Thoughts on my plan?

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  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    ashleyweatherholtzmathis wrote: »
    I'm not tiny, I'm obese and pretty much sedentary unless I'm out walking or doing short sprints to boost heart rate.

    You're using your HRM incorrectly.

    "Boosting heart rate" means nothing for calorie burns. HRMs will massively over-estimate burns under those conditions. By "massively" I mean 3-5x higher than it "should" be.

    Divide your burn numbers by 4 (or more) if you want a more accurate number.




    Yes, use a hrm for steady state cardio only.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    ashley wrote:
    I try to stay under 800 net calories a day. I also exercise for at least 15 minutes every day,
    sometimes more when I'm up to it... I didn't believe in the starvation mode either, but my weight isn't
    budging and I'm meticulous at weighing out all my food and making sure not to eat after 3pm.
    Good start on the exercise. Increase it a few minutes/day every week.
    And eating after any certain time is not what's causing you to plateau. It just happens. Keep eating to your calorie
    goal, keep exercising, and you'll start losing again. If it lasts a while, cut 50 calories & add 5 minutes of exercise.

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    Faithful_Chosen wrote:
    why are you eating under 800 calories...?
    She's not. She said "800 net". Given that most people underestimate what they eat and most machines overestimate
    calories burned, ignoring exercise / net calories balances out the mistakes for most people. Net is worthless.
    From her profile picture, she's just under 300 lb (from 365, BTW - good for you!) and depending
    on the day, it looks like she has a goal of anywhere from 1100 (which is too low) to 1400 (which is a little low,
    but not bad)    .

    As an aside to Ashley - I love the Fiber One lemon bars too! It's so hard to eat just one.
  • stephchadz
    stephchadz Posts: 143 Member
    edited July 2015
    MKEgal wrote: »
    5 - You're very young to have a goal of 1350 calories. Are you shorter than average, or bedbound?
    From your picture, it doesn't look like you're overweight. Is your weight goal healthy? (See #3.)

    I am not shorter than average or bedbound. Do you have any advice on what I should be eating for a goal?

    Also I figured out the juicing thing! I miss entered my grapes this morning by mistake. oops.
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