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5'5 118lbs maintain eating 2000 calories i picked this amount and went with that. mfp says i should eat 1770 but i knew it was too low so i tryed out 2000 for 2 months and there were no problems.I also ate 2150 on exercise days iam kinda active i dont sit around all day iam on my feet most of the time.
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nope
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Yes its a okay to take a break.. why would it not be after all it's only a week.. and it may make your weight loss slightly slower because your not burning them additional 150-300 or whatever the cals may be you burn when you do exercise. you might end up losing a half a pound less or so..
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it's defenately not a waste of time .. while your in a deficit and eating high protien you retain your muscle mas which is very good thing.
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I normally have a small breakfast heavy lunch and light dinner all the other calories go to snacks thoughout the day or drinks.
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well i take a break from calorie restriction every 3 months and maintain for a month or 2 then go back to making deficits after that time period is over
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I said no to eating 26 oreo cookies with a half gallon of milk
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I never tried them 1's before will go on the hunt for them when i go to my market run
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Potaotos are my (Friend) I eat them for the "potassium" mainly and the other good nutrients it has
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Same here after .. reaching my goal weight I went from eating 1380 calories slightly above my bmr to maintenance which is 1790 normally and after 2 weeks I losted 2lbs.. with eating exercise calories back (Exercise 5 days perweek 32 minutes in each of them days) I used a calculator to determine my maintenance which was…
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Pretty much
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do you eat enough protien and fat .. drink enough water get enough sleep? I find that when I lack in any of these departments/Macros I tend to eat more .. how about you ? Oh i forgot >Bored/Stressed.. some people eat More because of them things as well
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yea
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I also
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concentrated on eating less goal was 1320-1550 .. trying to get in as much protien in a day as possible reached only 55g on a good day . exercise30-45 minutes5 days of the week .. 0zero cheat days/meals
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Hmm I wish i would of know of lifting sooner.. I would of did it .. in the begining of my weightloss
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true story haha
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no whoops with that haha cinnamon toast crunch is heck of alot better than the apples = P
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I said no to the grease bucket food my family brought me from a resturaunt called the cookout i believe .."had already ate all my cals for today" but tomorrow is a new day and am eating it for my meals that day.
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NO tie downs_ / single :#
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for you to be 216 lbs dont you think that 1200 is low for starters 1200 is'nt even enough to feed your bmr which varys from 1600- 1683 cals depending on what calculator you use to calculate it... I think it'd be safe to atleast eat at your bmr to keep your main body functions running more properly and Retain more muscle…
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yap.. & the last "5-10" lbs are no different from the others .. it still requires be in a calorie deficit and tightened up logging ... just with them last 5 or so lbs it may seem harder because .. your TEE is lower than before and that means little to no >wiggle room < 4 u
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Exactaly what happened to me in the past when I losted weight... and was a newbie to it .. I did not know of such thing as maintain .. i not know about TEE's and deficits either at the time .. only thing i knew was to eat less to lose weight .. i did'nt count calories to lose it.. after that i went back to eating normally…
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for me! For my sake .!
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True :)
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I do this about 2 days of the week
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haha yes so sadly how pasta serving size is =.=
