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michaela241193
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Hey guys, I currently eat up to 1600 calories a day and I’m still hungry most of the time!
I’m set to active because I walk/jog 45-60 minutes a day and do some strength every 2nd day.
But my maintenance is only 1980. Mind you I’m around 162cm tall.
The last 3 nights I’ve eaten to my maintenance and last night I went over a little bit.
I’m set to active because I walk/jog 45-60 minutes a day and do some strength every 2nd day.
But my maintenance is only 1980. Mind you I’m around 162cm tall.
The last 3 nights I’ve eaten to my maintenance and last night I went over a little bit.
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The MFP calorie goal is set with the intention of eating back your exercise calories.3
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If you want to lose weight, you shouldn’t be eating more
What you should do is learn strategies to manage your hunger. Is your hunger a mainly physical drive? Experiment with different macros, find out whether you’re satiated more by protein, or by volume. Is your hunger a mainly mental drive? Experiment with eating smaller portions of things you really like, mindfully, or distract yourself with an absorbing task and find out whether the feeling goes away.
Most of us got where we were by eating to satisfy our hunger. The thing nobody tells you is that your ‘hunger’ is a big fat liar and can be fooled 8 -
michaela241193 wrote: »Hey guys, I currently eat up to 1600 calories a day and I’m still hungry most of the time!
I’m set to active because I walk/jog 45-60 minutes a day and do some strength every 2nd day.
But my maintenance is only 1980. Mind you I’m around 162cm tall.
The last 3 nights I’ve eaten to my maintenance and last night I went over a little bit.
How have you determined your maintenance, for someone who walks/strength trains and is set to active, 1980 seems pretty low.4 -
1980 seems quite likely to me; it's only a little below what I maintain on, and I'm 3 inches taller.0
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I was undereating for so long. I thought my maintenance was 1980, then I thought it was 2180 and now I’ve found out it’s 2480. I think before embarking on a diet it’s good to spend 4-6 weeks figuring out your maintenance calories. When I thought my maintenance calories were 1980 I ate 1500-1600 calories and did 10000 steps a day and exercised 5 days a week. I did strength training. I was undereating by 800-1000 calories. No energy and hair was falling out. Cortisol levels skyrocketed. So yeah just figure out your maintenance calories because these calculators are not accurate. I found scoobies TDEE calculator to be the most accurate. Real life results speak better than some online calculators. You see if you undereat then your NEAT drops a lot for some people. You end up fidgeting less and you get cold and tired. Been there done that. If on the other hand, your just experiencing mild hunger then adjust your macros. Try more fat, lower carbs and lower fat higher carbs. Try intermittent fasting for 16 hours. Or maybe drink more water. Eat more mindfully because when I eat too quickly I don’t get full as fast.8
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tinkerbellang83 wrote: »michaela241193 wrote: »Hey guys, I currently eat up to 1600 calories a day and I’m still hungry most of the time!
I’m set to active because I walk/jog 45-60 minutes a day and do some strength every 2nd day.
But my maintenance is only 1980. Mind you I’m around 162cm tall.
The last 3 nights I’ve eaten to my maintenance and last night I went over a little bit.
How have you determined your maintenance, for someone who walks/strength trains and is set to active, 1980 seems pretty low.
@ceiswyn
I guess what I really mean is for someone of that height to have a maintenance of 1980, they're going to be overweight rather than obese and lightly active rather than active (BMR 1415 x Lightly Active Multiplier 1.4). If she is set to Active, then for her maintenance to be around 1980 (BMR 1130 x Active Multiplier 1.75) she would in fact be underweight or borderline underweight/healthy weight and shouldn't be seeking to lose weight at all.1 -
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This is a based off working out 4-5 days a week and gaining muscle while losing fat which I assume would be toning up? That’s heaps more than what I was previously consuming! No wonder I’m extra hungry (That time of the month also contributed).
I am 5 kilos out of my goal weight. I’ve had 3 children over 6 and a half years so I need some toning up to do. I was hovering around 59-60 and a size 8 before I had kids. And I’ve always been active. I was never classed as or looked underweight then so I doubt I would now. Especially with those extra wobbly bits from stretching during pregnancy.
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I was undereating for so long. I thought my maintenance was 1980, then I thought it was 2180 and now I’ve found out it’s 2480. I think before embarking on a diet it’s good to spend 4-6 weeks figuring out your maintenance calories. When I thought my maintenance calories were 1980 I ate 1500-1600 calories and did 10000 steps a day and exercised 5 days a week. I did strength training. I was undereating by 800-1000 calories. No energy and hair was falling out. Cortisol levels skyrocketed. So yeah just figure out your maintenance calories because these calculators are not accurate. I found scoobies TDEE calculator to be the most accurate. Real life results speak better than some online calculators. You see if you undereat then your NEAT drops a lot for some people. You end up fidgeting less and you get cold and tired. Been there done that. If on the other hand, your just experiencing mild hunger then adjust your macros. Try more fat, lower carbs and lower fat higher carbs. Try intermittent fasting for 16 hours. Or maybe drink more water. Eat more mindfully because when I eat too quickly I don’t get full as fast.
I’ve just bought the 16:8 interment fasting book written by Jaime Rose Chambers and I am excited to give it a whirl.
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michaela241193 wrote: »michaela241193 wrote: »This is a based off working out 4-5 days a week and gaining muscle while losing fat which I assume would be toning up? That’s heaps more than what I was previously consuming! No wonder I’m extra hungry (That time of the month also contributed).
I am 5 kilos out of my goal weight. I’ve had 3 children over 6 and a half years so I need some toning up to do. I was hovering around 59-60 and a size 8 before I had kids. And I’ve always been active. I was never classed as or looked underweight then so I doubt I would now. Especially with those extra wobbly bits from stretching during pregnancy.
It looks like your maintenance is 2272 and your goal is to lose half a pound a week. So then you can eat the 1931 they say. I don't know if you will be able to gain muscle mass on that deficit, but it doesn't mean that would need to. You "tone up" a lot of the time be removing the fat that's on top of the muscle, rather than building additional muscle mass.4 -
I only eat 1200-1400 cals a day I walk 30 miles a week I do c25k 2 Zumba classes a week weights and I don’t drive and look after a family of 5 and I’m not hungry as my carbs are low ... high white carbs make us hungry16
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All the calculators in the world can't give you a more accurate number than your own results. OP, do you have several weeks (6 at least) of food logging and weight loss results you can use to back into your maintenance calories? It doesn't matter if your logging is spot on, because the numbers will be based on how YOU log your food.4
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HeliumIsNoble wrote: »
I second this question. Also, you may have a higher bodyfat percentage than the OP meaning you have more fat stores to burn off and can sustain yourself on less calories. I am also active and I'd cry eating 1200 to 1400 calories per day.6 -
Figuring out your maintenance calories before weight loss is a possibility, however, your maintenance calories go down as you lose weight. If you have a lot to lose then this might be rather meaningless. Thorough weighing and logging, and observing the weight loss with a trend app will answer that question as well. However, logging what you eat before embarking on a weight loss journey can be very eye-opening!5
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I only eat 1200-1400 cals a day I walk 30 miles a week I do c25k 2 Zumba classes a week weights and I don’t drive and look after a family of 5 and I’m not hungry as my carbs are low ... high white carbs make us hungry
Actually, potatoes, a "white carb", came in as the top satiating food in at least one study.
How tall are you and how much weight are you losing per week and for how long has that been?1
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