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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you need to track your food. My activity level is similar to yours and I am around 150lbs. I easily lose eating 2000 calories. But I track everything and I am pretty sure that I am eating on target. 
[b]Eat more to lose is non-sense, those who have success with that generally just stick to the higher calories better, instead of eating 1000 calories during the week and then bingeing all weekend[/b]. If you are in a true deficit you will lose. The higher the deficit the more you will lose.[/quote]

Yes to all of this!

To better explain what I bolded.

Let's say the calories you need to maintain your current weigh are 2000.

You will lose whether you eat 1900 or 1200 or 800. However, you will lose at a faster rate if you eat 800. You will also still likely lose on 800 call if you aren't as strict with tacking, because there is a lot more wiggle room when aiming for such a large deficit and if you forget to track that food you snacked on while making dinner, no big deal you are still in a deficit. Now I am NOT advocating to eat 800 cal, that is insane. When you eat too few calories it is not typically sustainable so you do it for a few days before overeating.  Now when you eat 1700 cal you will lose more slowly, but it is more sustainable ad you will still be able to enjoy life, however, you do need to track more carefully because forgetting to track that snack or few bites of your kids food will quickly put you at your maintenance calories.

This is why some people claim they lost more when they are more. They weren't really eating more, but rather more able to be consistent when eating more calories. On their ultra low calorie plan they were starving themselves for a few days a week and overeating the other days because they felt so deprived. [/quote]

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