Should i change my goal on here?

mamakatiekat
mamakatiekat Posts: 74 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
When I first started on here a few months ago I wasn't very active. Now I try to keep more active, I have a fit bit now and try to stay within my step goal of 8,000 steps. I also have started going to the gym 2 weeks ago, I go between 4-5 times, typically late at night( Not sure if that matters). Should I change up my goal and say I'm slightly active or what? I don't know if I'm eating enough usually, I don't wanna mess up my progress or my metabolism. any insight on this would be appreciated :)

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  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    It does not matter when you eat.

    Are you trying to lose, maintain, or gain weight?


    If losing what did you tell MFP that you wanted to lose each week? How long have you been losing? How much weight have you lost?

    If maintaining or gaining someone else would be better at helping.
  • mamakatiekat
    mamakatiekat Posts: 74 Member
    I've put in the recommended of 1 lb a week I believe. I'm trying to lose weight. I've lost 48 so far. I started at the end of February this year. I want to lose about 60 more lbs.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    Oh and sorry that I got too caught up in the math to say... Nice Work!
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
    Yes, nice work!
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    NovusDies wrote: »
    mamakatiekat wrote: »
    I've put in the recommended of 1 lb a week I believe. I'm trying to lose weight. I've lost 48 so far. I started at the end of February this year. I want to lose about 60 more lbs.

    Assuming you started on Feb 20th that would put you losing 2.67 pounds per week. Even if 5 or so pounds of that was water weight you would still be losing over 2 pounds per week.

    If you started with 100ish pounds to lose you might have selected 2 pounds per week because that would be appropriate.

    Adjusting your goal is up to you. From my math you could eat another 150-250ish (depends on water weight lost and more precise calculation) calories per day and still be losing about 2 pounds per week.

    If you would like me to use actual numbers I would need your weight more than 7 days after you started and what date that fell on and the current weight and the as-of date.

    All of this is good advice. Regarding the activity level question, activity level settings are really trial and error, since they're broad categories. What generally works best is to pick the one that appears closest to your daily routine not counting exercise, log intentional exercise separately, and then see what your weight does. It sounds like setting your activity level higher than you currently have it may be appropriate, since you're losing faster than you should be.
  • jo_nz
    jo_nz Posts: 548 Member
    Have you got your fitbit synced to MFP?
    I have mine connected and it automatically adjusts my daily goal when I have an active day. Then I don't have to worry about the sedentary/lightly active/active settings, it just does the work for me :smile:
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,743 Member
    If you log your workouts then you don't need to change your activity setting, since you'll be getting calories back for the workouts that you do. Activity setting is for your non-exercise activity i.e. work or running after kids, etc.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    spiriteagle99 wrote: »
    If you log your workouts then you don't need to change your activity setting, since you'll be getting calories back for the workouts that you do. Activity setting is for your non-exercise activity i.e. work or running after kids, etc.

    Yes:

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  • mamakatiekat
    mamakatiekat Posts: 74 Member
    Thank you for all of your input guys. Sometimes the calories it wants me to eat back are ridiculous though. Like there is no way i can eat back 1100 calories extra to what ive already eaten for that day. Any tips on how to help with that too?
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    edited June 2019
    mamakatiekat wrote: »
    Thank you for all of your input guys. Sometimes the calories it wants me to eat back are ridiculous though. Like there is no way i can eat back 1100 calories extra to what ive already eaten for that day. Any tips on how to help with that too?

    There are two ways to answer that depending on the actual problem:

    1) Set you activity higher so you can plan to start eating higher calories earlier in the day instead of getting caught at the end of the day with a big surplus.

    or

    2) Nuts, cheeses, oils, ice cream, slice of pie are all things you can add/eat in smaller quantities that pack a calorie punch. There is a list around here somewhere of other ideas.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    You've been losing an average of 12 pounds a month for four months. You probably should be eating more.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    mamakatiekat wrote: »
    I've put in the recommended of 1 lb a week I believe. I'm trying to lose weight. I've lost 48 so far. I started at the end of February this year. I want to lose about 60 more lbs.

    Time to slow down your rate of loss.

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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,254 Member
    Double check that you're not set to 2lbs instead of 1lb.

    Increase your base activity level to get a smaller adjustment at midnight (note that adjustments are final at midnight).

    Your adjustment size and steps indicate that even active might be a possibility. Lightly active is a given.

    Good job so far. Don't push it too far on the *fast* loss. Develop long term strategies/habits to help keep the weight off.

    Cheers!

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