2500 calories a day?

Eating more will NOT lead to weight loss. Reducing calories is the only way to lose weight. Think about it, it's basic biology. I eat about a quarter of that.

Wow than I have been doing this wrong the last 3 years??? Hmm??? 3 years ago when I started my nutritionist set my calories at 2500 when I weighed 560 lbs. Fast forward to now and as the weight came off I continued to UP my calories to maintain my 1 to 2 lb. loss.... I am eating 3200-3400 calories a day now (yes I am in the camp of eating back my exercise calories) and have no problem eating that amount... I make up calories with healthy fats like Natural Peanut Butter, Pistachios, Almonds, and I enjoy a 500 calorie glass of 1% Chocolate milk every night when I go to bed... and doing this I have manage to lose 307 lbs. so I completely disagree with your statement....

Also Ed...your weight loss numbers are amazing but looking at your pics...the transformation is insane. Incredible job.

Eating more will NOT lead to weight loss. Reducing calories is the only way to lose weight. Think about it, it's basic biology. I eat about a quarter of that.

Wow than I have been doing this wrong the last 3 years??? Hmm??? 3 years ago when I started my nutritionist set my calories at 2500 when I weighed 560 lbs. Fast forward to now and as the weight came off I continued to UP my calories to maintain my 1 to 2 lb. loss.... I am eating 3200-3400 calories a day now (yes I am in the camp of eating back my exercise calories) and have no problem eating that amount... I make up calories with healthy fats like Natural Peanut Butter, Pistachios, Almonds, and I enjoy a 500 calorie glass of 1% Chocolate milk every night when I go to bed... and doing this I have manage to lose 307 lbs. so I completely disagree with your statement....

My hero!!

That girl is on crack!!! I am very intrigued to see how this all works... I just figured out today that I need to eat 2235 cals. I am excited and scared!! I am sick of being at a plateau and am hoping this will kick it right into high gear!!

it's normal to be nervous but what do you have to lose? The worst that will happen is what? You'll gain a fraction of a pound? That's worst case scenario--in a month overeating by 300 calories would only cause like 2.5 pounds...that's not that significant considering what you'd be able to eat with 300 extra calories EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. It's not likely to happen but IF it did, that's an entire month of eating more. Definitely worth it!

Thanks... I'm going for it:)

That girl is on crack!!! I am very intrigued to see how this all works... I just figured out today that I need to eat 2235 cals. I am excited and scared!! I am sick of being at a plateau and am hoping this will kick it right into high gear!!

it's normal to be nervous but what do you have to lose? The worst that will happen is what? You'll gain a fraction of a pound? That's worst case scenario--in a month overeating by 300 calories would only cause like 2.5 pounds...that's not that significant considering what you'd be able to eat with 300 extra calories EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. It's not likely to happen but IF it did, that's an entire month of eating more. Definitely worth it!

Yup EdDavenport, you've clearly been doing it ALL WRONG. I am express shipping a Basic Biology book to you ASAP...educate yourself.

I've been losing pretty steadily on 2500 calories per day average & it RULES.

To the person who didn't understand NET calories...this is basically the number of calories you're providing your body with to perform it's everyday functions to keep you alive. Let's say your BMR (i.e., the amt of calories you need to maintain your weight) is 2000 & you want to lose 1 lb per week. Subtracting 500 gives you a target of 1500 for your net calories.

If you don't exercise at all, then just eat 1500 calories every day & you're good.

Let's say you DO exercise. If you've eaten 1500 calories that day & burned 1000 through exercise, only 500 of it is available for your body to function. That's simply not enough for basic nutrition. Over time you will run into some serious health issues. So guess what...you get to eat 1000 more calories that day! Why would anyone NOT want to do that??? Say you only have the appetite for 500 extra calories...that's fine. Eat the other 500 the next day. Just make sure you eat them. And if you don't want to, exercise less. If you don't want to do that either, then don't expect to lose weight in a healthy way. It's that simple.

Eating more will NOT lead to weight loss. Reducing calories is the only way to lose weight. Think about it, it's basic biology. I eat about a quarter of that.

Wow than I have been doing this wrong the last 3 years??? Hmm??? 3 years ago when I started my nutritionist set my calories at 2500 when I weighed 560 lbs. Fast forward to now and as the weight came off I continued to UP my calories to maintain my 1 to 2 lb. loss.... I am eating 3200-3400 calories a day now (yes I am in the camp of eating back my exercise calories) and have no problem eating that amount... I make up calories with healthy fats like Natural Peanut Butter, Pistachios, Almonds, and I enjoy a 500 calorie glass of 1% Chocolate milk every night when I go to bed... and doing this I have manage to lose 307 lbs. so I completely disagree with your statement....

You're upping your calories but you're also upping your calories burned, I am assuming through workouts? Upping calories won't help sedentary people lose weight.