Raising from 1,200. How much & how quickly?

lemonsurprise
lemonsurprise Posts: 255 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Im starting at 1200 a day as I have a lot of weight to loose. Around 90lb, well about 75 now, but as I get closer to my goal weight I'm going to want to increase my calories. How quickly should I do this? Should it be about 200 calories at a time?

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  • lemonsurprise
    lemonsurprise Posts: 255 Member
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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    I think the prevailing wisdom is you set MFP to different rates of loss dependent on how much you have to lose - so you'd be moving from 2lb a week to 1.5 to 1 to 0.5 then increasing around 100 a day until you hit maintenance
  • logg1e
    logg1e Posts: 1,208 Member
    Hi, you will get lots of advice letting you know that with your current goal you could easily eat more calories at this point. How many pounds per week have you been losing?

    Just for your information, I had 26ish pounds to lose, ate 1200 calories per day (before exercise) and lost a steady 2lb per week. I am now upping by 100 calories per day per week (e.g. last week was 1300, this week is 1400 per day). HTH.
  • epadmeister
    epadmeister Posts: 102 Member
    I started upping mine around 100 / 150 calories each week :smile:
  • logg1e
    logg1e Posts: 1,208 Member
    Wow epadmeister, your photo led me to take a brief look at your profile. Your story is inspiring, congratulations on all of your successes.
  • Cryptonomnomicon
    Cryptonomnomicon Posts: 848 Member
    If you are getting the correct amount of protein and fats (link provided below) I would add 20 carbs=80cals a week till you hit the magic number.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

    A cut 'n' pasta guide from the link for weight loss...

    General recommendations for weekly weight loss goals should be based on a number of factors, the main one of which is how much weight you have to lose. The more weight that you have to lose the less severe the negative impact of being at a calorie deficit will have generally (see below for examples).

    As a rule of thumb, the following weekly targets would give a balance between minimizing these negative side effects and seeing a reasonable weekly weight loss:
    More than 75 lbs: 2 lbs/week
    40-75 lbs: 1.5 lbs/week
    10-40 lbs: 1 lb/week
    Less than 10 lbs: 0.5 lb/week

    Obviously, the deficit that is right for you will depend on your personal circumstances and how well you deal with the deficit. For example, for someone who is morbidly obese, the health benefits of getting the weight off quickly will often outweigh the possible negative impact and, as such, a higher than 2 lb a week deficit may well be appropriate.

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