daily calorie seems wrong
bblondeclair
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Ok so I went to docs yesterday because I'm not losing weight and he said I'm not eating enough when my fitness pal said I should be eating 1300 cals a day??
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What's your height and weight?
Are you weighing your food?
Maybe you are eating more than you think? Or less.0 -
Dr's are notorious for not knowing anything about nutrition. If you want advice about weight loss, see a registered dietician (not a nutritionist).
Height, weight, and weekly goal?0 -
MFP said 1300 because of YOUR selection of weight loss goal weekly.
Also, that is ONLY on days you do not exercise, you had to have noticed that when you log a workout, your eating goal goes up.
So really, if you are using the tool as designed, you are actually eating more than 1300 perhaps on majority of days.
Ditto's to above on not logging food eaten per weight.
Calories is per gram, not cup or spoonful.0 -
There are so many factors to take into account. I agree with heybales in that MFP will only calculate your calories on the criteria you have entered when you signed up. If you have changed that make sure you update it correctly. I didn't and suddenly my daily allowance increased and I knew it was wrong. Sorry to get technical but you need to calculate your basal metabolic rate - how much your body uses to survive - without doing anything but breathing. Once you have that figure you use a multiplier based on your activity levels. For every 1lb a week you want to lose you deduct 500 calories per day.
Some people set their activity levels as zero and then enter the exercises every day. As I understand it MFP will then give you different calories depending on that.
However I have set my profile in a way that I think my daily exercise is incorporated and I just follow that.
Once all the above is ascertained it is then advisable to weigh your food and log every morsel daily - including any calorie laden drinks. It is only when you do this you can see how many calories you are consuming.
I hope this helps.0 -
MFP said 1300 because of YOUR selection of weight loss goal weekly.
Also, that is ONLY on days you do not exercise, you had to have noticed that when you log a workout, your eating goal goes up.
So really, if you are using the tool as designed, you are actually eating more than 1300 perhaps on majority of days.
Ditto's to above on not logging food eaten per weight.
Calories is per gram, not cup or spoonful.
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18 stone 2 pounds. I put sedentary I'm 5ft 6 female 370
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I weigh everything but most things i eat I don't need to weigh. I scan everything on my mfp. I don't put my exercise on it
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bblondeclair wrote: »I weigh everything but most things i eat I don't need to weigh. I scan everything on my mfp. I don't put my exercise on it
Is there some reason you have selected a tool (MyFitnessPal) and then don't use it as designed?
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bblondeclair wrote: »I weigh everything but most things i eat I don't need to weigh. I scan everything on my mfp. I don't put my exercise on it
Why don't you put your exercise on it
If you are exercising and following MFP route you put them in and eat them back
That's the point
(If you use MFP exercise database adjust the calorie allowance to 50 - 75%)
If you are not fueling your body appropriately you will get ill, lose more LBM than you need to, and not progress in your workouts as well, you will also have a far more restrictive diet and be more likely to crash and burn
at the end of the day the one who loses whilst eating the most wins0 -
also what exactly do you not 'need' to weigh?0
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bblondeclair wrote: »I weigh everything but most things i eat I don't need to weigh. I scan everything on my mfp. I don't put my exercise on it
Is there some reason you have selected a tool (MyFitnessPal) and then don't use it as designed?
^ this.
So daily calories aren't wrong. Mfp would tell you to eat your exercise calories and therefore more than 1300. Like your doctor.
And if you put sedentary and your not .... Well.0 -
Same question for me, I have a feeling we'll discover the problem once this is answered. You can't eat too little to lose weight, it's just that if you eat too little, the weight you lose won't be fat.0
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Someone said to me not to eat what I burn. Now I'm confused that's why u have never put it in. Plus I do interval training it doesn't have it on mfp and I have no idea how many calories I'm burning0
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bblondeclair wrote: »Someone said to me not to eat what I burn. Now I'm confused that's why u have never put it in. Plus I do interval training it doesn't have it on mfp and I have no idea how many calories I'm burning
so make your own exercise
http://www.livestrong.com/article/548316-how-to-calculate-interval-calories/
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I weigh what needs to be weighed like veg.protein etc some things like porridge are all ready weighed for me0
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I reckon you you could eat more and lose. I am 5'3, 8st 8lbs, burn around 400 calories a week (probably over estimated by mfp's calculations) and am losing weight consuming 1400-1600 a day. So I'm shorter, lighter and in theory don't need as many calories as someone your height and weight.0
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bblondeclair wrote: »I weigh what needs to be weighed like veg.protein etc some things like porridge are all ready weighed for me
If you mean sachets of ready made porridge that's fine
if you mean pita bread or slices of bread - that may not be
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bblondeclair wrote: »Someone said to me not to eat what I burn. Now I'm confused that's why u have never put it in. Plus I do interval training it doesn't have it on mfp and I have no idea how many calories I'm burning
"Someone"?
So if someone told you to use a screwdriver as a hammer you would do that?
Circuit training is in the database.
Suggest you go back to square one. Back to settings, choose an appropriate weight loss goal (probably not the maximum available).
Then start logging your food and exercise consistently and accurately and see what happens.
If you don't get results you expect in four weeks come back with diary set to public and people will be delighted to help.
