Lost 7 lbs since last Thursday by eating MORE!

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Hi,

It is a bit shocking that you lost weight by increasing calories intake. But could you please let me know if you were taking protien rich food. Did you increase calorie intake in your dinner or lunch. Much appreciate your help.

Manny

Awesome job to those of you who are upping your calories and doing it the right way! Helloitsdan's advice on the forums has seriously changed my life! He's a smart one! I just wanted to give you a quick update, since I posted I have continued to be a pound less EVERY morning with the exception of this weekend when I didn't go over by much but didn't eat GOOD food. It's important to fill those calories with HEALTHY food that makes you feel good! What's the point in all of it if you don't FEEL GOOD too!? Congrats again and thank you Helloitsdan for your advice! I wish they had some sort of an MFP BEST FRIEND award on here! You are definitely changing the way people think!

As I'm reading this, I'm saying "yes, thank you" it is about the quality of the calorie, not just the quantity! My problem is when I am eating the right foods, and I feel good, I can't hit my calorie target because I'm full and I will not force myself to eat when I'm not hungry, I've done that all my life! So thank you for saying this, this is the very reason I haven't been successful on other programs because I thought if I consumed the alotted points/calories for the day then that's all that I had to do, but that's really not the case, at least not for me! Seems to work for other people but not me! So cheers to you!:drinker: Keep up the fight!

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For those who say they can't eat their calories that they should:


I don't eat my extra calories back in "food", I use it by using olive oil on my salads, putting walnuts in my cereal, etc. Lost another 1.5 pounds this week. 141 pounds total. I now weigh 137.

I lost 4 pounds in two weeks eating 1200 calories/day, then gained two of those back over the next two weeks. My doctor had actually told me that 1200 was plenty, so I was reluctant to increase it, but was getting desperate so I gave it a try. In three days I've managed to get those two pounds back off and I am really hoping it continues!! Who would have thought that you need to eat more to lose!

I told my doc I was eating 1200-1400 cals a week and not losing and she actually told me to up it to 1700. I'm nervous about it. lol

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I have a question....what if you don't have much to lose? Do you think you would still lose as quickly as some have by up'ing your cals? I have 12-15 pounds to lose.

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I have a question....what if you don't have much to lose? Do you think you would still lose as quickly as some have by up'ing your cals? I have 12-15 pounds to lose.

Think about it, how can you lose weight by eating more calories? It's a nonsense.

I have a question....what if you don't have much to lose? Do you think you would still lose as quickly as some have by up'ing your cals? I have 12-15 pounds to lose.

Think about it, how can you lose weight by eating more calories? It's a nonsense.

It is not nonsense. Read this thread and others like it to hear aout many many cases where this has in fact happened. You can lose weight by upping your calories - it may (bit not always) be a little slower, but you lose it in a healthier and more sustainable way (i.e. the weight you lose is more likely to be lean muscle and less likely to be fat on a restricted lower calorie diet). Basically, as long as you are at a deficit you will lose - but you also should be cognizant of what you lose (fat v lean body mass).

Not if you are a person who is in the overweight category, I repeat it is nonsense. Someone who is overweight is nowhere near starvation, hell in the West we hardly know what starvation is.

The fat reserves will go a long time before the muscle is attacked and starvation mode kicks in.

It's a myth and should not be perpetuated. People who claim to lose more by eating more are not telling the whole story and there are other factors in play.

Someone posted a link on one of the other threads on this subject that quite comprehensively put paid to the myth, relating to starvation studies done in the USA a good few years back.

Google search, "the Myth of the starvation mode"


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