How will upping my calories help me lose weight (serious que

Your body needs fuel to exercise. If you're not eating enough, your body goes into starvation mode. Don't use it as an excuse to eat junk. Concentrate on getting more protein and healthy fats. Try it for a while; see what happens. Everybody is different. Good luck!

One of my friends suggested this to me this week. My goal now is 1270. She told me to try upping my calories to 1400-1500 but burning off calories to still reach my goal. It's supposed to kick start your metabolism. When she done it, she lost about 3 pounds doing it for one week.

When this happens to me, I lay off the exercise for 3 days or so, and I start losing again!

Your body needs fuel to exercise. If you're not eating enough, your body goes into starvation mode. Don't use it as an excuse to eat junk. Concentrate on getting more protein and healthy fats. Try it for a while; see what happens. Everybody is different. Good luck!

Yes. This. If your body thinks there isn't enough food, it will store any and everything it can. Essentially your metabolism crashes.

I'm curious whether you're using the recommendations from MFP for your foundation caolories?

You CAN do this!

i didn't lose at all for the first few weeks i was "doing it right" with eating and exercising. I was eating 1200 cals, eating back my exercise cals, and following through. I didn't start to lose until i upped my calories to about 1500, and in keeping it there, i lost 32 lbs in 3 months. I was at my goal. I've since put my cals back down to 1200, and have gained some of it back. So, just yesterday, i upped it again, hoping to lose those lbs, and then some, wanting to get an even lower goal.

All bodies react differently. This worked for me. It may not for you! Just keep at it, and an occasional McFlurry never killed anyone!

it's been known to work, i just started this week, so i personally can't say but i have 2 friends on MFP swears by it, I've been told that it takes 2-3 weeks to notice Good Luck!

I am trying this now. I started out 2 years ago at around 16-1700 cals/day and lost great for a year and a half. Sometime in that time frame I had dropped to 1400ish. Then around Sept of last year, my weight loss came to a screeching halt. I dropped my cals to 1200 and nothing. I increased them and saw a gain (didn't give it enough time I think now) so I panicked and dropped it back down to 1200. Even eating back exercise calories, I can't say for sure how I managed to not realize it, but there were many many days I was only netting about 1000-1150.

Anyway, after being "stuck" or plateaued for 7 + months, and reading tons about increasing calories etc. I finally started increasing them a few weeks ago. Saw a gain initially, but now hovering at the same for a couple weeks. Hoping to soon start seeing losses again. But I'm keeping it up for a while to give it time.

One thing I noticed over the past couple days (I even just posted this on my feed) I am suddenly ravenous. Starving. I think I was definitely not giving my body enough and it thus it wasn't even really giving me the signs any longer that I was hungry. I am not sure even now if I am eating enough. But from what I can tell if my calculations are accurate, my BMR is 1536 (forgot my TDEE) and I have recently increased from 1200 to 1300 to 1450 to 1500 and most recently to 1670. Since being on 1670 is when I have noticed that I seem to be getting hungry a lot more often. And I do space out my meals and feel like I'm making overall healthy and good choices. I think my body is just now getting back to being good again with the metabolism being able to tell me when it's hungry. And I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't increase again in the next week or 2.

Here's the deal....after a few weeks your body adapts to changes. Your body is very, vey smart. You have to change it up a bit.
Yes, more calories will help you start losing again but only if you consume good calories. If you fill yourself with junk it won't matter, fill yourself with healthy food and maybe make it a high protein food to help you hit those calorie goals. Try it for a few weeks. When your weigt loss slows down again it's time to change it again.

someone else mentioned to stop working out......ummm NO! If you have gotten in a good routine of working out DO NOt stop. That is just crazy. You want to be healthy so keep up with the healthy habits. However, I do strongly reccomend ONE rest day each week. A rest day does not mean eat whatever you want and sit on the couch. It means eat smart, and take an "active" rest day! Go for a wal if you want to but don't go crazyworking out for 2 hours or anything.

Trust me, changing things up from month to month is the best way to keep the weight coming off. I've lost more than 30 pounds. By the way my food diary is open if you want some ideas but I have to warn you that I am on a super high protein/low carb/ low fat plan for this month and I am struggling to hit my 1300 cals per day while keeping my numbers balanced. This is only a temporary thing for me and if you go back to March you will see my usual nutrition plan in there.....it is much more balanced and closer to what you are proably looking for.

I was surprise by this, too. I just stated on this site and put in my breakfast, dog walking, rapid walking (one hours worth all together) and the hour and a half I spent cleaning and my caloric goal shot up from 1880 to 2475, wow. This site says that I've basically taken in negative 550 calories.