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Yes, exactly why I'm worried about not getting enough. I wish I could afford a nutritionalist so I wouldn't have to guess if my meal plan for the day is a smart one. I still am trying to learn how much % carbs protein and fat I should be following:(
Maybe, if that helps - try to put what you're doing right now into perspective to what you have been doing before you ever considered getting healthier. The change is huge, isn't it? Actually, even if you chose to, for now, just exercise regularily and let's say cut out certain things like soda and carbs for dinner - you'd be fine for the beginning already. You'd certainly be losing. The fact that you are concious of what you put into your body right now is a big step already, so don't feel pressured to do such a HUGE step over night. Eating a good 1700 cals and working out is more than fine.
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I don't lean on the bars, my elliptical isn't like his. I might look into getting a heart monitor, obviously its the best way to be accurate. Who would want to brag about false accomplishments? You have to be honest with yourself because it shows when we look at our reflection. However,he didn't come through YouTube last night and make my monitor on my machine read 848. Either way, months ago I would do a basic exercise on the elliptical and I know without a doubt doing this video makes me sweat like crazy so I know I have been getting enough cardio in. I'm not an expert or I wouldn't be on here learning and looking for other's with similar goals. I'm trying to change my habits and I am very open to everyone's input and even more excited to learn what works for them! So I appreciate ALL of your honest opinions:)
Exercise machines (as well as MFP's database) are notoriously overestimated. But if you continue to eat as little as you are, you'll reach a point where you have no energy to exercise. You still need to fuel your body.0 -
The elliptical is the worst offender of cardio machines when it comes to overestimating calorie burns. Mine seriously tries to tell me i burned 200 calories in 10 minutes when the real burn is 69 calories. There are some articles if you Google it...i just read one last week, sorry i don't have a link for you.0
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Yes, exactly why I'm worried about not getting enough. I wish I could afford a nutritionalist so I wouldn't have to guess if my meal plan for the day is a smart one. I still am trying to learn how much % carbs protein and fat I should be following:(
Maybe, if that helps - try to put what you're doing right now into perspective to what you have been doing before you ever considered getting healthier. The change is huge, isn't it? Actually, even if you chose I'm now , for now, just exercise regularily and let's say cut out certain things like soda and carbs for dinner - you'd be fine for the beginning already. You'd certainly be losing. The fact that you are concious of what you put into your body right now is a big step already, so don't feel pressured to do such a HUGE step over night. Eating a good 1700 cals and working out is more than fine. (*)
Thanks, a year and a half ago I had gestational diabetes and gave birth to a big baby boy:) I was eating extremely unhealthy addicted to drinking Several fountain size or bottles of soda a day. I cut out soda 8 months ago, I switched to juice and sweet teas (temporarily) now I am finally avoiding fast food completely, drinking tons of water and I have noticed the water weight start to drop. More recently I started trying to tie together my diet, exercise and and water intake. I was 204 lbs(biggest in my life) sept 2013. Im now around 185 but I'm only 4' 11" I just want to fit into my clothes comfortably again! It doesn't help I live in Michigan and can't go for a walk in -10 weather lol0 -
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Thank you guys for imforming me about what I'm thinking I'm burning vs. Actual. Now I need to find a way to really know I want to keep track correctly and0
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I believe diet is more important than exercise. Its hard when you are used to eating all the unhealthy junk. To be honest I haven't touched my microwave since I have made this change unless it involved instant oatmeal. I am newer to this so I feel like the new clueless girl on the block but I am learning still what kinds of food I should be preparing and I have seen a huge difference in my kitchen from bread, butter breakfast ect. I don't have anyone currently sharing their diary with me or giving me pointers. I feel I am off to a great start though!TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »Yes, exactly why I'm worried about not getting enough. I wish I could afford a nutritionalist so I wouldn't have to guess if my meal plan for the day is a smart one. I still am trying to learn how much % carbs protein and fat I should be following:(
Maybe, if that helps - try to put what you're doing right now into perspective to what you have been doing before you ever considered getting healthier. The change is huge, isn't it? Actually, even if you chose I'm now , for now, just exercise regularily and let's say cut out certain things like soda and carbs for dinner - you'd be fine for the beginning already. You'd certainly be losing. The fact that you are concious of what you put into your body right now is a big step already, so don't feel pressured to do such a HUGE step over night. Eating a good 1700 cals and working out is more than fine. (*)
Thanks, a year and a half ago I had gestational diabetes and gave birth to a big baby boy:) I was eating extremely unhealthy addicted to drinking Several fountain size or bottles of soda a day. I cut out soda 8 months ago, I switched to juice and sweet teas (temporarily) now I am finally avoiding fast food completely, drinking tons of water and I have noticed the water weight start to drop. More recently I started trying to tie together my diet, exercise and and water intake. I was 204 lbs(biggest in my life) sept 2013. Im now around 185 but I'm only 4' 11" I just want to fit into my clothes comfortably again! It doesn't help I live in Michigan and can't go for a walk in -10 weather lol
I started in October 2014 and lost 69 pounds till now
And in the beginning without any exercising.