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bblondeclair wrote: »I weigh what needs to be weighed like veg.protein etc some things like porridge are all ready weighed for me
If you mean sachets of ready made porridge that's fine
if you mean pita bread or slices of bread - that may not be
I don't eat bread I only eat good carbs. Bloats me lol0 -
bblondeclair wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »I weigh what needs to be weighed like veg.protein etc some things like porridge are all ready weighed for me
If you mean sachets of ready made porridge that's fine
if you mean pita bread or slices of bread - that may not be
I don't eat bread I only eat good carbs. Bloats me lol
"Good carbs"
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bblondeclair wrote: »18 stone 2 pounds. I put sedentary I'm 5ft 6 female 37
254 pounds / 115 kg.
Your expenditure is likely to be over 1300, so I don't see why you aren't losing. With a BMI over 40 medical recommendations are often well below 1300 for a defined period.
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bblondeclair wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »I weigh what needs to be weighed like veg.protein etc some things like porridge are all ready weighed for me
If you mean sachets of ready made porridge that's fine
if you mean pita bread or slices of bread - that may not be
I don't eat bread I only eat good carbs. Bloats me lol
*Grabs the popcorn*
(But seriously, even packets can be way off; once you start weighing EVERYTHING you will be really surprised. Especially when they say 'one tablespoon of this equals this amount of calories'. I don't know what size 'they' think a tablespoon is, but you definitely can't trust it).0 -
It says on your ticker you have lost 3lbs - when did you lose these?
How long have you not been losing weight for?0 -
bblondeclair wrote: »Someone said to me not to eat what I burn. Now I'm confused that's why u have never put it in. Plus I do interval training it doesn't have it on mfp and I have no idea how many calories I'm burning
so make your own exercise
http://www.livestrong.com/article/548316-how-to-calculate-interval-calories/
Don't mean to be blonde but I just read it and still don't know how to work out what I'm burning. I do 15 mins interval on treadmill. 30 sec work 30 sec rest. Then I do 4 mins kettle bell. 20 sec work 10 sec rest for 4 mins. Then kettlebell squats same as above. Then I do 4 mins interval of sit ups. Then 4 mins of slam balls. Have no idea how much I have burned lol0 -
Oh treadmill is 1%iinclinebblondeclair wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »Someone said to me not to eat what I burn. Now I'm confused that's why u have never put it in. Plus I do interval training it doesn't have it on mfp and I have no idea how many calories I'm burning
so make your own exercise
http://www.livestrong.com/article/548316-how-to-calculate-interval-calories/
Don't mean to be blonde but I just read it and still don't know how to work out what I'm burning. I do 15 mins interval on treadmill. 30 sec work 30 sec rest. Then I do 4 mins kettle bell. 20 sec work 10 sec rest for 4 mins. Then kettlebell squats same as above. Then I do 4 mins interval of sit ups. Then 4 mins of slam balls. Have no idea how much I have burned lol
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400 calories an hour would be a starting point.0
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EvgeniZyntx wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »I weigh what needs to be weighed like veg.protein etc some things like porridge are all ready weighed for me
If you mean sachets of ready made porridge that's fine
if you mean pita bread or slices of bread - that may not be
I don't eat bread I only eat good carbs. Bloats me lol
"Good carbs" wait for it ...
I do eat rice but I eat wholegrain. I just don't eat white pasta..whit bread etc. Personal choice it bloats me0 -
bblondeclair wrote: »
Oh treadmill is 1%iinclinebblondeclair wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »Someone said to me not to eat what I burn. Now I'm confused that's why u have never put it in. Plus I do interval training it doesn't have it on mfp and I have no idea how many calories I'm burning
so make your own exercise
http://www.livestrong.com/article/548316-how-to-calculate-interval-calories/
Don't mean to be blonde but I just read it and still don't know how to work out what I'm burning. I do 15 mins interval on treadmill. 30 sec work 30 sec rest. Then I do 4 mins kettle bell. 20 sec work 10 sec rest for 4 mins. Then kettlebell squats same as above. Then I do 4 mins interval of sit ups. Then 4 mins of slam balls. Have no idea how much I have burned lol
15 mins - stick in 100 calories - it doesn't matter, it's an estimate - over 6-8 weeks with accurate logging at a decent weight loss target judge your actual weight loss against your target and adjust from there
and good carbs / bad carbs ... hell to the no!0 -
bblondeclair wrote: »
Oh treadmill is 1%iinclinebblondeclair wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »Someone said to me not to eat what I burn. Now I'm confused that's why u have never put it in. Plus I do interval training it doesn't have it on mfp and I have no idea how many calories I'm burning
so make your own exercise
http://www.livestrong.com/article/548316-how-to-calculate-interval-calories/
Don't mean to be blonde but I just read it and still don't know how to work out what I'm burning. I do 15 mins interval on treadmill. 30 sec work 30 sec rest. Then I do 4 mins kettle bell. 20 sec work 10 sec rest for 4 mins. Then kettlebell squats same as above. Then I do 4 mins interval of sit ups. Then 4 mins of slam balls. Have no idea how much I have burned lol
15 mins - stick in 100 calories - it doesn't matter, it's an estimate - over 6-8 weeks with accurate logging at a decent weight loss target judge your actual weight loss against your target and adjust from there
and good carbs / bad carbs ... hell to the no!
So add 100 cal on my fitness pal? Per 15 mins?0 -
yes, 15 minutes of activity where you get elevated heart rate etc log as 100 cals.
Doesn't address your question in the original post, TBH, but gets the analysis more refined.0
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