Eat for the weight you want to be

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  • fimary
    fimary Posts: 274 Member
    i just did my eat for goal weight and it gave me a calorie of less than 1200, am i eating too much?
  • shakybabe
    shakybabe Posts: 1,578 Member
    that can't be right!! if I want to be 129lbs (9st 3 to complete wii fit) I have to eat 1759!!! I've been at around 1200 since last June! I'm still losing slowly ... nothing like 25lbs in a month but there's no way that you're gonna keep that from going back on if you lose 25lbs in a single month! .. and I'm trying to tone tummy as I lose so I don't end up with loads of saggy skin

    MFP only has me at 1360 now for half a pound a week at 10st 1!

    Think as I'm only 2lb off reaching my first mini goal of '9st something' for first time in about 16yrs I'm gonna stick with what I'm doing! I can't see how i can get as far down as 9st 3 by increasing my calories to a whopping 1759 and thats at sedentary so not doing any exercise to burn any of them off!
  • kammy92
    kammy92 Posts: 408 Member
    Bump...might have to try this.......I am hardly losing anything at all right now!
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
    Now, with this method, could I set myself up as sedentary and still eat back the exercise calories? Because it is that which motivates me to get out there and do the exercise in the first place?
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,261 Member
    Wow, I'm really surprised to hear people talking as though you would have fewer calories. You get that your goal would be about 2000 cals (for a woman), right? Not the close to 1200 goals that some people on here have.

    Not sure where you're getting 2000 calories for a woman. I'm at maintenance now and my calories are only 1410.
    probably meant for the average women. To have your maintenance calories at 1410 your BMR would need to be under 1000 for small, which is not normal especially if someone actually exercises. there is always the exception of course, but i think 2000 is about right for an active young to middle aged woman.

    my BMR is 1122. I am 48 years old, 5'3" tall and weigh 115. According to mfp my maintenance cals are 1410, I get more if I exercise (which I do 6 days per week) and I do eat them back.
    Exercise is part of maintenance calories and if you eat them back (which should be done to calculate maintenance calories) then your maintenance is more than 1410. The term BMR should be abolished from the nutritional landscape for dieting purposes.....[scarcasm]
  • gaia3rd
    gaia3rd Posts: 151
    There is a group here on MFP called "Eating for future you method" that discusses this subject in detail and there are many people reporting successes. Here is the link: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/477666-eating-for-future-you-method
  • shakybabe
    shakybabe Posts: 1,578 Member
    NO WAY!!!! .. if I want to be 9 stone exactly (126lbs) I have to eat 1,718 cals?, but MFP has me on less that and my current goal is only 9st 7!.. how does that work?

    I'm only 3lb off my goal, I can't see me reaching it next month if I increase my cals to 1718!! :noway:
  • bridgie101
    bridgie101 Posts: 817 Member
    I read an article that basically says you should eat for whatever weight you want to be. For example if you want to weigh 130 you should eat the calories that would be needed for a person to maintain 130 calories. I found it to be very interesting and it makes sense. Also, if I go by what that article says I am actually not eating enough calories. Here is a link to that article if you are interested. Let me know what you think. BTW there is nothing to buy or anything...just information.

    http://www.debramoorhead.com/blog/index.php/how-i-lost-25-pounds-in-one-month/

    I've just read the article and worked out my daily calorie requirements.

    If the diet I'm on doesn't work, I might switch to this - or when I hit maintenance. It looks to make good sense without being too painful.
  • lilsassymom
    lilsassymom Posts: 407 Member
    Bump for later...
  • lilsassymom
    lilsassymom Posts: 407 Member
    Can't you just go to the goals section on MFP and change your current weight TO your goal weight? Then set it to 'sedentary' and 'maintain'? Then eat what MFP sets it at? Then if you workout you would eat back exercise calories? Or will it not work that way because of my current BMR---because it would be different for my 'goal' BMR?

    Just wondering if we have to get maintenance calories from http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/CalRequire.html ---or can you do it the way I stated above? I hope this makes sense:huh: .
  • nicehormones
    nicehormones Posts: 503 Member
    I didn't read the whole article, but this is basically what I've been doing. I got the idea from the podcast fat2fit radio and had been on many diets in the past. I was terrified to eat as much as I had calculated, but I figured since everything else hasn't worked, I would give it just one month to see what would happen. I have been pleased with the results. I try to net around 1900 cals a day (I do try to eat my exercise calories, but do not always succeed in all of them). I also go over my calories some days, so I think it all evens out every week anyway. This is a few hundred over my BMR. It's a lot of food if you eat the right stuff and cook at home. I still eat the things I want instead of depriving myself but try to not go too crazy or over my daily calories too frequently. I've consistently lost weight thus far and have not hit a plateau. So hey, it works for me and I'd highly recommend it for people who don't have a ton of weight to lose. I am losing around 1lb per week and am very happy with it. As I get closer to my goal and it starts to really slow down, I will obviously play with my calorie goal and lower calories appropriately to get to my ideal weight. I wish I had done this years ago.
  • autumnk921
    autumnk921 Posts: 1,374 Member
    Bump....



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  • 70davis
    70davis Posts: 348 Member
    bump
  • fatguyweightloss
    fatguyweightloss Posts: 145
    Some good concepts here, fro one you immediately know how life will be after thety reach their goal. Too many people go into a diet with the idea they can eat whatever they want after they reach their goal. If this calorie level can not sustain your lifestyle, might want to pick a different goal.

    This also has burn down in calorie deficit built right in, going with the concept you can lose X% of your body weight per month. As you lose more weight you calorie deficit will automatically decrease well...only problem is starting out this difference could be very unrealistic for sustained weight loss.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    So to get to 180, I need to be eating 2700 cals? Somehow I think that's wrong.... :)

    You realise when you get to 180 that is what you will need to eat to maintain right?
  • peacefulsong
    peacefulsong Posts: 223 Member
    Can't you just go to the goals section on MFP and change your current weight TO your goal weight? Then set it to 'sedentary' and 'maintain'? Then eat what MFP sets it at? Then if you workout you would eat back exercise calories? Or will it not work that way because of my current BMR---because it would be different for my 'goal' BMR?

    I just tried exactly what you suggest. I set my weight to my goal weight, sedentary, and maintain. My suggested calorie intake was 100 calories more per day (1710) than it is now, at my current weight, sedentary, and lose 1 1/2 lbs per week (1610). So, pretty close.

    The interesting thing is, I hadn't lost any weight in some time. Last week after reading some threads here on the subject, I decided to up my calories from 1380 to 1610. I decided I'd give it six weeks to see how it went. I lost 1 1/2 pounds this week. It's only one week so I'm not getting too excited about it yet, but I think there's some merit in the idea of eating for your future self...it's at least worth giving a try for a few weeks. Granted I still have over 100 pounds to lose, so it might work out differently for someone who doesn't have as far to go as me.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    I'm not totally against the concept, but in particular if a person has a lot of weight to lose it might just be too big of a deficit. I do something similar, but take calories off the amount, all be it not too much. That, BTW, is what fat2fit radio suggests, eat at your goal calories until you are getting somewhat close to your goal, then maybe take 250 off that to keep the weight loss going. The one big plus of this is unlike MFP which has many people eating below their BMR, this would generally not have a person doing that unless they were quite a way off from their goal weight. Fat2Fit radio has a good tool for figuring it out http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/
  • raw14
    raw14 Posts: 22
    bump --- for later great concept, not sure if it would be good for people with a lot of weight,but with moderate weight I think it is great.
  • jen_fitnhappy
    jen_fitnhappy Posts: 102 Member
    Bump :)
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