Well I have been working out 4 days a week and counting my calories for the past few weeks. I have lost 5 pounds since I began working out but I am thinking that I am eating too many calories.

I am eating approximately 1700 calories a day and working off about 300 doing cardio. Am I eating too much though. Everyone on here says to eat like 1200 calories right? So is 1700 bad? I am having a really difficult time cutting down to 1200 calories. I am SOOOO hungry lately since I started working out so much. Plus food tastes better and stays with me longer if a has a few extra calories. I am feeling paranoid because I still have so much weight to lose.

Thank goodness for my band here to help me. I am not nearly as hungry as I would be. Losing weight is 1 million times easier with the band, but I do still have to make effort and watch what I'm eating.

If I stick with under 1000/day I plateau for sure. Maybe for a few days it can shock your body into weight loss but I try to do what I can manage for life and that's around 1200/day for me. We all should do what we feel is best for us and I honestly don't think I could do any less than 1200/day for the rest of my life. My doctor believes that your body gets acustomed to a certain level of food each day and if that level is too low to continue for life then you risk having to diet periodically to an even lower level just to maintain your weight. For me, I think it's true so that's how I plan to manage my bandster lifestyle.