Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
Have you upped your calorie intake to reflect the increase in activity? I'm not sure whether your 1200 calorie restriction is for non-exercise day. Because if you're exercising and only eating 1200 calories, it's no wonder that you're hungry.
Yeah, I do up it on days where there is a lot of exercise and now am generally averaging 1250 to 1300 a day over a week period if I am exercising a lot, rather than the 1100 to 1200 I started with back in January. This takes me down a pound a week roughly. When I am traveling I try to keep it at 1200 per day because I get very little exercise when I am on the road. If I am sedentary I will not lose near to a pound a week on 1200 calories as my basal metabolic rate is not even 1200. I need at least some exercise. I had a week where I did 1500 average per day (mostly due to two big days) and I gained .8 pounds, my first gain of my weight loss journey. But that amount is really statistically insignificant and could just be the usual ups and downs a person has based on hydration, etc. But it is hard to balance weight loss and exercise needs. Given how small I am (4'11") even with exercise my calorie needs are not large.