Dr. OZ Detox

I'm just going to drop this off again....

Your TDEE just sitting in an office chair all day is ~1800. Throw in exercise it's over 2K.

If you're only eating 1200 calories, gross, you're probably running 600-900 deficit, if not more.

That's fine and as we go along and get more fit we have to change our goals to match


Why would MFP tell me that's what I need?

MFP gave you your base calorie needed using the info you input - AND when you set up your goals, you did them wrong. You aren't sedentary, you do not sit on a couch all day doing absolutely nothing. And you probably said you want to lose 2lbs per week, which only an obese person should enter.

Change your goals to more realistic goals:
lightly active
lose 1 pound per week
and eat back 50% your exercise calories (at least)

My BMI did come back as obese, so yes I did want to lose 2 pounds per week.

@ 5'3" 157# - your BMI is 27.8 overweight - not obese - and BMI calculators are basically crap.

I'm not trying to be mean - just giving you some very helpful info.

When I STARTED, my BMI was at obese.

You need to change your goals as you get closer to goal weight

I'm just going to drop this off again....

Your TDEE just sitting in an office chair all day is ~1800. Throw in exercise it's over 2K.

If you're only eating 1200 calories, gross, you're probably running 600-900 deficit, if not more.

That's fine and as we go along and get more fit we have to change our goals to match


Why would MFP tell me that's what I need?

MFP gave you your base calorie needed using the info you input - AND when you set up your goals, you did them wrong. You aren't sedentary, you do not sit on a couch all day doing absolutely nothing. And you probably said you want to lose 2lbs per week, which only an obese person should enter.

Change your goals to more realistic goals:
lightly active
lose 1 pound per week
and eat back 50% your exercise calories (at least)

My BMI did come back as obese, so yes I did want to lose 2 pounds per week.

@ 5'3" 157# - your BMI is 27.8 overweight - not obese - and BMI calculators are basically crap.

I'm not trying to be mean - just giving you some very helpful info.

When I STARTED, my BMI was at obese.

You need to change your goals as you get closer to goal weight

Pfffft. Logic. :happy:

It could be that for the first 3 months your body had enough energy stores to make up for the deficit. Now that its used it up, it needs more calories. Im eating 1800-1900 calories a day and generally eat back at least some of my exercise calories and Im losing 1-2 lbs per week. Im fairly inactive (a lot more inactive than one would expect a mom of 4 to be :blushing: )

This works well for me, some days Im hungry, but trust me, if I go below 1700 cals a day Im utterly useless.... you were going to try a 3 day detox... if you're willing to try one random idea why not try another... for 1 month bump up your calories... even to 1600 and see how it goes

(5'7 sw 210 cw 191 110 days)

Because bumping up my calories scares the crap out of me! Like I said I'm doing well with my weight loss and I'm happy with it. :ohwell:
Just don't want to mess it up.

Fine...but in another month when you stall because it is time to reduce the calories your body needs have fun getting the last 10-15 pounds off at 900 calories a day... just saying.

It makes more sense to lose weight at the highest calorie intake possible and reduce from there not the lowest possible with nowhere else to go.

It could be that for the first 3 months your body had enough energy stores to make up for the deficit. Now that its used it up, it needs more calories. Im eating 1800-1900 calories a day and generally eat back at least some of my exercise calories and Im losing 1-2 lbs per week. Im fairly inactive (a lot more inactive than one would expect a mom of 4 to be :blushing: )

This works well for me, some days Im hungry, but trust me, if I go below 1700 cals a day Im utterly useless.... you were going to try a 3 day detox... if you're willing to try one random idea why not try another... for 1 month bump up your calories... even to 1600 and see how it goes

(5'7 sw 210 cw 191 110 days)

Because bumping up my calories scares the crap out of me! Like I said I'm doing well with my weight loss and I'm happy with it. :ohwell:
Just don't want to mess it up.

Of course you can read the advice here and make your own decisions about your diet. No one here can force you to eat more. But increasing your calories by a little bit now will help you to transition into maintenance later, will help to preserve your lean muscle mass and bone density, will help you to fit enough vitamins and nutrients into your day in case you are deficient in something, will help to fuel your gym performance and increase your stamina so that you can burn more calories, and you get more tasty food.

It could be that for the first 3 months your body had enough energy stores to make up for the deficit. Now that its used it up, it needs more calories. Im eating 1800-1900 calories a day and generally eat back at least some of my exercise calories and Im losing 1-2 lbs per week. Im fairly inactive (a lot more inactive than one would expect a mom of 4 to be :blushing: )

This works well for me, some days Im hungry, but trust me, if I go below 1700 cals a day Im utterly useless.... you were going to try a 3 day detox... if you're willing to try one random idea why not try another... for 1 month bump up your calories... even to 1600 and see how it goes

(5'7 sw 210 cw 191 110 days)

Because bumping up my calories scares the crap out of me! Like I said I'm doing well with my weight loss and I'm happy with it. :ohwell:
Just don't want to mess it up.

Of course you can read the advice here and make your own decisions about your diet. No one here can force you to eat more. But increasing your calories by a little bit now will help you to transition into maintenance later, will help to preserve your lean muscle mass and bone density, will help you to fit enough vitamins and nutrients into your day in case you are deficient in something, will help to fuel your gym performance and increase your stamina so that you can burn more calories, and you get more tasty food.

Again with the logic! Pffft.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned you opening your diary, yet. There are a lot of very experienced MFP's who can critique your food diary, and give you some pretty accurate info, about what and how much you're eating. Opening your food diary would be a big help to people trying to help you.

That said... are you eating back your exercise calories, or eating 1200 and exercising without eating back exercise calories?

If your MFP goal is set to 2 lbs a week, that's a 1,000 calorie a day deficit. Which for the relatively small amount of weight you want to lose, is huge. That said, since you are losing about 1 lb per week, you MAY actually be netting a pretty reasonable amount of calories. If you're eating more than you think.

Here's two more links to go with the sexypants link.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think?hl=probably+eating+more+than+you+think

The fact that you are open to suggestion makes this a very pleasant thread.



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@ 5'3" 157# - your BMI is 27.8 overweight - not obese - and BMI calculators are basically crap.

I'm not trying to be mean - just giving you some very helpful info.

Oh, there we go. Someone went back to the beginning of the thread....Yeah, OP, you are NOT obese, just a little overweight, and not at all "dangerously" so. With your current stats and lifestyle, it's no wonder you are tired on 1200 calories. When I started MFP, it wanted me on 1200, but I immediately increased it to 1500, then a few days later increased it to 1700, then 1900, and now I'm maintaining on 2500 calories. When I go to cut again, I will drop it to 2100.