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englishmermaid
englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
edited November 16 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm REALLY tired all day after working out. I burn roughly 600 calories and my goal is 1500 calories which brings my net to only 900 calories.

Could this be why I'm so tired and not really losing any weight?

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  • englishmermaid
    englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
    I mean I feel a little smaller but I'm not losing much
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    What are you doing for exercise and how long are you doing it?
  • englishmermaid
    englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
    edited April 2015
    60 mins cardio at the gym and some weights for my arms 6 days a week
  • AndiJH
    AndiJH Posts: 84 Member
    Definitely. You need to eat back your exercise calories to meet your goal. MFP calculates that calorie goal based on your stats that you input, and your weight loss per week goal, not factoring in any exercise. You want to NET that number.
    900 calories a day is far too little. Make sure you eat back healthy things after your workout though (protein and nutrition-dense foods)!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    You should net to your GOAL...
  • kmsoucy457
    kmsoucy457 Posts: 237 Member
    Agreed. Eat a little more. Get enough sleep. Eat balanced macros, and In mircos watch your iron intake! If that is too low you can become anemic, which is common for female dieters.
  • englishmermaid
    englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
    Ok I figured, the 1500 was given from a fitness friend, not MFP, she's recommended I increase my net to 1200
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    englishmermaid wrote: »
    I'm REALLY tired all day after working out. I burn roughly 600 calories and my goal is 1500 calories which brings my net to only 900 calories.

    Could this be why I'm so tired and not really losing any weight?

    It could be why you are tired. Eating too little is not a reason you wouldn't lose weight.

    How long have you been at this?
  • englishmermaid
    englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
    Tiny I'm not lol, I'm 5'3" and 245 lbs
  • englishmermaid
    englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
    kmsoucy457 wrote: »
    Agreed. Eat a little more. Get enough sleep. Eat balanced macros, and In mircos watch your iron intake! If that is too low you can become anemic, which is common for female dieters.

    Macros?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    You're not eating enough
  • englishmermaid
    englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
    kmsoucy457 wrote: »
    Agreed. Eat a little more. Get enough sleep. Eat balanced macros, and In mircos watch your iron intake! If that is too low you can become anemic, which is common for female dieters.

    Macros?
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    englishmermaid wrote: »
    I'm REALLY tired all day after working out. I burn roughly 600 calories and my goal is 1500 calories which brings my net to only 900 calories.

    Could this be why I'm so tired and not really losing any weight?

    It could be why you are tired. Eating too little is not a reason you wouldn't lose weight.

    How long have you been at this?

    Been working out for a couple of weeks, calorie counting since March 11, lost 11lbs
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    englishmermaid wrote: »
    kmsoucy457 wrote: »
    Agreed. Eat a little more. Get enough sleep. Eat balanced macros, and In mircos watch your iron intake! If that is too low you can become anemic, which is common for female dieters.

    Macros?

    Carbs, fat, and protein
  • englishmermaid
    englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    englishmermaid wrote: »
    kmsoucy457 wrote: »
    Agreed. Eat a little more. Get enough sleep. Eat balanced macros, and In mircos watch your iron intake! If that is too low you can become anemic, which is common for female dieters.

    Macros?

    Carbs, fat, and protein

    Ok thank you, new at this lol
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    Try cutting back the exercise a bit, until you reach a point where it doesn't exhaust you for the rest of the day. Then you can ramp it back up as you build endurance.

    Plus what everyone says about food and macros.

    2 lb/week should really be the top of any weight loss range, Biggest Loser contestants notwithstanding. You're losing plenty.
  • englishmermaid
    englishmermaid Posts: 114 Member
    Yeah I mean I set my desired weightloss at 1.5lbs per week because I want to do this properly and keep it off, not drastically with a quick fix, I'm looking for long term success and lifestyle change. Perhaps I'll do 45 mins of cardio for the rest of the week any maybe some stretches on the Wii fit or something too, and eat a little more (wow I NEVER. In a billion years thought I'd ever have to say that lol)
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