Do i really need to eat more? 1200 cals

Probably should eat about 1700-1800 calories and workout the same. Don't worry about anything else. Make sure at the end of the day your food log at the bottom says in the calories total between 1700 to 1800 and there you go. Now that you have limited your body you may actually gain until your body realizes you just made it much happier.

Yeah, I have to agree that you should probably "up" your calories a bit. For an example, my BMR is 1106. My TDEE at sedentary is 1478. I have set my goals at 1330 calories for the day, but when I exercise, I eat all my calories back in. I'm on my final two pounds to lose and it's coming off very very slowly, but it *is* coming off! You'll get there, but don't starve yourself to do so.

yes.

Personally, I go with my TDEE & do not make it a point to eat back my exercise cals (but I do eat them if I'm hungry or need a splurge).

I make sure my calories, averaged over a week, = about 2,000 per day. I'm 5'7 and 26 yrs old.

Eat more = lose more










And exercise

Not in response to the calories portion (because really, you'll hear arguments from both sides) but about the 30DS. I've noticed a LOT of people stop losing when they start 30DS (myself included). This does a lot of strength and muscle development and I'd encourage you to start taking your measurements if you haven't. You'll notice a change in your body's shape. If you stop the 30DS and JUST walk you'll probably see the scale drop. But the 30DS will help make you look better overall

You can also hit the search function and type in 1200 calories and read thousands of threads just like this. There's usually one twice a week or so.

I would say yes, you need to eat more. I used to do WW, also, and found that I always lost more if I ate toward the maximum points instead of toward the minimum. Now I try to hit it within 100 calories under my allotment plus what I earn from exercise, and I'm losing more. I have a friend that also found she lost more when she ate more. Odd, I know, but that is how it has worked for me and my friend.

It sort of like driving a car. You *can* go faster, but there are greater risks and challenges when you speed up.

When you cut calories a significant amount, what you will see is weight fall off at first... but your body thinks that lean times are ahead, in the way that we evolved as hunter gatherers.. our hormonal profile will shift from a "mostly fed, active" stance to a "underfed, protectionist" stance.

In english, if we cut calories at a significant rate, our bodies will adapt to the cut, and you will see the weight loss slow, your metabolic rate, your BMR, will drop 10 to 15%, and you'll scratch your head wondering what went wrong. With people who employ steep cuts to reach their goals, they will have to employ refeed weeks where they eat at or slightly above maintenance to reset their hormonal profile. I have to tell you though.. *re*starting a cut after a refeed week (or month) is just about the hardest thing you can ask your body to do, in my limited experience.

All in all, you will probably lose the weight at the same rate eating closer to your TDEE as opposed to cutting to bare bones 1200. While you will see bigger, more consistent drops eating 1200, the refeed periods will set you back.

The real key is to find something that works for you. I have lost my 40 pounds doing it that way, eating 1200 and refeeding every few months, but that's what works for me, I'm an incredibly impulsive person, and I have trouble stopping myself.

Find a strategy that works for you and fits your life, your personality, what is easiest for you to stick to, because once you make your goal weight, you'll have to be ever vigilant to keep the weight off, mindful of your habits and patterns.

Personally, I go with my TDEE & do not make it a point to eat back my exercise cals (but I do eat them if I'm hungry or need a splurge).

I make sure my calories, averaged over a week, = about 2,000 per day. I'm 5'7 and 26 yrs old.

Your TDEE should include your exercise calories ..... so yes, you are eating them back .....

I'm new to MFP. Can someone please tell me what BMR/TDEE stands for and where do I find them?

BMR Basal metabolic rate - calories needed if you were in a coma

TDEE - total daily energy expenditure

http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

Really? This must have been what I was doing wrong I was losing a pound every couple of days then all of a sudden stopped!
Then I got disappointed and ended up way off track and now two weeks later I am still trying to get back on track but it has been slow.

bump!

With something like 30 DS you will see water retention the first week, or maybe 2. Since you are on 1200 cal per day, I would eat back the calories you earn, if not all of them, at least 1/2. You don't want to net below 1200. Also, for some people the numbers in the database for exercise calories is not accurate. Keep that in mind.

I will tell you that on the 30 DS, my first time around, I did not lose much in weight, but please measure and take pics, because my inches lost and after pics were a big difference! So don't just go by the scale on this.

I just did the 30 DS again for the second time, actually am still doing level 3. I am having good results this time also!