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The_Gruffalo
The_Gruffalo Posts: 54
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Hiya all sorry but yet another question be sick of me soon haha

How essential is it that you do not eat under your BMR?

On a good day calorie intake will be 2200ish and on a normal day its round about 1400 - 1800 calories.

WEIGHT - 22 Stone 12lbs (Proper fat lad)
BMR - 2710
TDEE - 3727

Now i have lost 1 stone since my start date 6 weeks ago eating between 1200 - 1800 but i feel everything has just stopped so i assume i am not eating enough.

Thanks for any help

John :)

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  • jenniferwren
    jenniferwren Posts: 189
    it does sound a bit low, also depends upon what you're eating and how much exercise you're doing, try adding more exercise for sure!!!
  • The_Gruffalo
    The_Gruffalo Posts: 54
    I try to do at least 90 mins - 2hrs exercise a day mostly walking, step aerobics, weights, normally burn around 1000 calories which i can never seem to eat back so if i am right i am only really eating between 200 and 800 cals :( . scary though when you put it like that
  • manofpies
    manofpies Posts: 71 Member
    Yeah, once the initial freefall ends its a bugger to get going again, try and bring the end of day net total up a bit.. But do it gradually . Exactly the same thing happened to me as my net after food - calories burned was too low.
    (Careful trusting mfp's calories burned though exercise though, it tends to come in on the high side)
  • jaz050465
    jaz050465 Posts: 3,508 Member
    You should be eating at least some of your exercise calories back. You are wearing waaaaaaay too little.
  • The_Gruffalo
    The_Gruffalo Posts: 54
    Thank you for all the tips and advice its appreciated.

    I am really struggling to get my calories over 2000 i sometimes feel i am eating junk just to take me over pretty sure i will get there tho :)

    Just goes to show the old saying eat less move more is not the answer.
  • jst1986
    jst1986 Posts: 204 Member
    I'm starting from nearly 27 stone with similar BMR numbers and I finding the same, picking up the food intake slowly is working OK for me, just keep an eye on the amount of fat and sugar you're having.
  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
    Hiya all sorry but yet another question be sick of me soon haha

    How essential is it that you do not eat under your BMR?

    On a good day calorie intake will be 2200ish and on a normal day its round about 1400 - 1800 calories.

    WEIGHT - 22 Stone 12lbs (Proper fat lad)
    BMR - 2710
    TDEE - 3727

    Now i have lost 1 stone since my start date 6 weeks ago eating between 1200 - 1800 but i feel everything has just stopped so i assume i am not eating enough.

    Thanks for any help

    John :)

    Need a little bit more info. Do you count everything you eat? Do you weigh and measure everything?

    What exercise do you do? What level of activity did you input to get your BMR and TDEE results.

    I would recommend you up your calories by 100 cals every week until you reach 3000 cals. You then need to stay at 3000 cals for 4-6 weeks and assess your weight loss after that. If you struggle to increase the calories in a healthy way try nuts/peanut butter which have a lot of calories but are good for you.

    What kind of carb/fat/protein intake are you getting? You can manually set these on MFP Through change goals>custom goals.

    Try 40% carbs 30% protein 30% fat

    With exercise, I would recommend walks, swimming and weightlifting where you start light, but increase the weight every session (Stronglifts 5x5/starting strength).
  • jaz050465
    jaz050465 Posts: 3,508 Member
    Eat high cal but healthy foods like avocado, nuts, peanut butter, seeds and milk
  • LilMissDB
    LilMissDB Posts: 133
    What is your BMI at that weight?

    I don't necessarily think BMR as done by an equation (as opposed to tested in a lab) is very accurate if you are obese - the equations assume a certain percentage of lean weight and therefore the result is skewed for somebody that has a higher percentage of fat (because fat doesn't burn as many calories as lean weight).

    For example, we (dietitians) usually aim to feed obese hospital patients to their BMR in order to maintain their weight (ie we don't add any stress and activity factors). This would mean that they would need to eat less than BMR in order to lose weight. If you are a healthy weight or even just in the overweight range then you probably shouldn't eat below your BMR but if you are above that then I wouldn't go based on BMR. I think 1200 is far too low for you though, I would probably go with about 1800-2000 + exercise calories.

    Hope that helps.

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