OH NO! I've been eating 2,000 cals a day......

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  • all4my3boyz
    all4my3boyz Posts: 94 Member
    I love to see people losing weight while eating over 1500 calories a day... too many mfp'ers think they need to starve to lose weight...

    Great job on your progress!! :drinker:
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    OP, do you know your net calorie consumption?
  • amylahminute
    amylahminute Posts: 613 Member
    Whoo! Just chiming in to high five you for your awesome post. WTG, mama!
  • kbogart1996
    kbogart1996 Posts: 55 Member
    bump
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Pretty good result.
    I want to get into some sort of weight training, but supposedly, you need a spotter or somesuch to deal with lifting heavy, which puts me off, and also have no idea where to start beyond the book often mentioned 'nrolfw'.

    This far, I have only started lifting 3kg weights as suggested by my ex trainer, and finding those hard enough, lol when repeated in 3 sets of 10 reps.

    That said, I workout 5-6 days a week doing an hour of interval training on all those days, and some resistance/bodyweight exercises on 3 of the days too, and I can eat from 1700-2300 calories, which I try to keep relatively nutritious and healthy, with a more relaxed attitude at the weekend where I might have a veggie pie for dinner, and a muffin or some milk chocolate, or a starbucks treat. Eating 1200 calories, even if it meant being able to sit on my bum all day, just wouldn't work for me as I enjoy food and food also helps keep the body and mind balanced.
  • browneyedgirl7928
    browneyedgirl7928 Posts: 910 Member
    Very inspiring. I am going to make it a point to get my weight lifting every time I am at the gym. I like that we are adding more exercises so it doesn't get boring. Thanks for posting!! You look fabulous!!
  • jfrankic
    jfrankic Posts: 747 Member
    OP, do you know your net calorie consumption?

    Insanity typically burned around 300-400 calories a workout during the first month, more than that the second month because of intensity and duration. This is when I upped my calories by 100 or so per day. The most intense day, I netted below my BMR. I asked Dan (IPOARM master) and he put it like this....think of your rest day(s) like going to the gas station and topping off the tank. So, I ate at the same amount every day, regardless of my workout or lack of.

    For the past three weeks, I've been netting 1850 a day, and averaging a 2,000 daily calorie intake.

    IPOARM (and the Insanity diet plan) base calorie intake on TDEE. If you calculate TDEE correctly, your workouts are taken into consideration, so you don't "eat back" exercise calories. Your daily net fluctuates every day based on your activity.
  • jfrankic
    jfrankic Posts: 747 Member
    Pretty good result.
    I want to get into some sort of weight training, but supposedly, you need a spotter or somesuch to deal with lifting heavy, which puts me off, and also have no idea where to start beyond the book often mentioned 'nrolfw'.

    Check out New Rules of Lifting For Women. As long as you have a gym with a squat rack, you shouldn't need a spotter. The book also has modified moves. I lift alone, as do most of the ladies I've encountered on the NROLFW board. I put my headphones on, zone out and do it alone! It's my time away from the chaos of my life as a working mom. If you can get a trainer at the gym to go over the first moves with you, any adjustments could be made then if you felt it necessary. I'm not the source for lifting though, as I'm still new to the heavy lifting game.
  • tbellamy1
    tbellamy1 Posts: 353
    That is the way to go!!!
  • jeannettarodgers
    jeannettarodgers Posts: 17 Member
    *kitten* YES! Thats what Im talking about! Eat people!
  • celshade
    celshade Posts: 131 Member
    I love this! Amazing!
  • greenmeena
    greenmeena Posts: 118 Member
    Wow- just came across this concept today, thank you for that. It's frightening though! I went to his blog post, followed the calculators and such, and it's way above what MFP gives me for calories. But like I've heard echoed above, I felt cranky because I was hungry all the time. It was so easy to go over 1250 per day just eating normal meals, nothing crazy. I couldn't focus at work. Yikes. So I'm going to give this a try, and hope that you're all correct... I am doing 30 day shred, and run every other day, do strength training on opposite days. I feel healthier already, so perhaps eating more calories will even me out even more. I'll be glad to eat some damn food!
  • libbymcbain
    libbymcbain Posts: 206 Member
    Brilliant, just brilliant.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    OP, do you know your net calorie consumption?

