Up Calories?? Help!!

HAWKGRL
HAWKGRL Posts: 14
edited January 7 in Health and Weight Loss
I think I've read this before.....to eat MORE than 1200 cal/day. I run on the treadmill and do home dvds for 30-45 mins 5-6 days a week, but feel like I plateau between a 7-12 lb loss. I haven't moved from there which has made me loose motivation over the last few months. Can someone please help me?? Should I up my cals and if so to what? I'm currently 155lbs and 5'4. Thanks!

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  • kathyms13
    kathyms13 Posts: 497 Member
    no one can help unless we can see whats on your diary. all i can say is are you eating healthy foods.
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
    I think I've read this before.....to eat MORE than 1200 cal/day. I run on the treadmill and do home dvds for 30-45 mins 5-6 days a week, but feel like I plateau between a 7-12 lb loss. I haven't moved from there which has made me loose motivation over the last few months. Can someone please help me?? Should I up my cals and if so to what? I'm currently 155lbs and 5'4. Thanks!

    How did you come up with 1200? or is this just the figure MFP gave you?

    if you are going to follow MFP then you would eat 1200 PLUS your exercise calories.

    otherwise, work out your actual calorie burn and then deduct a deficit for weight loss.

    Try this - http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

    but put in your actual weight as your goal weight too. that will give you some idea of your daily expenditure, and then you can deduct your deficit depending on your goals.
  • aliciab307
    aliciab307 Posts: 370 Member
    find out your tdee and create a deficit, or change mfp to very active and change goal to 1lb/week if your 10 lbs to your goal, 1.5 if you're between 10-40. If you're working out and not eating back your exercise calories your deficit may be too great. Definitely up cals to at least 1400/1600.
  • HAWKGRL
    HAWKGRL Posts: 14
    Yes, I try to eat somewhat healthy foods, but every now and again I have to cave just a little. Yes, mfp tells me to eat 1200/day and I do try to eat a little of my workout cals, but not all. Thank you for all of your input, I will adjust some of my settings and increase my cals a bit and see what happens.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Did you tell MFP you want to lose 2lbs a week? What happens when you tell it 1?
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