starvation mode..trying to get out

just based on what my friends have possibly mentioned for as much as im exercising im not seeing the results.. i track 500-900 some days bc i coach fitness and do my own workouts i probably burn close to 1500 at least 3 days a week... and im eating around 1200 is is supposedly what people suggest to be minimum but i fee like im not refueling my body as it needs

Key words supposedy and suggest.

How much weight are you trying to lose?

Eat more olive oil, nuts and maybe beans or something for higher "good" calories.
Take a couple days off from the exercise and pig out. I promise (based on what I've seen with myself and many other people on here) you'll see a difference.
Your body probably needs a break.

Also, you don't burn a lot of calories while you're strength training. If you're wearing a HRM while strength training you're not getting a good readout. HRM's are designed for cardio not strength. It's apples and oranges.

Good suggestion ^^ Bodybuggs are on sale now. I have one and love it, and feel that it's really help my weight loss. Also, you could add in easy healthly high calorie foods such as nuts, peanut butter, and olive oil. they add quick decent calories with good fats.

My nutritionist friend recommends you eat the calories of your BMR. It's in your TDEE that you want to make the deficit. BMR calories are the ones you need to survive. Not eating those could put you into starvation mode.

thinking i either need to lower cal burn (which seems absurd i love working out) or do a better job of eating what i burn back. I burn on average 700 cals a day.. but that includes weights so im probably burning a bit more after my workout...thinking my body is hitting starvation mode...im eating 1200 cals and my bmr is around 1600. It sounds silly but its hard eating 1900 cals of "good" food they are so low in cals!! any advice would be helpful

yeah.. you prob need to eat more.. I net over 1800 everyday for maintenance
i weigh 120 at 5'3.5" with 15% bf

edit: i eat tons of nuts, avocado, beans... etc and i'll have a "spike day" every now and then to rev up my metabolism
add me if you want a little inspiration

My nutritionist friend recommends you eat the calories of your BMR. It's in your TDEE that you want to make the deficit. BMR calories are the ones you need to survive. Not eating those could put you into starvation mode.

That's terrible advice, for those with a very active Lifestyle, eating at only BMR would cause major muscle Loss

thinking i either need to lower cal burn (which seems absurd i love working out) or do a better job of eating what i burn back. I burn on average 700 cals a day.. but that includes weights so im probably burning a bit more after my workout...thinking my body is hitting starvation mode...im eating 1200 cals and my bmr is around 1600. It sounds silly but its hard eating 1900 cals of "good" food they are so low in cals!! any advice would be helpful

I can completely relate! It is incredibly hard to eat your BMR on a healthy diet. Especially those uber healthy with whole foods.

I too plateaued doing what your doing. Here is what I have found that might be a benefit. There is a forum here called Olivia's Method. Check it out.

You should be eating your BMR if your exercising regularly. This is to prevent your body from reducing its metabolism. If your already eating lower than your BMR AND working out regularly what do you expect? Your body needs to make that up somewhere. And at the cost of what you don't want. Which is a lower metabolism or weiry effects on your workouts.

I had to switch mine up from 1200-1400 to instead set my MFP to my maintenance. Which is 2180. There is no way in hell I can eat that much being active and health conscience. It be a fulltime job.

So what I instead did with that Olivia Method was set my "green" number to my maintenance of 2180 and shoot more realistically closer to my BMR which in 1750. This gives me a mild defecit of 400ish, then when I work out I dont eat those calories back unless I burn over the difference between maint - BMR.

What this does is shows my calories remaining as my daily defeceit. Some days I am 500 some I am 800, and occasionally 1000. This allows me to zig zag more readily, It also places more emphasis on burning calories to get a larger deficit than to simply eat less. This helps keep my metabolism higher since I never am starving myself for a long period of time.

It's hard to go from 1200 calories to 1700 and sometimes more. No doubt, I have to compromise with processed foods. But I would rather be eating processed foods as a buffer rather than my entire diet, so I make non processed foods the priority. But this way I also make sure that my body is getting what it needs without any doubt. I would rather lose slower if it was consistant than fast and unregulated. If that makes sense.

My nutritionist friend recommends you eat the calories of your BMR. It's in your TDEE that you want to make the deficit. BMR calories are the ones you need to survive. Not eating those could put you into starvation mode.

That's terrible advice, for those with a very active Lifestyle, eating at only BMR would cause major muscle Loss

Try reading what she actually wrote. I'm telling her to at least eat the amount of her BMR. Right now shes probably eating under that amount. So she could be putting herself in starvation mode. Read before you insult me. Thanks.

I was in the same boat and not losing anymore. I upped my calorie intake and started losing again! I was a little skeptical at first but it worked for me!

My nutritionist friend recommends you eat the calories of your BMR. It's in your TDEE that you want to make the deficit. BMR calories are the ones you need to survive. Not eating those could put you into starvation mode.

That's terrible advice, for those with a very active Lifestyle, eating at only BMR would cause major muscle Loss

Try reading what she actually wrote. I'm telling her to at least eat the amount of her BMR. Right now shes probably eating under that amount. So she could be putting herself in starvation mode. Read before you insult me. Thanks.

Reread what I wrote and try to comprehend it

If you thought that I was insulting you, then I apologize as it wasn't meant as an insult to you in any way, it was meant as an insult to your nutritionist friend for making such a general statement

My advice fits those with not so very active and those with very active lifestyle's such as the OP