Couple Questions?
tenkides
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Hi,
1. If i walked briskly 1.5 miles in 65 min. What was my pace?
2. I an 18,136lbs,4ft 8'. I calculated my tdee it was 1952 calories. How many calories should I burn to lose weight? My calorie intake right now is set at 1200 calories is this too low? I am not having any trouble with eating past my goal.
3. I have an old food scale. It only sometimes reads. Other times I use measuring cups. I am saving money up for a new one. Should I be tracking a different way? I have already changed it's batteries twice.
Please and thank you for posting.
1. If i walked briskly 1.5 miles in 65 min. What was my pace?
2. I an 18,136lbs,4ft 8'. I calculated my tdee it was 1952 calories. How many calories should I burn to lose weight? My calorie intake right now is set at 1200 calories is this too low? I am not having any trouble with eating past my goal.
3. I have an old food scale. It only sometimes reads. Other times I use measuring cups. I am saving money up for a new one. Should I be tracking a different way? I have already changed it's batteries twice.
Please and thank you for posting.
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1. 42 (Sorry, no good at maths)
2. You are exceptionally petite. 1200 might actually be okay for you, but make sure you're eating back 1/2 of what you burn. If you're feeling content with this amount of food, then it's probably your body giving a thumbs up to that level of intake.
3. No need to save up too much! Amazon has scales for $15-20. The more expensive scales might be able to do more functions, but just having "grams" and (occasionally) ounces will get you pretty far. You can use measuring cups for all liquids, with the possible exception of oil if you want to be super accurate.
ETA: I used measuring cups in the beginning. Foods with lots of air were a problem (e.g. rice), as you can press them in pretty far. For most foods, cups would give me an approximation, at least. I don't really recommend it, but using measuring cups for some foods is better than nothing.0 -
1. 1.38 mph0
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1 - no clue but google is your friend
2 - Weight loss happens in the kitchen. You need to eat less than you burn to lose weight.
3 - get a digital food scale, weigh/measure all foods & drinks.0 -
I don't eat back any calories burned. I can't buy things off the internet. Not ok to use credit cards.0
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Walmart sells them for reasonable prices.0
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I know i just don't get a lot of money each month. Money is tight.0
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I don't eat back any calories burned. I can't buy things off the internet. Not ok to use credit cards.
Well, then listen to your body. Without a lot to lose, you're going to lose weight very, very slowly, so don't lower your calorie intake to something that is going to leave you hungry and/or undernurished.
Walmart, Target, or ASDA would be able to help you there, then.0 -
1.) 1.38 miles per hour
2.) Set your goal to .5 lb. for every 25 lbs. you're overweight, and log your exercise. Read the Sexypants post to understand how MFP works: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
3.) Get a digital that measures in grams and has a tare function. (That will enable you to weigh a spoon, zero out the scale, then scoop out peanut butter, mayo, hummus, etc.)0 -
1. Miles per hour calculation: divide the number of miles traveled by the hours spent traveling to calculate miles per hour
First you have to find out how many hours 65 minutes is. 5/60 = .0833 hours ....so 65 = 1.0833
Then divide 1.5 / 1.0833 = 1.38 miles per hour0 -
I want to weight 100 to 125lbs. Do recommend any particular brand of scale that is better than others?0
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1. That's a 43-minute mile. Brisk is more like 14-15 minutes a mile.0
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Briskly for me. If it's briskly for me do i log it that way or different?0
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You will lose weight by being in a caloric deficit. Strive to obtain a food scale.0
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Log it according to the mph rather than perceived briskness.
Google "serving size chart" and you'll get a ton of image results that can help you estimate serving sizes until you get the money for a scale. Learning to visually estimate is a good long term skill anyway so think of it as learning a lifetime skill.0 -
Briskly for me. If it's briskly for me do i log it that way or different?
By no objective standard is a 43-minute mile brisk, especially for your age and size. I can SWIM a mile much faster than that. Are you SURE that you really went 1.5 miles? Something has to be off in how you measured either the time or distance.
Log it by how many minutes it takes you to walk a mile...though a pace that slow might not be be in the database.0 -
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »Briskly for me. If it's briskly for me do i log it that way or different?
By no objective standard is a 43-minute mile brisk, especially for your age and size. I can SWIM a mile much faster than that. Are you SURE that you really went 1.5 miles? Something has to be off in how you measured either the time or distance.
Log it by how many minutes it takes you to walk a mile...though a pace that slow might not be be in the database.
Seriously? I'm pretty sure OP is putting in their best effort. What gives you the right to come in here and put that down?0 -
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Hi,
1. If i walked briskly 1.5 miles in 65 min. What was my pace?
2. I an 18,136lbs,4ft 8'. I calculated my tdee it was 1952 calories. How many calories should I burn to lose weight? My calorie intake right now is set at 1200 calories is this too low? I am not having any trouble with eating past my goal.
3. I have an old food scale. It only sometimes reads. Other times I use measuring cups. I am saving money up for a new one. Should I be tracking a different way? I have already changed it's batteries twice.
Please and thank you for posting.
1. I'm not sure.
2. I'd eat more because you can eat more. How much are you trying to lose?
3. Scale always wins. They are roughly $10.0 -
I have cleaned up this discussion just a bit so it doesn't derail into an argument. Please let's not shame people for their exercise level and report so a moderator can handle it and then ignore. Thanks everyone for the supportive advice and guidance being provided in this discussion.0
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Op - get yourself a proper working food scale when you can . its really a good investment.
Eat at a deficit and you'll lose weight .
And never mind the people who doubt you, just ignore the ignorant and keep on going ! Theres always going to be people online and in real life who scrutinize others to make themselves feel better, as you have seen here tonight ( pathetic comment about walking backwards faster )
You'll lose weight by eating less and moving more
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I know I'm going to pull fire down on myself, but I have to chime in with the question -- are you sure your logging your mileage on that walk correctly? I'm not trying to "Shame" your workout -- I'm suggesting that perhaps you're walking more than you think you are. My GPS tracker sometimes "hiccups" and results in numbers that are seriously wrong. A block and a half around my subdivision is 1.5 miles, and spending 65 minutes to cover that distance, for me, would mean literally taking a step, pausing several seconds, taking another step, pausing several seconds, and so on. I especially note that you describe the walk as briskly.
If you were 18 and morbidly obese, I could see this. Or, if you were healthy weight and 75, I could see that too. But you're 18 and fairly close to a good weight, by my estimation. And you noted no health problems.
One last thing, before I am flagged and flamed -- if someone were sharing something about their diet that was heinously off-base in terms of calories, nutrients, or what have you, everyone would be very quick to point out that error, for the benefit of the OP. How many times do we read, "you're measuring wrong" or "get a scale!" That's all I feel I'm doing here. Sans a medical condition, 1.5 miles in 65 minutes seems incredibly unlikely. Thus, I believe there's a measurement error going on somewhere.0 -
I know I'm going to pull fire down on myself, but I have to chime in with the question -- are you sure your logging your mileage on that walk correctly? I'm not trying to "Shame" your workout -- I'm suggesting that perhaps you're walking more than you think you are. My GPS tracker sometimes "hiccups" and results in numbers that are seriously wrong. A block and a half around my subdivision is 1.5 miles, and spending 65 minutes to cover that distance, for me, would mean literally taking a step, pausing several seconds, taking another step, pausing several seconds, and so on. I especially note that you describe the walk as briskly.
If you were 18 and morbidly obese, I could see this. Or, if you were healthy weight and 75, I could see that too. But you're 18 and fairly close to a good weight, by my estimation. And you noted no health problems.
One last thing, before I am flagged and flamed -- if someone were sharing something about their diet that was heinously off-base in terms of calories, nutrients, or what have you, everyone would be very quick to point out that error, for the benefit of the OP. How many times do we read, "you're measuring wrong" or "get a scale!" That's all I feel I'm doing here. Sans a medical condition, 1.5 miles in 65 minutes seems incredibly unlikely. Thus, I believe there's a measurement error going on somewhere.
I can't see how a reasonable reply like this, devoid of judgement, could be taken as shaming. The mileage could do with a second look.0 -
The measurement i was using was the location tracker on Google maps. Yes it may be off. I dont know. Thank you for all of you that posted constructive answers and didn't shame me for where and how i walked. For those of you who did it doesn't do anything to me anymore i lived with that stuff daily for 14 of schooling.0
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The measurement i was using was the location tracker on Google maps. Yes it may be off. I dont know. Thank you for all of you that posted constructive answers and didn't shame me for where and how i walked. For those of you who did it doesn't do anything to me anymore i lived with that stuff daily for 14 of schooling.
Regardless, at least your walking! And that's awesome. You'll figure out the details like your speed and mileage, in time . it takes some trail and error sometimes. But you'll figure it out, just keep going ! The most important thing is that your trying! You should be proud of yourself.
Don't even give the critics another thought. That person comes on every thread and tries to derail threads by comparing herself to others. People like that are pathetic and as you can see, most people here aren't like that.
Just keep up the good work !!!0 -
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thorsmom01 wrote: »The measurement i was using was the location tracker on Google maps. Yes it may be off. I dont know. Thank you for all of you that posted constructive answers and didn't shame me for where and how i walked. For those of you who did it doesn't do anything to me anymore i lived with that stuff daily for 14 of schooling.
Regardless, at least your walking! And that's awesome. You'll figure out the details like your speed and mileage, in time . it takes some trail and error sometimes. But you'll figure it out, just keep going ! The most important thing is that your trying! You should be proud of yourself.
Don't even give the critics another thought. That person comes on every thread and tries to derail threads by comparing herself to others. People like that are pathetic and as you can see, most people here aren't like that.
Just keep up the good work !!!
I started by being able to walk a block and back in about 20 minutes. To me it was brisk because it was much faster than I had been able to walk previously. Now I am able to get 16 minute miles in for shorter walks and 18 minute miles is my average for 3 mile or longer walks. You are starting out. Great! Walking is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Just do what you can do, and add to it as you become more fit.
Regarding a scale: there are plenty of good ones in the $10-$15 dollar range. Shop around online at places like Walmart, Target, Walgreens, etc and find one that fits in your budget, then go and get it at the store.
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Before I got my activity tracker and started using mapmywalk I used google maps to figure out my distance and I knew how long it took me...then math came in...distance/time=speed.
Or there are lots of "converters" online...
http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/speed_distance_time_calc.html
This one works well even if it's for "biking"0
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