BMR seems like a wild guess to me

corinasue1143

dewd2 wrote: »

jim_pipkin wrote: »

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FWIW - focusing on single muscle exercises will eventually lead to an imbalance which can lead to injury. Be careful.

Good luck.

Was thinking about this last night. I just skipped right over it as I was reading these posts yesterday, but last night in aerobics class as we worked every part of our legs, I realized how unbalanced 3000 abductors and no other leg exercises is.
Just thought it was worth another read and some thought.

Lillymoo01

SPARKLES0883 wrote: »

I find if you just eat BMR you’ll lose weight IF YOU DONT EAT BACK calories lost from any day to day activities or exercise

The whole idea of eating back is to slow and steady out weight loss. In my opinion if you exercise then eat it back. Just stick to calorie deficit 🤷‍♀️

I’ve always set goal to BMR for calorie intake as what my goal weight will be. If I am going to be at 1120 for BMR at goal Wright then if I just stick to this as my intake amount during the diet journey, will hit goal weight for sure. Once you get to goal. Then work on increasing calories to suit your desired maintenance weight works better than any diet plan out there.

There is a huge problem with what you are posting. Unless you are in a coma you are burning considerably more than your BMR every day. My BMR is only around 1100 calories yet I maintain on closer to 1500 calories BEFORE I add my intentional exercise calories.

jim_pipkin

There is a huge problem with what you are posting. Unless you are in a coma you are burning considerably more than your BMR every day. My BMR is only around 1100 calories yet I maintain on closer to 1500 calories BEFORE I add my intentional exercise calories.

Yet this has been the case. My doc says I restricted my calories too much chasing weekly scale results, instead of being patient and just trusting the math. Others have helped me see this as well. I have started raising my calories this week after my doc advised me to do this, and to expect a weight bump as my body adjusts.

jim_pipkin

I realized how unbalanced 3000 abductors and no other leg exercises is.
Just thought it was worth another read and some thought.

The best exercise anyone can do...is one that they will DO. I am gradually working more things into cardio, like ellipse and HIIT sessions, but the abductors have greatly increased my endurance over the past few months.

NovusDies

jim_pipkin wrote: »

There is a huge problem with what you are posting. Unless you are in a coma you are burning considerably more than your BMR every day. My BMR is only around 1100 calories yet I maintain on closer to 1500 calories BEFORE I add my intentional exercise calories.

Yet this has been the case. My doc says I restricted my calories too much chasing weekly scale results, instead of being patient and just trusting the math. Others have helped me see this as well. I have started raising my calories this week after my doc advised me to do this, and to expect a weight bump as my body adjusts.

That bump may not even happen and if it does it should be very temporary like 3-4 days. I definitely would not expect it to last longer than 8 days.

What will change is how often you see a new low weight and how short-lived it may be before you uptick again. If you view your weight loss over a larger period of time though you should be quite satisfied with your progress. I still lose 8-9 pounds a month which is not too shabby. It is less than when I started but so am I. I am not sure how I will feel when that drops to 4 pounds a month as I get closer to my goal range but I am sure I will adjust.

dewd2

jim_pipkin wrote: »

I realized how unbalanced 3000 abductors and no other leg exercises is.
Just thought it was worth another read and some thought.

The best exercise anyone can do...is one that they will DO. I am gradually working more things into cardio, like ellipse and HIIT sessions, but the abductors have greatly increased my endurance over the past few months.

I'm sorry, I'm honestly not here to disagree with everything. I hope you understand I have your best interests in mind when I say these things. But...

I don't disagree that doing something is better than nothing in most cases, but in this case I think you are seriously setting yourself up for issues down the road. When one strong muscle over compensates you risk injury. Even just the change in the way you move daily with one muscle overpowering everything else can change your gait and cause problems in other areas of your body. As someone who pushes their body further than I should I can tell you that it is a delicate balance to keep everything working together. I'm sidelined right now with an injury I never saw coming. Out of the blue I got a sports hernia and can't run. I'm working through it now with my PT and getting things back in balance is our main objective (that and getting me back to running before I lose my mind ).

Have you considered doing squats?

jim_pipkin

Have you considered doing squats?

Previous injuries limit my ability to do this until I shed another 50 pounds, but I see your point. I'm dealing with a battered old body that has issues with broken bones, atrophied joints, and an old belly injury that almost killed me a couple of years ago. I do what I can.