Help! Nothings happening!

psychod787

well, from pretty accurate tracking... even weighing and measuring has a margin of error of 5-10%.... mine is off about 10%. Is that a lot? well, does not sound like that, but my maintenance, at this time, is around 3375 cals. my burns are in the 3500-3600 range 300 cals can mean the difference between gaining and maintaining. It fails to take into account a few things. they are good for getting rough...ROUGH! LOL ideas, but not the tell all. if you are not weighing food, your estimations can be 35% off or more. JMHO EDIT*** I just noticed... how many people in the USA I wonder actually weigh and measure almost all of their food? I guess we are an interesting bunch!

collectingblues

I find that my Apple Watch is very accurate — if anything, it underestimates my sedentary calories. (I had my RMR tested. Apple is under by 20 percent, as illustrated by that, and my actual real-life intake and weight loss data.)

But if you’re not weighing your food, you don’t really know what you’re eating. Wait a little longer — like others said, two weeks isn’t long enough to declare a plateau — and consider a scale if you still aren’t losing.

AnnPT77

chubbycatcorner wrote: »

I feel like what's the point of owning a tracker if it's not accurate

Nothing is guaranteed to be accurate, it's all estimates, as has been said. My tracker underestimates my daily calorie requirements by around 30%.

Why is it useful? From experience, I know it estimates by around 30%. Tracker estimated calories x 1.3 = approximate real calories needed. (Since I know my actual maintenance calories, I don't need to use it that way . . . but I totally could.)

It's all just estimates and arithmetic.

quiksylver296 wrote: »

AnvilHead wrote: »

quiksylver296 wrote: »

Rocio12 wrote: »

@kimny72 it’s been two weeks since losing lbs.
I’m 5’3 192 lbs Goal weight-160
No food scale yet. Logging everything, everyday!

Your answer is here.

@quiksylver296 - momentary off-topic, but I love that new avatar pic!

I DON'T! :mad: Freakin' @TackleWasher.

I think you should keep it, 'cos delicious, delicious irony. JMO.