Eating more calories?
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missylectro
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I apparently have a low metabolism which prevents me from losing weight from eating around 1700 calories a day, which is below my calculated TDEE and therefore I should be losing... I'm considering lowering my calories (again) to 1200 which is where I lost the most weight when I did. Problem is (according to my friend) that what if I eat at 1200 and am not losing? She claims that you need to eat more calories than 1200 in order to lose... But what if my metabolism is crap?
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Everyone is going to say the same thing: Are you weighing all of your food? Logging it all? Etc.
Let's say you really are, there are lots of numbers between 1200 and 1700 to mess around with.
People on here don't usually recommend 1200. I did it for a little kick in the *kitten*. I lost weight, but I put it back up slowly and continued to lose.0 -
Why drop 500 calories? Why not lower by 100 calories, give it a couple weeks, and if that shows no change, lower by another 100. Weight loss takes time. If you want specific advice give age, weight, height, how much you want to lose, if you weigh your food with a digital scale, and open your diary.0
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Definitely do 1200 if you can, especially if 1700 isn't working for you. Stay above 1000 net cories imo0
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I see from your profile you only have 7 lbs to lose. It will go VERY slowly now. Large deficits will do more harm then good.0
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How long has it been since you last lost weight?0
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The small amount you have to lose makes it all more imperative that you tighten your logging belt.0
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My diary is open.
Last time I lost weight was two weeks ago but I'm beginning to think it was just water cuz I quickly gained it back. Before that... I don't remember... more than 6 months
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Also I'm weighing and measuring everything0
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hmmm, diary looks alright. What's your TDEE? Maybe try 1500 calories or so. I don't think it's blasphemous to eat at 1200 for a short period of time, but I find lots of people on here disagree.0
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arditarose wrote: »hmmm, diary looks alright. What's your TDEE? Maybe try 1500 calories or so. I don't think it's blasphemous to eat at 1200 for a short period of time, but I find lots of people on here disagree.
My TDEE should be anywhere between 2000-2500... Different calculators give different TDEE.. I calculated it once based on my logging and I think it was 2200... But if that was my TDEE I should be losing at 1700 calories...
Thank you. I think I can eat a lot of food and it would be around 1200... I eat very clean usually.0 -
how long have you been dieting/cutting for? how long did you previously eat at 1200 calories? what does your work out regimen consist of?0
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how long have you been dieting/cutting for? how long did you previously eat at 1200 calories? what does your work out regimen consist of?
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is 1700 a 500 per day deficit for you?
My suggestions would be to eat at 1950 for a while and see how your body responds..with dieting for over a year you may have metabolic adaptation …
sure, you can keep cutting lower and lower, but eventually your work outs are going to suffer and you are going to be starving all the time….0 -
is 1700 a 500 per day deficit for you?
My suggestions would be to eat at 1950 for a while and see how your body responds..with dieting for over a year you may have metabolic adaptation …
sure, you can keep cutting lower and lower, but eventually your work outs are going to suffer and you are going to be starving all the time….
Something like that, sometimes a 300 calorie deficit or lower... What's "a while"?0 -
missylectro wrote: »is 1700 a 500 per day deficit for you?
My suggestions would be to eat at 1950 for a while and see how your body responds..with dieting for over a year you may have metabolic adaptation …
sure, you can keep cutting lower and lower, but eventually your work outs are going to suffer and you are going to be starving all the time….
Something like that, sometimes a 300 calorie deficit or lower... What's "a while"?
two weeks …and then re-assess...0 -
I see from your profile you only have 7 lbs to lose. It will go VERY slowly now. Large deficits will do more harm then good.
^^^the last 15 are the hardest to get off. I'm about to lower my calories again too to jump start things again but I refuse to go to 1200 again. It was five when I had to lose 70 pounds but I only have fifteen to go. Well, 4.8 to my original goal which is the high end of my healthy weight. I'll reassess after that goal is met.0
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