For ladies who EAT (a lot) and are actually losing weight

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  • xscarletXbegoniasx
    xscarletXbegoniasx Posts: 74
    I'm 5'7" and eating between 2000 and 2400/day, I've yet to lose weight but I did notice 3 inches gone from my waist :)
    I lift heavy with very little cardio also I make sure to eat all my complex carbs before for 2pm.
  • ReaGaladriel
    ReaGaladriel Posts: 84 Member
    How come you get to eat so much? Do you calculate your calories somewhere else or on MFP? I'm 173 cm ( 5'8) and I have 70.7 kg (155 pounds) and I have 1380 calories a day (without exercise). I've set to lose 1 pound a week. Am I doing something wrong?
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    I'm eating 1700 every day regardless of exercise. I just started that this month. Considering I did two years of 1200 plus exercise cals, I feel like a kid in a candy store. I also lost 4 lbs this month already (and uh, up until this month I had been gaining).
  • HalloweenGirl7
    HalloweenGirl7 Posts: 123 Member
    I calculated my TDEE and eat accordingly.
    I am 5'4" and 188 right now. I was at 205.
    I am at 1620-1720 or so cuz my metabolism is quite sluggish.
    HOWEVER, I have treat days once a week when I go out to eat with my bf or to a birthday party.
    I just started working out this week (had foot surgery) so that is how I did it before and was losing weight and inches.
    I do the Leslie Sansone workouts and will add strength training when I am able (of course she has it built into most workouts).
    Friend me if you'd like.
    :-)
    Glad to see some girls EATING!! YAY!
  • MommaFuhrer
    MommaFuhrer Posts: 214 Member
    I'm 5'1 and my calorie goal is set at 1740. I enter 1 calorie for my calories burned from exercise.( I just started this this week, I have been struggling over the last couple months but I'm trying to get back to being more consistent. I exercise most day a week, I like walking, playing on the wii fit, tae bo, P90X and turbo fire!
  • Brianna72994
    Brianna72994 Posts: 887
    I'm 5'4" and my goal is 1780 calories. I'm still losing weight
  • rebeccap13
    rebeccap13 Posts: 754 Member
    1800-2000cals a day right here!

    I'm 5'8, 168lbs, workout 5 times a week including weightlifting, running, yoga and CrossFit.

    Lose roughly 0.5-1lb/week with this.
  • HeatherSanto
    HeatherSanto Posts: 138 Member
    Ever since I upped my calories its going quicker. I'm losing so I'm happy!
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    How come you get to eat so much? Do you calculate your calories somewhere else or on MFP? I'm 173 cm ( 5'8) and I have 70.7 kg (155 pounds) and I have 1380 calories a day (without exercise). I've set to lose 1 pound a week. Am I doing something wrong?

    NO.

    There are two ways to do this thing:

    (1) The MFP WAY which is use MFP to calculate your NET cals a day and then eat back any exercise cals. So if you do nothign all day, you eat 1380. If you run three miles, you get to eat about 1600. This works fine if your exercise is mainly cardio, especially steady state cardio.

    (2) The TDEE way. Calculate your TDEE. This is how much you'd eat every day to stay the same. It already takes into account how much you exercise. Then you reduce it by 20% to lose weight. Under this method, you eat the same regardless of whether you went running. But don't make the mistake of giving up exercise thinking it's all cool- you'll gain weight that way! This is good for peopel who lift or do HIIT or any other exercise that is more than just the calories you burn when you are actively exercising.

    At least that's how I understand it.

    ETA: I think when I was doing 1200 +, I was eating 1500 a few days a week because I regularly ran 3 miles.
  • xxvogue
    xxvogue Posts: 172 Member
    How come you get to eat so much? Do you calculate your calories somewhere else or on MFP? I'm 173 cm ( 5'8) and I have 70.7 kg (155 pounds) and I have 1380 calories a day (without exercise). I've set to lose 1 pound a week. Am I doing something wrong?

    Elsewhere. You need to find your TDEE.

    There's a thread on here called "In Place of a Roadmap" that covers it, or if you don't like numbers (like me) just go here: http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm. :D

    MFP's tool is "stupid" and doesn't really take into account everything it should.
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
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  • marias2gaa
    marias2gaa Posts: 118 Member
    Well, I'm 5'8" and in maintenance mode (just working on building muscle and reducing fat), work out 6 days a week (mostly HIIT and heavy weight lifting), and I also breastfeed a toddler. For me, maintenance is about 3300 a day. ;) I achieved rapid weight loss (30 pounds in 8 weeks) at 2600-2700 cals a day.

