Excercise/consumption/loss ?

zekerella

Just curious for my own information to help me adjust my plan...
What do you roughly daily consume ... how much do you normally burn a day...how much weight have you lost/when did you start?

I hit a plateau curious what success stories/success in progress stories have done

TeaBea

How are you measuring intake? How are you measuring consumption? It's all estimates.

My longest "plateau" was 6 weeks. I was close to goal, and using measuring cups to measure intake. My "scheduled" lost was only 1/2 pound a week....a 250 calorie deficit. My intake estimate was incorrect.

NorthCascades

You're gonna get a lot of wild data points from a lot of people, some of them will be measured meticulously, others will be had by rolling dice and consulting fitbits. It'll be all over the map and hard to make sense of.

I burn anywhere from 0 to about 2,000 exercise calories daily. I eat anywhere from about 2,250 to 4,000 calories depending on what I've been doing lately, and the time of year (because many of my activities are seasonal). I've lost about 75 pounds this way, and I've been slowly putting some of it back on as muscle while following a progressive lifting program.

jjpptt2

My intake is anywhere from 1850 cals to 2500 per day, depending on my exercise. I try to net (total intake - exercise cals) 2000, or just a bit under.

Exercise can be as little as 100 cals per day if I lift to 500+ for a typical run to 1500 for a longer bike ride (but I'm not doing those right now due to winter/weather where I live).

So on average, I'm eating about 2300 cals per day, netting about 2000... with an average exercise of 300-400 cals burned. When I'm doing that consistently, I lose about .5lb per week.

But that's me. I'm a 40+ year old guy with about 25lbs to lose, and my logging isn't as tight as it probably should be... so there are a lot more assumptions and estimates for me than I'd recommend for most. As such, I'm not sure how meaningful any of that is for you. But those are my numbers, so do with them as you wish.

robhunt25

You should look into exercise testing with a trainer. They have the tools and equipment to give you accurate numbers based off of your body composition. I studied a lot of it in college and practiced on myself with great results. Message me if you would like any more info.

cwolfman13

I burn calories 24/7...I don't exercise to burn some arbitrary number of calories...all of my rides are different and I will burn a different number of calories.

I eat around 2800-3000 calories to maintain...2300-2500 if I need to drop weight.

sijomial

My daily calorie needs vary from extremes of 1900 - 6500.
My calorie intake varies from unusual extremes of 600 - 4700 (but more normally 2500 - 3000'ish.)
My daily exercise varies from an unusual zero to a very rare 4500 cals (9hrs cycling).
283 hours of cycling this year + average of 3hrs a week strength training.

Lost 30lbs a few years ago and maintaining since then. These days I rarely calorie count and use my weight trend to guide me.

Don't see how that really helps you with your stall though but this might....
I always adjusted my calorie balance based on actual results and backed up by consistent but not particularly accurate logging.

If you want specific help then opening your diaries often reveals where the problem lies.

usmcmp

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10589119/how-to-break-through-a-plateau#latest

jjpptt2

Fwiw... My stalls always track back to sloppy logging. Usually intake. If I focus on the basics... set my numbers, hit my numbers, rinse and repeat... then progress always follows.