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Should I up my calories to start losing again?

anditshannahnotreally
anditshannahnotreally Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
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  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    At 5'5" and 115 you are at a healthy weight. Why are you still trying so aggressively to lose weight? The increase is likely just water weight.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    At 115 pounds you're near the bottom of a healthy BMI. If you aren't happy with your body, maybe a recomp would be a better option?
  • cs2thecox
    cs2thecox Posts: 533 Member
    Your BMI is already getting pretty low given your height... what's driving the desire to lose more weight, or what's the end goal?!
    Are you chasing a number, or are you aiming to look a certain way?
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,158 Member
    2nd vote for re-comp and would put money on inaccurate logging if you're not losing eating 1200 calories and burning 400-600 calories per day.
  • anditshannahnotreally
    anditshannahnotreally Posts: 5 Member
    I find a lot of your comments to be very aggressive. I am eating 1200 calories and I am going on 4 30 minute walks every day. According to my Fitbit Blaze each 30 minute walk burns 155 (162) calories. Just depends on how many walks I take. I am asking if I should up my calories to start losing weight again, thank you.
  • MalkinMagic71
    MalkinMagic71 Posts: 1,433 Member
    The answer to lose weight is never eating more.

    That being said you got good advice. You are at a healthy weight. Doing a recomp or toning would be the way to go at this point.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,158 Member
    Upping calorie intake is never the answer to losing weight. If you are not losing weight 99% of the time that is down to inaccurate logging of your calories in, your calories out or combination of the two. When you are close to a healthy weight you have to be as accurate as possible because you have a smaller margin for error.

    Are you weighing your food?

    You are getting factual answers and requests for information in order to help give you advice, I don't see anyone being aggressive.
  • Maxematics
    Maxematics Posts: 2,287 Member
    edited July 2017
    anditshannahnotreally wrote: »
    I find a lot of your comments to be very aggressive. I am eating 1200 calories and I am going on 4 30 minute walks every day. According to my Fitbit Blaze each 30 minute walk burns 155 (162) calories. Just depends on how many walks I take. I am asking if I should up my calories to start losing weight again, thank you.

    Just keep in mind that every time you walk, that 155-162 calorie burn from Fitbit includes your BMR. It's your gross burn which is what you would burn for that time regardless of movement plus the extra calories you've burned from movement during that time. So you're not actually burning a total of 400 to 600 calories to eat back daily from the walks. That being said, if you're eating 400 to 600 calories back because you're logging this exercise in MFP instead of syncing your Fitbit, it could explain why you haven't lost weight within a month. However, a fluctuation of 2 to 3 pounds is completely normal. I can "gain" up to five pounds in water weight during ovulation and/or my menstrual cycle. On top of this, you're already at a healthy weight for your height so any losses require precision. If you're not using a food scale to weigh everything you eat, you could be eating far more than you think. Increasing your calories would not result in weight loss if you're already potentially eating at maintenance.
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    Answering your question is easy. No, increasing calories is not an effective strategy to increase weight loss. The better question, as raised by others, is why do feel the need to lose more weight. If the answer is aesthetics, more weight loss is likely not the answer. So, OP, why are you still trying to lose?
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