    Insanity typically burned around 300-400 calories a workout during the first month, more than that the second month because of intensity and duration. This is when I upped my calories by 100 or so per day. The most intense day, I netted below my BMR. I asked Dan (IPOARM master) and he put it like this....think of your rest day(s) like going to the gas station and topping off the tank. So, I ate at the same amount every day, regardless of my workout or lack of.

    For the past three weeks, I've been netting 1850 a day, and averaging a 2,000 daily calorie intake.

    IPOARM (and the Insanity diet plan) base calorie intake on TDEE. If you calculate TDEE correctly, your workouts are taken into consideration, so you don't "eat back" exercise calories. Your daily net fluctuates every day based on your activity.

    The problem for me is that my days vary too much to calculate TDEE with exercise included, so I calculate it at sendentary and add more calories for exercise. Though the calculations all seem a little high for me because I maintain when they say I should lose.
  • 714rah714
    714rah714 Posts: 759 Member
    Why don't you open up your food diary so that we can all see what 2000 calories look like.
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    I love to see people losing weight while eating over 1500 calories a day... too many mfp'ers think they need to starve to lose weight...

    Great job on your progress!! :drinker:

    Some too many MFP'ers think that -1500 people are starving so......... that road, it goes two ways.
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
    well of course you can eat a **** ton of calories if you put in the exercise. That's not surreal. Surreal would be eating 2000 calories and sitting on your *kitten* all day and still not gain weight.

    Um... 2000 is my sedentary goal.

    Good to see someone eating enough to live life the way that they wish. Nice work. :happy:
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    OP, do you know your net calorie consumption?

    Insanity typically burned around 300-400 calories a workout during the first month, more than that the second month because of intensity and duration. This is when I upped my calories by 100 or so per day. The most intense day, I netted below my BMR. I asked Dan (IPOARM master) and he put it like this....think of your rest day(s) like going to the gas station and topping off the tank. So, I ate at the same amount every day, regardless of my workout or lack of.

    For the past three weeks, I've been netting 1850 a day, and averaging a 2,000 daily calorie intake.

    IPOARM (and the Insanity diet plan) base calorie intake on TDEE. If you calculate TDEE correctly, your workouts are taken into consideration, so you don't "eat back" exercise calories. Your daily net fluctuates every day based on your activity.

    The problem for me is that my days vary too much to calculate TDEE with exercise included, so I calculate it at sendentary and add more calories for exercise. Though the calculations all seem a little high for me because I maintain when they say I should lose.

    This works too.
    I prefer having a weekly caloric goal and sticking to my daily goals as opposed to being slave to the add back calories.
    for instance I burn 17200 cals a week give or take a hundred.
    17200/7=2457.
    I eat 2k a day to lose fat.
    I eat 2k a day if i'm sitting on my *kitten* or running my *kitten* off.
    Life is so much easier and I can plan for my lunches for the week on sunday when I have time to cook 6-8lbs of chicken!
    =D
    Easy right?
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member

    I eat 2k a day to lose fat.
    I eat 2k a day if i'm sitting on my *kitten* or running my *kitten* off.
    Life is so much easier and I can plan for my lunches for the week on sunday when I have time to cook 6-8lbs of chicken!
    =D
    Easy right?

    This. I really prefer knowing that I am eating the same amount every day, not having to worry about how much I think I burned and eat extra for it. That is too complicated and I'm not very successful at it, and I would always be stressing about it.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    OP, do you know your net calorie consumption?

    Insanity typically burned around 300-400 calories a workout during the first month, more than that the second month because of intensity and duration. This is when I upped my calories by 100 or so per day. The most intense day, I netted below my BMR. I asked Dan (IPOARM master) and he put it like this....think of your rest day(s) like going to the gas station and topping off the tank. So, I ate at the same amount every day, regardless of my workout or lack of.

