1300 calories too few?

sammyb1235
sammyb1235 Posts: 6 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi I have been aiming to eat around 1300 calories a day for a while now although ive just read up on basal metabolic rate and mine is apparently 1675... should i i up my calories to this amount or stick at 1300 in order to lose weight?

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  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    It's hard to answer without knowing your stats - height, age, weight.

    Where did you come up with 1300? If that is what MFP suggests, it also wants you to eat any calories burned through exercise.

    Many people suggest eating over your BMR.
  • mikeschratz
    mikeschratz Posts: 253 Member
    To educate yourself and keep track of what you are doing, you can use this spreadsheet. If you go to this google docs folder and download the spreadsheet, you can learn how this all works. Anything in this folder is for the taking, so please use it and SHARE it!

    https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3kFzsaVmRjmd1k4YjA1SlVWaFU&usp=sharing

    There is a page that is In Place Of A Road Map that will walk you through the process of getting these numbers

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
  • sammyb1235
    sammyb1235 Posts: 6 Member
    im 23 5 foot 4 and 182 lbs i have a lot of muscle as im an activity instructor and play rugby for my town but trying to tone up as still seem to have a lot of fat and the 1300 is what mfp suggests
  • CP_9712
    CP_9712 Posts: 25 Member
    I am starting to think that caloric intake varies from person to person. Some people can eat low calories like that and lose weight, never hit a plateau and never feel hungry, and I'm happy for them.

    HOWEVER, eating below your base rate can cause your metabolism to drop (because your body is adjusting to the low calorie diet) and after a month or two of weight loss it is possible to have a metabolic crash, or pretty much your not going to lose weight anymore. I say this out of experience (I was eating 1200 when my base is 1400). It happened to me and I am still dealing with the repercussions. I've been stuck for almost 2 months and now I'm trying to up my calories but its hard when you get used to eating low calories.

    My thoughts are that yeah some people can do it, but if you CAN eat more and still lose weight then why not? it will give you more room to adjust if you hit a plateau.
  • sammyb1235
    sammyb1235 Posts: 6 Member
    yes this makes sense :) thanks guys

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