Eat More to Weigh Less

di1428

you know this whole topic confuses the hell out of me lol
i guess i cant get past the mentality of eating more to lose? as you always heard
eat less....
ive been stuck for a few months now (going up/down the same 3 lbs) after losing 40+ lbs.
with just changing my eating habits....
MFP has me eating 1390...
i probably eat about 1200 and am full and not hungry so have a hard time increasing what i eat then.
my BMR is 1587 and TDEE is 2643.
i still need to lose about 40 more lbs ..
i just started this week to be more consistant with excercise so i am hoping that will
get me past my plateau.
any advice would be appreciated..

Greenrun99

Its not that hard to understand eating more to lose weight.. Most of the people here are eating 1200 calories, which is way below their TDEE (amount you eat to maintain your current weight) and its creating a huge deficit... well you don't need to have a huge deficit so guess what, you can eat more to decrease your deficit and still lose weight..
So lets say your 5'5, active (gym 5-6 days a week for an hour doing lifting or cardio), you weight 150-200lbs.. your TDEE is probably 2200-3000.. well eating at 1200 calories you have a huge deficit from your number.. you only need to lose 500 calories a day to lose a lb a week.. so you could be eating 1700 calories instead of 1200 (if your tdee is 2200)..

I know you say, but I want to lose 2 lbs a week or 3 lbs a week.. Make this quick and painless.. Well Most people except those that have 100+ lbs to lose can't lose steadily at 2lbs+ a week in a healthy fashion.. Or if you do, your probably going to hit a plateau and post on this forum about why you can't lose anymore weight..

sandradev1

you know this whole topic confuses the hell out of me lol
i guess i cant get past the mentality of eating more to lose? as you always heard
eat less....
ive been stuck for a few months now (going up/down the same 3 lbs) after losing 40+ lbs.
with just changing my eating habits....
MFP has me eating 1390...
i probably eat about 1200 and am full and not hungry so have a hard time increasing what i eat then.
my BMR is 1587 and TDEE is 2643.
i still need to lose about 40 more lbs ..
i just started this week to be more consistant with excercise so i am hoping that will
get me past my plateau.
any advice would be appreciated..

My advice would be to eat at least 1587 (your BMR) for at least a few weeks and see what happens. You may even need to try around 2100 cals to get movement on the weight loss. What you body may be doing is holding onto everything it can because you are not providing enough fuel for it to perform its basic things. After you start eating at the correct calories for your body, and once it realises that it is getting the right amount of nutrition etc it will start to let go of the excess lbs.

With regard to upping you calories, this can be difficult especially if you are not feeling hungry. It is, thankfully, quite easy. Just up the portion size of the meals that you currently have even a little bit will all add up. Then add foods that are high in calories but low in portion size i.e. avacado, 0% greek yoghurt, nuts and peanut butter will all easily get you up to the target without much hard work.

Good luck

di1428

you know this whole topic confuses the hell out of me lol
i guess i cant get past the mentality of eating more to lose? as you always heard
eat less....
ive been stuck for a few months now (going up/down the same 3 lbs) after losing 40+ lbs.
with just changing my eating habits....
MFP has me eating 1390...
i probably eat about 1200 and am full and not hungry so have a hard time increasing what i eat then.
my BMR is 1587 and TDEE is 2643.
i still need to lose about 40 more lbs ..
i just started this week to be more consistant with excercise so i am hoping that will
get me past my plateau.
any advice would be appreciated..

My advice would be to eat at least 1587 (your BMR) for at least a few weeks and see what happens. You may even need to try around 2100 cals to get movement on the weight loss. What you body may be doing is holding onto everything it can because you are not providing enough fuel for it to perform its basic things. After you start eating at the correct calories for your body, and once it realises that it is getting the right amount of nutrition etc it will start to let go of the excess lbs.

With regard to upping you calories, this can be difficult especially if you are not feeling hungry. It is, thankfully, quite easy. Just up the portion size of the meals that you currently have even a little bit will all add up. Then add foods that are high in calories but low in portion size i.e. avacado, 0% greek yoghurt, nuts and peanut butter will all easily get you up to the target without much hard work.

Good luck

thanks for the reply......its worth a try

iwantwow

thanks