Gryph1
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Alright, so I've been getting about 1200-1300 calories daily for the past...well, a while now--we'll just say consistently, for the past month, because I made what now seems to be the stupid mistake of decreasing my caloric intake all at once from whatever I was consuming before (probably in the 2000 range) to what I am taking in today.
So after reading through some of the posts on this forum, I began to see WHY what I did was a mistake, and so I want to make changes to try to correct them and maybe get my metabolism back (and generally eat healthier).
SO! My question is--would it be safe to go from taking in 1200-1300 calories a day to taking in 1500 calories a day? I'm 5'2" and, as of this morning, I weigh 136.6 lbs. My goal weight is in the 115-120 area. Would it just be counter-productive to do this? Do I need to up it more slowly, or is it fine to go from 1200 calories to 1500 calories?
Many thanks.
EDIT:
I also think it needs to be said that I walk on the treadmill an hour a day (30 minutes in the morning, 30 minutes in the evening) and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have karate for an hour. I plan to start some sort of weight training as well...I'm currently in the phase of seeing what that would consist of. That being said, my BMR is around 1467, but with that exercise, my caloric needs to maintain are around 2300 or so. I wasn't sure if this was necessary information or not, but I thought I'd add it, just in case. ^^;
So after reading through some of the posts on this forum, I began to see WHY what I did was a mistake, and so I want to make changes to try to correct them and maybe get my metabolism back (and generally eat healthier).
SO! My question is--would it be safe to go from taking in 1200-1300 calories a day to taking in 1500 calories a day? I'm 5'2" and, as of this morning, I weigh 136.6 lbs. My goal weight is in the 115-120 area. Would it just be counter-productive to do this? Do I need to up it more slowly, or is it fine to go from 1200 calories to 1500 calories?
Many thanks.
EDIT:
I also think it needs to be said that I walk on the treadmill an hour a day (30 minutes in the morning, 30 minutes in the evening) and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have karate for an hour. I plan to start some sort of weight training as well...I'm currently in the phase of seeing what that would consist of. That being said, my BMR is around 1467, but with that exercise, my caloric needs to maintain are around 2300 or so. I wasn't sure if this was necessary information or not, but I thought I'd add it, just in case. ^^;
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