So who's upped their calories to lose?

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  • OneLoveUnitedFamily2007
    OneLoveUnitedFamily2007 Posts: 19
    i went from 1,000,1200,1500 to im at 1770 and ive lost more and have had more energy
  • Icedcoffee29
    Icedcoffee29 Posts: 139
    I definitely have more energy now!
  • Missyann68
    Missyann68 Posts: 36 Member
    How long before you noticed weight loss once you increased your calories?
  • Icedcoffee29
    Icedcoffee29 Posts: 139
    How long before you noticed weight loss once you increased your calories?

    I personally had a almost 4lb loss the week I really upped. Most people it can take 3-5wks.
  • ruwise
    ruwise Posts: 265 Member
    I upped my calories last week and have lost over 2lbs in the past week. I know that it will be slower but i read Fat 2 Fit's website and bought the book and the science makes sense.

    Basically they say to eat the calories of the thinner you and eventually you will become that thinner person and it will be easier to maintain as you will know what you need to do to maintain. The biggest bonus is I am no longer hungry all the time!
  • AllAboutThatTreble
    AllAboutThatTreble Posts: 156 Member
    From 1300-1500 to 1900. I really thought I was going to gain weight, but nope, I lost 2 pounds after weeks of not losing anything.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I was using MFP's numbers to start even though I knew they were low. Found it hard to stick to it, found myself hungry often, but did lose 5 pounds the first week. Next week I couldn't help but eat more though and basically maintained. So ran numbers for myself on a few different websites for my TDEE then averaged the -20% figures to get a better caloric intake number. As suspected, I was about 500 calories down with MFP numbers. So I manually corrected it as what would be my average TDEE -20%, and then subtracted my exercise as well since MFP adds it back in. Been doing this two weeks and lost 3.8 pounds the first week and I believe I am down another 2 pounds still this week (weigh in is tomorrow). Feeling MUCH better with the extra calories and also feel it will be sustainable over time.

    Good luck.
  • Susan2BHealthier
    Susan2BHealthier Posts: 130 Member
    Makes sense. I keep falling into the 1200 trap which is unsustainable. Then I wonder why,after a month, I stop losing weight and plateau, which makes me give up, and then I gain the weight back. Need a higher calorie amount I can live with and stay on to go the distance.
  • Alanakrahenbil
    Alanakrahenbil Posts: 811 Member
    I started out with 1200, went up to 1400 and just changed it today to 1650. I also eat my exercise cals.
  • Icedcoffee29
    Icedcoffee29 Posts: 139
    Welp I had a 2 pound gain this week and this is the week I went up to 1700 cals. I know it's normal, but still ugh!
  • EmmaKarney
    EmmaKarney Posts: 690 Member
    I started out with 1200, went up to 1400 and just changed it today to 1650. I also eat my exercise cals.

    I'm probably going to do the exact same when I've lost 5 more pounds.
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 Member
    I upped my cals from 1200 to 1330. Kept my cardio and strength training the same, ate back my exercise cals, and lost 1lb in my first week :smile:
  • SarahCW1979
    SarahCW1979 Posts: 572 Member
    ME!! Lost 7lbs since e/o Jan eating 1800-1900, somedays more, somedays less it depends how loud my inner cookie monster yells at me :laugh:
  • ElizMurphy69
    ElizMurphy69 Posts: 61 Member
    I was at 1200 for about 2 months, but increased my calories to 1500 and lost pounds and inches immediately. I have found I have more energy but as a result I can work out a little harder and for longer so I am still netting low calories. I am not hungry (which is amazing since you would have thought I was going to starve to death all those years I put on the weight!) Still working to find that perfect mix for me. Everybody is different, just keep tweaking til you get it! Nobody knows your body better than you! You know how you feel and what your body needs and what it doesn't need! It's all a numbers game baby!
  • timeforme_2013
    timeforme_2013 Posts: 71 Member
    I like MPP ...but I think their calculations r way off, for instance....i have a friend on here who weighs around 140 maybe?...and I am 215, 46, and 5'4 tall, she is 30 5'5 and around 140 lbs. but our calorie intake was set at the same 1200 . THAT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL!!!!!!!. he metabolism is different, age and everything is different. I decided to follow Helloitsdan,...'In place of a road map" I'm still going to remain here on MPP, but i have followed his plan for 3 days now and have already lost 2 more lbs.
  • emarose90
    emarose90 Posts: 52
    Aah I've just reset my cals as I'm on my stubborn last 10lbs, so have recalculated to do TDEE - 10% instead of 20%.

    This really scares me! My mind is still going, "eat less! Eat less!"

    But we'll see... :laugh:
  • joleenl
    joleenl Posts: 739 Member
    Well for me I upped my by 200 calories daily (from 1200 to 1400) almost 2 weeks ago and lost over 3 pounds. It'll be 2 weeks on Tuesday. I'm happy with that. I might up it again!
  • kazitykaz
    kazitykaz Posts: 87 Member
    This week I upped my calories from 1200 to 1400. That's the amount that I ate and I did not eat my exercise calories back. There was also one day where I ate nearly 3,000 calories, I did extra exercise to try and burn as much of it as I could . This week I lost 3lb and is the biggest weight loss I've had so far. Upping the calories definitely worked for me.
  • alichristiana
    alichristiana Posts: 76 Member
    Been struggling to just not gain weight for years, been almost constantly on 1200 calorie control with the occasional binges right the way through.
    Decided to try another way, my BMR is about 1400 and my TDE is 1900.
    Decided to try on between 1400-1600 a day.
    Week 1: gained 3 pounds
    Week 2: steady
    Week 3: lost 1 pound
    Week 4: lost 4 pounds!

