you can form a deficit for weight loss. So lets say your BMR is 1400, you have a desk job, so you are sedentary and then you workout and burn 500 calories, your TDEE is as follows.

    TDEE = 1400 * 1.2 + 500 = 2180 <-- This means you burn around 2180 calories in a day. So to maintain your weight, you should eat 2180 calories. If you want to lose weight, then reduce it by 250 (1/2 lb per week) or using the 20% rule works as well. So it would be 2180 * 8 = 1744.

    Now what do you do for exercise? Also, you can use the link below to estimate your caloric needs.



    http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/
  • angel101netta
    angel101netta Posts: 152 Member
    I do alot of low impact excercise, walking, workout DVDs, you tube. I try and excercise 3 times a week but lately haven t been excercising that much , 2 times a week.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    I do alot of low impact excercise, walking, workout DVDs, you tube. I try and excercise 3 times a week but lately haven t been excercising that much , 2 times a week.

    Ok, then use the link I posted to get your estimate BMR, multiply by 1.375.. That is about your maintenance calories (to include exercise). If you want to lose, then multiply that number by .8. And that is what you should eat.

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