Eating MORE to weigh less success stories...pls.

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  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
    You should join the group on here eatmore2weighless

    Personally, if you have been eating low calorie for a while, slowly (or all at once, lol) work your way up to your TDEE and forget weight loss for a few months while you rev your metabolism back up. After you are eating TDEE for a few weeks then you can cut down to -20%.

    My success has not taken the form of scale weight, but in muscles and body recomposition. I LIKE what I see! The number on the scale really isn't an indicator of my personal success.

    Thank you and congrats on your focus and results! Liking what you see and how you feel is a HUGE reward--YAY you! :drinker:
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
    When I started eating more after stalling out my scale weight didnt drop in big numbers BUT my body fat started dropping, Fat mass weight going down and lean muscle weight started going up even though my total scale weight wasnt moving like it did at the start of my journey. Eating more which was a leap of faith for me helped me to maintain or build muscle and lose fat. It freaked me out to start eating more but it got me over the hump when low calorie and aerobic exercise was no longer working for me. Of course I also started lifting too. In retrospect I should have started that sooner.

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    DUDE!!!!!!! You Rock sir, period. WOW!!!!! So so proud of you and thank you ever so very much for posting---WOOT!:drinker:
  • ecw3780
    ecw3780 Posts: 608 Member
    If you eat back your exercise calories, it all works out to be the same. I spent so much time doing all the math trying to figure out what I should be eating. When I averaged out my daily calories + eating my exercise calories it roughly equals my TDEE-20%. So I just eat back my exercise calories. However, it is important to note that there are 3 types of people on here. People who don't know they need to eat more and don't eat their exercise calories, people who do eat there exercise calories, and people who don't eat their exercise calories but have changed there goals to their TDEE-20%. Just be one of those second two and you will be fine.
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
    It sounds like you're getting the idea now, but to make it easy for you, just eat between 1600-2000 calories a day. That's above your BMR but below your TDEE. And you're right, it's scary to eat more! I started out eating 1200 calories then learned about BMR & TDEE from the forums. Every time I think my weight loss is slowing, I up my calorie intake and it takes off again. The opposite of what I've been led to believe my whole life!

    Yes, I'm actually eating pretty close to my new feasting day goals of 2122 cals...it's a lot and like a real life budget with money--it seems now that I'm eating more (like making more money), now I still must choose carefully because I find myself that I could easily go OVER this huge amount. Life is soooooo funny--who'd thunk I'd STILL need to be watchful and diligent about my new super high cals--once my "budget" went up significantly---so did my "taste" for more. Amazing and humbling for SURE, at least it is for me.
  • SavvyCake
    SavvyCake Posts: 150 Member
    I've lost 31 pounds since I started being really committed to getting healthy, and I take in more calories than I did for the years before that when I was trying unsuccessfully to lose weight. I think the key is that while I eat more calories now, I eat BETTER calories. In the past, I'd restrict under 1200, under 1000, etc. most days, but I was getting nothing out of it either. I ate mostly processed foods that were empty carbs (ramen, macaroni, crackers, breadsticks, etc.), rarely got any protein each day, and I felt like total crap. I know for me it made a big difference that I got my thyroid and sleep apnea treated, but I also think that eating better is a big reason I feel better too. When my doctor told me that he wanted me to eat a lot MORE in order to lose weight, I truly did not believe him, but it has made a huge difference. Your body needs fuel!
  • biggirl1000
    biggirl1000 Posts: 189 Member
    bump for future reference.
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
    11 lbs and counting lost from eating a whole lot more. I started with 2100, and have whittled it down to 1800 due to activity and exercise changes. :3

    How utterly encouraging and fabulous--you ROCK! Thanks for posting:drinker: :flowerforyou: :drinker:
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
    I have had good results with eating 20% less than my TDEE. You can check out my diary if you would like :)

    Congrats and thanks so much for your reply! :flowerforyou: :smooched: :flowerforyou:
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
    If you eat back your exercise calories, it all works out to be the same. I spent so much time doing all the math trying to figure out what I should be eating. When I averaged out my daily calories + eating my exercise calories it roughly equals my TDEE-20%. So I just eat back my exercise calories. However, it is important to note that there are 3 types of people on here. People who don't know they need to eat more and don't eat their exercise calories, people who do eat there exercise calories, and people who don't eat their exercise calories but have changed there goals to their TDEE-20%. Just be one of those second two and you will be fine.

