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  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
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    At that speed, that is definitely very wrong.

    Go to this website: Health Status Calories Burned Calculator

    Enter your gender, age, height, weight.
    Click the + sign beside exercise. Scroll almost to the bottom and select Walking 2 mph, then enter your time in the box beside it by clicking in it and typing in your time in minutes.
    Click Calculate.

    For me, that would be 194 calories.
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
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    When you click on the banana in your diary, there will be a drop down to select your serving size. Use the grams next time if possible, but for this time since you didn't weigh it, pick the size of banana you feel is applicable.

    Then change the number in the box. Where it says 1 for serving, click there and change it to .5
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
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    My settings are set for metric so I can't help with the correct walking entry here, but if you go to Add Exercise, type in walking, then scroll through all the options to pick one that closest reflects your 1.8 mph, then enter the time. The number should be relatively close to the number the above calculator gives you, otherwise, you can manually adjust the calories MFP gives you.
  • lattequeen2
    lattequeen2 Posts: 59 Member
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    yes I am figuring it all out
    yes I have done all that already

    thank you for your help
    you are the most helpful along with my friend Breezy

    I have eaten so far 1127 cal so far,

    1200 Goal
    1127 Food
    -
    630 Exercise
    =
    497
    what does this mean ?
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
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    OK, took another look, you still need to fix your banana, and your exercise calories. Don't use the Walking on a treadmill listing, as I said, look up walking, put in 2 mph or slower, with your time. Until you fix your logging your numbers are pointless.

    I would say an accurate representation of your numbers right now would be 1200 food eaten, 200 calories burned, 1000 net, which means you need to eat another 200 calories to hit your minimum 1200 net.

    Oh, and don't log taking a shower!! (said in the nicest way possible!) Anything you do in normal life is already accounted for in your base daily calorie allotment. MFP expects you to shower, sweep the floor, walk up to 5000 steps, and live normally. You only log planned exercise.
  • lattequeen2
    lattequeen2 Posts: 59 Member
    edited April 2015
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    I deleted shower
    would it be helpful to get a pedometer ?
    I adjusted the my time still getting used to this site
    it different than the other site I used

    does this mean Ihave to eat this many more 689
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
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    lattequeen2 wrote: »
    I deleted shower
    would it be helpful to get a pedometer ?
    I adjusted the my time still getting used to this site
    it different than the other site I used

    It's worth getting used to, it's a great tool for weight loss.

    I don't use a pedometer. Just pick the right entry for your exercise, and only eat back half, for margin of error. It would be worthwhile to re-read my post at the very bottom of the first page here, and read some of the linked posts. The more you learn, the more apt you are to make the changes necessary to make this successful for the long term in my opinion.
  • lattequeen2
    lattequeen2 Posts: 59 Member
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    you can see 1200 cal ate 1179 burned 490 - 690 net
  • lattequeen2
    lattequeen2 Posts: 59 Member
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    Its hard to eat 1200 calories
    But I am trying
  • lattequeen2
    lattequeen2 Posts: 59 Member
    edited May 2015
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    I did eat close to 1200 and walked alot did not lose any weight so disappointed in my self
    not sure what I did wrong

    what is an alternative to whole wheat tortillas?
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
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    lattequeen2 wrote: »
    yes I am figuring it all out
    yes I have done all that already

    thank you for your help
    you are the most helpful along with my friend Breezy

    I have eaten so far 1127 cal so far,

    1200 Goal
    1127 Food
    -
    630 Exercise
    =
    497
    what does this mean ?

    This whole thread is a joke, right?
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
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    I don't understand how it can be hard to eat 1200 calories. I could do that easily, without even thinking about it......which is how I got to the point where I need to lose weight.

    As others have said, if you have to lose weight, reaching a goal of 1200 calories a day shouldn't be a problem.

    Finding it so difficult to reach that mark does indicate some kind of disordered thinking.
  • lattequeen2
    lattequeen2 Posts: 59 Member
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    I am not sure what I did wrong. would whole wheat wraps at 160 cal I think the muffins did it too
    they are 300 cal
  • lattequeen2
    lattequeen2 Posts: 59 Member
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    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    lattequeen2 wrote: »
    yes I am figuring it all out
    yes I have done all that already

    thank you for your help
    you are the most helpful along with my friend Breezy

    I have eaten so far 1127 cal so far,

    1200 Goal
    1127 Food
    -
    630 Exercise
    =
    497
    what does this mean ?

    This whole thread is a joke, right?


    yea But I need to lose this weight
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
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    Sooo....this thread is a joke?

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  • lattequeen2
    lattequeen2 Posts: 59 Member
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    it is not. a joke please don't put me down
    I have lost over 50 lbs already
    just gained 4 back so need to lose this
    I just asked for advice
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
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    I'm not trying to put you down! And congratulations on your awesome weight loss.

    But I am confused by a lot of what you're saying. And someone asked if the thread was a joke and you said, "yeah, but.."

  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
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    Lots of conflicting information here. Lattequeen is a newbie. Joke? Yes.
  • lattequeen2
    lattequeen2 Posts: 59 Member
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    and I am still learning how to log every thing down
    and I leaning disability so I write some thing and I meant to say something else
    I am not a joke I have feelings

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