deemarie1

Like I stated earlier, I eat at least 1800 a day to lose. Glad there are others out there like me, but again I have lots of muscle. As for my other stats, I am 60 years old, 5'2". As to the amount of protein you should eat for your size, it depends on your body composition.

If you are not taking in enough calories your body will go into starvation mode. If you train heavy with weights you need to be sure you are eating enough to keep from losing your lean muscle. If I eat less than a certain amount each day, my weight loss stalls and I start storing fat and losing muscle. You have to figure…

Muscle requires fuel. The more muscle you carry the more you eat to maintain it, especially protein. If you lift, you eat.

That is still significant. That is an extra 450-500 calories a day for me. Maintaining is 2250 to 2300 cal a day.

Muscle weight takes a lot more calories to maintain. I can't lose unless I eat at least 1800 a day. Any less than that and I stall because my body thinks it is going into starving mode and I lose muscle mass as well as fat. More muscle = more calories to maintain.

It is bunk. You don't want to stuff yourself then go to bed because that is just uncomfortable and is not condusive to a good nights sleep, however recent studies have shown that eating after 8 or 9 is fine as long as it is moderate and you are not laying down on a full stomach which could cause acid reflux or discomfort…

:happy: YOU ROCK GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

:smile: I also take V B1, B6 and B12. Makes a big difference.

I eat about 1700 cal a day and haven't exercised for the last few weeks (too much crap going on) and in the last 2 weeks I've dropped 5 lbs. If you are working out so much, up your calories and take a day off. There is such a thing as working out too much. I usually do cardio for 1hour 3 days a week and weights for 1 hour…