Weight loss start in the kitchen.
Now i want to get fit too so yes i started to exercise. And i eat 1/4 back of my burned calories and the weight loss stays stable and good. I am not tired or hungry i dont have binging or gravings.
But most of all my balanced diet made my blood pressure go normal again, my heart normal and sugar levels normal.
After 3 months my lab/stats were excellent.
So what i try to say is.....try to get your food intake healthy and enough
than add your exercise and eat 1/4 to 1/2 back of those calories.
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cheshirecatastrophe wrote: »Reposting link so it does not get lost:
Why you are not burning 800 kcal in 45 minutes on the elliptical: a story of VO2max, Olympians, and mere mortals like you and me
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I believe diet is more important than exercise. Its hard when you are used to eating all the unhealthy junk. To be honest I haven't touched my microwave since I have made this change unless it involved instant oatmeal. I am newer to this so I feel like the new clueless girl on the block but I am learning still what kinds of food I should be preparing and I have seen a huge difference in my kitchen from bread, butter breakfast ect. I don't have anyone currently sharing their diary with me or giving me pointers. I feel I am off to a great start though!TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »Yes, exactly why I'm worried about not getting enough. I wish I could afford a nutritionalist so I wouldn't have to guess if my meal plan for the day is a smart one. I still am trying to learn how much % carbs protein and fat I should be following:(
Maybe, if that helps - try to put what you're doing right now into perspective to what you have been doing before you ever considered getting healthier. The change is huge, isn't it? Actually, even if you chose I'm now , for now, just exercise regularily and let's say cut out certain things like soda and carbs for dinner - you'd be fine for the beginning already. You'd certainly be losing. The fact that you are concious of what you put into your body right now is a big step already, so don't feel pressured to do such a HUGE step over night. Eating a good 1700 cals and working out is more than fine. (*)
Thanks, a year and a half ago I had gestational diabetes and gave birth to a big baby boy:) I was eating extremely unhealthy addicted to drinking Several fountain size or bottles of soda a day. I cut out soda 8 months ago, I switched to juice and sweet teas (temporarily) now I am finally avoiding fast food completely, drinking tons of water and I have noticed the water weight start to drop. More recently I started trying to tie together my diet, exercise and and water intake. I was 204 lbs(biggest in my life) sept 2013. Im now around 185 but I'm only 4' 11" I just want to fit into my clothes comfortably again! It doesn't help I live in Michigan and can't go for a walk in -10 weather lol
I started in October 2014 and lost 69 pounds till now
And in the beginning without any exercising.
Weight loss start in the kitchen.
Now i want to get fit too so yes i started to exercise. And i eat 1/4 back of my burned calories and the weight loss stays stable and good. I am not tired or hungry i dont have binging or gravings.
But most of all my balanced diet made my blood pressure go normal again, my heart normal and sugar levels normal.
After 3 months my lab/stats were excellent.
So what i try to say is.....try to get your food intake healthy and enough
than add your exercise and eat 1/4 to 1/2 back of those calories.
You can always add me. I cook from scratch every day
But i can be brutally honest and i remove people who frequently under eat and tend to get or have an ED ... ( just because i am not a shrink or social worker and when i see people struggle i want to help)
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arditarose wrote: »
That's crazy. Eating milk fat, beef fat, and sugar is not a reasonable approach to inadequate nutrition intake.0 -
arditarose wrote: »
That's crazy. Eating milk fat, beef fat, and sugar is not a reasonable approach to inadequate nutrition intake.
What? I mean I have no reason to drink juice or soda. But dairy and red meat, absolutely.0 -
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arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »
That's crazy. Eating milk fat, beef fat, and sugar is not a reasonable approach to inadequate nutrition intake.
What? I mean I have no reason to drink juice or soda. But dairy and red meat, absolutely.
