Daily calorie intake too high? based it on TDEE.

hayls321go
hayls321go Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
i have been on mfp since January, got 16lb to lose, lost 5lb (yay) but weight loss has practically stopped!
i started at 1300cal (permenantly hungry) for the first 3 weeks when i lost the 5lb but then researched my TDEE which calc it at 1972cals. Then i deducted 20% to get to 1577cals which over the last 2 weeks is what i have averaged. but no weight loss.
I'm going to have to go back to 12-1300cals and be grumpy aren't i?

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    What are your stats?
  • hayls321go
    hayls321go Posts: 4 Member
    im 28, female, 11st7 and 5ft 4. usually go for an hour jog/walk 2-3times per week when able.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited February 2015
    hayls321go wrote: »
    im 28, female, 11st7 and 5ft 4. usually go for an hour jog/walk 2-3times per week when able.

    Do you have a desk job?

    Do you want to follow MFP which is excluding exercise and you add exercise calories on top or cut from TDEE ...they work out the same ...I prefer the MFP method because it makes me more active
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    I would say you should be netting around 1500-1600 to lose 0.5-1lb a week so give it time ...your body is just showing water weight from the increased calories, more sodium or even hormones
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    hayls321go wrote: »
    i have been on mfp since January, got 16lb to lose, lost 5lb (yay) but weight loss has practically stopped!
    i started at 1300cal (permenantly hungry) for the first 3 weeks when i lost the 5lb but then researched my TDEE which calc it at 1972cals. Then i deducted 20% to get to 1577cals which over the last 2 weeks is what i have averaged. but no weight loss.
    I'm going to have to go back to 12-1300cals and be grumpy aren't i?

    Or give it longer than 2 weeks
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    hayls321go wrote: »
    i have been on mfp since January, got 16lb to lose, lost 5lb (yay) but weight loss has practically stopped!
    i started at 1300cal (permenantly hungry) for the first 3 weeks when i lost the 5lb but then researched my TDEE which calc it at 1972cals. Then i deducted 20% to get to 1577cals which over the last 2 weeks is what i have averaged. but no weight loss.
    I'm going to have to go back to 12-1300cals and be grumpy aren't i?

    Or give it longer than 2 weeks

    This
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    When you switched to 1577 calories, did you log and eat back exercise calories on top of that? With the TDEE method, you don't do that, since you're taking your workouts into account already.

    Also, 1972-1577 is only a deficit of about 400 calories. That's about 0.8lbs/week. It's a small enough number that fluctuations due to water retention, hormones, sodium, time of month, etc. could offset it easily and you may not see it on the scale just yet.


  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    Definitely give it longer than 2 weeks. I doubt your allowance is too high.
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