Struggling to find the right amount of calories to eat in order to lose weight? Well try this!
What I want you to do is log and track your food for seven days. Don’t make any changes to it. Just log and track everything that you eat so you can see exactly how you’ve naturally been eating.
I have all of my one on one clients do this, and then this is normally where I then step in and do some extra calculations.
But if you don’t have me helping you directly, I want you to try this:
Look at all seven days, and I want you to find the lowest amount of calories you’ve eaten.
So let’s just say there’s been a range. One day you’ve had 1,600 calories, another day you’ve had 2,400
I want you to find the lowest day, and I want you to set that as your calorie goal.
What this is going to do is help you regulate your calorie intake at a level that’s sustainable for you.
If you’ve already been able to eat at that level once, then you should be able to do that day after day.
And if it gets too hard, then you can slowly bump calories up, maybe 100 or 200.
So, if you’re eating at 1,600 and it’s too tough, then bump it up to 1,700 and try from there.
Try this out for a couple weeks, and if you’re losing weight consistently, then you’re in the sweet spot.
So congratulations! You found a calorie range that works for you, so stay here as long as you’re continuing to lose weight.
Let me know if this has been helpful!
Much love,
Coach Bryan
P.S. If you’d like my direct help with figuring out your calories and macros so you can easily lose weight, then you may be interested in my upcoming 28 day plant-based fitness challenge starting November 3rd!
If you’re interested and want to join in, just reply to this post with the word 'CHALLENGE', and I’ll send over the details.