I heard someone say that on induction you should be eating 10x or even 12x your weight in calories!

At 10x my weight that'd be 2,150 calories a day. And at 12 it'd be 2,580

I know you aren't susposed to worry about calories on induction, but isn't that getting a bit carried away..?

Someone wrote the Atkins center and they responded with 10-12 times your goal weight. This is still a source of debate here on the forum.

I think many people talk about the 10-12x rule for people who undereat. Many people come into low carb with a low calorie/low fat mentality. One of the good things about lcing is that it encourages you to eat. Eating is necessary. When you try and subsist on 800-900 calories a day, you might be damaging your system. When we see posts like that, someone will usually bring up the 10-12x guideline. I actually eat between 1100-1400 calories a day, sometimes as many as 1600.

I think the important thing is to eat when you are hungry, stop eating when you are full, and eat at least every six hours when awake even if you are not hungry. Try that for a while and see if it works. If it doesn't, then worry about counting calories. For those of us with serious weight problems who have been counting calories for years, learning to listen to our bodies rather than calculate a number is a challenge, but I think it is an important challenge if we are going to keep the weight off.

Given that you lost a lot of muscle doing lowfat, lowcal dieting, I would rely on the tape measure rather than the scale to see if it is working. If you are losing fat and putting on muscle, the scale may stay the same but your measurements should shrink. Make sure you eat plenty of protein so that you can build up muscle.

Hey robzero,

In my opinon, 2580 is absolutely NOT an enormous amount of calories for someone who is 6 ft tall, male? As you lose, your caloric needs go down.

Do you keep track of calories in www.fitday.com?

It is said that people tend to underestimate their caloric intake by 800 calories per day... you might enter an "average" day and see what you come up with.

Best,
Jinx

Yes, do I ever agree with both of these. It is soooo easy to underestimate your calories.

And maybe when people are having stalls, they need to readjust their caloric intake, seeing as these stalls came after a loss, and their new caloric needs need to be accounted for. At 1500-1600 calories a day, I lost a lot faster I was 150+ than I am right now. (Even with exercise)