I don't under stand it but it works

jakejacobsen
jakejacobsen Posts: 584 Member
edited October 4 in Food and Nutrition
I can't say I understand how eating more will produce a better weight loss, but I am sold on the Idea. I ate all my calories for the day, excluding my exercise calories and my sneak peek showed a 4 pound loss. It baffles my mind that I ate 1/3 more food (even some sweets) and backed off at the gym and lost more weight then previous weeks.

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  • AliMatt27
    AliMatt27 Posts: 13
    So incredibly happy for you.....kudos 8-)
  • horndave
    horndave Posts: 565
    Awesome.
  • Jill_newimprovedversion
    Jill_newimprovedversion Posts: 988 Member
    I don't understand it either...but you're right, sometimes UNDEReating is the problem, not OVEReating.
  • stella1205
    stella1205 Posts: 3
    Well I ate a lot today. Hopefully I can lose these last 5 pounds. Congrats to you
  • mmhenry28
    mmhenry28 Posts: 163 Member
    I am now only 2 kilos off my goal weight and the best week that I have had recently was one where I ate all of my exercise cals back.

    I did work out five times that week but it was definitely the best since I have gotten so close to the weight I want to be.
  • MikeDailyIntake
    MikeDailyIntake Posts: 133
    If you eat all your calories a day and make them into 6 small meals a day it can actually speed up your metabolism thus burning more fat.
  • JDRBT
    JDRBT Posts: 264 Member
    I got STUCK losing weight and was really frustrated. Then I realized I'd thrown my body into conserve mode by eating 1200 calories/day and working off about 300. My body was DONE giving up extra fat, because it thought it was on the verge of hitting starvation mode! So I upped my caloric intake and relaxed a bit on the working out. FINALLY the weight started to come off again. It's finding that balance that your body needs to burn fat that's the trick!
  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
    Most of the time, the extra food will signal your body to release water. (The fat loss has already occurred, but you are holding onto water weight). Its speculated to have something to do with electrolyte balance, and hormone levels.
  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
    If you eat all your calories a day and make them into 6 small meals a day it can actually speed up your metabolism thus burning more fat.

    How about, no...

    Meal timing and frequency do not benefit body compositional changes. Just net energy balance.
  • jakejacobsen
    jakejacobsen Posts: 584 Member
    If you eat all your calories a day and make them into 6 small meals a day it can actually speed up your metabolism thus burning more fat.

    exactly like I did thanks to a post about being mad about my weight loss slowing down, and some great advice from MFP's.
  • mandimommy
    mandimommy Posts: 36
    Awesome! I definitely lose more when I eat enough and not too little.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member

    How about, no...

    Meal timing and frequency do not benefit body compositional changes. Just net energy balance.

    ^ This is correct.
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