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I’m more hungry now???

Happygirl95148
Happygirl95148 Posts: 33 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
Hi I have been on this journey for 29 days now and I have lost 14 pounds. I was 200 and I’m 186 now. At the beginning I was doing 30 min of cardio every day on a 1200 calorie. Since 4 days ago I have been doing from an 1 hr to an 1 1/2 off cardio everyday and I notice I’m more hungry now it’s that normal?? I’m 5’4 36yrs

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Are you eating back some of your exercise calories? And you’re exercising periods are getting longer, of course you need more calories to fuel your workouts.
  • Happygirl95148
    Happygirl95148 Posts: 33 Member
    No I’m not I’m going to start eating some of them thanks
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    I'm 5'4, 161, 38 and relatively sedentary, and I'd be gnawing my own arm off. You've lost a lot of weight in a short time. Hunger right now is your body's way of telling you this isn't quite sustainable. Eat more.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Yep, fuel your workouts. Food gives you energy and this energy gives you a much better workout.

    1200 calories is pretty low and you are losing very fast. Hence you are hungry.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,654 Member
    You're losing a lb every 2 days, and you're not morbidly obese. That's way too aggressive. You need to eat back at least 50% of your exercise calories, and consider eating at a level where you lose no more than 2lb a week.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    edited February 2018
    Increased exercise by 30-60 mins, but kept calories the same? Yep that will definitely make a person hungry.

    Higher deficit = more likely to feel hungry

    So I ran your numbers through a TDEE calculator and came up with this:

    Sedentary, 186 lbs, 7 days a week 30 mins moderate cardio exercise ->1973 to maintain
    Sedentary, 186 lbs, 7 days a week avg 60 mins moderate cardio exercise -> 2198 to maintain
    Sedentary, 186 lbs, 7 days a week avg 75 mins moderate cardio exercise -> 2311 to maintain

    If I go by your loss, you have a 1680 deficit per day. That is almost double the recommended Max deficit of 1000 per day set by the National Institute of Health. It also means you maintain around 2880 a day before you increased your exercise which suggests you are not a Sedentary individual and 1200 calories is way too low for you.

    If you are eating 1200 a day you have increased your deficit by 225 to 338 a day. Faster isn't always better. To large of a deficit can lead to fatigue, headaches, decreased intensity in workouts, and possibly even lead to a binge.


  • Happygirl95148
    Happygirl95148 Posts: 33 Member
    Thanks so much everyone it’s so helpful
  • DebLaBounty
    DebLaBounty Posts: 1,169 Member
    Log your exercise. Eat back at least half of the exercise calories you earned. You will still lose weight!! Your body needs the fuel. I lost 2 pounds a week and lost muscle mass eating 1200 calories a day. I met my goal weight but my arms look awful. I sincerely wish I hadn’t lost weight so aggressively. So I highly recommend you eat some of the calories you are entitled to. You will be glad you did.
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