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eat less calories.?
stefanie215
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I have been doing my Fitness Pal and my daily caloric intake is recommended to be at 1630 calories today I lost 4 pounds the first week and 2 pounds the second week and at times I feel like that's just too many calories per day should I cut down to maybe 1400 to see if that will expedite my weight loss? I just feel like every other diet I've ever been on basically the number was always around 1200 calories to lose weight. Thanks for your input. I try not to use my exercise calories for food.
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Hi Stefanie! Welcome! Have you read some of the announcements, the quickstart post for example? Also, there is also a website for this group which has a lot of information and resources: eatmore2weighless.com. This group recommends slow sustainable fat-loss. How do you feel on 1400-1600 calories a day? Do you feel like you could keep eating like that way for long enough to meet your weight loss goals?
I'm pretty new to this group. I started learning about it because I had been dieting and losing weight but was starting to lose energy and not wanting to workout. Being healthy and having energy for my life is super important to me. Also maintaining the weight I have lost long term.
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Definitley take time to read the FAQS and sticky posts at the top of this forum. Watch the videos and check out the website
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Hi, and welcome to the group! No, please do not decrease your calories even more. EM2WL is about eating at a reasonably small calorie deficit - no more than 15% which is at the most, 1 lb per week. You say MFP has your calories set at 1630 per day - did you set it to lose 2 pounds per week? If so, this is too large of a calorie deficit (if you want to follow EM2WL) and an even larger calorie deficit if you're not eating your exercise cals back - simply in the long run, it will not be realistic or sustainable for you to follow. You said you lost 4 lbs the first week and 2 lbs the 2nd week, but you want to decrease so that you loose even quicker than that? Losing this fast is simply not healthy. I think you probably should read around the forum and read all the announcement stickies to get a better understanding of what EM2WL is about - again, it's about a smaller calorie deficit. A smaller deficit allows you to eat more while still losing weight and in the long run, reduces the dreaded cycle of yo-yoing and plateauing that is caused by undereating. You can also look at the main website at www.em2wl.com for more info.
We normally suggest using this website to calculate your calorie needs, choosing no more than a 15% deficit.
http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/
If you want to let MFP figure your calories, set it for the correct activity level that you are and for no more than 1 lb loss per a week - then you eat back all of your exercise calories.
This will set you up to have much more success than trying to low-calorie diet only to give up a couple of weeks later due to hunger/fatigue. I hope this helps and good luck!0 -
1200 is considered bare bones minimum purely for safety for average diet to provide required nutrients for sedentary woman.
You sedentary?
You want to be average?
You want bare minimum?
View it like building codes used to be, purely for reasons of safety.
Not aesthetics, not performance, not longevity - just safety.
But do you want to look better, perform better, be healthy longer - then don't try to build up from bare bones bottom.
Start from top down.
You merely need to eat less than you burn to lose weight.
To much less and it includes muscle mass - say hello to yo-yo dieting.
Reasonably less and it can be just fat mass - say hello to a good relationship with food and your body.0
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