Has anyone lost weight by eating more calories?

[yummo6]

Has anyone with stalled weight loss or gain, finally started losing again by eating more calories?

[WendyB]

Yes I have.

Also if you eat the same things all the time you need to switch it up.

Same for exercise. Your body gets use to the same things all the time

Switch it up!

[SunsetRunner]

Good question...my put..

Body can go into 'famine' mode if calories become too low.  Thinking, 'oh my..must be a famine so better save up everything I can'.  SLLLOOOOWWWW your metabolism way down.

Part of the conundum that is simply counting calories...if I consume less than I earn then I should lose weight.  But all calories and foods aren't equal when it comes to actual nutrient density.  That said, foods of equal caloire density can be harder for the body to process/digest, resulting in over all lower net gain. 

Often, all things being equal, those looking to lean up...maintain strength/fitness, maybe drop a few lbs but with real goal to be to drop % body fat will eat MORE (of the right things) effectively grazing every 2 hours. 

It's more complicated than simply calories in - calories out.  100 calories of french fries =/= 300 calories of plants.

So it would make sense to re-boot your metabolism if you started consuming more calories from the right foods.

[Heybales]

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@yummo6 wrote:

Has anyone with stalled weight loss or gain, finally started losing again by eating more calories?

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If it does, it usually indicates the amount of deficit you had was too stressful for your body.

Eating more, right on up to maintenance even (increase slowly), just removes a stress on the body.

Stress increases cortisol, increases water weight retained too.

Drop the stress, drop the water usually.

But body can also be willing to speed up if it was suppressing because of extreme deficit.

So slowly eat more weekly up to maintenance, take diet break for a week, then take a more reasonable deficit so you don't go there again.

May be slower weekly loss, but overall, what's slower? Stall for weeks and try to get out of it, or eat reasonable deficit the whole time?

[SunsetRunner]

Try eating more often. I've found it important - especially when I am stalled - to spread my food out to 3 meals and 2 snacks a day.