when you first started

When your first started this journey, how many calories did you eat? I try so hard to stay at 1200 but I always end up going over..not too much though. I would really like to stay right at 1200 for a few weeks and then move up to 1400.

i ended up netting around 900 or 1000 when i first started on here, now I net at least 1200 a day, making me eat almost 2500 calories a day depending on my exercise, yes that sounds like a lot and some days I eat less but I've lost 27 lbs so far so I'm doing something right. I have no clue how many calories I used to eat before I started to try to lose weight.

I only just completed my first month... but I started eating around 1200 calories. It was a struggle and after the water weight loss, I gained and lost the same 3-4 pounds for a week. I ended up increasing my calories to around 1400 and so far so good. I'm losing again and feel great. Sometimes its a bit difficult to get all 1400 in there, but I try.

I wish you success in your journey! :flowerforyou:

I started at around 1470. With my exercise, I was eating around 1700 or so, so I was still netting around 1470. Just to be clear, I am diligent with measuring/weighing and labels. If there is something that I don't have the exact nutritional information, I choose the higher one. I also tend to under estimate my workouts.

Right now I am not following MFP, just here to log.

If you are starving at 1200, start exercising so you can have more calories. Or lower your weight loss per week goal to increase calories. This isn't going to last if it isn't sustainable.

ETA - eating too little can slow down your metabolism. So if a jump start on weight loss is why you are eating so little, reconsider it. It may hurt you on the other end.