Would I lose weight faster if I ate more?

ekaustin7

I'm a little over 2/3 of the way to my goal weight, with only a few pounds left to lose. The weight had been coming off at a pretty steady rate, but now that I'm almost there it is slowing down quite a bit. I've been doing a lot of reading up on TDEE and BMR. My goals that were set by MFP put me at 1310 calories per day. I work out every day and typically always eat back my exercise calories. However, my BMR is about 1500 calories and my TDEE seems to be around 2300 calories. I have MFP set to lose about 1.5 lbs per week, which means a 750 calorie deficit. However, if I subtract 750 from 2300, I get about 1500. Should I up my calories to lose the last few pounds, or keep it where it is?

ChristineLondon

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sweetzoejane

If you only have a few more pounds to lose, weight loss will be slower, and it should be.

Change your goals to lose 1/2 lb per week instead. If your TDEE is correct at 2300 calories, it should put you around 2,000 calories per day.

My personal opinion is that when there are only a few pounds left to lose, the number on the scale really doesn't matter so much anymore since wight fluctuates by a few pounds every day anyway. Ditch the scale, eat at maintenance, lift all the weights.

chels0722

The closer you get to your goal weight, the closer to your maintenence calorie intake you need to eat. If you have 10lbs or less to lose I would suggest eating about 2000 a day (not as a net, just as a grand total). The net function on MFP can make eating the right amount diffecult when you log exercise calories.

I don't know if you have already seen this site, but it can help you out:

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

If you don't have much left to lose I would suggest eating TDEE-10%.