Calories: more or less?

rachelrayy22 · September 2015

Hello! I have been on myfitness pal for quite some time now. I have lost and gained and what not, the usual. However, I have been doing more research recently regarding eating more calories. If you would like to share, I'd really appreciate any advice or experience from women who have lost weight eating around 1800-1900 calories per day and exercising/building lean muscle, etc. I do a lot of strength training and a lot of high intensity interval training. I just can't bring my mind to accept that I can eat more calories than 1200-1400 and still lose weight, but I am pretty sure I need to eat more to gain muscle. Thoughts please?

IsaackGMOON · September 2015

Probably aren't building muscle at 1800-1900 calories.

You'll gain muscle in a surplus.

Gaining muscle in a deficit is pretty hard, especially for a woman... the amounts aren't significant.

You can eat more than 1200 calories and lose weight, but that depends on your TDEE.

rachelrayy22 · September 2015

Can you explain what you mean when you say a surplus and tdee?
Thanks so much!

IsaackGMOON · September 2015

rachelrayy22 wrote: »

Can you explain what you mean when you say a surplus and tdee?
Thanks so much!

Here read all of this; https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177910/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads#latest

Calories: more or less?

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