Women who eat more than 1800 calories a day !!!!

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  • fakeplastictree
    fakeplastictree Posts: 836 Member
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    After about a month of eating between 1,800-2,300 calories a day I have lost a pants size.

    What I think is better is that I have plenty of energy after work to work out. It's not a struggle to get off the couch at the end of the day any more.

    I agree! I used to be so tired (at 1200-1400) that I'd pass out and have to wake myself up to workout. all throughout the workout I'd be so tired. Now (2100) I have the energy to power through the workout, even if i'm tired to begin with.
  • BADGIRLstl
    BADGIRLstl Posts: 473 Member
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    I've shed over 130 pounds and decreased my body fat from 56% to 23%

    I eat an average of 2000-ish calories/day now - usually more.

    Then:
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    Now:
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    **Please ignore the ugly tummy skin (side effect of shedding massive amounts of weight after being obese for years after having a 9 pound child at the ripe old age of 18)
    HOLY crap...you look sooooooooo great.
  • BADGIRLstl
    BADGIRLstl Posts: 473 Member
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    I ate about 2000 NET last summer. Lost 12 lbs. I then ate 2800 and gained 10lbs. I'm happier with my body now than I think I've ever been.

    ETA: Oh, you asked for pictures (and well, I'm an attention *kitten* and will post pictures as often as I can)

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    Its hard to digest that you weigh the same as you did in the first picture but was a size 12 vs the size 6 you wear now....OMG!!!!
  • ttkg
    ttkg Posts: 357 Member
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    I've shed over 130 pounds and decreased my body fat from 56% to 23%

    I eat an average of 2000-ish calories/day now - usually more.

    Then:
    37600_139117492784657_100000592214278_278412_3914396_n.jpg?t=1313509239

    Now:
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    017-6.jpg?t=1330218788
    **Please ignore the ugly tummy skin (side effect of shedding massive amounts of weight after being obese for years after having a 9 pound child at the ripe old age of 18)

    Don't be silly you have done so well- look at your arms! Your body fat is way lower than mine too!

    I think you look amazing and would not likely have noticed!!! I agree with the above poster, your arms look great - well done!! :flowerforyou:


    To the OP - thank you sooo much for this post, great information here and it is good to see what people have accomplished with higher caloric intake.
  • tabinmaine
    tabinmaine Posts: 965 Member
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    I've shed over 130 pounds and decreased my body fat from 56% to 23%

    I eat an average of 2000-ish calories/day now - usually more.

    Then:
    37600_139117492784657_100000592214278_278412_3914396_n.jpg?t=1313509239

    Now:
    106_0702.jpg
    017-6.jpg?t=1330218788
    **Please ignore the ugly tummy skin (side effect of shedding massive amounts of weight after being obese for years after having a 9 pound child at the ripe old age of 18)

    Don't be silly you have done so well- look at your arms! Your body fat is way lower than mine too!


    Girl you look fabulous !!! Amazing transformation !
  • wapan
    wapan Posts: 219 Member
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    I might try this. Thanks ladies.
  • BADGIRLstl
    BADGIRLstl Posts: 473 Member
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    I am happy I stumbled across this thread. I am the girl that is so focused on 1200 calories. Just recently (about a week and a half ago) I raised my cals to 1400....I am very active in the gym. I do a lot of cardio and weight train/lift. I burn no less than 400 cals on a work out day and max out at about 2100 calories....but you ladies have convinced me to reevaluate this even more.

