"YOU'RE NOT EATING ENOUGH"

edwardkim85
edwardkim85 Posts: 438 Member
in Food and Nutrition
"If you up your calories, you'll see pounds drop off!"


nope. fairy tale

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  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    Why are you spamming the forum with nonsense this morning? Bored?

    ETA: Caps lock. It's too early to be yelling.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    Why are you spamming the forum with nonsense this morning? Bored?

    ETA: Caps lock. It's too early to be yelling.
    Not nonsense.........mind you, the caps are irritating.
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    Why are you spamming the forum with nonsense this morning? Bored?

    ETA: Caps lock. It's too early to be yelling.
    Not nonsense.........mind you, the caps are irritating.

    2nd post of the morning, guaranteed to stir the pot. That's why I said nonsense.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    Why are you spamming the forum with nonsense this morning? Bored?

    ETA: Caps lock. It's too early to be yelling.
    Not nonsense.........mind you, the caps are irritating.

    2nd post of the morning, guaranteed to stir the pot. That's why I said nonsense.
    Are you saying to lose weight people need to eat more? Sounds like it.
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    Why are you spamming the forum with nonsense this morning? Bored?

    ETA: Caps lock. It's too early to be yelling.
    Not nonsense.........mind you, the caps are irritating.

    2nd post of the morning, guaranteed to stir the pot. That's why I said nonsense.
    Are you saying to lose weight people need to eat more? Sounds like it.

    Missed the point completely. Have a good day.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    Why are you spamming the forum with nonsense this morning? Bored?

    ETA: Caps lock. It's too early to be yelling.
    Not nonsense.........mind you, the caps are irritating.

    2nd post of the morning, guaranteed to stir the pot. That's why I said nonsense.
    Are you saying to lose weight people need to eat more? Sounds like it.

    Missed the point completely. Have a good day.
    I agree, you did for sure.:smile:
  • Samstan101
    Samstan101 Posts: 699 Member
    Worked for me. Was eating 1300 cals, lost a decent amount then plateaued. Did some reading around, realised I was eating way under my BMR. Calculated my TDEE and upped my cals to be TDEE - 20% and weight started coming off again. Almost 100lbs in 12 months, not hungry, running 20miles a week, lifting weights twice a week and now have healthy sustainable diet, losing 1-1.5lbs a week on average. Eating more definitely worked for me.

    (Caveat to that is I'm a data freak that measures, counts, times & tracks everything so had a known baseline to work from for both diet & exercise. However, in SOME cases eating more is definitely the answer, especially if they've just used MFP's default settings).
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    Eating more was the answer for me. Not "starvation mode" or anything like that. I never could consistently hit MFP's 1380 calorie per week default. My days were all over the place. Sometimes I'll make my goal, sometimes I'd be way higher. Very discouraging, didn't see any consistent downward trend in my weight. Lowered goal to 1/2 lb after doing some reading here. I'm hitting that target like a champ. Every month the weight goes down 1.5 to over 2 lbs. I'm eating more and being successful. Not to mention, fast forward a few months after upping my cals and I've been motivated and learned enough to probably hit the 1 lb per week goal. Still at 1/2 lb for now though :smile:

    Hahah. Just realized one of my statements couldn't possibly be true. I mean I'd have to be eating less overall to be losing weight , but my goal is set higher :)
  • ColeCake292012
    ColeCake292012 Posts: 247 Member
    I can only imagine what thread #3 will say...in ALL CAPS, of course.
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  • GardenOfSongs
    GardenOfSongs Posts: 37 Member
    "If you up your calories, you'll see pounds drop off!"


    nope. fairy tale

    I upped my calories from 1200 to 1480 and quickly got out of my plateau, have continued losing ever since!
  • Zomoniac
    Zomoniac Posts: 1,169 Member
    "If you up your calories, you'll see pounds drop off!"


    nope. fairy tale

    You should try running, I heard that helps them fall off...
  • ColeCake292012
    ColeCake292012 Posts: 247 Member
    "If you up your calories, you'll see pounds drop off!"


    nope. fairy tale

    You should try running, I heard that helps them fall off...

    :laugh: HEHE
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    lol..I will engage..for the hell of it..

    if you have metabolic adaptation from chronic underrating, then yes, you can eat more and start losing weight because your metabolism will come back to normal levels…

    For the rest of us, eating more to lose will not work.
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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    "If you up your calories, you'll see pounds drop off!"


    nope. fairy tale

    AMEN! So many people:
    "Im not loosing weight, I eat 1200 a day ....."
    "Oh yes you're not eating enough, up to 1600 and it'll fall off"

    Bull S***!


    Also the 'starvation mode' myth really gets me.

    starvation mode as used on MFP boards = myth

    starvation mode in relation to people that were in concentration camps or starving people in third world countries = very real.

    Also, if 1200 is below your BMR and you damaged your metabolism and increased to 1600, you may lose weight because 1600 will correct metabolism and is said persons real deficit….< this is only for SOME people.
  • Supadoopafly
    Supadoopafly Posts: 248 Member
    lol..I will engage..for the hell of it..

    if you have metabolic adaptation from chronic underrating, then yes, you can eat more and start losing weight because your metabolism will come back to normal levels…

    For the rest of us, eating more to lose will not work.

    please explain more.
  • FlexinHenrique94
    FlexinHenrique94 Posts: 48
    It worked for me as well. I'm not saying everyone should do it, we're all special. But I heard that your body will grab on to fat as a defense mechanism if you don't eat properly.
  • Sovi_
    Sovi_ Posts: 575 Member
    MEH
  • lauren3101
    lauren3101 Posts: 1,853 Member
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  • mrshoneydew
    mrshoneydew Posts: 253
    Eating more calories does not work for me, but I know it does work for other people. The problem is, you get people who don't understand that it doesn't work for everyone.
    Our metabolisms and bodies are all varied. My daily calorie goal is set to 1,250. When I exercise, I exercise every few days and burn about 250-300 during my average work out. Then I try to eat back a good portion of those calories. For my lifestyle, this works well.
    When weight loss started to slow down for me, people said "Eat more! You don't eat enough". So I tried this......and I gained weight.
    The problem is, I probably ate about 1,500 cals a day on average when I was heavier. I gain weight pretty easily.
    After years of going up and down in weight and then finally getting things in control, I've learned a lot with how my body works and reacts to things. So please, don't tell me to eat more. I've got this.
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
    "If you up your calories, you'll see pounds drop off!"


    nope. fairy tale

    You should try running, I heard that helps them fall off...


    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this
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