Increasing calories to lose weight

Sophian789
Sophian789 Posts: 1
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi,

I'm new to this but would really appreciate any advice anyone can give me.

2 weeks ago I stupidly reduced my calorie intake to 900 a day and lost 4lb. I realise now how unhealthy it is and want to increase it back to 1200-1300, my question is will I gain weight initially until my metabolism gets back to normal and will it be harder for me to lose weight now I've upset my body? Also is 12-1300 calories enough? I don't want to up my intake very suddenly incase I gain the weight I lost healthily.

I currently weigh 141lb, work out about 3 times a week for 45 mins and have a very active job

Thank you
Sophia

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  • adopp062715
    adopp062715 Posts: 93 Member
    I would slowly up your intake. You will most likely gain weight to begin with. Don't fret because of it. But definitely up your intake.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    how old are you and what is your height? for a 5'6 female aged 25 at your weight the tdee exercising 3x/week is ~1950

    losing 1 lb a week puts you at 1500 ish calories/day

    you may gain water weight initially but you wont gain fat from increasing to a point that is still below maintenance

    2 weeks at 900 isnt ideal but itd be stretch to say you've done any metabolic damage
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    your metabolism isn't going to be affected much in 2 weeks...if you do increase calories and IF you do "gain" it's all water weight...
  • Jkn921
    Jkn921 Posts: 309 Member
    My calories were low ~1200 (maybe a bit lower at times) for months and when I upped my calories over 2 months, I gained quite a bit scale-wise but my appearance was exactly the same/less. I kept at it and I eventually lost the pounds I wanted to after a long time whilst eating more. Win-win :)

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