Calorie Confusion

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  • forgtmenot
    forgtmenot Posts: 860 Member
    NerdyNix wrote: »
    Thanks, I didn't mean to appear like I don't want the answers so apologies if I come across like that. Was just trying to answer questions I was asked. How do I get the correct burn amounts if my wii and bike are overestimating?

    Most days I eat more than I did yesterday. That was the first day I went under 1,200 (although MFP did let me complete the entry with under that amount) I usually eat between 1,300 and 1,500. I'm not quite hobbit short but I'm only 5ft 2! MFP says I should have 1,350 a day.

    This is WITHOUT exercise. Mfp is set up so that you eat your exercise calories back.
  • NerdyNix
    NerdyNix Posts: 111 Member
    Ok I'm not starving myself or anything! If you look at my diary you will see I DO eat. I've never gone as low as 1,139 calories like I did yesterday, and sometimes I do eat some of my earned calories.
  • forgtmenot
    forgtmenot Posts: 860 Member
    You need to be eating around half of them back. This will make up for any overestimation of burns. I'm sure you did not burn 1800 cals in exercise, but 800-900 or so in 3.5 hours sounds within range of accurate.
  • NerdyNix
    NerdyNix Posts: 111 Member
    Yeah I think my Wii is overestimating what I am burning so will take less notice of that now.
  • NerdyNix
    NerdyNix Posts: 111 Member
    NerdyNix wrote: »
    Ok I'm not starving myself or anything! If you look at my diary you will see I DO eat. I've never gone as low as 1,139 calories like I did yesterday, and sometimes I do eat some of my earned calories.

    Tell I lie, I just checked and I have done slightly lower before. Will try find some way of putting more calories into my diet. I just don't want to be eating high fat stuff. What's a good way to up my calories but stay low in fat?
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    If there is a true medical reason for low fat, great.
    But if it's because of some thought that eating fat makes you fat - untrue.

    Can appreciate the Lupus aspect, and good for being active. As you do more and more it usually seems to help ones to increase their activity even more, flare-ups shorter or less intense, ect.
    Hopefully you get to experience those positives.

    And very true to the average daily activity level outside exercise. Sedentary would probably be truer than others, for that potential.
    Then add back any exercise done, truthful on the time and intensity level.
    Like walking is the most accurate entries in the database for calorie burn - eat those all back.
    But log the time honestly, and the pace correctly, for that to be accurate.

    Calisthenics or bodyweight exercise is also pretty good estimate, though it may appear low. But again, true estimate of time.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    wannabeskinnycat wrote: »
    I think the figures on mfp aren't as accurate as they could be. Google tdee. Total daily energy expenditure - general idea of the calories you're body needs to function (bmr) and the amount needed to stay at the weight you are and you pick an amount in the middle of the two.

    People eat peanut butter as its a great protein provider and for its high calorie content. Seems mad to increase calories but it's about what macros your body needs not all about the minimum amount of calories you can survive on. And that would only be short term as you couldn't live like that.

    Have a read of the sticky posts x

    MFP is actually quite good at giving calories to lose weight...exercise calories are a bit suspect.

    If new to calorie counting why confuse it with TDEE?

    and peanut butter is not a good source of protein for the calories....fat maybe...but not protein.
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