daily calorie seems wrong

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bblondeclair wrote: »

SarahHowells1 wrote: »

You are evidently eating more than your TDEE if you are not losing weight. Thyroid issues can affect your metabolism but not to a huge degree as you might think (http://www.thyroid.org/wp-content/uploads/patients/brochures/Thyroid_and_Weight.pdf). According to Health-Calc, a 36 year old women of your weight and who sleeps 7hours per night, will burn 2,677calories. Now you can give or take a 100 for individual differences in metabolism, but this calculator works pretty well, the equation has factored into it that obese people will tend to have their energy expenditure overestimated, so it will give a lower TDEE for people with a BMI over 30 (http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced).

Yep, you might think 2,600 calories seems huge, but if you want to lose weight slowly and be able to maintain the loss long term, then it's probably not a good idea to drastically cut your calories. I would recommend not going below 2,200 and defiantly not below 2,000. That way you will still feel full and satisfied each day, while slowly losing weight right down to around 190lbs - the weight that can be sustained eating 2,200 calories per day (while inactive). If you are exercising as you say, then your weight may go lower than 190lb on 2,200 calories per day.

But in any event, not eating enough calories will NEVER cause you to maintain or gain weight. So you are eating more than you are burning at the moment - most likely due to incorrect recording, not because you are actually burning less than 1,300 calories daily - no, not physically possible.

I been eating 1800 so I'm not eating enough? Problem is healthy food is low in cals. maybe I should have that bottle of wine lol

you are eating more than you think you are. eating MORE will NOT solve your problem!

This. ^^^^^^

nik_nak_83

bblondeclair wrote: »

Listen I didn't want arguments. All I was was saying that it's hard for me to get out and do exercise. I can manage 2 to 3 times a week. I'm far from lazy because my son keeps me on my toes and he has to have 24 hr care. He sleeps 3 hours and that's the time I get to sleep myself. I'm ignoring the bad comments as I wasn't asking for advice on "how much exercise do I do" I envy anyone who can get out and about to do stuff xx peace xx

Keep going! For someone with a significant weight loss goal and who is (in the nicest possible way) clearly trying to get their head around all of this, 2-3 times a week of dedicated activity seems a good place to start! Get yourself a fitbit and monitor your activity while your caring for your son and I bet you'll be surprised what your burning! Good luck to you and ignore all the negative comments from the 'keyboard-gangsters'

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nik_nak_83 wrote: »

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bblondeclair wrote: »

Listen I didn't want arguments. All I was was saying that it's hard for me to get out and do exercise. I can manage 2 to 3 times a week. I'm far from lazy because my son keeps me on my toes and he has to have 24 hr care. He sleeps 3 hours and that's the time I get to sleep myself. I'm ignoring the bad comments as I wasn't asking for advice on "how much exercise do I do" I envy anyone who can get out and about to do stuff xx peace xx

Keep going! For someone with a significant weight loss goal and who is (in the nicest possible way) clearly trying to get their head around all of this, 2-3 times a week of dedicated activity seems a good place to start! Get yourself a fitbit and monitor your activity while your caring for your son and I bet you'll be surprised what your burning! Good luck to you and ignore all the negative comments from the 'keyboard-gangsters'

I'm not bothered by it honestly I have more important things to worry about. My health is for him x