Calories vs. Carbs

honkytonks85

You lost water.

CrazyMermaid1

Carbs such as pasta, bread and rice make me hungrier after I eat them so I avoid them. The worst food for me is Cheerios for some reason.

scolaris

Yeah, I'm having a hard time understanding how someone your size would get 1200 calories. Something seems off.

TiaGia101

I'm not a meat eater so doing a carb free diet is not something I could ever do. I'm just talking about skipping the rice or crackers I usually eat with singer because I love my carbs. Tonight I had red snapper.

I put in to lose a pound a week and MFP gave me 1200 cals. But I've been losing slower than that. I picked a lower calorie count because I do t work out as much as I used to.

Also, I love my salt but I'm sensitive to sodium so I avoid it or I am all puffy the next day.

TiaGia101

UprightMan wrote: »

LisaAnn642015 wrote: »

I understand exactly what your saying, I've reduced my carb intake just to see what my results would be and I lost a pound yesterday from today and I don't mind that it's water weight to start it's exciting to see the scale going down!

If you're excited to see the scale going down, why not just chop your arm off? It has the same beneficial effect - that is to say, you've done absolutely nothing that really helps you but as long as the number is lowered, you're content.

Your sarcasm is not useful to anyone here.

paperpudding

scolaris wrote: »

Yeah, I'm having a hard time understanding how someone your size would get 1200 calories. Something seems off.

Yes I agree.

I don't know my starting weight in pounds but was 72 kg and had 10 kg to lose which is about 22lb. Similar to,OP's 15 lb to lose.
I am over 6 inches shorter than OP and In my 50's.

Admittedly I put myself as. Lightly active not sedentary but even at 1/2 lb per week rate, I was still given 1460.

WinoGelato

I put in the OPs stats yesterday for my own profile. At sedentary it gave me 1620 to lose 0.5 lb/week.

OP you said you were 5'10, right? Not 5'1?

lemurcat12

WinoGelato wrote: »

I put in the OPs stats yesterday for my own profile. At sedentary it gave me 1620 to lose 0.5 lb/week.

OP you said you were 5'10, right? Not 5'1?

I did the same and got 1590 (kept my age, which is older than OP, which explains the small difference).

Either OP is putting in at least a loss of 1.5 lb/week as the goal or there's something screwed up about the goal she's getting and she should email support.

yarwell

BMR 1486 * 1.2 - 500 = 1283 based on 5'-10" female 160 lbs. 5'-1" would take that to 1112 ie hit the 1200 floor.

WinoGelato

yarwell wrote: »

BMR 1486 * 1.2 - 500 = 1283 based on 5'-10" female 160 lbs. 5'-1" would take that to 1112 ie hit the 1200 floor.

She said she entered 0.5 lb/week rate of loss.

lemurcat12

yarwell wrote: »

BMR 1486 * 1.2 - 500 = 1283 based on 5'-10" female 160 lbs. 5'-1" would take that to 1112 ie hit the 1200 floor.

I put in her stats and -250 (-.5 lb rate of loss) and sedentary into MFP directly and got 1590 (hers would be higher, since she is younger than me).

That means even -1 lb/week would give her above 1200. Therefore, the only way she should get 1200 is if she asks for a 1.5 lb rate of loss or more.

TiaGia101

WinoGelato wrote: »

I put in the OPs stats yesterday for my own profile. At sedentary it gave me 1620 to lose 0.5 lb/week.

OP you said you were 5'10, right? Not 5'1?

Yes, in 5'10 and 38 years old

Serah87

OP you should being doing around 1600 calories plus your exercise or at least half of your exercise calories. Especially as tall as you are and your young.

I do around 1700-1800 calories to lose weight, I am 5'2, 46 yrs old and 117 pounds.

TeaBea

TiaGia101 wrote: »

I'm not a meat eater so doing a carb free diet is not something I could ever do. I'm just talking about skipping the rice or crackers I usually eat with singer because I love my carbs. Tonight I had red snapper.

I put in to lose a pound a week and MFP gave me 1200 cals. But I've been losing slower than that. I picked a lower calorie count because I do t work out as much as I used to.

Also, I love my salt but I'm sensitive to sodium so I avoid it or I am all puffy the next day.

MFP gave you the bare minimum because 1 pound a week is an aggressive goal for you. 1200 calories is in no way a guaranteed loss of 1 pound a week.

Example: TDEE (maintenance) = 1,600. MFP's minimum is 1200 (for nutritional purposes)..... 1600 - 1200 = 400. 400 x 7 = 2,800.....not 3,500. 3,500 is required for 1 pound a week.

However, there is water weight and waste to consider. Time of month = higher water weight. Sore muscles (often) = higher water weight. Higher sodium day = higher water weight. Low carb for several days (your muscles essentially wring out glycogen stores) = lower water weight. Take a laxative pill....and I guarantee you will "lose some weight".

When you are talking 1/2 pound a week (especially) you are looking for weight loss trends. Weight fluctuates too much to expect exact numbers week in and week out.

mccindy72

Consider, OP, that at completely sedentary, (this is me being on the couch pretty much all day with absolutely no exercise at all) I am 5'7" tall, 125 lbs and maintain at 1800 calories per day. You should be able to lose 0.5 per week at higher than 1200 calories per day without a problem at all.