There is a difference between calories and nutrients. The poster is eating very few calories which implies inadequate nutrition. The solution to that is NOT to eat calorie dense foods - lots of calories does not mean lots of nutrition, they are not the same thing. A poster suggesting to switch to full fat ground beef, full fat milk, and sugary beverages is giving terrible advice. This is consuming pure energy without nutritional advantages.0 -
arditarose wrote: »
That's crazy. Eating milk fat, beef fat, and sugar is not a reasonable approach to inadequate nutrition intake.
*hides her empty gelato container*
*hides the can of root beer next to the gelato container*
I'm not really sure how I've lost 30 pounds with all this unreasonable approach to my "diet"...0 -
arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »
That's crazy. Eating milk fat, beef fat, and sugar is not a reasonable approach to inadequate nutrition intake.
What? I mean I have no reason to drink juice or soda. But dairy and red meat, absolutely.
There is a difference between calories and nutrients. The poster is eating very few calories which implies inadequate nutrition. The solution to that is NOT to eat calorie dense foods - lots of calories does not mean lots of nutrition, they are not the same thing. A poster suggesting to switch to full fat ground beef, full fat milk, and sugary beverages is giving terrible advice. This is consuming pure energy without nutritional advantages.
So there are no nutritional advantages to eating beef and dairy? Let's leave out the sugary beverages, though if she is meeting her macros and has room for a soda-fine.0 -
PrizePopple wrote: »arditarose wrote: »
That's crazy. Eating milk fat, beef fat, and sugar is not a reasonable approach to inadequate nutrition intake.
*hides her empty gelato container*
*hides the can of root beer next to the gelato container*
I'm not really sure how I've lost 30 pounds with all this unreasonable approach to my "diet"...
Look at my diary friend, I just finished a serving of full fat ice cream and pretzels. You are misunderstanding my point.
The problem posed by the poster is that MFP says they aren't eating enough. The underlying issue is malnourishment. A solution to malnourishment is NOT to eat more calories, it is to eat more NUTRIENTS.0 -
arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »
That's crazy. Eating milk fat, beef fat, and sugar is not a reasonable approach to inadequate nutrition intake.
What? I mean I have no reason to drink juice or soda. But dairy and red meat, absolutely.
There is a difference between calories and nutrients. The poster is eating very few calories which implies inadequate nutrition. The solution to that is NOT to eat calorie dense foods - lots of calories does not mean lots of nutrition, they are not the same thing. A poster suggesting to switch to full fat ground beef, full fat milk, and sugary beverages is giving terrible advice. This is consuming pure energy without nutritional advantages.
So there are no nutritional advantages to eating beef and dairy? Let's leave out the sugary beverages, though if she is meeting her macros and has room for a soda-fine.
No, why are you making this so difficult. The advice SPECIFICALLY was to choose fattier cuts of beef and milk. Are there many nutrients in beef fat that the average person is lacking? No.0 -
PrizePopple wrote: »arditarose wrote: »
That's crazy. Eating milk fat, beef fat, and sugar is not a reasonable approach to inadequate nutrition intake.
*hides her empty gelato container*
*hides the can of root beer next to the gelato container*
I'm not really sure how I've lost 30 pounds with all this unreasonable approach to my "diet"...
Look at my diary friend, I just finished a serving of full fat ice cream and pretzels. You are misunderstanding my point.
The problem posed by the poster is that MFP says they aren't eating enough. The underlying issue is malnourishment. A solution to malnourishment is NOT to eat more calories, it is to eat more NUTRIENTS.
You're running on the assumption that you know their dietary habits well though. If they are happy with their current nutritional content but just not hitting the caloric goals changing up a few things could help with that. Whole milk instead of non-fat. Have some nuts or avocado which are solid nutrients, but also calorie dense for a relatively small serving. And really, who cares if 150 calories or so comes from a soda from time to time?0 -
There is no purpose to "hitting calorie goals" in somebody who is otherwise taking in enough nutrients, not hungry, no restricting themselves beyond their comfort zone, and not at risk of binging. You are literally just advising them to eat more to satisfy a website, rather than because it's healthy.
If having soda or junk food makes you happy and satisfies and urge that's fine. However eating for the sake of eating is just silly. I agree, eating nuts or avocado has benefits. Switching from lean beef to extra-fatty beef, not so much.0 -
What in the world do you mean by Mexican/Puerto Rican food? You do know that these are two entirely different cultures with completely different foods, right?
I can only think of one dish that you could find in both countries...and it is actually Spanish.0 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »What in the world do you mean by Mexican/Puerto Rican food? You do know that these are two entirely different cultures with completely different foods, right?
I can only think of one dish that you could find in both countries...and it is actually Spanish.
