Should I lower my cals??

Daniloveshockey94
Daniloveshockey94 Posts: 348 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
From 2200 to 2000?? Or not?

Thanks!

And oh I Weigh 132.2
5ft 1/4 in
Workout 5x a week

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  • bethann223
    bethann223 Posts: 28
    That's a hard question to answer. How fast do you want to lose weight? And are you eating the calories you burn when you exercise?
  • Daniloveshockey94
    Daniloveshockey94 Posts: 348 Member
    That's a hard question to answer. How fast do you want to lose weight? And are you eating the calories you burn when you exercise?
    Not too fast! And yes I am eating the cals that I burned!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    according to my TDEE calculator your maintenance calories are about 2226 a day ..so a 30 percent deficit would be 1600 ish a day ..so

    the reason you are now losing right now is because you are eating right about at where you need to maintain ...

    You could drop down to 1800 and see how you feel for a few weeks..and if you are OK with it try 1600 and see how it goes..

    hope this helps...
  • bethann223
    bethann223 Posts: 28
    I think he's right-- I would go with 1600-1800. Start with 1800 and see what happens. If you don't lose, drop down to 1600. But take it down slowly-- you could even start by taking it down to 2000 and see what happens, then go to 1800 if you don't lose any weight.

    best of luck!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    From your diary, it looks like you're eating 1600-1900 on most days anyway.

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