Need Your Advice!

vnovit
vnovit Posts: 101 Member
edited January 6 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone,

I only recently joined this website and downloaded the app (and it's amazing!) I am 5"11 and 195 lbs. I am looking to go down to 145 lbs. The app is telling me to intake 1200 calories a day. I did this today (I have about 160 calories left) and I am already starving.

My only concern is - how will I maintain this weight? I go to the gym everyday and run for about 30 mins, and do weight training for another 30. I worry about maintenance because I have seen many people lose weight and gain it back right away.

Any advice would help.

I appreciate all of it.

Thanks!

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  • now_or_never12
    now_or_never12 Posts: 849 Member
    What is your weekly weight loss goal set at? It should be set for 1lb per week with how much you have left to lose.

    Are you eating processed foods? Frozen, premade, etc? Fast food?

    Fill up on protein and fibre... drink a lot of water... eat back your exerise calories.
  • RunningTowardsFit
    RunningTowardsFit Posts: 81 Member
    Hey!
    Good luck to you starting a new and healthy lifestyle. The way you could do this, although it will be slower, but yet much more manageable is to set your intake to what you would be eating as 145 lbs. or whatever your goal weight is. So, go to settings and maintain it at 145 lbs. this will set your intake a little higher. You could set it to maintain and a sedentary lifestyle and eat back about half of the exercise calories or all and see how your body adjusts. By cutting down to such a low number such as 1200 your body could have a harder time losing weight.

    Feel free to message me. :) I hope this helps.
  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    Hi and welcome x

    1200 cals is still quite a lot of food and you can eat exercise calories back too!

    It is about making some changes to your eating and exercise habits.

    You can eat anything you want as long as it is in your calorie count...so at the start try to make really healthy choices.

    Protein really fills you up, drink your water.

    You can do it hun, it seems hard at the beginning but once you get into it, then, it all falls into place x
  • thisisiamj
    thisisiamj Posts: 145 Member
    Considering your height/age/weight, 1200 seems much too little for you and probably isn't sustainable in the long run. I entered your info in this calculator for TDEE - 20%, and to lose a lb a week, you can eat 2129 calories a day assuming you exercise moderately for 3-5 hrs a week.

    Here's the website, play around with it to see what you should be eating in accordance to your goals:

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
  • RockstarPunch
    RockstarPunch Posts: 203 Member
    i was at 1200 (and am 5'10) and i was starving, i adjusted (customized goals on MFP) to 1350 and i feel much better, sometimes i hit 1350 and some days i dont but i find that i have way more energy to work out then 1200 that made me tired. I think that when you pretty much hit your goal then you just set more goals, rather it be toning, definition, muscle whatever and just continue to move towards the goal and that is how you maintence. you never hit the target and boom* its over you just keep fiddling with your body as your body through age continues to change and you change with it. So adjust your intake, watch your body and how it adjusts and check out other people on MFP who have hit there goal and have shifted to new goals*
  • vnovit
    vnovit Posts: 101 Member
    Thank you so much everyone! I have adjusted my calorie intake to 1500 calories a day from 1200
  • Firefox7275
    Firefox7275 Posts: 2,040 Member
    You shouldn't be starving on 1200 tho it's good to increase that, what are you eating? Foods that confer satiety are rich in water, fibre, protein and to a lesser extent fat. Stuff yourself full of at least nine servings of non starchy vegetables and low sugar fruits, eat lean protein little and often, small servings of healthy fats, if you are still hungry add in low glycaemic index carbs like beans and lentils. Avoid sugar, white refined carbs, processed wheat, white potatoes, these are relatively quickly digested and tend to spike and trough the blood sugar.
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