    For the past three weeks, I've been netting 1850 a day, and averaging a 2,000 daily calorie intake.

    IPOARM (and the Insanity diet plan) base calorie intake on TDEE. If you calculate TDEE correctly, your workouts are taken into consideration, so you don't "eat back" exercise calories. Your daily net fluctuates every day based on your activity.

    The problem for me is that my days vary too much to calculate TDEE with exercise included, so I calculate it at sendentary and add more calories for exercise. Though the calculations all seem a little high for me because I maintain when they say I should lose.

    This works too.
    I prefer having a weekly caloric goal and sticking to my daily goals as opposed to being slave to the add back calories.
    for instance I burn 17200 cals a week give or take a hundred.
    17200/7=2457.
    I eat 2k a day to lose fat.
    I eat 2k a day if i'm sitting on my *kitten* or running my *kitten* off.
    Life is so much easier and I can plan for my lunches for the week on sunday when I have time to cook 6-8lbs of chicken!
    =D
    Easy right?

    Sounds easy. But I'm not a planner, and I don't eat the same calories every day. Some days I'm hungrier than others. Lunch is usually leftovers, but right now I don't have a clue what I'm going to have for dinner. So, I don't have a clue what lunch will be tomorrow either. And then there are the weekends, and I always eat/drink more, but I also move a lot more outside my workouts than I do on weekdays when I work a desk job. So, I'd have to factor in that I'm usually sedentary 5 days a week, and lightly-moderately active on the others, plus exercise. And some weekends I may be extremely active if we go on a long bike ride or hike, or play softball, or I decide to clean out the garage, etc. And others I may just do a 1 hour workout. So, not so easy really. Life is so variable.
  • red_road
    red_road Posts: 761 Member
    well of course you can eat a **** ton of calories if you put in the exercise. That's not surreal. Surreal would be eating 2000 calories and sitting on your *kitten* all day and still not gain weight.

    Um... 2000 is my sedentary goal.

    Good to see someone eating enough to live life the way that they wish. Nice work. :happy:

    then you must have a high starting/current weight.
  • jfrankic
    jfrankic Posts: 747 Member
    well of course you can eat a **** ton of calories if you put in the exercise. That's not surreal. Surreal would be eating 2000 calories and sitting on your *kitten* all day and still not gain weight.

    Um... 2000 is my sedentary goal.

    Good to see someone eating enough to live life the way that they wish. Nice work. :happy:

    then you must have a high starting/current weight.

    My sedentary is 1876.
  • GottaLoveRenee
    GottaLoveRenee Posts: 30 Member
    I went through the steps for IPOARM and have all of my counts. I'm going to try the 2,000 to see how it works for me. It has been torture enough eating under 1,200 every day. Of course it make me think about food. Here's to losing weight while eating! :flowerforyou:

    Thanks for the board.
  • goldilocks509
    goldilocks509 Posts: 76 Member
    you look great! is that 2000 net or everyday? I dont work out everyday since i started school but i did up my calories to 1400 on days i dont work out and that is easier to do than the 1200. So today i burned 600 cal so i will have about 2000 calories. Is that how you are doing it? when i was eating only 1200 i actually started gaining weight!
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    I went through the steps for IPOARM and have all of my counts. I'm going to try the 2,000 to see how it works for me. It has been torture enough eating under 1,200 every day. Of course it make me think about food. Here's to losing weight while eating! :flowerforyou:

    Thanks for the board.

    How much will you be burning per week?
  • joannbrunton
    joannbrunton Posts: 93 Member
    what is ipoarm?
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    what is ipoarm?

    This: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
  • red_road
    red_road Posts: 761 Member
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  • Rays_Wife
    Rays_Wife Posts: 1,173 Member
    This deserves a standing ovation!!!! BRAVO!!! :drinker: :flowerforyou:
  • shaybuggie
    shaybuggie Posts: 160 Member
    Love

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