    It actually works!
  • yaseyuku
    yaseyuku Posts: 871 Member
    I bumped up to 1200 from eating significantly under that in previous attempts to lose weight. I don't know if I should up it any future. According to MFP, I will lose about .9lbs a week on 1200.

    Many people who have diaries I've seen eat significantly lower than me, but I want to have a plan I can stick to for a while. Meaning, still indulging in foods I love as long as I'm eating balanced meals and not over my calorie allowance.

    I don't know if I want to live the rest of my life on 1200 calories a day though. But I'm afraid to gain everything I lost back.
  • FattieBabs
    FattieBabs Posts: 542 Member
    Hi, can someone help me work out my stats? 53 years old, 5' 8" and weigh approx 220 lbs. the first 20 lbs came off steadily but now I appear stuck and have been for one month. To lose 1 pound a week MFP says around 1570 cals a day. Should this be higher? I do weights and cardio 2-3 times a week burning 400 cals each time. I need a daily cal rate for when I am not exercising and then intend to eat back most of my cals on days when I do. My day job us sedentary. Please help and many thanks!
  • AMorganNJ
    AMorganNJ Posts: 9 Member
    I'm thinking about it. MFP says I should eat 1200 calories a day, but I haven't lost a lot of weight eating so little, so I'm thinking of going up to 1300 and seeing if that helps. Anyone else doing the same thing? I have about 5-8 more pounds I'd like to lose.
  • wiseeliz
    wiseeliz Posts: 50 Member
    I did about three weeks ago when I changed my weekly weight loss goal from 1.5 lbs/wk to 1 lb/wk; I think I was at 1380 cal/day before, now I'm at 1530 cal/day.

    So far, results are not great - the scale at home and at my doctor's office suggest I've gained 3 lbs. BUT, during that three weeks, I had a long weekend away where I ate what I felt like eating and didn't have many opportunities to exercise and had my period (and I'd only been done for a day when I went to the MD). So I'm a little discouraged, for sure, but I'm not freaking out yet. I believe that my body will adjust.
  • Alta2000
    Alta2000 Posts: 655 Member
    Hi, can someone help me work out my stats? 53 years old, 5' 8" and weigh approx 220 lbs. the first 20 lbs came off steadily but now I appear stuck and have been for one month. To lose 1 pound a week MFP says around 1570 cals a day. Should this be higher? I do weights and cardio 2-3 times a week burning 400 cals each time. I need a daily cal rate for when I am not exercising and then intend to eat back most of my cals on days when I do. My day job us sedentary. Please help and many thanks!

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
    It says to put it at TDEE-20%=1844 calories and BMR=1676. I would actually custom set the calories at 1710 in mfp, activity sedentary, and log your exercise but give 1 calorie for each activity.
  • mjl54
    mjl54 Posts: 127 Member
    When I first started using MFP I didn't fully understand it and thought 1800 was way to low. so i calculated my TDEE and it figured I should eat 2400cal which worked out great till I started thinking I should eat back my calories which was alomost 3000 a day. After seeing the numbers from my body media I lowered it back down to the 1800 and eat back every calorie to keep me at 500 deficit and I'm loosing again. Im back at avg 2400 a day.
  • crlyxx
    crlyxx Posts: 186 Member
    I was doing pretty well, then stopped losing for a couple of weeks, but then started back up again once I started eating more (I eat anywhere from 1200 to 1400 or so now and have been losing a pound or more a week, which is kind of weird since I'm nearly 5'7" and only 111). I think me drinking a lot more water now has to do with it also. Maybe the water is getting rid of all the bloat I might've had. Beats me. Or I just have a quick metabolism. That might explain why I was able to eat 3000 calories or more daily and never get over 130.
  • LisaGirlfriend
    LisaGirlfriend Posts: 493 Member
    I upped my calories from 1200 to 1700 back in January and started doing intervals / lifting DVDs. I've lost 8 1bs and feel great. I'm considering upping a bit more... I always question whether I should go up or down 100...
  • FattieBabs
    FattieBabs Posts: 542 Member
    Hi, can someone help me work out my stats? 53 years old, 5' 8" and weigh approx 220 lbs. the first 20 lbs came off steadily but now I appear stuck and have been for one month. To lose 1 pound a week MFP says around 1570 cals a day. Should this be higher? I do weights and cardio 2-3 times a week burning 400 cals each time. I need a daily cal rate for when I am not exercising and then intend to eat back most of my cals on days when I do. My day job us sedentary. Please help and many thanks!

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
    It says to put it at TDEE-20%=1844 calories and BMR=1676. I would actually custom set the calories at 1710 in mfp, activity sedentary, and log your exercise but give 1 calorie for each activity.
  • FattieBabs
    FattieBabs Posts: 542 Member
    So at 1700 this is 120 more per day than my current logging. So maybe I will try upping this slowly and see how I get on. Thanks for doing this. Looks like I was averaging out for the week around my Bmr which might explain the plateau. That said, hubby commented me tonight on my change in shape (that is a first!!) so the weight training is paying off!
  • gigi_RN2013
    gigi_RN2013 Posts: 141 Member
    I increased mine from 1200 to 1600 and feel less hungry and still losing about 1 lb a week ????

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