I am just curious to see how many calories you took in to lose weight vs. how many to maintain weight. I know that calculators are inaccurate and that its highly individualistic. So, I'm curious to see the ranges here.
I reached my goal weight in December and have been playing the "trial and error" game ever since. Initially, to lose weight I ate 1200/day, however; during this experimentation I've learned that I still lose at 1600 and even 1700. This week I am going to experiment with the 1800 and see what happens.
Oh and also, I hit the gym at least four times a week.
I'm not maintaining now, but my nutritionist told me that if I ate 1800 calories at my weight, I would probably gain weight slowly. I'm not the expert, she is, but I hope that helps.
There are as many different answers as members on the board, but it seems that people who used to be obese need fewer calories to maintain, and people who used to be just overweight need a little more. To answer your question, I lost on 1000-1200 and maintain on 2000 (though at the moment I'm in the process of losing some and eating 1500).
Everyone has to play the "trial and error" game in the beginning since there are no rules that apply to everyone. It's part of the process!
I ate 1200-1500 to lose, maintain around 1900. I was still losing all the way up to 1800. I'm still experimenting with it though - I bumped up to around 2000 and had no exercise for a couple of weeks and still didn't gain, so I'm trying out the higher calories to see if I can eat a little more. I exercise 5-6 times per week.
I'm wondering how much everybody exercises too though... I was eating 1300 daily to lose. I started at little to no exercise but now I exercise more and was eating about 1400. It's going to be a long road for me to figure out what combo of cals/exercise i need...
I've actually increased my exercise since I started maintaining - added in weight training, running, stepped up the yoga. Well, maybe not increased time, but definitely increased intensity. During weight loss I was doing mostly elliptical and stationary bike cardio, some On Demand light yoga and ab videos, had just started some kickboxing right before I hit goal, was exercising six days per week. I target 1500 minutes of exercise a month when I'm at full strength - I've been trying for 1200 in the last two months since BA. I'm considering revising the goal from time of exercise to calories burned per my HRM. I was pretty good about five days per week, six some weeks, before surgery, now I'm at four-five with longer sessions on most of those days.
Getting that combo down is hard... I don't think I have it yet, myself. I have lost two pounds over the last few weeks, that is why I'm moving my calories up a little again.
Calories to lose/Calories to maintain