    Yay for people who eat a lot! :)

    omg breastfeeding is the best way to loose weight. I lost 30 pounds in one month when I had my bby and breastfed. I went back to work and pumped but didnt produced alot of milk so it dried :(
  • stephaniecaine82
    stephaniecaine82 Posts: 117 Member
    I am clearly doing something wrong!

    I workout everyday at the gym (cardio, circuit machines...about 45-60 minutes).
    I resist temptation (sweets, junk food, soda, etc.)
    I log my food.
    Drink my water.
    Eat about 1300 calories/day.

    And, the scale has NOT moved! In fact, I have gained a pound!

    HELP!!!


    I kind of am in the same boat. After reading everyone else, maybe we need to bump our calorie intake up???
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    I would love to hear the answers here. I am struggling with this right now. I lost easily at 1200 net calories, but I seem to be gaining on my reccommended maintenance, which is around 1500 net calories. (I'm 5'3", and 45.) I'm actually eating around 1700 calories, or more, on days I exercise. Not sure what's going on here. I know age, height, sex, body composition, etc. all affect this, so I'm curious. . . .
  • rebeccap13
    rebeccap13 Posts: 754 Member
    I am clearly doing something wrong!

    I workout everyday at the gym (cardio, circuit machines...about 45-60 minutes).
    I resist temptation (sweets, junk food, soda, etc.)
    I log my food.
    Drink my water.
    Eat about 1300 calories/day.

    And, the scale has NOT moved! In fact, I have gained a pound!

    HELP!!!

    MFP had good intentions with the eat back exercise cals mentality although cal burns are severely overestimated in the database for a lot of activities. Also, the site's formula I think is more geared toward people who mostly just eat less to lose weight as opposed to smaller deficits from TDEE and working out.

    Check out fitnessfrog.com, calc your BMR and TDEE (be honest about activity levels, if anything be a little conservative) and then create a 10% deficit from your TDEE.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    5'11 218 lbs, eat about 2000-2500 calories a day with my macros set at 20% Carb, 30% Protein, 50% Fats.

    I work out 4 days a week, and it's a combination of lifting and high intensity cardio (hill sprints, track sprints, running stairs, playing soccer, playing Aussie Rules Football, fighter fitness classes etc.)

    I'm losing between half a pound and a lb a week.
  • Insanity2bSane
    Insanity2bSane Posts: 204 Member
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  • ReaGaladriel
    ReaGaladriel Posts: 84 Member
    How come you get to eat so much? Do you calculate your calories somewhere else or on MFP? I'm 173 cm ( 5'8) and I have 70.7 kg (155 pounds) and I have 1380 calories a day (without exercise). I've set to lose 1 pound a week. Am I doing something wrong?

    NO.

    There are two ways to do this thing:

    (1) The MFP WAY which is use MFP to calculate your NET cals a day and then eat back any exercise cals. So if you do nothign all day, you eat 1380. If you run three miles, you get to eat about 1600. This works fine if your exercise is mainly cardio, especially steady state cardio.

    (2) The TDEE way. Calculate your TDEE. This is how much you'd eat every day to stay the same. It already takes into account how much you exercise. Then you reduce it by 20% to lose weight. Under this method, you eat the same regardless of whether you went running. But don't make the mistake of giving up exercise thinking it's all cool- you'll gain weight that way! This is good for peopel who lift or do HIIT or any other exercise that is more than just the calories you burn when you are actively exercising.

    At least that's how I understand it.

    ETA: I think when I was doing 1200 +, I was eating 1500 a few days a week because I regularly ran 3 miles.

    Thank you for the explanation. I just walk for now so I think I will stay with MPF way. I'm not hungry and I always eat my exercise calories. :)
  • guidosgal
    guidosgal Posts: 581 Member
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  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    I would love to hear the answers here. I am struggling with this right now. I lost easily at 1200 net calories, but I seem to be gaining on my reccommended maintenance, which is around 1500 net calories. (I'm 5'3", and 45.) I'm actually eating around 1700 calories, or more, on days I exercise. Not sure what's going on here. I know age, height, sex, body composition, etc. all affect this, so I'm curious. . . .

