DW Community Catch-up Thread
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Here is the best resource out there: https://healthyeater.com/flexible-dieting-calculator
For example: I am a 31 year old woman, I am 5’9″ and weigh 170#, I crossfit 4-5 times a week, I work a desk job. I shoot for 1700 calories a day.
Play around with the calculator. I felt hungry the first week of counting because I was getting too many calories before. If I don’t get enough I get super sleepy! Just adjust as needed. I LOVE that website for all it’s information on Flex Dieting (macro counting).
Hi guys! I did a three day juice cleanse (no I don’t believe in toxins, totally get that it’s basically a starvation diet, etc.) because I have gained 12 lbs since Sept and my gut has been really haywire since a wayward food experience in Peru. Wehn I got back from that my doctor put me on a super strict liquid diet for a few days to help my gut recover and it helped a lot so I was hopeful the juice would at least be a good break. Ended up losing 4.5 lbs. and realized how much I bored eat or eat because I love food. I’m back to calorie counting and I am ALWAYS bitter how few calories I’m supposed to have to not gain weight. Macros would dive me over the edge.
I did basal metabolic rate testing with a dietitian through work and it came in that I only needed just under 1200 calories a day. Shoe upped to to 1200 because she was concerned I wouldn’t get enough nutrients at less than that! So slow metabolisms and small frames suck guys. I used to throw back fast food, never work out, and be legit 107 lbs at 5’4″ and now I’m like how was that even possible? I work from home so really get very little movement outside of working out, so back to tracking calories and spin 3x a week + adding running once a weekend.
The thing that throws me off about determining how many calories I need just to exist is that from everything I’ve read, it takes your body more energy to maintain muscle mass. So basically more muscles means you can eat more just to maintain. I’m no body builder, but I have decent muscle mass. So I never know what that means for me. It’s not that I think I need, like, hundreds of calories more. I just do want to be mindful of not undereating, because I don’t want my muscles to wither away while I lose weight. But at the same time, I don’t want to overeat because I feel bulky and would like that to stop. I’m not that big, but I’m also not what I’d call skinny… but “skinny” has never been my goal (at least not since I was maybe in my early 20s).
@kmtthat I think dating someone who travels a lot is hard. I’ve dated consultants with the M-Th (sometimes longer) travel schedule. For me, the hard part was getting the relationship off the ground. It was easy for things to fizzle, harder for them to grow, without as much opportunity to see one another more and more as we grew closer. But since you guys have been dating awhile, I don’t think you’ll have the issues I’ve had since mine were all in the initial months of dating. I’m sure other people have dealt with this and can weigh in. My cousin is married to a guy who works in sales, so he travels a fair amount. She travels with him sometimes, but it’s not terribly frequent. They spend their weekends together and with family, and she cultivates her own hobbies/interests and spends way more time on friendships when he’s away. It seems to work for them. (I don’t know if this sounds bad, but I actually think I’d like the alone time if I had a committed partner who traveled frequently, assuming I saw him regularly.)
@Copa – I have a pretty hefty muscle and my “maintain” is 1700 calories. If I want to lean out I eat less but still lift the same amount. Every body is different, and everybody is different.
Due to circumstances and life I am just now finally meeting my boyfriends mom on Friday. We’ve been together over a year (holy cow!) and it’s finally working out. I’m excited/nervous/anxious all in one. 🙂
Is that 1700 calories if you lay in bed all day like a vegetable? Or do you increase your maintenance calories on days you exercise?
I wish I could eat 1700 calories a day 🙁 Right now I am the heaviest I’ve been in close to 9 years. I seriously wish I could magically lose 15lbs, which would probably make a big difference on my small/short frame.
I have 6 weeks to do SOMETHING about it before I see my boyfriend again!
Eat sensibly, increase your activity! It took me a bit to get my habits back in check, but I started getting my eating back on track slowly (e.g., making sure I had produce with every meal). If you’re not already doing some kind of strength training (body weight exercises or weight lifting), consider adding it into your routine — it makes a huge difference in physique. If you’re on MyFitnessPal let me know and we can be LDR fit buddies! ????
