For ladies who EAT (a lot) and are actually losing weight

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  • glocke12
    glocke12 Posts: 21
    Im not a lady, but the one thing I have noticed is that the closer you stick you your calorie goal, the MORE weight you lose.
  • amandarawr06
    amandarawr06 Posts: 251 Member
    I am 5'6 and I eat between 1500-1900 usually and lose 1-2lbs a week pretty steadily.
  • ttknowles01
    ttknowles01 Posts: 255 Member
    I've been eating 1600-1900 a day, and finally started losing weight (it took me a minute to catch on lol). I work out 6 days a week (HIIT, 3 mile walks, and strength training). Feel free to add me :-)
  • lauraleighsm
    lauraleighsm Posts: 167
    My BMR sucks. It's 1150. I eat about 1500-1600 or a little more when exercising and am losing slowly. I only have about 5 more pounds to lose.
  • lauraleighsm
    lauraleighsm Posts: 167
    I'm similar to weese17.. I'm 5'5" and I eat around 3000 cals for maintenance and about 2500-2700 to loose

    Curious to know what sort of lifting and how much, allows a person to eat that much to maintain ?

    Me too!
  • lauraleighsm
    lauraleighsm Posts: 167
    Well, I'm 5'8" and in maintenance mode (just working on building muscle and reducing fat), work out 6 days a week (mostly HIIT and heavy weight lifting), and I also breastfeed a toddler. For me, maintenance is about 3300 a day. ;) I achieved rapid weight loss (30 pounds in 8 weeks) at 2600-2700 cals a day.

    Yay for people who eat a lot! :)

    omg breastfeeding is the best way to loose weight. I lost 30 pounds in one month when I had my bby and breastfed. I went back to work and pumped but didnt produced alot of milk so it dried :(

    Breastfeeding rocks! Great for the babes, but I was shocked by how much I lost when breastfeeding. I ate like like a little piggo and the pounds fell off. And then I stopped breastfeeding and kept eating like a little piggo....
  • DanaHerro
    DanaHerro Posts: 186 Member
    I've been eating between 1600-1900 since Feb and I'm down 50 :)
    It works.
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    My BMR sucks. It's 1150. I eat about 1500-1600 or a little more when exercising and am losing slowly. I only have about 5 more pounds to lose.

    Mine too. I think mine is around 1050. Need testing to confirm, but based on how much I eat and my real world results, when I do the math backwards thats about what I come up with!

    If I eat over 1600 regularly, I gain!!

    (Currently 124 lbs and 5 ft 3 inches)
  • OnionMomma
    OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
    Question:

    Here's my stats to help:

    I"m 36
    Weight 150
    Height 5'3''

    I've stalled in my weight loss. Here's what I do for exercise on a typical week as long as I make it to the gym all 6 days.

    Monday: Run I'm typically doing at least 5 miles. Depending on hot how it was when I ran, if I feel good I'll do some rowing (2,100 meters) then do abs and be done.

    Tuesday: I lift, I like to throw in some cardio, maybe 15-20 mins on the elliptical prior to lifting.

    Wednesday: repeat of Monday

    Thursday: repeat of Tuesday

    Friday: Repeat of Monday

    Saturday: Repeat of Tuesday

    I alternate upper and lower body when I lift. I do alter my runs, I can run almost 7 miles non stop (outside only) some days, and I"m thinking about training for a half marathon in my area for St Patty's Day.

    I consider myself pretty strong but really need to cut my BF down. According to my Dr's orders (Yes I've spoken to them about weight loss), they want me down 20 more pounds (I really feel that my BF just need to go down, I'll still be heavier then they believe I should be. The lowest I've ever been was 128-132 lbs before I had my son and I was in fantastic shape and was a size 4. Some of my stuff was a 2 very few were size 6's. I was tiny and people were shocked when I told them how much I weight. Just does to show that the scale is just a number.

    Anyways. My diary is open, be nice. :heart:

    I know I should eat more and clean up some of the "junk" that is in there. But, I don't want to just add any old calories to fill the gap.

    What's a girl to do? Thanks!! :wink:
  • gale1089
    gale1089 Posts: 67
    Nice to read about some success! This eating more thing really has me freaked out, but I'm sticking to it.
    I'm on week 3 of eating between 1500-1700... I'm 23, 5'7" and i don't know my weight right now because I'm too scared to check:ohwell: I was around 137 2 weeks ago though... exercise 4-6x a week. Mostly strength training and a little HIIT cardio.
  • kirk1115
    kirk1115 Posts: 100 Member
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  • suprzonic
    suprzonic Posts: 68 Member
    I very reluctantly put my cals up to my TDEE (2500!) a couple of days ago, and have been worried about it. not anymore! Thank you very much for this post!
  • itsjustdawn
    itsjustdawn Posts: 1,073 Member
    I'm pretty sedentary due to car accident. I am friends with Dan, who created "In Place of Road Map" and he suggested I actually increase my calorie intake from 1600 (which is just above my BMR) to 1700 for a week to see if it helps. I'll see if it helps. I have struggled between 177-180 for a while now. He seems to know what he's talking about so I will give it a shot!
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    I typically eat between 1800-2000 calories and consistently lose fat. When I am not exercising, I cut calories back to 1500-1600 since my TDEE for those days goes down to about what I eat normally on exercise days.