    Thank you so much for this! The program recommends I ONLY count my fasting days (Mondays & Thursdays). and NOT count my feasting days--just to eat what I want, when I hungry and of course, using moderation. This I haven't been doing, because it seems too "easy" or something (MUCH like eating more to weigh less, the though of eating whatever I want on my feasting days without counting cals is "too good to be true" or something). I haven't done it yet--so counting my feasting cals...I'm still really not eating 2122 cals--but have been eating lots more than 1250-1375. I've been eating 1700-1900 cals (not including exercise). So............we'll see when I weigh in on Sunday. I'm going to take a HUGE leap of Faith next week and start NOT counting my feasting days (5 days) cals and only counting my fasting days cals (500) and they recommend NOT eating my exercise cals on my fasting days too. So.........:indifferent: :wink: :indifferent: :love: :huh:
  • Allup2Me78
    Allup2Me78 Posts: 589 Member
    I started my journey back on 9/25/12 at 1500 cal a day..Was loosing good at first and then stopped...I then went down to 1300 and lost for maybe 2-3 wks and then got stuck and then started going up..I cldn't understand why I was gaining or not loosing if I had dropped my calories lower..?? A lot of my MFP friends kept telling me that I wasn't eating enough and I was like NO WAY that I am going to go from 1300-1700 (tdee-20%) and let me tell you since I have done so, I lost every week except the 2 wks that it was my fault I gained. It works!!!
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
    I've lost 31 pounds since I started being really committed to getting healthy, and I take in more calories than I did for the years before that when I was trying unsuccessfully to lose weight. I think the key is that while I eat more calories now, I eat BETTER calories. In the past, I'd restrict under 1200, under 1000, etc. most days, but I was getting nothing out of it either. I ate mostly processed foods that were empty carbs (ramen, macaroni, crackers, breadsticks, etc.), rarely got any protein each day, and I felt like total crap. I know for me it made a big difference that I got my thyroid and sleep apnea treated, but I also think that eating better is a big reason I feel better too. When my doctor told me that he wanted me to eat a lot MORE in order to lose weight, I truly did not believe him, but it has made a huge difference. Your body needs fuel!

    31 pounds is tremendous and do SO appreciate your post--you ROCK! :flowerforyou:
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    I'm eighteen pounds down since starting to log here in mid-June (before that, some dieting but mostly being more active took out another twenty five) and the pounds have been flying off faster than intended. Troubleshooted that with a manual TDEE calculator and found out I needed to be clicking the THIRD option down for activity level on setup. I don't see myself as active - I am sedentary and barely get out to exercise, or so I keep thinking. After admitting that belts could only go so far, I let a female buddy gut my closet and drag me to the local thrift store. My biggest "we're not in Kansas anymore" moment involved a vintage men's blazer that probably fell out the bottom of modern sizing. Yeah, I bought the thing.

    Calories across the last week have ranged from just over 1700 to over 2400... and I am still losing.
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
    I started my journey back on 9/25/12 at 1500 cal a day..Was loosing good at first and then stopped...I then went down to 1300 and lost for maybe 2-3 wks and then got stuck and then started going up..I cldn't understand why I was gaining or not loosing if I had dropped my calories lower..?? A lot of my MFP friends kept telling me that I wasn't eating enough and I was like NO WAY that I am going to go from 1300-1700 (tdee-20%) and let me tell you since I have done so, I lost every week except the 2 wks that it was my fault I gained. It works!!!

    What an encouraging post and I'm so proud of your big ole 31 pound loss...you ROCK! :drinker: :flowerforyou: :drinker:
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
    I'm eighteen pounds down since starting to log here in mid-June (before that, some dieting but mostly being more active took out another twenty five) and the pounds have been flying off faster than intended. Troubleshooted that with a manual TDEE calculator and found out I needed to be clicking the THIRD option down for activity level on setup. I don't see myself as active - I am sedentary and barely get out to exercise, or so I keep thinking. After admitting that belts could only go so far, I let a female buddy gut my closet and drag me to the local thrift store. My biggest "we're not in Kansas anymore" moment involved a vintage men's blazer that probably fell out the bottom of modern sizing. Yeah, I bought the thing.

    Calories across the last week have ranged from just over 1700 to over 2400... and I am still losing.

    Fabulous progress and thank you ever so much for posting! WOOT!::drinker: :flowerforyou: :drinker:

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