Calculating TDEE & macros --- whaaaaat?

amusedmonkey

You're overcomplicating this. The solutions are much simpler than you think.

You tried what MFP suggested and you didn't feel good with these macros.
Solution: change the macros. MFP allows you to do that.

You haven't lost much on your current intake.
Solution:
- Pay more attention to your logging practices. Food has calories regardless if it's fast or slow, packaged or loose. A food scale ensures better precision.
- If after a while of logging accurately and picking accurate database entries you're still not losing, consider that Fitbit may be over-estimating your burn. It does for some people, especially models that have heart rate monitors.

You can't wear Fitbit all the time.
Solution: log non-Fitbit exercises manually. Even Fitbit is making a guess, so manual logging isn't all that different. After a while of logging and seeing how your weight loss correlates with what Fitbit and MFP say you burn you'll be able to make adjustments by eating a smaller percentage of the extra calories you get if you're losing less than expected over time.

You believe you're some somatotype and it's causing you frustration.
Solution: if you really don't want to accept that weight is a result of several factors some of which are under our control, and if the fact that those who lose weight and maintain it long term or start a muscle building program effectively "change type" doesn't make you question the validity of this hypothesis, then at least consider if this type of thinking is benefitting you. If it's causing distress and the feeling of helplessness, it doesn't serve your goals.

ETA: Take a look at some of the factors that affect weight. Do they look like things that only affect certain body types?
http://www.shiftn.com/obesity/Full-Map.html

sijomial

VelveteenArabian wrote: »

sijomial wrote: »

You aren't an endomorph - you are just a human like the rest of us.
(Somatotypes are complete cobblers!)

First decide if you are going to use your FitBit or not.
Then second it's probably best to realise that all the various estimates are most likely going to be more accurate than your tracking and logging anyway.

All the estimates in the world just give you a starting point to get you going - after that adjust based on actual long term results and you will be fine.

I'm going to ask you the same thing - why don't you believe somatotypes are a thing and how do you explain the tendencies towards certain behaviors/responses that bodies tend to do?

I usually wear my FitBit, just not during training. My long term results (if 7 months can be considered long term) of making dietary changes haven't yielded much, which is why I am looking to change it up I'm tired of being the fat girl in my training sessions.

Somatotypes were never created to give guidance about diet and the unpleasant ideas (eugenics) behind it is thoroughly debunked - Wikipedia actually has a pretty good write up.

People do have preferences and attributes but that doesn't change the essential truth of weight loss that if you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight. If your dietary changes haven't "yielded much" then you have been eating too much. It's as simple as that when you strip away excuses.

Make adjustments based on your results if you resist accurately counting your intake. Eat less.
In the end it's you that has to take responsibility for how much you eat.