eating for the future you

katcod1522
katcod1522 Posts: 448 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Wondering who has done this...as in..upping cals to the what your maintenance cals will be at your goal weight. I am staying in a 3-5lbs window of getting to my goal weight of 127. I struggle really hard on the weekends....and Im thinking I end up bingeing because I stay at my 1200-1250 cal window M-F. Thoughts?

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  • mallory3411
    mallory3411 Posts: 839 Member
    There's no harm in giving it a shot. You may gain temporarily once you increase calories at first though so don't get alarmed.

    Try it for a few weeks and see how it goes.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    If you're only a few pounds away from your goal, that's probably giving you something like a 50-calorie deficit. You could wipe that out with one extra bite. Maybe up your calories a little but not that much...
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    Edit because I'm clearly lame
  • tryinghard71
    tryinghard71 Posts: 593
    I am already set at a deficit with just eating my 1200 calories. If I eat 1200 and work out and burn 600 I try to eat most of my 600 back. So far it's working. I am down 7 inches in my waist.
  • katcod1522
    katcod1522 Posts: 448 Member
    I am at 133...goal is 127-129. I eat 1200 cals a day...and maybe half my cals from running. My BMR is 1336. Maintenance cals for me at 127lbs is 1614.
  • andreanicole686
    andreanicole686 Posts: 406 Member
    I upped mine to 1500 and it was the best thing I did. It keeps me from binging.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I am at 133...goal is 127-129. I eat 1200 cals a day...and maybe half my cals from running. My BMR is 1336. Maintenance cals for me at 127lbs is 1614.

    Eat somewhere between BMR and maintenance, and eat back the cals burned from exercise.
  • VeganInTraining
    VeganInTraining Posts: 1,319 Member
    Right before I got to my goal I switched to lose 1/2 pound a week rather than a full pound. That helped make the transition a little easier
  • InTenn
    InTenn Posts: 99
    There is a MFP Group established with exactly that premise in mind. Not sure how to include the link, but the name, remarkably enough is "Eating for Future You"

    Probably worth joining and reading up if you are interested. Lots of success stories there, starting a lot further from goal weight than you are.

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