Learning my BMR and RMR helped more than anything else I came across. MFP helped, but once I learned my BMR and stuck to the numbers that provided me (minus the 500-1000 to lose weight), weight came off mcuh easier.
Although it tells me to eat 1210 calories a day..... then complains that I am not eating enough LOL.
I find if I stay between 1200 - 1500 I lose just fine. I'm also finding eating just 1200 calories a day is not hard. At first it was difficult, but now I've gotten kinda used to it.
I like My Fitness Pal for the ease of entering foods..It also told me to eat 1200 calories, but I felt for the safety of everyone around me, I should eat more I figured out my BMR and RMR and changed my calorie limits on MFP accordingly..When I actually use it, it works beautifully!!
Wanna b thats probably too low...try 1500 and eat more protein and fat than carbs...might help.
OP for me it was trial and error. If I eat much over 1500 cause of pcos I dont loose. I have mfp set to 1850 though cause thats what it says for my weight...also it allows for the occasional high days which is usually fridays.
I also use MFP.
I'm on 1260 but I'm ok with going over a little, only with exercise or if I feel low on energy though.
Now that I'm used to eating 1200, I find it hard to fill in the last couple of hundred calories some days, especially now that it's added the extra 60.
Those first few days I was a beast! Thank goodness my kids were in school and my husband was traveling.
Last edited by Paisleymama; 11-25-2013 at 11:09 PM.
Lose it. Similar to MFP.....I adjusted my cal to maintain my weight loss. I stay around 1550 average a day but cycle from 1400-1700. I find if I go below 1400, I'm not happy.
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