Calories

bigbeautifulwoman2003
bigbeautifulwoman2003 Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Mine is 1480 I am 21st 10 and 5 6

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  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    Sounds good. Stick to it. This place works.
    Get a food scale to make this place awesome.
    walmart, target, bbbeyond all have food scales. About $20.
    Don't give up !!!
  • 2blessed08
    2blessed08 Posts: 10 Member
    MFP allows me 1200 calories. I am 5'11 and 203 lbs. At first I was loosing weight pretty well. I have lost about 28lbs since January. My weight loss has slowed down now and I don't know what direction to go in. I eat clean, weigh my food,exercise at least 1 hour a day and drink a gallon of water daily. At first I didn't eat my exercise calories back but I almost passed out a couple of time during my workout. On average my goal is to burn 500 calories minimum for exercise. Does that mean I should eat 1700 calories a day? Eventually I am going to figure this out.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    2blessed08 wrote: »
    MFP allows me 1200 calories. I am 5'11 and 203 lbs. At first I was loosing weight pretty well. I have lost about 28lbs since January. My weight loss has slowed down now and I don't know what direction to go in. I eat clean, weigh my food,exercise at least 1 hour a day and drink a gallon of water daily. At first I didn't eat my exercise calories back but I almost passed out a couple of time during my workout. On average my goal is to burn 500 calories minimum for exercise. Does that mean I should eat 1700 calories a day? Eventually I am going to figure this out.

    One thing I noticed looking at your diary is that you are using measuring cups, not a food scale. My progress really sped up when I began weighing my food. It's possible that you are eating more than you think you are.
  • 2blessed08
    2blessed08 Posts: 10 Member
    I use a food scale too. I use both depending on what I am eating.
  • rosey35
    rosey35 Posts: 150 Member
    bigbeautifulwoman2003 wrote: »
    Mine is 1480 I am 21st 10 and 5 6


    At 21stone 10(314lbs) I'm sure mfp would have given you more to eat, when you're use to eating a lot going from a big amount of calories to what you are eating may cause you after a while to feel hungry and cause a binge, as you lose weight the calorie amount will go down anyway, so eat what mfp gives you trust the system and don't restrict too much good luck I your journey, using myself as an example I started off with over 2000 calories now I get 1290 for 1b loss.
  • BelleCakes2018
    BelleCakes2018 Posts: 568 Member
    I would be eating more at your weight too.. I was 15 stone 8 at my largest and I started at 1800 cals per day. I know if you type in a big loss per week on MFP they tend you give you lower calories as a goal.. but I would see a good 1-2lb loss per week on the higher amount..
  • bigbeautifulwoman2003
    bigbeautifulwoman2003 Posts: 2 Member
    Hi I have lost 10Ibs so far I have cut out chocolate, biscuits and cakes. I used to eat a lot of sweets etc also exercise 10 minutes a day building up. I don't feel hungry x

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