AM i eating way too less

dandayatra
dandayatra Posts: 53
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
i just checked the weekly totals and it says i ate 7000 calories less than actuals.will this be a problem for me

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  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    What are your stats? I can't really say whether that's too little or too much without knowing how much weight you need to lose. What is your daily calorie goal?

    7,000 calories is a 2 lb/week deficit, which is large unless you have a lot of weight to lose.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    How can you eat "7000 calories less than actuals"???
    If you're actually eating it, then you've had those calories.

    Do you mean, "I've eaten 7000 calories under my goal this week"?
    No, that's probably not a problem. Being 1000 calories under maintenance every day means that you'll probably be losing 2 lb per week.
    With only 30 lb to go, that's a bit aggressive / optomistic, but could be possible.
    It would be better to change your goal to lose 0.5 - 1 lb per week, and try to eat within 100 cal of that amount every day. (Ignore exercise/net calories.)

    Here's a newbie help post with links to helpful info such as sexypants, setting reasonable goals (weight, calories, macros), accurate measuring & logging of food...
  • dandayatra
    dandayatra Posts: 53
    Need to lose 20 lbs in 5 months right now i am 215 lbs my calorie goal is 2660 per day
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote:
    I can't really say whether that's too little or too much without knowing how much weight you need to lose. What is your daily calorie goal?
    7,000 calories is a 2 lb/week deficit, which is large unless you have a lot of weight to lose.
    If you look at his profile, it says he wants to lose 30 lb.
    No way to know if that's reasonable, since we don't know anything about him currently.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    MKEgal wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote:
    I can't really say whether that's too little or too much without knowing how much weight you need to lose. What is your daily calorie goal?
    7,000 calories is a 2 lb/week deficit, which is large unless you have a lot of weight to lose.
    If you look at his profile, it says he wants to lose 30 lb.
    No way to know if that's reasonable, since we don't know anything about him currently.

    I agree, though I've noticed some people set smaller goals for themselves when they have a lot of weight to lose. If OP is only 30 lbs overweight, I'd definitely agree that 2 lbs/week is too agressive.
  • dandayatra
    dandayatra Posts: 53
    MKEgal wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote:
    I can't really say whether that's too little or too much without knowing how much weight you need to lose. What is your daily calorie goal?
    7,000 calories is a 2 lb/week deficit, which is large unless you have a lot of weight to lose.
    If you look at his profile, it says he wants to lose 30 lb.
    No way to know if that's reasonable, since we don't know anything about him currently.

    That is default i am updating it now
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    dandayatra wrote: »
    Need to lose 20 lbs in 5 months right now i am 215 lbs my calorie goal is 2660 per day

    I would definitely try and stick to 1 lb/week - it will be easier and more sustainable. One week won't hurt, but losing too rapidly can make the loss harder to maintain.
  • dandayatra
    dandayatra Posts: 53
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    dandayatra wrote: »
    Need to lose 20 lbs in 5 months right now i am 215 lbs my calorie goal is 2660 per day

    I would definitely try and stick to 1 lb/week - it will be easier and more sustainable. One week won't hurt, but losing too rapidly can make the loss harder to maintain.

    Yeah not eating well these days need to do something about that thx for the suggestion
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    edited February 2015
    In the goal-setting post which is linked in that newbie help post up there is a link to this calculator:
    https://www.bcm.edu/cnrc-apps/healthyeatingcalculator/eatingCal.html

    It takes into account age & height.
    It will tell you your BMI, plus how many calories you need to maintain a particular weight. (Put in your healthy goal weight, then either eat that much to get there, or cut 250 from that to lose a little faster.)
    You can tell it different activity levels to see how your calories would change.
    Then it tells you how many servings of the various food groups you should be eating.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote:
    I've noticed some people set smaller goals for themselves when they have a lot of weight to lose.
    I did that on paper, making a list of every 5 lb I'm going to lose, every time I drop 1 BMI number, every 10% of my starting weight I'm losing, when I go from obese to overweight to healthy.
    As I hit the goals, I write the date next to them.
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  • dandayatra
    dandayatra Posts: 53
    MrM27 wrote: »
    dandayatra wrote: »
    Need to lose 20 lbs in 5 months right now i am 215 lbs my calorie goal is 2660 per day

    Your goal is 2660 but how many calories are you actually eating per day?
    Why the specific time frame?

    1800 and i do cardio which shows 450 calories burned but i assume the calories burned to be 250
  • Quasita
    Quasita Posts: 1,530 Member
    Why would you establish a goal intake, if you're in turn going to cut from that? The point of having a goal is to reach it. So, if your TDEE goal per day is 2660, you need to hit that number. It's established to include your calorie burns for exercise. If you are cutting over 1k calories from your estimated adjusted TDEE, you'll be doing yourself a disservice in the long run.

    It's been studied and proven that VLCD and more moderate dietary cuts both generally come to the same weight loss conclusion, though VLCD people are far more likely to experience distress and rebound gains.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    Netting 1250 is eating too little.
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