    THANKS FOR POSTING THIS.....LOVE IT!
  • time2bhealthy
    time2bhealthy Posts: 211 Member
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    I have been at a plateau for 2 months at 1200 cals a day. I eat my exercise calories back and work out every day for at least 30 - 60 minutes. Maybe I need to up my calories a bit?
  • sedosher
    sedosher Posts: 142 Member
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    bump to follow :)
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
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    I'm breastfeeding right now and have to eat an extra 800-900 calories to compensate. (Yes, really. I'm pumping 40-45 ounces a day.) So even with a 500 calories deficit to lose 1 pound per week I'm eating about 2300 calories a day. I lost the 15 pounds I gained during pregnancy in the first two weeks and lost another 15 in the next 4 weeks. My loss has slowed to about 1-1.5 pounds per week. And that's all without exercise!
  • love22step
    love22step Posts: 1,103 Member
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    I can eat 1800 calories (gross, not net) on days I do lots of cardio. Otherwise, being an older person, that's how I got fat in the first place. :ohwell: I've learned my lesson!
  • lwoods34
    lwoods34 Posts: 302 Member
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    Im 5'3, weigh 125.4 lbs and I eat between 2000-2200 calories depending on the day and the kind of exercise Im doing. I will be in maintenance mode probably in another week or two so my caloric intake will be even higher. When I take a day off (which is usually Sundays) I currently eat 1500 calories.
  • JennyZD
    JennyZD Posts: 176 Member
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    YAY!!!!!!!!!

    I'm all for eating a lot and losing :) I ate 2300+ on Sunday and 1700+ yesterday and lost 1.4 this week. I feel sad when my friends eat 1200 :( lol great job everyone!
  • mng9
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  • SexyCook
    SexyCook Posts: 2,253 Member
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    I started this journey at eating 1200-1300... Got great progress with my body dealing with the change of not eating tons of calories...After 2 months the scale stopped moving....I didn't take in count that my burns were extremely high in the 1,000's...So I increased my intake to 1500 and slowly climbed up to where now I eat up to 80% of my cals back....This method does not work for everyone....Really is based on your size, workout plan...(IMPORTANT) kind of food you are eating...(Not Junk).....Has been successful every since...I have loss 54 pds as of Valentine's..Putting me past my goal.....You have to do trial and error what works for YOU....
  • Jbradbury1964
    Jbradbury1964 Posts: 109 Member
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    I joined about 15 days ago and I will be 48 next month. I used to be 5'9 but after 2 back surgeries; I am 5'8. I started at 257lbs and have lost 18 lbs since then. My goal is realistically about 150lbs. I was eating 1810 but am now down to 1770 per day.

    I do not count the exercise calorie intake unless I am hungry. I find I cannot eat the last 300-500 cal at the end of the day most days and so I won't force myself. However, the more calories I eat, the more weight I will lose. Just typically stay away from breads, pastas and potatoes for the most part. I eat what I want but just proportionately. I won't skip exercise unless forced to or I have a lazy day. I will try to get pics on here in the next few days.

    Good luck and remember to eat and move. Thats the magic. :flowerforyou:

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  • Jbradbury1964
    Jbradbury1964 Posts: 109 Member
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    Yes! Up your calories and you will get off the plateau! :wink:
  • Divagettinfitin2011
    Divagettinfitin2011 Posts: 500 Member
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  • crazywifewczx
    crazywifewczx Posts: 23 Member
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    I started MFP back in Nov 2011 at that time i weight in at around 270ish. I started working out 3 times a week about 60mins each with a great class called Y not shrink it and thats when the weight started to come off. working out with a group is not only fun you have some one else tracking you and you need to answer to the group aswell i find that really helped when i first started cause trying to do it on my own just wasn't working. Also i started to notice that becasue my activity level was going up so must my calories :) to maintain the muscle growth and fat lose. My friend Jenny turned me on to the jig jag diet which is in a nut shell on the days your are resting (not working out) you stick to your stated calories from MFP and on the days you are working out you can safly go over by an extra 1000 calories. But i guess the point i'm making is that i'm steadly losing 5.75lbs a months and keeping it off i'm now down 23 pounds in 4 months and keeping it off. You also have to remember that it takes about 8 weeks to form a habbit so the new style of eating amd caloried counting will just stick and become second nature to you after that time frame. Good luck with your weight loss and friend me if you want :)
  • SafireBleu
    SafireBleu Posts: 881 Member
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    I've just started eating more. I get between 1600 and 2000 calories a day usually depending on the day and how many calories I can get in and how many I burn. I started about a week ago to go up as high as 1900 some days and lost 1 pound a bunch of inches and have gone down almost a full % in Body fat according to my scale. Eating more is working for me. I burn between 500-1000 calories a day. This is new to me so I have been slowly trying to creep my calories up. So far so good.

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