I'm after a bit of advice

chrissy_1987
chrissy_1987 Posts: 56 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
MFP sets my calorie goal at around 1620 calories a day (I'm 5foot 10inches, 25 years old and 255lbs) I've set it at a sedentary level because I work on a till and I dont move much tbh. Now, I decided to read more about the basics of weight loss regarding calorie deficits. I've work out my daily BMR is 1960 and my daily TDEE is 2364. It also says we should work with a 4
500 calorie a day deficit. So does that mean I should actually be eating 1864 calories a day and still expext to see a weight loss?

I've been eating what MFP tells me my calories should be for the past couple of months and lost 18 pounds so i'm reluctant to actually change anything. That being said, most weeks i have 'free' days where I might be over calories and i've still seen a loss. One week I ate over calories (by a fair bit) for four days and still lost 3 lbs! Which makes me think i'm not actually eating enough with the 1620 calories set by MFP. (I am generally always hungry but I always used to be too lol)

Bearing all this jibberish in mind, do you think I should try a week of eating 1864 calories a day or stick to my 1620? Will a 200 calorie a day difference really change that much?

Hope that makes some sense :p many thanks in advance!

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  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    It might, but trying it out is the only way to really know.

    You don't have anything to lose. Even if weight loss stalls, taking periodic diet breaks is a good thing.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    It might, but trying it out is the only way to really know.

    You don't have anything to lose. Even if weight loss stalls, taking periodic diet breaks is a good thing.

    Yup, ^this. Just make sure you track both food and exercise consistently so you'll have more data to decide what changes (if any) need to be made when you reevaluate in X weeks.

    If the trend is favorable with these increased calories, then carry on and enjoy not being as hungry. If, after you've given it sufficient time to regulate, progress stalls entirely, then tweak it back down. If you find that you're losing quickly and you're still hungry, then consider bumping those calories up a little more.


    (With X being, IMHO, at least 4, preferably 6 or more.)
  • BCSMama
    BCSMama Posts: 348
    Personally, I think you should either continue what you are doing (eating at 1620 with some over days thrown in there), or up your daily allotment to 1820, but don't have overage days.

    Given that you're always hungry though, I might go with the consistent 1820 and eat back some of your exercise calories. Try that for 3-4 weeks and see how it works.
  • chrissy_1987
    chrissy_1987 Posts: 56 Member
    Thanks for all the advice. I think i'll get christmas out of the way (as that will affect things gicen that I dont plan to log christmas day and boxing day) and crack on with eating 1800 cals a day and hitting the gym 3x a week. Try that for 4-6 weeks and see where I stand :)

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