Settings: Now i've lost weight... What should I do?

allanrjudge
allanrjudge Posts: 84 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I made a couple of threads not too long ago about a 'plateau' I was in where I couldn't get past the 212lbs - 215lbs mark, i'd gone from 229lbs to 212lbs then the scale went up and down for about a month.

So I decided to start tracking, and I went from that plateau down to todays weight of 204.6lbs.

The weight seems to be slowing again though. Obviously in that time i've altered my calorie intake a bit, but what I want to know is outside of doing P90x3 every single day I go to college 2 days a week and the other days are spent very, very sedentary (long story).

What activity level should I choose to get the best results? Up until i've had it set to 'very active' but i'm thinkin I should change it. But then where it asks how often do you workout? I've said 7 days a week for half an hour a day... Does that take into account how brutal programmes like P90x3 can be? Which is why i'm thinkin well maybe I should keep it set to highly active? I burn minimum 400 cals each time, sometimes more (using a PolarHRM).

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  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    If you are quite sedentary outside of your p90x, set it to sedentary and log your exercise, eat 50-75% of those calories. Otherwise, use an outside calculator to find out your TDEE and eat to that.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Your activity level does not include your exercise, so if you set it to very active and then add in your calories, you're most likely eating more than you should
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    MFP is set up so that exercise is separate. Start with sedentary and add your exercise. If it turns out you're either losing too quickly or hungry, you can change it to lightly active.
  • allanrjudge
    allanrjudge Posts: 84 Member
    Ah okay then.

    Thank you girls xx
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,431 MFP Moderator
    edited November 2014
    I would recommend using beachbody's calculator if you are doing their program, but I also don't you are burning 400 calories in a half an hour. Keep in mind that HRM's are very inaccurate for HIIT or weight training programs.

    http://www.teambeachbody.com/eat-smart/nutrition-tools/caloric-needs
  • allanrjudge
    allanrjudge Posts: 84 Member
    Don't say that i'll be gutted now lol.
    I thought around 400 cals was quite an average amount for someone who does p90x3?

    I burn that doin T25 too.

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