EAT GIRLS! EAT!!!!!!

Yeah!

I completely agree. The problem is that every weight loss system (WW, Jenny Craig, Nutrasystem, MFP, and so on), puts calories at a low level for weight loss. Over my time, I have checked into a few of these and tried a few too. Every single one of them puts me at 1200 calories for weight loss (and that is not even a 1 pound loss per week). Mentally, you figure that if 1200 will get you 1/2 pound per week, well....what would 900 calories do??? I've been there.

BUT --- I am now at 1700 calories, just about to bump up to 1800. I'm gaining muscle, do not feel deprived in my diet, rarely have a "bad" diet day, and best of all.....I am losing body fat. I love it!

I won't ever go back to 1200! Eat girls!!!

(I'm talking about NET calories in this post)

I find that if I have 1,200 a day, I do lose weight, but quite slowly. If I eat 1400ish, I lose weight consistently and more quickly. If I eat 1600, I maintain. If I eat 1700 I gain. Have tried this for extended periods of time. So don't try and tell me to eat more!

I am starting to think this is me too. I net 1400 now. OP my BMR is just a wee over 1200 so we are all different. If I ate 2000 I'm fairly certain I'd blow up unless of course I earned those extra cals through working out. But I get the sentiment here I am eating more than I thought I could and still losing so it's good to play with the numbers for a while.

omg feeling deprived for me is the worst feeling ever. idk how some people manage to do it.

I'm a grouchy tired straving person at 1200...I'm 5'2 and down to 148...eating at 1850

swallow* swallow*

(I'm talking about NET calories in this post)

I find that if I have 1,200 a day, I do lose weight, but quite slowly. If I eat 1400ish, I lose weight consistently and more quickly. If I eat 1600, I maintain. If I eat 1700 I gain. Have tried this for extended periods of time. So don't try and tell me to eat more!

Your numbers are healthy. I don't think she is referring to you. I net about 1500 right now.

Perfect!:laugh:

Okay so this site tells me my goal calorie intake is 1420. I find it very hard to stay under that. I have been losing 1 pound per week for the last three weeks so something is working. I am having a big issue with eating "right". Any suggestions?

That is a fine intake if you are not exercising. If you are exercising, log it and you'll notice the allowed calories goes up.

For 1 pound a week weight loss, you need a 500 calorie deficit. You can achieve that through exercise, diet, or a combination of both.

You could eat 100,000 calories a day and lose weight if you are spending 100,500 calories a day.

Problem many "girls" (I'd argue guys too) encounter is they see weight loss being just calories in versus out. So, they eat 100 calories only and run on a treadmill for 6 hours non-stop. This makes their bodies fight tooth and nail eventually to protect itself.

Great post and responses. I was on WW for 1.5 years and plateaud after losing 20#. I started back with MFP in August and it had me at 1360 per day. I tried that and some days went over but didn't really lose anything. So I started reading and decided to up my calories to 1600. I've been there for almost two weeks and trying to eat healthy and not the processed (which I'd been doing). The calculations I've done say my BMR is about 1600 and my TDEE is about 1900 (i think, I don't have my paperwork with me). So I am trying this to get off the plateau. But i am thankful I haven't gained the 20# back. :-)

EVERYBODY PANIC

Either there's an awful lot of starving young girls on here or they are all lying on their food diaries...

EAT GIRLS!!!!!!!!! I'm twice your age, eat twice as much as you, and am smaller than some of you!! Stop the madness! Skinny is NOT where it's at, HEALTHY is! You're messing up your metabolisms and when you get to my age, you will not be able to maintain your weight!!

AGREED!! I went down that road about 12 years ago and the aftermath was not pretty! Which is why I'm doing it all over the right way at 33 years old.

Seems like a huge uptick in the number of little girls on here with their 600 cal/day diets asking for feedback then slapping it down when urged to "eat more" and also "get help already!" And I get that too, since I've been there and done that. Sigh. Guess some of us have to learn the hard way.

Girls are yummy!!!

Either there's an awful lot of starving young girls on here or they are all lying on their food diaries...

EAT GIRLS!!!!!!!!! I'm twice your age, eat twice as much as you, and am smaller than some of you!! Stop the madness! Skinny is NOT where it's at, HEALTHY is! You're messing up your metabolisms and when you get to my age, you will not be able to maintain your weight!!

I agree to a certain extent... Losing weight is all about experimenting. When I started my journey to a better and healthier lifestyle I was eating upwards of 2200 calories a day and losing about 1-2 lbs a week. I also worked out 3 hours a day.

I fell off the wagon for a few months, gained all my weight back and then some ( fast food, and sugar )

When I recently got back on the "wagon" I went back to what I had been doing, but at 2200, or 2000 I was not losing weight while working out 3 plus hours a day. ( besides the gym, I work at home, private preschool and 4k, so besides cleaning, My job is not very "mobile." )

I started eating about 1700 a day and now I have been losing weight consistantly.

It is all about what your body needs and wants, sometimes more, sometimes less. Our bodies are hard things to figure out. The main thing is to listen to our body and know its needs, never under eat or over eat is such a vague statement, it is different for each individual person.