What happened? What did I miss?0 -
arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »
That's crazy. Eating milk fat, beef fat, and sugar is not a reasonable approach to inadequate nutrition intake.
What? I mean I have no reason to drink juice or soda. But dairy and red meat, absolutely.
There is a difference between calories and nutrients. The poster is eating very few calories which implies inadequate nutrition. The solution to that is NOT to eat calorie dense foods - lots of calories does not mean lots of nutrition, they are not the same thing. A poster suggesting to switch to full fat ground beef, full fat milk, and sugary beverages is giving terrible advice. This is consuming pure energy without nutritional advantages.
With the OP's closed diary, you're making assumptions.
In your rant against milk, you ranted against protein, vitamin D, calcium. You rant against beef is one against protein intake. Sugar is a carb ... nothing more, nothing less.
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Tinabob777 wrote: »Here's my problem with these types of posts. OP, maybe this applies maybe not.
You're here to lose weight. Which means you've eaten above your maintenance for some time.
Now you can't eat enough? Makes little sense. It's because you might be looking at this like a DIET. You know? The painful grilled chicken and veggies at every meal.
Start incorporating this to something more in line with your habits while watching calories and macros. The dieting is hard, and often followed by a binge. If you allow yourself the "bad" stuff, it'll be much more sustainable.
This I agree with!
By all means, eat more. But eat more because you want to, and enjoy it, and it keeps you sane. Don't eat more just to make the website happy. Do it if it makes you happy.0 -
Tinabob777 wrote: »Here's my problem with these types of posts. OP, maybe this applies maybe not.
You're here to lose weight. Which means you've eaten above your maintenance for some time.
Now you can't eat enough? Makes little sense. It's because you might be looking at this like a DIET. You know? The painful grilled chicken and veggies at every meal.
Start incorporating this to something more in line with your habits while watching calories and macros. The dieting is hard, and often followed by a binge. If you allow yourself the "bad" stuff, it'll be much more sustainable.
I do not eat the same thing every day/meal. I have simply exchanged the unhealthy items with better alternatives. I also do eat a piece of chocolate if I want chocolate or a small portion of something if I want it only in portion. I'm changing my lifestyle. Not looking for a simple fix but now that I am eating the alternatives I am noticing I'm fuller on less calories than before and since I'm not over eating and I'm drinking tons of water I have no appetite but I am not depriving my body any meals or feeling the need to binge eat. I just wanted to know if I'm under the 1200 like 1059 or 1105 is it a big problem for me or should I no matter what add a few more things to get to 1200. Some of you on here I feel have the ideal that some women that are overweight and mind you I'm 4' 11" .. That its as though we may be skipping meals or having trying to consume under our maintenance. As far as milk, I been drinking 1/2% or rice milk even before I tried losing weight. I don't care for thick milk and my daughter is lactose. As for ground beef, ever since I started eating better my stomach hurts when I eat beef I'm not sure why. I use flatout bread to make pizza and put fresh veggies on it and I switched salt, sugar, mayo and oils. I buy sugar free pudding or jello instead, cracker chips vs. Lays. I Bake chicken wings, breast or fish. Lots of tuna, nuts, dark chocolate I could go on but you get the picture. If I want juice I drink v8 splash but at least I'm not on a fad diet. I'm new to this all so I'm not trying to say I'm right, I have a long way to go and I'm thankful for MFP its a great tool for support motivation and information!0 -
Go here and put in your information. Set step 6 at like a 20% calorie reduction, and see what you get. I don't know your weight so I can't really plug in the info for you. That will include your exercise so no eating back those calories is required. Eating under what your body needs to function properly isn't going to be healthy or sustainable in the long run, there is no way around that.0
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cheshirecatastrophe wrote: »Couple of options:
1. You're on MFP to lose weight as per your profile, so obviously you know how to eat more calories. If the tea is interfering with your appetite, go back to water. If salad is making you feel full, have less lettuce and more croutons+dressing. Etc. You answered your own question in your post.
2. Continue on your path of undereating even your already-deficit calorie target by a significant margin every day. Feel really good and righteous about yourself and brag about it on MFP--until the day it all catches up and you post your backlash binge on the Confessions thread.
FYI, I don't doubt you worked really hard and that's awesome!, but you did not burn 800+ calories in 45 minutes on the elliptical.
Yes this
If it helps I track elliptical with my HRM ..i am 164lbs and it takes me 12 minutes at resistance 17/25 at around 7-10km/h to get to 100 calories burn
I would half your burn ...which will probably mean you are acheiving your net calories so problem solved
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