    Some questions:
    1. how much weight did you lose?
    2. how long did it take?
    3. were you eating back exercise calories when you were losing?
    4. what is your current exercise regimen? what was it when you were losing? (i.e. no weight lifting before, only cardio. now weightlifting)
    5. were you restricting carbs when you were losing? are you now?
    6. how much do you weigh?
  • lisabinco
    lisabinco Posts: 1,016 Member
    So good to see so many women who EAT!
    I'm a fairly sedentary (no gym rat here) over 50-gal who's 5'5" and about 11 pounds from goal weight. I eat 1500-1700 calories a day (MFP gives me only 1280 cals -- that's just starvation mode for me) yet I eat very clean almost every day, just eat a lot of food -- and still losing, too. I know if I upped my exercise, I could lose the last few pounds more easily. Just haven't got around to that yet.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    I lost not quite 30 pounds eating between 1550-1350 over several years and then stalled out for months and months. I have now almost lost another 10 after reset over the last 9 months. This week I lost 2 pounds. I am 5'6" tall, my calorie goal is 1800 plus some exercise calories as close to a 15% cut as I could estimate. I exercise 6 days a week 1 hour a day typically. However I find that it is my general activity level that really helps me lose so that is what I am focusing on now.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    MFP's tool is "stupid" and doesn't really take into account everything it should.

    MFP worked beautifully for me and I have maintained for almost 2 years using it.
  • Domestic_Hippie
    Domestic_Hippie Posts: 108 Member
    I usually stick around 1650 a day on good workout days I will eat closer to 1800. I am 5'4" and 212 right now. On average I lost about 1-2 pounds a week, slow weeks are 1/2 a pound.
  • gramarye
    gramarye Posts: 586 Member
    I'm a little under 5'3", and I'm eatting around 2K a day (a little more with exercise calories). I've only been actively exercising and monitoring it for a week (and had some bad days to start), so only time will tell if I need to adjust that.

    I've discovered that left to my own appetites and devices, I can happily eat up to 4K a day, so no wonder I got up 290.
  • xxvogue
    xxvogue Posts: 172 Member
    MFP's tool is "stupid" and doesn't really take into account everything it should.

    MFP worked beautifully for me and I have maintained for almost 2 years using it.

    It's great that it worked for you, but I think for many people it doesn't work at all. It recommends that to lose 1.5 pounds a week I eat 1300 calories a day. I'm 21 years old. My BMR alone has me at 1600 cals.
  • reneeot
    reneeot Posts: 773 Member
    I just started eating according to my tdee/bmr January 1st. 1500-1700 calories a day. So eating about 300-500 more calories a day. My tdee is 2120. I plan on weighing in q 10 days. I weighed in today, I've lost 1.4. According to my deficit spreadsheet based on calories eaten minus tdee. I should have lost 1.4lbs. So right on track. Frighteningly accurate, might be a fluke! Lets see what happens in 10 more days.:drinker:
  • SNYPorter
    SNYPorter Posts: 13 Member
    Hi, Ioved your post and blogs. Your information, research and humor make it interesting to read. Thanks for sharing. New to this my fittnes pal and really want to know what it takes to make a difference and is something I can live with and do. Right now I am a stay home mom too and I get less calories burned and its easier to over eat. Love to friend you, but now sure how? Thanks, lisa
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    MFP's tool is "stupid" and doesn't really take into account everything it should.

    MFP worked beautifully for me and I have maintained for almost 2 years using it.

    It's great that it worked for you, but I think for many people it doesn't work at all. It recommends that to lose 1.5 pounds a week I eat 1300 calories a day. I'm 21 years old. My BMR alone has me at 1600 cals.

    I think you don't understand the tool. at 1600 as your BMR your sedentary burn would be 1600 * 1.2 = 1920. MFP set you at 1300 because 1.5 pounds is equal to a 750 deficit. So 1920- 1150 is actually 1170. MFP was a bit more generous in their calculation--if you've lost some weight that could be the reason. It's probably a failure to understand how the calculator works that is causing you to have such a negative perspective. You're supposed to add your exercise in and eat those calories too.
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    I just started eating according to my tdee/bmr January 1st. 1500-1700 calories a day. So eating about 300-500 more calories a day. My tdee is 2120. I plan on weighing in q 10 days. I weighed in today, I've lost 1.4. According to my deficit spreadsheet based on calories eaten minus tdee. I should have lost 1.4lbs. So right on track. Frighteningly accurate, might be a fluke! Lets see what happens in 10 more days.:drinker:

    What calculator did you use for this?

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