Upping Cals to lose a few pounds?

xPOOKiEx
xPOOKiEx Posts: 156 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Okay, so I know that a lot of people post this..I just need some advice.

I'm 20 years old
5'4" and about 129 pounds right now.

Don't get me wrong, I love my body...I feel way more fit than I ever have before.

I'd love to lose just a few pounds....I've been stuck at this weight for a while and I've been at 1200 cals a day with exercise every day.

Should I up my cals to something like 1500 to help thin me out some more? I ask this because I hear all these women lose weight once they up their cals!

Interested in eating more a day with hopes of not sabotaging all my hard work :)

Please send useful thoughts! If it worked for you, I wanna hear your story! :)

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  • SparklesPlenty
    SparklesPlenty Posts: 90 Member
    Sorry to say it didn't work for me. I also upped my cals inhopes of ending a plateau. Over 3 months all I did is gain 10 lbs. I went back to lower calories and have lost 3. So frustrating as I would love to eat more. But honestly, that is how I got fat to begin with. So now I am back to eating less. I did get a fitbit and discovered I burn way less then everyone estimated I should be burning, so that could be the problem. Maybe see what your aactual TDEE is before you trust any calculators to tell you to eat more.
  • cmeade20
    cmeade20 Posts: 1,238 Member
    It worked for me. I was stuck at 118 forever. Upping my cals got me down to 115. Adding in strength training got me down to 112 (and a size4 :-) )

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