    I use to eat around 1500-1600 AND exercised all the time and couldn't figure out why I stalled. My deficit was hyooge, lol.
  • lilmiss_sunshine29
    lilmiss_sunshine29 Posts: 136 Member
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  • LovinDaNewLiz002
    LovinDaNewLiz002 Posts: 18 Member
    I eat between 1800-2100 and loosing
  • Songbirdcw
    Songbirdcw Posts: 320 Member
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  • princesstoadstool82
    princesstoadstool82 Posts: 371 Member
    Eating 2000 to 2700.. and doing strong lifts 3x a week. Freaking love it.. changing my body, not worried about the scale... :)
  • Wildflower0106
    Wildflower0106 Posts: 247 Member
    I'm similar to weese17.. I'm 5'5" and I eat around 3000 cals for maintenance and about 2500-2700 to loose

    Curious to know what sort of lifting and how much, allows a person to eat that much to maintain ?

    Me too!

    Personally I don't follow a lifting program. I have a very physically demanding job and I have an active lifestyle outside of work also. Hiking is one of my favorite hobbies. I maintain at 3000 calories.
  • broox80
    broox80 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Please forgive me if this has been stated and I just bypassed it. So when you say you eat 1800-2000 cals a day as an example, does that mean net or you just dont factor in your exercise and eat back those cals. I have been doing about 1400-1500 cals a day but I eat back some of my exercise cals. I usually net between 1300-1600 a day. I am 33, 5'1 and need to lose another 50 or so pounds. I know that I need to up my water intake, that is for sure. I also have hypothyroidism. I just set my cals at 1800 to see if that helps some. If not, I will lower it and just play around with the numbers. The exercise is what confuses me. I exercise about every day in some fashion. I walk, bike, swim, zumba and lift small amounts of weight. Thanks!!!! :)
  • spottedkathy
    spottedkathy Posts: 196 Member
    I eat alot as well. I focus more on carbs and not the calories as much so I end up going higher. I still consistently lose weight.
  • veg_jen
    veg_jen Posts: 20 Member
    My baseline calories for the day is 1600. I run 6 days a week and typically burn about 400+ calories. I usually eat to account for whatever I burn. I'm back on the weight loss goals so I'll do a minus 100ish calories now. I've never eaten this much. I love it. I finally feel like I've been given permission to eat.

    I'm dropping weight and body fat. I am getting regular compliments including my nutritionist.
  • tizmi
    tizmi Posts: 19 Member
    I'm 30 and 5' nothing and generally eat between 1600 to 2000 cals thanks to walking around 15,000 steps a day plus Curves (with a Smart tag) three times a week and sometimes I go down 2.5 one week and almost nothing the next, but it averages out to about 1.5 lb a week which is fine by me.

    I'm trying to net 1200 cals a day once exercise is taken into account as I don't do the same amount every day, rather than using the 'TDEE minus a percentage' method - I find it reinforces to me that if I want to really eat, I have to work for it. If I don't do much exercise, I have to be more careful with what I eat that day.
  • coffee4me57
    coffee4me57 Posts: 195
    Great post, thanks to everyone for sharing. My TDEE is 2100, BMR 1530 and I am eating at 1770ish.
  • kristen2713
    kristen2713 Posts: 253 Member
    an old thread...but you are all my heros for eating :) bumping to read later
  • judith0622
    judith0622 Posts: 38 Member
    I will eat anywhere between 1500 cal to 1800 a day when I'm hungry I eat and when I'm not I eat less but never under 1200 calories a day . It is not enough food for me .
    My highest weight SW 380
    CW 240
    GW 230
    Ten more pounds to go
    October 01 SW 247
    October 08 CW 247 no pounds lost
    October 15 CW 245 -2 pounds lost
    October 21 CW 240 - 5 pounds
    Update pounds lost total of 7
    Yay baby
    October 28
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Just to add my piece:

    5'5.5" and 136lbs @24.5% BF

    TDEE (desk job) 1675 + exercise (avg 1800 cals a week) puts me at 1550 a day using TDEE -20%
  • WannabeStressFree
    WannabeStressFree Posts: 340 Member
    PLEASE ADD ME!

    Sorry for all caps, I just really need lady friends that eat a lot because they work out a lot, and lose weight. I'm on a loss standstill and am starting to lift this week, I'm following NROLFW.
    thanks!!
    xo
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
    Just to add my piece:

    5'5.5" and 136lbs @24.5% BF

    TDEE (desk job) 1675 + exercise (avg 1800 cals a week) puts me at 1550 a day using TDEE -20%

    If you are close to goal your percentage subtracted from TDEE should be smaller, though.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets
  • leannerae40
    leannerae40 Posts: 200 Member
    I use IIFYM.com to set my macros intake and it includes Carbs, protein, Fat and Fibre. I'm set at just over 2000 calories per day, and I enter exercise so that I can see what I've done and when, but I do NOT allow MFP to count the calories, I just change the calories burned to 1 and try to stay within my macros. I was at a standstill eating 1500 calories a day. I've now lost about 9 lbs in 7 weeks eating more. I lift weights (hard) 3X a week, yoga for 2 and something fun mixed in there as well, maybe a C25K or a fun DVD or something. I also LOVE my TRX and will do something fun on there. HIIT workouts when I can too. Who knew you could EAT and be healthy. I had such an unrealistic relationship with food. Best thing I ever did - was a Body Composition Analysis. My lean mass was 157 lbs! And my goal weight was 159 lbs. It's now changed to 199 lbs.

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