Doesnt think I'm eating enough : /

jamieleighandrews87

But i feel great never felt this healthy in my life.
I'm trying to trim quickly through diet and exercise.

Sued0nim

Who doesn't think you are eating enough

Quick is not necessarily sensible or safe .. and can end with a worse result as you whip through your LBM and you're left having to rebuild your muscle

So if you want help or actual specific advice

Post your height, weight, goal weight loss per week, eventual goal weight and activity level (excluding exercise)

And open your food diary

jamieleighandrews87

The app doesn't after i add my cardio

Sued0nim

And how are you measuring your cardio?

and are you eating back those calories?

You know MFP is NEAT don't you?

BodyByBex

NEAT (Non Exercise Activity Thermogenisis) which, basically, is the calories you need before purposeful exercise to lose weight.That is why choosing your activity level is important when setting up your account. You need to eat back some of your exercise calories for MFP to believe you are eating enough to be healthy.

Did I get that right?

jamieleighandrews87

Cheers for the help! I'll decrease activity level. Nice one : )

Sued0nim

jamieleighandrews87 wrote: »

Cheers for the help! I'll increase my activity level. Nice one : )

NOPE

Activity level is without purposeful exercise - if you're desk job you're sedentary

Just log your exercise, with care .. if you're using the MFP database, double click on the calories and halve them

Then eat that

it works

Alternatively work out your TDEE (which includes exercise) on one of the calculators - scoobyworkshop has a decent one - take a cut from it (500 calories for 1lb a week loss) and overwrite your goal targets in the manual settings - if you choose this approach you do not log any exercise

the numbers should work out the same - but it's what happens in your body over time (6-8weeks) you need to look at .. and then adjust how much eat accordingly

lose too quickly and you'll lose more LBM than you need to - with only 11lbs to go you should be on 0.5-1lb roughly per week

jamieleighandrews87

Ok cool i shall.
Thanks for the detailed advice ☺

Sued0nim

You're welcome

Good luck