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trdepalo
trdepalo Posts: 106
in Health and Weight Loss
So does calorie cycling really work? I'm 5'5" and eat consistently 1450ish calories everyday and I seem to be stalled, should I start eating more on some days and less on others? Also, I keep reading that I should be eating more calories since my BMR is about 1450 but my TDEE is only like 1950 and I don't have the time to exercise like I used to and as a student I'm almost sedentary so eating only a 250 calorie deficit (1600) seems like too much am I wrong? Am I stalled because I'm still eating too little? My mother always gets at me because she thinks I am eating too much but I don't think 1450 is too much although she's never had weight problems and I always have so I dunno should I actually be eating less? I just want to see the scale start to move again...

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  • trdepalo
    trdepalo Posts: 106
    bump?
  • staciarose13
    staciarose13 Posts: 51 Member
    Did you try searching the message boards for this topic? People ask about calorie cycling everyday it seems, so one of them might have the answer you're looking for.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    The results of calorie cycling is very anecdotal. Why don't you try to eat another 200-300 calories a day to see if that helps. Also I would suggest getting most of those calories from protein.. Most days you seem a bit low. After a month if that doesn't work, then try cycling.
  • seekingstrengthX2
    seekingstrengthX2 Posts: 771
    You should be eating above your bmr, so i woild guess that u arent eating enough. If your TDEE is 1950 I would shoot for 1600 or so.

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