Sometimes you have to eat more to lose more

Deady Bear

12/05/2014 9:18AM
I'm glad you hit a scale whoosh!

However, a few things you wrote are a bit of a red flag. For someone is 180 lbs., your BMR is about 1500 Calories a day. Eating less than that means that your body cells are not receiving the energy they need to support your body, and that your body's metabolism will eventually slow down to meet your caloric intake. Another importance of eating the 1500 Calories is to meet nutritional needs in an organic way.

That said, I'm nearly twice your weight and I eat the same Calorie count due to the nature of my diet and lack of desire to eat more.

So, as a small token of advice, be sure you're taking your multi-vitamins, and pick nutrient dense foods if you're going low Calorie. The nature of restriction diets have adverse effects in the long term, the big one for me being hair loss. Taking your vitamins will help prevent such things. : )

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GeminiWitch83 Amanda

Thanks for your comments. Dietbet says my calorie goal is 1200-1350. This is what Livestrong has said in the past when I have dieted as well. I don't really restrict anything. I eat a few times a day. I eat veggies, fruits, greek yogurt, and as much protein as I can. I also eat more when I know I am hungry and not just craving something. I know if I ate more calories every day I would never lose any weight. I also allow myself to have some of the snacks I like here and there so that I do not ever feel deprived of anything. My fitbit is set to 1,000 calorie deficit per day to lose 2 pounds per week to meet my goals on diet bets. I like that it uses metabolic rate plus any activities including my steps. This way I try to stay around my 1,000 calorie deficit. I generally do not have more than 200 calories left over. It's usually less than 200 left over if I am not in my target range.

Genevieve

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Until they work out the difference between calories, for instance 100cal of crisps/chips and 100cal of nuts (which are less digestible which is why eating lots of whole almonds can actually help weight loss) then calorie counting is never going to be an exact science.
Definitely agree you need to eat enough to power your bodies basic needs any less and it's going to hang on to whatever fat/sugar it can.

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