going a bit over the calorie intake?

banana_butterfly

Hey!
I started counting calories again(ughhhh -__-!). Since I am tired of yoyo-ing, I am doing more "eating healthy, home-cooked, veggie based" than keeping track of calories, I haven't been counting calories for a while. After not seeing too much progress on the scale, I decided to keep a diary anyways, to keep an eye on what I eat and how many calories I actually ate.

My suggested calories were 1200(as usual) but I decided to go with 1600, which is about my BMR. I started doing cardio, 3 times a week for 40 minutes as well.

Now, what my worry is... I seem to overeat my calories, usually by 100 or so calories. I am trying to keep calm about it, since it's just 100 calories but I already upped my calories to keep the stress I am putting my body through less(and also, I don't want to diet forever, I want to change my eating habits and go on eating like that for good).

I guess, I need some encouragement or some warning. Am I doing okay or should I stop myself from going over my set limit? I am really eating the very minimum that my body will feel comfortable with(but I do feel like I should be suffering to lose weight, old habit), any less and I find myself wide awake in bed, thinking and thinking about food and how I will eat more tomorrow.

I don't mind losing weight slowly, but I don't want to lose just 3 lbs a year either.

Suggestions or encouragements are very welcome, thank you.

grantdumas7

Don't worry if you go over your daily calorie intake. Look at your weekly intake and as long as your weekly average is less than your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) your GTG. Weigh yourself once per week 1st thing in the morning on empty stomach. This will give an idea if you need to reduce, maintain or even add a little bit of calories. Another good tool for calorie needs is the Harris-Benedict formula. Google will have search results.

banana_butterfly

Don't worry if you go over your daily calorie intake. Look at your weekly intake and as long as your weekly average is less than your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) your GTG. Weigh yourself once per week 1st thing in the morning on empty stomach. This will give an idea if you need to reduce, maintain or even add a little bit of calories. Another good tool for calorie needs is the Harris-Benedict formula. Google will have search results.

oh wow, i never knew about TDEE. So I had a calorie deficit anyways, according to this calculator. I will try weighing myself once a week and see if this works. thanks!

cwood2002

Don't worry if you go over your daily calorie intake. Look at your weekly intake and as long as your weekly average is less than your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) your GTG. Weigh yourself once per week 1st thing in the morning on empty stomach. This will give an idea if you need to reduce, maintain or even add a little bit of calories. Another good tool for calorie needs is the Harris-Benedict formula. Google will have search results.

This^^
I don't know what all your stats are but.......
If you look at your calories as a rolling average over the week and stay within your BMR to TDEE range you will meet your goals!!
Slow and steady.
You will do awesome!!!!

ETA: most ppl find 1200 cals too low (as i did when i first started) til I found TDEE!!

banana_butterfly

Don't worry if you go over your daily calorie intake. Look at your weekly intake and as long as your weekly average is less than your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) your GTG. Weigh yourself once per week 1st thing in the morning on empty stomach. This will give an idea if you need to reduce, maintain or even add a little bit of calories. Another good tool for calorie needs is the Harris-Benedict formula. Google will have search results.

This^^
I don't know what all your stats are but.......
If you look at your calories as a rolling average over the week and stay within your BMR to TDEE range you will meet your goals!!
Slow and steady.
You will do awesome!!!!

ETA: most ppl find 1200 cals too low (as i did when i first started) til I found TDEE!!

thanks! apparently my TDEE is 2100 calories, and BMR is 1533, so 1600-1700 is pretty good and I feel full I feel so motivated now haha