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Advice on calories

  • 18-09-2014 7:26am
    #1
    mcbobbyb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭


    I was gaining around a half to a pound a week eating 3000 kcals and was up 10 in around 12 weeks. I presume 2500 would be maintanace. So I was eating 2000 and lost 2 pounds each week since. I assumed first week was some water weight. Any ideas as to why its dropped so much. Im gona up it to 2500 to see how this week goes.


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  • #2
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,694 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    How many weeks at 2,000/day were you that you lost 2 lbs/week?

    There could be several different factors. One could be that you dropped the kcals a bit too low. See how it goes when you adjust to 2500.


  • #3
    mcbobbyb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭mcbobbyb


    Its been 2 weeks now and 4 pounds in total which was alot quicker than expected. Find it alot harder to put on than off! The way that went 2500 should be to lose a pound


  • #4
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,694 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    It's not always linear, i.e. 3000 kcals adding 0.5-1.0 lbs/week won't necessarily mean that 2500 is maintenance and that 2000 would cut 0.5-1.0 lbs/week.

    Tweak the kcals and see how it goes.


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