Calorie increase??

33runnergirl
33runnergirl Posts: 80 Member
edited October 1 in Food and Nutrition
So I've hit a serious plateau and I'm considering increasing my calorie intake to see if that will help. I'm training for a marathon and running and crosstraining 5-6 days per week. Has anyone had success by increasing their calorie intake???

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  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    I've kickstarted my loss after a 3 week stall twice now by upping my calories... I didn't get to weight over 300 lbs by eating 1500 calories, and I wasn't losing very well eating around that point, once I got my calories back up to around my current goal of 2000 the weight loss was moving along nicely.
  • lornathewizzard
    lornathewizzard Posts: 165 Member
    Over the past two weeks i have increased my calorie intake from around 1200 to between 1300-1500 and have lost 2.2 lbs last week and 1.5 this week. Few weeks prior to that had been sticking to my 1200 and staying the same and even putting on! Its worth a shot. :)
  • thi3
    thi3 Posts: 13 Member
    Yes, when I was stuck during half marathon training I upped my calories, just by a couple hundred. I also made sure not to hit the same calorie total every day. On long run days, I'd do my best to eat more and I'd never weigh in the day after a long run. Your muscles are holding as much water as they can. Drink, drink, drink. Of course, my loss is still slow-but it is staying off.
    Congrats on your training!
  • mosneakers
    mosneakers Posts: 343 Member
    I was stuck for two weeks at a time until I upped my calories to 1300. I've done a better job of eating my calories back too. I think if you're training, you should up your calories a bit - I'm sure you're body needs more fuel now that you're working it more. Congrats on making the committment to a marathon!
  • LTRUITT3
    LTRUITT3 Posts: 205 Member
    Yes it worked for me!!! I was the same for about 3-4wks, so i decided to go for it and I lost 4lbs. I would say give it a shot...Good Luck :)
  • 33runnergirl
    33runnergirl Posts: 80 Member
    Thanks everyone!
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