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    Finally got the lady balls to up my intake

    Posts: 824 Member
    edited February 1 in Motivation and Support
    When I first started on my weight loss journey, I decided to stick to 1200 calories per day with gentle exercise 3 days a week and was losing weight easily. Over time though, I've discovered the athletic side of me and at this point I work out 6 days per week, with a healthy combination of weight lifting, running, and other cardio. I was afraid to up my calories for the longest time, even though my body is clutching desperately onto some weight. I tried calorie cycling, eating anywhere from 1000-1500 depending on the day, still averaging to 1200. Still having a hard time. Well today I finally grew a pair of ovaries and upped my average to 1400, still cycling. It might not be enough, and I'll have to increase more, but we'll see how the next couple of weeks go. Thanks to the community for talking some sense into my head and helping me feel okay about eating more!

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    • Posts: 63 Member
      How do you up the calories? I have tried to but it doesn't change? Thanks
    • Posts: 65 Member
      She's choosing to eat more, not changing settings, I believe.
    • Posts: 63 Member
      Oh ok!!! Thanks
    • Posts: 7,692 Member
      To, the OP, way to go. Hope it works for you. :flowerforyou:


      @twinkleton - Usually adjusting your MFP goal settings either by:

      a) saying you want to lose 1lb a week or 0.5lbs per week and possibly changing activity level
      or
      b) entering a custom goal setting
      or
      c) sometimes even just eating exercise calories back that a person wasn't eating before
    • Posts: 14,776 Member
      Way to go! Best of luck on your journey.
    • Posts: 5,033 Member
      Keep us upto date on how it goes.the thought of upping my cals terrifies me. Good luck
    • Posts: 4,052 Member
      Content+Use of the words "lady balls" = epic thread winnage!
    • Posts: 123 Member
      I struggled not losing and pounds for several months. Recently I have upped my calories because I do exercise 6 days a week. have lost 6 pounds in the past week so yes it does work!!
    • Posts: 479 Member
      I just loved the title lol

      But all the luck to you :) Hopefully it works well for you and you'll have an awesome update for us
    • Posts: 22 Member
      I too just upped my calories goal to 1450 after trying to stay at 1200 for a long time. I was cranky and hungry and after doing Insanity and starting T25 decided it was time to start eating more to feel better. I'm trying not to worry so much about the scale and focus more on how my body feels, increasing my overall athletic ability, and eating foods that are good for me. I have to say though the idea of increasing the calories was kind of scary.
    • Posts: 17,525 Member
      Good luck to you- I'm cutting down to about 15-1200... I couldn't imagine eating less- I'm operating around 1900 and I'm going to die at that low level.

      Welcome to the awesome world of eating to perform and being able to eat all the things- ALL THE TIME. NOM NOM NOM.

      :D
    • Posts: 6,256 Member
      Good luck. Let us know how it works out for you.
    • Posts: 824 Member
      @ Twinkleton I have my goals set manually, but because I calorie cycle I just set it to my rest day consumption and ignore it on the other days. I have it written in my notebook I use to keep track of my fitness and add a "Food Note" each day to remind me.
    • Posts: 824 Member
      Keep us upto date on how it goes.the thought of upping my cals terrifies me. Good luck

      It's terrifying for me too, but hey. The worst that could possibly happen is I don't lose anything for the next few weeks and I go back down. But I doubt that will happen, mathematically I'm still at a very large deficit averaging 1400 calories a day.
    • Posts: 824 Member
      I struggled not losing and pounds for several months. Recently I have upped my calories because I do exercise 6 days a week. have lost 6 pounds in the past week so yes it does work!!

      Thanks for letting me know it worked for you! Hopefully it does for me too. :)
    • Posts: 824 Member
      Good luck. Let us know how it works out for you.

      I'll definitely post an update in a couple weeks!
    • Posts: 652 Member
      Content+Use of the words "lady balls" = epic thread winnage!

      Completely agree! Hope it works for you, it did for me :)
    • Posts: 5,481 Member
      Up it slowly, about 100 calories a week and give it 6-8 weeks, you might gain a little but it will be water weight, drink a lot of water and soon the weight will start coming off!!

      Here is a calculator to figure exactly what you should be eating: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

      Good luck.
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