nearing goal, upping calories?

ashleeliza · January 2013

I'm a couple of pounds from my goal weight and was wondering where to really go from here? Mfp has me eating 1290 calories a day for a 1lb a week weight loss (I usually hit now under 1200 in my diary incase my measurements for food are a bit off).

I'm 19 and 117lbs

Apparently my TDEE is 1795 and BMR is 1384.85

Does anyone have any advice they can give me?

aliciab307 · January 2013

I've heard to eat 100 more calories a week until you've reached a point where you're maintaining and no longer losing weight. Congrats on achieving your goal!

kcallas88 · January 2013

I'm about 4-10lbs from my goal weight...it all sort of depends how i look in the mirror and changing my body composition.

MFP had me eating 1240 a day...and i felt horrible when i went over. I read a thread on here talking about upping calories so i decided to try it. Lets just say i started about 10days ago. originally i put on 2lbs. But, the past three mornings i got on the scale and have dropped three lbs! i feel better and love being able to eat and not count calories burnt exercising. I was probably a little OCD with weighing myself...now i'm making friday my weigh in day and am aiming for .5lb/wk weight loss since i'm so close to go my goal. So far it has worked for me and definitely given me the energy to get through workouts and give 110%!

efirkey · January 2013

Well to lose a pound a week you need a 3500 calorie deficit or a 500 calorie deficit each day. So if you don't want to lose any more weight than add 500 calories a day. If you want to lose that last couple of pounds but eat more than add 200 or 300 calories a day. This assumes that you have been losing at a rate of one pound per week.

Changing your energy needs (increasing or decreasing exercise) will effect how much you should eat as well.

ashleeliza · January 2013

I'm about 4-10lbs from my goal weight...it all sort of depends how i look in the mirror and changing my body composition.

MFP had me eating 1240 a day...and i felt horrible when i went over. I read a thread on here talking about upping calories so i decided to try it. Lets just say i started about 10days ago. originally i put on 2lbs. But, the past three mornings i got on the scale and have dropped three lbs! i feel better and love being able to eat and not count calories burnt exercising. I was probably a little OCD with weighing myself...now i'm making friday my weigh in day and am aiming for .5lb/wk weight loss since i'm so close to go my goal. So far it has worked for me and definitely given me the energy to get through workouts and give 110%!

How many calories did you go up by?

kcallas88 · January 2013

I'm about 4-10lbs from my goal weight...it all sort of depends how i look in the mirror and changing my body composition.

MFP had me eating 1240 a day...and i felt horrible when i went over. I read a thread on here talking about upping calories so i decided to try it. Lets just say i started about 10days ago. originally i put on 2lbs. But, the past three mornings i got on the scale and have dropped three lbs! i feel better and love being able to eat and not count calories burnt exercising. I was probably a little OCD with weighing myself...now i'm making friday my weigh in day and am aiming for .5lb/wk weight loss since i'm so close to go my goal. So far it has worked for me and definitely given me the energy to get through workouts and give 110%!

How many calories did you go up by?

Well MFP had me at 1240. I was really really bad at eating back exercise calories because my workouts are done around 7each night and i didn't want to be eating 400 calories at 730 when i go to bed at 9...
So i set MFP to have me eating 1600 calories a day. Sometimes i hit it, and sometimes i don't. I don't count calories burnt anymore and just focus on weight training properly and working in my cardio 2-3times a week. As long as i hit 1500 calories a day i'm fine.

I dramatically increased calories, although some people suggest gradually increasing calories. You just find out which one works for you

mwooderson · January 2013

I'm about 4-10lbs from my goal weight...it all sort of depends how i look in the mirror and changing my body composition.

MFP had me eating 1240 a day...and i felt horrible when i went over. I read a thread on here talking about upping calories so i decided to try it. Lets just say i started about 10days ago. originally i put on 2lbs. But, the past three mornings i got on the scale and have dropped three lbs! i feel better and love being able to eat and not count calories burnt exercising. I was probably a little OCD with weighing myself...now i'm making friday my weigh in day and am aiming for .5lb/wk weight loss since i'm so close to go my goal. So far it has worked for me and definitely given me the energy to get through workouts and give 110%!

MFP has me eating at 1254 per day and I am within 7 lbs of my goal weight. I workout everyday. How many calories per day did you go up?

kcallas88 · January 2013

I'm about 4-10lbs from my goal weight...it all sort of depends how i look in the mirror and changing my body composition.

MFP had me eating 1240 a day...and i felt horrible when i went over. I read a thread on here talking about upping calories so i decided to try it. Lets just say i started about 10days ago. originally i put on 2lbs. But, the past three mornings i got on the scale and have dropped three lbs! i feel better and love being able to eat and not count calories burnt exercising. I was probably a little OCD with weighing myself...now i'm making friday my weigh in day and am aiming for .5lb/wk weight loss since i'm so close to go my goal. So far it has worked for me and definitely given me the energy to get through workouts and give 110%!

MFP has me eating at 1254 per day and I am within 7 lbs of my goal weight. I workout everyday. How many calories per day did you go up?

I went up 300-400 calories a day! Depends on the day!

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