Women who eat more than 1800 calories a day !!!!

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  • rainbowxelephant
    rainbowxelephant Posts: 71 Member
    *** HELP *** FEELING FRUSTRATED!!

    General question for MFP fam.... If you're trying to loose weight, would you stick to just cardio in the beginning? Or, would you do a combination of cardio/ strength training? I haven't really noticed a change in the scale. Going on the 2nd week with no changes..... Calorie defecit every day. I've been doing cardio & strength training. Not sure if I should stop the weights..... I really enjoy it. Makes me feel "stronger".

    Should I be eating closer to my calorie goal? I would think that this would defeat the purpose of loosing weight......

    Yes, I've lost some inches..... But I want to drop some lbs too!!

    Any suggestions? 0_o

    If you don't eat enough calories, your body will hang onto fat and fluids. Building muscle is the best way to lose fat. Weight and strength training, and don't be afraid to lift fairly heavy ( so you max out at 8-10 reps ) BUT you HAVE to EAT!!!! You won't see results by severely restricting your calories. Quite the opposite. But give it at least four weeks before you say you "aren't seeing results", it takes time to change your body composition

    And you say you've lost inches, if that's the case who cares what the scale says? That's just your relation to the earth based on the gravitational pull anyways.
  • ddconney7
    ddconney7 Posts: 18 Member
    Read this later
  • steff274
    steff274 Posts: 227 Member
    Hey I am maintaining I eat on average 2500 calories a day am 5ft 2 and currently 104 pounds ;)
  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 4,757 Member
    Bump to find later.
  • ManiacalLaugh
    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
    edited June 2015
    Silly double-posts. I really am off my forum game today.
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    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
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  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    I am 5'2. At 1800 calories a day i lost inches and lose at a rate of .5lb/week.
  • Serena272
    Serena272 Posts: 53 Member
    Hi any idea how many I should eat,I am 44yrs old,I excersise and hour and half Monday to Friday cardio and weights,sat and sun are active but just walking,I am 10.5 at min any input would be great sx
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I'm 5'4". In maintenance at 130-133 lbs. I'm aiming for 1900 calories per day, which could be slightly over maintenance based on data but I'm trying anyway. This is with a lightly active lifestyle, no cardio, and heavy lifting 4x per week.

    I'm considering doing a LITTLE cardio, but don't think it will change my maintenance much. So maybe not.

    I work on a weekly calorie goal so you'll see anything from 1600-3000 calories in a day in my diary.
  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    I am 5'2". In the last 70 days ( I started 70 days ago) I have lost 22 pounds eating around 1800 calories a day.
  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    I am 5'2". In the last 70 days ( I started 70 days ago) I have lost 22 pounds eating around 1800 calories a day. I went from 188 to 165.5lbs on lightly active.

    Actually I'm 5'1.5" :p
  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    I am 5'2". In the last 70 days ( I started 70 days ago) I have lost 22 pounds eating around 1800 calories a day. I went from 188 to 165.5lbs on lightly active.

    Actually I'm 5'1.5" :p
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Serena272 wrote: »
    Hi any idea how many I should eat,I am 44yrs old,I excersise and hour and half Monday to Friday cardio and weights,sat and sun are active but just walking,I am 10.5 at min any input would be great sx

    When you put your height, weight, and goals into http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided what does it tell you? Tip - 2 pounds per week is too aggressive for a lot of people unless they have a whole lot of weight to lose.

    (I list my activity level as Sedentary and log my exercise. I don't eat back all my exercise calories.)
  • LolaKarwowski
    LolaKarwowski Posts: 217 Member
    This is my favorite thread of all time.
  • lovematthewchristopher
    lovematthewchristopher Posts: 147 Member
    I used to eat less, but always felt like i was starving myself. I now eat between 1800-2000, and i have lost a total of 73 pounds.I also have much more energy!
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    This is a great thread. I'm tall, very active and maintaining. I can lose/maintain on a lot of calories. Usually between 2300-3000. I stay on the lower end during the week and the higher end over the weekend typically.

    When I was losing I stayed between 1900 - 2400 calories. I lost 80 lbs at a slower, comfortable pace and I never dropped my calories too low. For a short time I did go a little below my caloric needs to see if I could speed up my weight loss. I was miserable and quickly went bad to eating more.

    For exercise I speed walk daily for 3 - 5 miles, lift weights 4 days a week, and also I do calisthenics and exercise videos.

    This is something definitely that is maintainable and I haven't had problems dropping my calories when I was unable to be as active.

    Don't be scared to eat a little more ladies (just as long as you are staying within your range). :)
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    rainbowxelephant wrote: »
    *** HELP *** FEELING FRUSTRATED!!

    General question for MFP fam.... If you're trying to loose weight, would you stick to just cardio in the beginning? Or, would you do a combination of cardio/ strength training? I haven't really noticed a change in the scale. Going on the 2nd week with no changes..... Calorie defecit every day. I've been doing cardio & strength training. Not sure if I should stop the weights..... I really enjoy it. Makes me feel "stronger".

    Should I be eating closer to my calorie goal? I would think that this would defeat the purpose of loosing weight......

    Yes, I've lost some inches..... But I want to drop some lbs too!!

