Eating at your "goal" weight?

graysmom2005
graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
edited October 1 in Health and Weight Loss
I went on fitnessfrog.com and put in my stats, giving it how many minutes I spend doing all my activities a day. I fiddled around and then decided to put in my goal weight of 135 pounds. It came up as 2053. Would it be possible for me to get to that weight if I just ate that every day? Would you just skip adding calories burn and consistently just stay at that number? I'm curious. Has anyone done this?

website is great BTW. fitnessfrog.com

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  • andreae13
    andreae13 Posts: 239 Member
    Hmmm....I have often wondered the same thing.
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Once you reach your goal weight on here, adjust your settings to be 'maintain' instead of lose. I know that I personally (2 lbs away from a goal weight of 135) would gain weight eating more than 2,000 calories/day. I'm 5'6" and 34 years old.

    I would suggest that once you HIT your goal weight on MFP adjust those settings. Don't follow another suggestion from another program.
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Oh, and also I go to the gym typically 5 days/week and do something active each day.
  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Once you reach your goal weight on here, adjust your settings to be 'maintain' instead of lose. I know that I personally (2 lbs away from a goal weight of 135) would gain weight eating more than 2,000 calories/day. I'm 5'6" and 34 years old.

    I would suggest that once you HIT your goal weight on MFP adjust those settings. Don't follow another suggestion from another program.
    My problem is I can't get anywhere NEAR my goal weight. Not even close. I workout 2x a day (fitness instructor) and I walk the dog at least an hour a day.
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    You would, but it would be pretty slow. Each 10 lb difference between your current weight and your goal weight is only about a 50 calorie difference in daily needs. So at that rate if you had to lose 10 lbs it would take you almost 2 years.
  • tuscaroragal
    tuscaroragal Posts: 78 Member
    I was curious, so I took a look at the website. I think the estimate is high. They gave me 2600 calories to eat. I typically eat 1500-2000 calories a day. I don't know that I could continue to maintain my weight loss with the extra calories. I am pretty much at maintenance now, so I probably do have days that I eat 2600 calories, but I certainly don't want to make a habit of that approach. I would stick to the suggestions on this site. It's worked FANTASTIC for me.
  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    I've stuck with MFP and it hasn't done squat for me after my first initial loss. The loss has been practically non-existent. It says to maintain 135 you need to eat 1680. I've switched to that....who knows...problem is on days like today. I'll probably workout almost 1000 calories off. So would I then eat 2680? That's still more than I've been eating and I'm not losing. I want to cry! Why can't this be easier!!
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    I've stuck with MFP and it hasn't done squat for me after my first initial loss. The loss has been practically non-existent. It says to maintain 135 you need to eat 1680. I've switched to that....who knows...problem is on days like today. I'll probably workout almost 1000 calories off. So would I then eat 2680? That's still more than I've been eating and I'm not losing. I want to cry! Why can't this be easier!!

    I guess I'm confused here. Your ticker says you're at 135 - so are you maintaining or trying to lose? If you're maintaining then yes, you should be eating 2680 with your exercise. If you're still trying to lose you should have at least a 250 calorie deficit per day (which is a 1/2 pound loss per week) plus exercise. If you're doing enough exercise to burn 1000 calories a day you have to provide your body with enough fuel for all that work. When you're within 10-15 pounds of your goal, your deficits need to be small and consistent. Bodies don't care if you want to lose 10 more pounds to look better in jeans - they care about health and self preservation and if you're already at a healthy BMI your body doesn't want to let go of those last bits of fat reserves.
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    I think I am a little confused as to what you're asking exactly.

    I am at my goal weight (actually, I'm below my original goal weight). I am in maintenance and am currently consuming 2200-2500 NET calories a day to maintain 143-145lbs.

    Everyone's body is different. Some people HAVE to eat on the lower end of their calorie range in order to lose weight or to maintain it. I, on other hand, HAVE to consume more calories (more than 2000 to be exact) or I will GAIN weight slowly.

    It's all a numbers game. Use the numbers you get from ALL websites (including MFP) as a starting point. Experiment around with the numbers for at least 10 days to give your body a chance to adjust to what you're doing. See what works and what doesn't. A year ago, I NEVER would have dreamed that I would have to eat soooo much in order to maintain. I mean.. all we ever hear is "Cut your calories to lose! Cut your calories to lose!" and here I am consuming a large amount of calories and doing just fine.
  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    I've stuck with MFP and it hasn't done squat for me after my first initial loss. The loss has been practically non-existent. It says to maintain 135 you need to eat 1680. I've switched to that....who knows...problem is on days like today. I'll probably workout almost 1000 calories off. So would I then eat 2680? That's still more than I've been eating and I'm not losing. I want to cry! Why can't this be easier!!

    I guess I'm confused here. Your ticker says you're at 135 - so are you maintaining or trying to lose? If you're maintaining then yes, you should be eating 2680 with your exercise. If you're still trying to lose you should have at least a 250 calorie deficit per day (which is a 1/2 pound loss per week) plus exercise. If you're doing enough exercise to burn 1000 calories a day you have to provide your body with enough fuel for all that work. When you're within 10-15 pounds of your goal, your deficits need to be small and consistent. Bodies don't care if you want to lose 10 more pounds to look better in jeans - they care about health and self preservation and if you're already at a healthy BMI your body doesn't want to let go of those last bits of fat reserves.
    Sorry for the confusion! I'm still 151. I changed my goal, to eat maintenance calories given to someone who is 135 pounds just to see if it worked. I WISH...but no...still 151.
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I think the fitnessfrog site is not giving you a deficit like MFP does. So I think what you would need to do is take that number minus the 250, 500 or w/e calorie deficit you wanted and then eat that.

    As far as not losing more weight, with all the exercise your doing, you prob. should be eating more.. and a lot more at that. Try eating more calorie dense foods and see if that helps.
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