FEWER CALORIES?!! What The Heck?

:flowerforyou: Congrats to your goal!! This happened to me after I lost my first 10 pounds. Not sure if it will be every 10 pounds or maybe the break that part of it up. The weight I want to get for my body size eats roughly. I had read several sights and talked with my doctor regarding calories and he explained to me, that if I keep eating the same amount of calories I have always eaten plus my exercise calories It will be painfully hard to lose weight. Say you want to be 120 pounds and a person of that size to maintain weight should eat 1300 calories day (not including work out calories) then you should gradually work yourself down to eating like a person of 120 pounds. Does that make sense? Changing the way we take in food and exercise regularly will keep our metabolisms on track.

I was bummed to see my calorie intake drop 70 calories day. But that's like a half of cup of juice or a serving of cereal I eat. I laughed a sad laugh. But After a few days of adjusting things have become normal again! :flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: Congrats to your goal!! This happened to me after I lost my first 10 pounds. Not sure if it will be every 10 pounds or maybe the break that part of it up. The weight I want to get for my body size eats roughly. I had read several sights and talked with my doctor regarding calories and he explained to me, that if I keep eating the same amount of calories I have always eaten plus my exercise calories It will be painfully hard to lose weight. Say you want to be 120 pounds and a person of that size to maintain weight should eat 1300 calories day (not including work out calories) then you should gradually work yourself down to eating like a person of 120 pounds. Does that make sense? Changing the way we take in food and exercise regularly will keep our metabolisms on track.

I was bummed to see my calorie intake drop 70 calories day. But that's like a half of cup of juice or a serving of cereal I eat. I laughed a sad laugh. But After a few days of adjusting things have become normal again! :flowerforyou:

HAHAHA It's still to early, apparently I can't spell and I guess that means I should re-read before posting. lol.. what a great laugh. Sorry about that!

I get that the less I weigh the fewer calories I need, it just isn't a lot of incentive - But in reality, I only lost like a glass of milk or something. So yea for me for needing fewer calories!!

But do you really WANT food to be an incentive? It's a weird thing thing the numbers drop on our daily calorie alotment...I see them dropping all the time, now i"m used to it...sorta. lol It's not like I want them back as it means I'm not in need of them anymore.

Have you set mini-goals for yourself along the way? Some members set goals for each 10 lbs., money put aside for nail polish for our nail polish junkie (Pistol Chickie:smooched: ), other do the shoes, the belt, get their nails down when they go down to a certain goal.

Take a look when you're poking around and see what some have on their profiles on goals...it's fun to see what others have set when they get to a certain point.

One thing I've read and have to agree with...is NEVER NEVER reward yourself with food when you set your goals. I mean a treat or something at the end of the evening or each week, or a special dinner for your birthday is perfectly fine .....I think you know what I mean. :happy:

It makes perfect sense too.....in the past that's what many of us have done, rewarded ourselves with food, for being sad, mad, confused, happy, depressed.....and on it goes.

Now we have learned a new way of approaching food....having a healthier relationship with it...it's a great feeling to move past all that and find other ways to reward our hard work!:drinker: :flowerforyou:

Just a twenty minute walk....and you've got your 100 calories back to eat!:drinker: