Please Help, I am TOTALLY confused! Calorie Deficit

deksgrl

TYPO: My BMR is 1845. My TDEE is 2911. My calorie suggestion by MFP is 1310. My activity level is moderate. 5 days a week for 30 mins, three days circuit training with a trainer, 2 days walking or biking moderately for 30 mins.

Okay, what did you tell MFP for activity level, sedentary? If you do not lay in bed all day then you are not sedentary. Choose at least "lightly active" even if you sit at your job all day. This activity level you put in MFP is for your regular daily activities, work, school, shopping, cooking, cleaning, running after kids, walking around doing errands.

stepyogameup

She's right, all calories are not equal. The last few pounds are the hardest. If you really need to lose a few more lbs of fat, cut out sugar and lower your carbs a bit (unless you're active, then I'd just watch the types of carbs you're eating). Eat more vegetables! Eat lots of protein and don't shy away from fats, they won't make you fat. Eat as clean as possible and drink lots of water.

diaryofaskinnygirl

She's right, all calories are not equal. The last few pounds are the hardest. If you really need to lose a few more lbs of fat, cut out sugar and lower your carbs a bit (unless you're active, then I'd just watch the types of carbs you're eating). Eat more vegetables! Eat lots of protein and don't shy away from fats, they won't make you fat. Eat as clean as possible and drink lots of water.

No... What are calories? They are a unit of energy. Your body uses energy. If you put in the same amount of energy as you burn(eat at your TDEE) you won't lose weight. For your body to lose mass, it needs to consume less calories than it burns. (be in a calorie deficit). Sugar, protein, carbs, fats whatever.... all have calories, eat less of them and you will lose weight.

You can't create eat at a deficit and some how make it make MORE energy... that's not possible. For example if you eat 10 calories of sugar it isn't going to magically turn in to 20 calories of sugar. 10 calories is 10 calories.

If this is the case, do you think my dietician is totally wrong? What would be another explanation for not losing weight?

MindyG150

Listen to your dietician - what you eat matters. The quality of the fuel you put into your body matters. Follow her advice, try balancing your macros for a month, try it. The proof is in just giving it a shot. I didn't believe it either, until I tried it. There are a lot of different ways a body can look at a certain weight and when the clothes come off, the toned and lean and strong physiques are not usually an accident. Choose your own path but personally, I would rather be fit and toned than simply "thin" - there are some very flabby thin people out there and that's where the diet and exercise comes in beyond simply losing pounds.

Well said, and very good advice.

diaryofaskinnygirl

She's right, all calories are not equal. The last few pounds are the hardest. If you really need to lose a few more lbs of fat, cut out sugar and lower your carbs a bit (unless you're active, then I'd just watch the types of carbs you're eating). Eat more vegetables! Eat lots of protein and don't shy away from fats, they won't make you fat. Eat as clean as possible and drink lots of water.

No... What are calories? They are a unit of energy. Your body uses energy. If you put in the same amount of energy as you burn(eat at your TDEE) you won't lose weight. For your body to lose mass, it needs to consume less calories than it burns. (be in a calorie deficit). Sugar, protein, carbs, fats whatever.... all have calories, eat less of them and you will lose weight.

You can't create eat at a deficit and some how make it make MORE energy... that's not possible. For example if you eat 10 calories of sugar it isn't going to magically turn in to 20 calories of sugar. 10 calories is 10 calories.

If this is the case, do you think my dietician is totally wrong? What would be another explanation for not losing weight?

Wrong for the most part... You know what the problem is? Your TDEE isn't what you think it is. You use some calculator online and assume it's 100% accurate. It's not... It can be highly inaccurate.

What I would do if I was you is eat TDEE - 10%. Do that for a month, if you get no results subtract another 10% from what you're eating. wait a month still no results? Take away another 10%.

ETA: I was going through your pictures, I remember you. Wasn't a guy saying mean things to you in email or something?

Hmm I find it so hard to calculate TDEE, all the calculators give me different numbers!

And yep, that's me! That experience didn't exactly give me a confidence boost But I'm still here!

diaryofaskinnygirl

She's right, all calories are not equal. The last few pounds are the hardest. If you really need to lose a few more lbs of fat, cut out sugar and lower your carbs a bit (unless you're active, then I'd just watch the types of carbs you're eating). Eat more vegetables! Eat lots of protein and don't shy away from fats, they won't make you fat. Eat as clean as possible and drink lots of water.

No... What are calories? They are a unit of energy. Your body uses energy. If you put in the same amount of energy as you burn(eat at your TDEE) you won't lose weight. For your body to lose mass, it needs to consume less calories than it burns. (be in a calorie deficit). Sugar, protein, carbs, fats whatever.... all have calories, eat less of them and you will lose weight.

You can't create eat at a deficit and some how make it make MORE energy... that's not possible. For example if you eat 10 calories of sugar it isn't going to magically turn in to 20 calories of sugar. 10 calories is 10 calories.

If this is the case, do you think my dietician is totally wrong? What would be another explanation for not losing weight?

Wrong for the most part... You know what the problem is? Your TDEE isn't what you think it is. You use some calculator online and assume it's 100% accurate. It's not... It can be highly inaccurate.

What I would do if I was you is eat TDEE - 10%. Do that for a month, if you get no results subtract another 10% from what you're eating. wait a month still no results? Take away another 10%.

ETA: I was going through your pictures, I remember you. Wasn't a guy saying mean things to you in email or something?

Hmm I find it so hard to calculate TDEE, all the calculators give me different numbers!

And yep, that's me! That experience didn't exactly give me a confidence boost But I'm still here!

The most accurate method I can give you, one i created...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975696-advanced-fat-loss-tactics-must-know-your-bodyfat

You need to know your bodyfat to use that calculator... So i recommend viewing these pictures and just estimate your body fat based off these pictures...




you're a pretty girl, don't worry about what that guy said. Sometimes people are just jealous and just hate. He might thought you where so pretty that he just couldn't take it and tried to offend you. To feel more powerful. Don't stress it.

Thank you for the image! I've been told that I have 20% body fat by my dietician, but I love the look of the 15-17% body fat woman in the image.

And thank you for your kind words, I really appreciate it. I found it hard to come to terms with the fact that what he said probably wasn't true! Some people find pleasure in tearing others down.