HELP!!!

britlem
britlem Posts: 49
edited November 10 in Food and Nutrition
HI all!

Ive been on MFP about a month and a half now. I have lost 14 lbs so far! I usually eat most if not all of my exercise calories back. Latley I have been soooo hungry though. When I first started sticking to 1200 was cool but now I find its not enough even with eating back my exercise cals. I try and eat enough protien( at least I think). Also I drink well over 8 glasses of water a day.

sw215
cw 201

Height 5'0.

Exercise 5 times a week. Mostly cardio ( @ home dvds and Zumba) 30-60 mins.
Otherwise I have a desk job so not much activity there.
Thoughts???

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  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    If you are truly hungry, eat more! No sense starving yourself. You can up your net calories a little and still lose the weight.

    Definitely eat protein and foods high in fiber. These both fill you up, take longer to digest so you are fuller longer!

    Hopefully, between these two options, you can find something that works for you!
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    No offense to the OP but this whole 1200 number that practically every new dieter is glued too may be right or may be wrong! I suggest that If you want some assistance you add your height, weight, exercise frequency and duration and a little bit about your other daily activity. There are a lot of folks who are knowledgable who breeze right over the many threads like this one because of the lack of info.
  • britlem
    britlem Posts: 49
    No offense to the OP but this whole 1200 number that practically every new dieter is glued too may be right or may be wrong! I suggest that If you want some assistance you add your height, weight, exercise frequency and duration and a little bit about your other daily activity. There are a lot of folks who are knowledgable who breeze right over the many threads like this one because of the lack of info.

    updated info
  • britlem
    britlem Posts: 49
    bump
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    Excuse the brevity,I'm on a plane a out to taxi out.

    I'm calculating your BMR at 1675 calories.

    I've assumed an activity level of moderate, exercising 3 to 5 times per week.

    This puts your estimated TDEE at 2600 calories.

    To lose weight I would suggest a calorie deficit of 25% which puts you at 1950 calories to lose 1 lb per week.

    You could go a little less but you should be consuming more than 1200!

    You want to shoot for 200g protein,60g of fat and 150g carbs daily.

    It may be hard to get the protein in but try your best. Log consistently and if the weight doesn't move in 2 weeks you need to make some calorie adjustments. That may seem like a lot but at 5 foot 200 lbs you are burning cals to move your body around. As you lose weight you will require less calories to lose weight. Reassess every 10 to 20 lbs lost or when the scale stops moving for a couple weeks.

    Good luck!
  • sundropc14
    sundropc14 Posts: 37 Member
    you seem knowledgeable. Tell me something. one month and a half and i too have actually gained 3 pounds . I am 5'2" and 140 lbs. 1200 cal. and exercise about 200-500 a day. eat healthy. sometimes over sometimes under. tried eating exercise cals. and tried eating under my 1200. so confused ready to quit
  • britlem
    britlem Posts: 49
    Excuse the brevity,I'm on a plane a out to taxi out.

    I'm calculating your BMR at 1675 calories.

    I've assumed an activity level of moderate, exercising 3 to 5 times per week.

    This puts your estimated TDEE at 2600 calories.

    To lose weight I would suggest a calorie deficit of 25% which puts you at 1950 calories to lose 1 lb per week.

    You could go a little less but you should be consuming more than 1200!

    You want to shoot for 200g protein,60g of fat and 150g carbs daily.

    It may be hard to get the protein in but try your best. Log consistently and if the weight doesn't move in 2 weeks you need to make some calorie adjustments. That may seem like a lot but at 5 foot 200 lbs you are burning cals to move your body around. As you lose weight you will require less calories to lose weight. Reassess every 10 to 20 lbs lost or when the scale stops moving for a couple weeks.

    Good luck!

    thanks!

    So it that 1950 period. So if I excerise obviously ill burn cals so should I eat those back to make sure I try and hit the 1950 or dont worry about exercise cals and just set my cals to 1950 and dont log exercise cals.
  • jenschnack
    jenschnack Posts: 112 Member
    Try Tea
  • mirgss
    mirgss Posts: 275 Member
    I found that MFP's guided suggestions were far too low. It had me at 1200 as well. Just not sustainable. Do some searches for TDEE and BMR and that kind of thing, and you will learn a lot.

    Also if you think you are eating enough protein (or going over according to MFP), you're probably not. Shoot for 1g per lb of bodyweight. :)
  • britlem
    britlem Posts: 49
    bump
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    At 1950, you don't eat exercise cals. If you don't exercise, drop cals to 1650. Be sure to take a day or two to rest and log absolutely everything. Go buy a scale if you think you will use it to weigh foods. It really helps.
  • britlem
    britlem Posts: 49
    bump
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