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calorie intake confusion

  • 21-07-2009 2:59pm
    #1
    all_smilz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 747 ✭✭✭


    :)Hi-de-ho

    I am here again with another question.....
    I have done the calculations with G'em's RMR guidelines and without giving too much away about my weight it says that if i lose 15% of the calories (in order to lose weight) I can still have about 2700 calories....

    mostly i dont have 2000 calories....... (this can fluctuate with my hormones)
    On a good week where i might shift a 1lb or so i'll have gone to gym at least 4 times, swam once, yoga twice, a walk or two and some hardcore housework!
    Even on a bad day where i might have a cheat meal or a bit of chocolate or extra calories it still wouldnt come to 2700 so technically i should be consistently losing weight but i am not....

    If i used Eileen G's rough guidelines of 13 cals per lb but drop it to 10 cals per 1lb (as i am overweight) i can still have WELL over 2000 cals per day....
    what am i doing wrong?


Comments

  • #2
    metamorphosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭metamorphosis


    Id say that you are not eating enough to fuel your activity level.

    Your body is not been effeciently fuelled which might cause you to lose weight slower. The heavier you weigh the more calories your body needs.

    Id say, for one week, eat at your higher calorie allowance and see the results at the end of the week.


  • #3
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Do you weigh & calculate every single thing you eat? I know when I aimed for 2000-2200kcal a day I really set out for 1500-1800kcal, knowing full well I would have sneaky bits here & there. I could have a pint of milk in work in coffee easily, thats ~350kcal right there, and chocolate or biscuits are always around in work.

    Also these are just guideline amounts, if it your weight is not dropping AND you know you are not overdoing it then you simply need to drop more. What I mean is if you were going hungry and not losing you are probably dropping too much and slowing down your metabolism. (so could have to eat more as mentioned above)

    Also calories are not all used up equally, some woman was on before saying she could maintain at something like 2400kcal on a high protein diet but 2000kcal on a high carb diet. Your body does not use all calories equally. I have a very high intake of calories from alcohol, I do not count them the same as other calories since I know for me they do not have the same effect.

    In most posts I have seen people are saying they need to eat less than the calculators say. Maybe they veer on the safe side.


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