So who's upped their calories to lose?

Icedcoffee29

It's a scary thing! lol I was eating around 1250 per day and working out pretty intensely 5-6x a week. Hit a stall and after much research and speaking with experts I am slowly upping my cals to top off at 1800 per day. I still work out 5-6x a day, cardio and weights.

I'd love to hear success stories!

rachietuk

I upped my calories and lost 2.2lbs the first week. I was also not hungry and moody because I was eating enough.

JenRun1

I recently upped my calories from 1200 to 1325, and its the best thing I could do. I don't feel hungry and have better work outs.

Mia_RagazzaTosta

I'm upped mine to 1850. Haven't lost yet, but haven't gained either!

wanttolose40lbs

I was doing the same as you and wasn't losing. I upped my calories from 1200 to 1400 and cut my exercise from 6 days a week to either 4 or 5 days a week and eat back most of my exercise calories. I started lifting weights and lost a few pounds, but my body shape has changed and in 3 weeks I have lost 2 inches around my middle.

Icedcoffee29

I'm at 1500 this week. I admit I am scared to climb to 1800. LOL

juicemoogan

ive been between 1800-2000 and lost 20 lbs..

It works as long as you are not choosing a random number to up your cals to and are actually basing the number on calculations about your body and activity level.



It is a 100% mental battle... good luck!

kionig

I'm maintaining at about 1800 per day with no exercise. I cant wait to get physically better so I can go back up to about 2300. Its a bumpy ride and the scale may go up before it goes down, but after about a month for me it was smooth sailing. I had to do a metabolism reset before I could break the plateau though.

ingeh

me too, I use the scooby workshop calculator, and Im doing 5 hrs a week exercise from now on. That gives me 2100cals to eat but im aiming for 2000cals just to be a little under as thats a bit amount for me. Even at goal and exercising 3-5hrs a week Il be able to eat 2100cals so its all good now. It worked great for me the past month of eating tdee minus 20% so im keeping it up

Icedcoffee29

Thanks everyone! Oh yeah this is all calculated out, not a random #.

leedebter

I'm at 1500 this week. I admit I am scared to climb to 1800. LOL

I went up to 1500 too. It's hard to go higher. I've only been at it 2 weeks. I haven't lost or gained in that time.

LorinaLynn

I was around 1700-2200 total the entire time I was losing (except maybe those first couple weeks when I was set for 1200 before I knew better). I'm now maintaining eating about 2000-2300 monday through friday and not logging (in other words, probably eating more) on weekends.

khall86790

I upped mine about 5 days ago and have already lost another 1lb since then.
Went from 1200 - 1400 and I find now sometimes I struggle to eat all my calories back rather than being miserable and hungry thinking that I'm not allowed anymore food that day.

dfonte

I just ate 1500 calories worth of almonds as a snack. So today I'm upping.

steph1278

I eat about 2100 calories a day. My TDEE ranges from 2300 on a rest day to over 3000 on a very active day. I haven't had any problem losing weight and the fact that I am not starving myself makes it easy to stick with.

Flowers4Julia

Have you read this:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/521728-upping-cals-what-to-expect-why-you-need-patience


I lost weight eating too little (right at my BMR of 1300 actually), then started gaining once I began "maintenance" calories, ugh..... I did a reset (eating at TDEE for 8 weeks), gained 2 pounds more of water weight...BUT now it's all come back off and I am eating1800 cals a day.

Everyone's, BMR, TDEE and calories will be different but I highly suggest it!

Icedcoffee29

Have you read this:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/521728-upping-cals-what-to-expect-why-you-need-patience


I lost weight eating too little (right at my BMR of 1300 actually), then started gaining once I began "maintenance" calories, ugh..... I did a reset (eating at TDEE for 8 weeks), gained 2 pounds more of water weight...BUT now it's all come back off and I am eating1800 cals a day.

Everyone's, BMR, TDEE and calories will be different but I highly suggest it!

Thanks for the link!

Bssh

Me. I must admit I've never "undereaten" so when MFP put me on 1200 cals I saw red. I worked out my TDEE and ate at 10-15% cut of that - around 1800-2200 cals on average, often more - and lost weight (see my ticker) even when MFP told me daily I'd put weight ON with the amount I was eating LOL.

Icedcoffee29

Me. I must admit I've never "undereaten" so when MFP put me on 1200 cals I saw red. I worked out my TDEE and ate at 10-15% cut of that - around 1800-2200 cals on average, often more - and lost weight (see my ticker) even when MFP told me daily I'd put weight ON with the amount I was eating LOL.

MFP likes to mess with your mind! LOL

Great to hear!

psuLemon

I didn't lose anything at 1800 calories while doing p90x for 90 days. I upped it to 2600 calories and did CLX and lose 16lbs and 3% body fat in 90 days. It's not bad when you only have 30 lbs to lose.

juliebahr

I just ate 1500 calories worth of almonds as a snack. So today I'm upping.

I thought I was the only person who did that!