Please, will someone help me to work out my calories burned?

cmriverside

And she's actually at 19 BMI. 112 pounds, 5'4" - if you look at the OP of this thread we're on now.

Here's the other thread where she says she's still eating 1200 (for those reading along...)
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/43705487

AnnPT77

sefajane1 wrote: »

leonoraoropesa wrote: »

MyFitnessPal app has the answer for you. You input what you desire either losing weight or gaining muscle it automatically computes it once you input your exercises. That’s a better option for you rather than computing it yourself. The app tells you how much weigh you will lose with a computation of food caloric intake, height and caloric deficit to get your desired weight. Hope that help. It’s easy and convenient too.

Thanks but I understand all that. It's just I'm losing more weight than I want to (5.2lbs in the last 14 days, for example) so I thought it may have something to do with exercise.

It doesn't matter why. If you have a semi-consistent routine, all you need to to is eat more.

Eat more according to how much, on average, you've been losing.

Take the average number of pounds you've lost weekly over the last few weeks. Multiply that number of pounds (or fraction of a pound) by 3500 (rough number of calories in a pound). That gives you your average calorie deficit per week. Divide that by 7 to get a daily calorie deficit. Eat that many more calories every day to maintain.

If you've lost 5.2 pounds in 14 days, that would be ( (2.6 pounds per week X 3500 calories) / 7 ) = 1,300 more calories every day. Eat that much more. If that's too scary, eat 250 more every day this week, add 250 more every day next week, and keep going until you stop losing weight.

Monitor for a month or so to make sure you're maintaining. (Expect a little scale jump, maybe a few pounds, when you add a big calorie increment, from glycogen replenishment and increased average digestive system contents. Don't let that freak you out or make you back off. Expect it.)

Please, please: This is what you need to do to stay healthy. We've given you pretty much the same advice on each of your threads. Please, eat more. Please discuss with your treatment team. But eat more!

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sefajane1

Thanks @AnnPT77 (again 😁) and everyone else 😊

I will enjoy the family holiday and then after a week eating normally (as I do now) I'll see where I'm at, weight wise, and switch to maintenence 👍

ungowa1

I don't know how people can even be guessing your calorie burn without even asking you if you are walking up hills or not, makes a big difference.

sefajane1

ungowa1 wrote: »

I don't know how people can even be guessing your calorie burn without even asking you if you are walking up hills or not, makes a big difference.

I walk a street route, fairly level ground with just a few (4 or 5) slight inclines and declines. I realise that that's not much to go on but I was just after a rough idea to see if my calculations were right.

All sorted now anyway.