calories at 220 lb 6 years out
Hi all, i've been here before, a long time ago, but I couldn't remember my i.d, email, or password, so I'm here on a new account :)
So... I've lost about 40 lbs since I was on here last, so that is awesome! But I am kind of stuck at 220 right now. My lost post surgery was 189 (for a day) then gradualy got up to 260, After doing HCG last year I got down to 205...but yeah, then back up to al most 240, but I am now down to 220 by working out, and tracking my food. I tried tracking my food a couple months ago on a "good day" when I KNEW I was eating low calorie and good...I tracked over 3,000 calories! NO WONDER. So after 6-8 weeks of eating around 1400 and adding some exercise I got down to about 220.
I am currently working with a trainer. She has me doing two intense cardio classes a week, 3 body pump classes a week (weight training) each one of those followed by 20-60 min light cardio.She wants me eating 1600 calories a day...that kinda freaks me out! That seems like a TON!...
In your experience, opinioin or anything what do you think I should be eating? The daily plate says to lose 2 lbs a week I should be eating 1400 a day...how much were you eating at that weight? Should I be eating more? or Less? Also, some days I get like 600-1300 calories burned through exercise, should I be eating like 500 more calories a day so my body doesn't go in "starvation mode" or is it ok to stay at 1400 (or whatever amount is determined to be right) and just let all that extra energy spent speed up my weight loss..
opions or advice anyone?
Thanks!
Leslee
So... I've lost about 40 lbs since I was on here last, so that is awesome! But I am kind of stuck at 220 right now. My lost post surgery was 189 (for a day) then gradualy got up to 260, After doing HCG last year I got down to 205...but yeah, then back up to al most 240, but I am now down to 220 by working out, and tracking my food. I tried tracking my food a couple months ago on a "good day" when I KNEW I was eating low calorie and good...I tracked over 3,000 calories! NO WONDER. So after 6-8 weeks of eating around 1400 and adding some exercise I got down to about 220.
I am currently working with a trainer. She has me doing two intense cardio classes a week, 3 body pump classes a week (weight training) each one of those followed by 20-60 min light cardio.She wants me eating 1600 calories a day...that kinda freaks me out! That seems like a TON!...
In your experience, opinioin or anything what do you think I should be eating? The daily plate says to lose 2 lbs a week I should be eating 1400 a day...how much were you eating at that weight? Should I be eating more? or Less? Also, some days I get like 600-1300 calories burned through exercise, should I be eating like 500 more calories a day so my body doesn't go in "starvation mode" or is it ok to stay at 1400 (or whatever amount is determined to be right) and just let all that extra energy spent speed up my weight loss..
opions or advice anyone?
Thanks!
Leslee
Since you want to lose, I would start with 1,400-1,500 per day. The most important thing though is what makes up those calories.
Make sure you eat lean protein first, then complex carbs and veggies. Also, eating 6 small meals a day really turned my metobolism into overdrive!!
Track every morsel you put into your mouth, and make sure you do not drink with meals...you can do it!!
Kim
Make sure you eat lean protein first, then complex carbs and veggies. Also, eating 6 small meals a day really turned my metobolism into overdrive!!
Track every morsel you put into your mouth, and make sure you do not drink with meals...you can do it!!
Kim
I have never been good at tracking/counting/journaling my intake. Well, to get myself re-started, I have done that a few times, just to see what I was really consuming. And of course, when I did WW many times in the past, I used to do the diaries pretty well. But I just don't want bothered with all of that. And I don't believe it's necessary if you're eating the right foods. If you're eating low-carb, low-fat, and high-protein, I think the calories will take care of themselves. As the other poster said, protein first, then veggies, and the other stuff. Of course, if you're eating enough protein and veggies, there won't be room for the other stuff!
That all being said though, I do remember my surgeon asking me if I thought I could adhere to a 1600 calorie a day diet for the rest of my life. I guess that's what she generally felt post-ops should be eating.
That all being said though, I do remember my surgeon asking me if I thought I could adhere to a 1600 calorie a day diet for the rest of my life. I guess that's what she generally felt post-ops should be eating.
I would follow Kim's advice..from what I read on your post that is good..Your body getting 1500 calories after 3000 calories may go into starvation mode anyway..You should probably stay the course at about 1500 calories a day, good dense proteins, complex carbs (not white carbs) and no or low sugar..and keep exercising.
If you're building muscle and your body is getting smaller you may not see as big a change on the scale but seriously, that's alot better..
If you're building muscle and your body is getting smaller you may not see as big a change on the scale but seriously, that's alot better..
Yes, RNY worked for me but it also requires a lot of work from me!
Before Surgery: 214
Highest Weight: 240
Now: 125.6
Goal: 130
Before Surgery: 214
Highest Weight: 240
Now: 125.6
Goal: 130
The daily plate 1400 calories is mostly for "normal" people who did not have WLS and did not messed up their metabolism. But that is net 1400 calories. So food calories minus exercise...
so if you burn 500 cal per session - the daily plate would make you eat 1400+500= 1900 calories.
I think the issue is what is your real BMR - the calorie needed for your body if you do not do anything.. for me - it is estimated 1400.. but in reality it is close to 1200... (due to WLS and many diets before that).
If you do not get enough - you body would adapt and you may stop losing. If you eat too much - the body would do the same thing.
We all so different. I know that for me to lose any weight - I need to trick my body into losing.
That mean that I need to average app 1000 per day during the week , with 800-1400 daily intake, and some exercises. When I try to follow the same diet - 1200 cal per day - every day - my body adjust and use only as many calorie as I supply. But ... when I alternate - my body thinks that it may get more calories later - another day - so it burns on days with low calorie.
I do eat app the same amount every day - but exercise harder on the day that my net need to be smaller.
check that:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/280983-fluctuating-calorie -diets/
so if you burn 500 cal per session - the daily plate would make you eat 1400+500= 1900 calories.
I think the issue is what is your real BMR - the calorie needed for your body if you do not do anything.. for me - it is estimated 1400.. but in reality it is close to 1200... (due to WLS and many diets before that).
If you do not get enough - you body would adapt and you may stop losing. If you eat too much - the body would do the same thing.
We all so different. I know that for me to lose any weight - I need to trick my body into losing.
That mean that I need to average app 1000 per day during the week , with 800-1400 daily intake, and some exercises. When I try to follow the same diet - 1200 cal per day - every day - my body adjust and use only as many calorie as I supply. But ... when I alternate - my body thinks that it may get more calories later - another day - so it burns on days with low calorie.
I do eat app the same amount every day - but exercise harder on the day that my net need to be smaller.
check that:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/280983-fluctuating-calorie -diets/
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
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"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Mary Catherine
on 7/21/11 1:44 am
on 7/21/11 1:44 am
An easy rule is to multiply the weight you want to maintain by 10. So to maintain at 160 you would consume 1600 calories a day. Eating high protein, low carb gives you a 10% advantage (according to Dr Atkins who made that way of eating popular).
So if eating high carb 1600 calories results in 10 pounds loss per month, the eating low carb 1600 calories should result in losing 11 pounds for that month.
Other than the magic 18 month honeymoon of weight loss surgery, the only way I have ever lost weight was by following weigh****chers points, going to weekly weigh in meetings, and exercising hard.
So if eating high carb 1600 calories results in 10 pounds loss per month, the eating low carb 1600 calories should result in losing 11 pounds for that month.
Other than the magic 18 month honeymoon of weight loss surgery, the only way I have ever lost weight was by following weigh****chers points, going to weekly weigh in meetings, and exercising hard.
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