    Any suggestions? 0_o

    If you don't eat enough calories, your body will hang onto fat and fluids. Building muscle is the best way to lose fat. Weight and strength training, and don't be afraid to lift fairly heavy ( so you max out at 8-10 reps ) BUT you HAVE to EAT!!!! You won't see results by severely restricting your calories. Quite the opposite. But give it at least four weeks before you say you "aren't seeing results", it takes time to change your body composition

    And you say you've lost inches, if that's the case who cares what the scale says? That's just your relation to the earth based on the gravitational pull anyways.

    Your body cannot and will not "hang onto fat and fluids." Also, 8-10 reps is "fairly heavy" according to what? The user you're responding to is saying that she's "going on the 2nd week with no changes." That's not long enough to start changing her program. If she's not losing weight for 4-6 weeks of keeping a deficit, it's likely she's eating more than she realizes and should invest in food scale to tighten up her logging.
  • mrswattsfresh
    mrswattsfresh Posts: 5 Member
    I wasn't looking to lose a ton of weight, just my muffin top, and I lost 35 lbs in about 9-10 months eating 1800+ a day. I've never felt deprived, and I think this is a lifestyle I can permanently maintain. I do a lot of cardio and strength training at the gym. And I'm lighter, healthier and stronger now at 41 than I was at 21.
  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 4,757 Member
    Bumping this thread is good stuff, newbies should be able to see it.
  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    I lost about 50 lbs eating 1800-2300/day. (Started about 100-110 lbs overweight). I stalled out when I couldn't be as active due to a sprained ankle, and I tried to cut my calories lower but didn't stick to it. I'm just now refocusing on generating a big deficit while eating 1800+ per day. My goal daily burn is 2800 kcals, which I accomplish mainly by throwing in steps throughout the day and some exercise daily (e.g., 20 minutes intervals or 20 min weight training, or dancing)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited December 2015
    Oh wow this was bumped. I saw my last post on this page was in June. I was trying to make 1900 my maintenance. Laughable. I'm now eating 2000 calories, but I'm gaining weight (on purpose-clean bulking). It's pretty pathetic to be gaining on 2000.
  • CarolineHayden
    CarolineHayden Posts: 15 Member
    This is thread is why I need to constantly remind myself that eating less won't make me lose weight any faster. I struggle with this all of the time, when what I really need to do is stop eating too many processed foods and make more time for physical activity. Eating enough calories fuels your body for crushing workouts, and prevents binge eating later. Thank you for this reminder!
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    I'm at 1930 calories while losing. 5'9", currently 179.8 lbs. Here's my progress so far:

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  • DanielleMontross
    DanielleMontross Posts: 3 Member
    Eating 2410 net a day and losing about a pound a week. Ridiculously easy to do. I kept trying to cut to 1200, 1400, etc but now I realize that if I take it really slow I can maintain this for more than a week.
  • jademarriott94
    jademarriott94 Posts: 25 Member
    I eat anywhere from 1600-2600. (Preferably try and stay below 2000) but depending on how much exercise and if I want a treat it will be 2600.

    I've been there with the whole starving thing and eating under 1000 ect. I got so tiny, lack of energy, mood swings, unhealthy relationship with food and with my own body.

    Now I am 9 st 11lbs and working on getting down to 9st 5lbs. I have been much lighter before and piled on the pounds back to 11st. LESSON LEARNT.

    Realistically are you wanting to go your whole life starving and unhappy? That's what I figured out. Why would I want to not be able to have that bar of chocolate as a treat because I loveeee chocolate.

    I look healthier and am fitter now, just have a few extra pounds to go (for my own piece of mind) and am still losing weight slowly for the amount of eating o am doing compared to the last time I tried to lose weight!

    Keep going and good luck X
  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
    I'm 5'4.5 Right now maintaining at about 2100 calories on non exercise days, on exercise days I eat back all my calories....but I do tend to underestimate calories burned. I'm also nursing a little bit, so there's that too.
  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 4,757 Member
    This needs a bump up. BUMP
  • Shrinking_Erin
    Shrinking_Erin Posts: 125 Member
    5'10 and currently 270 .. I'm around 1800 (sometimes more if I have a long walk) and have lost over 75 pounds. I was close to 350. I don't exercise regularly. Here is a recent side by side. y42u1qgkpmoh.jpeg
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    I started (again) at the end of December at 199. I ate 2000 cals plus exercise cals until I hit 185. In February. Now I am at 1850 plus some exercise cals. I checked in at 174.8 last week, but I won't be dropping my calories again unless I hit a major stall. I have lost several inches overall. I was just staying in my calorie goal and doing cardio until last month, now I've started lifting again as well.

    I lost from 231-145 a few years ago, but I starved myself at 1350 and clearly it was not sustainable for me. This time I'm meeting my goals and staying there.
  • Ellen8189
    Ellen8189 Posts: 1 Member
    tabinmaine wrote: »
    I would love to hear from women who eat 1800 calories or more a day, know your story and how much weight loss you have had. Pics would be awesome. I have just upped my calorie intake , done starving myself !!

    Would love some encouragement or pics of your progress ..... show us how eating your calories work !! :smile:

    I've never posted before but I was so excited to see this thread I had to hahaha. The idea of eating 1300 calories/day every single day makes me want to die.

    I lost 26 lbs at 1800/day (went over pretty frequently honestly). That took from August 1 to thanksgiving weekend of 2015. Been maintaining since, bouncing around my calorie goal from 2200-2800/day to see what works. Currently at 2500/day and I think I might be losing super slow at this level - I will up my intake if that's the case.

    For reference, I'm 26, 5'9", 130. Super active.

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