Tweaking Calories

JaxxieKat
JaxxieKat Posts: 427 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've been at this awhile. I believe 3 years now. I'll be the first to admit I am not as strict with weighing certain things as I used to be. Calorie dense things like cheese, peanut butter, etc.. I do keep reigns on still, though. I've hit sort of a setback. At my heaviest I was around 280lbs. My lowest was January of 2018 at 149lbs. I'm now at 174.6lbs. Part of that is coming off of a strict, plant based diet and incorporating things like butter and cheese into my diet. The biggest part is slacking off on proper tracking.

When I first joined, I had a sedentary desk job and accounted for that activity level when setting my goals. Now I have a job where some days involve a lot of heavy physical labor in a warehouse while others I'm mostly at my desk. I also work out 5 to 6 days per week.

Since it's not a consistent all day, every day slinging boxes kind of job, would you recommend leaving my activity setting at the lowest or next one up? Thanks in advance.

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    You could choose "sedentary" then add the physical labor in as exercise when you have to do it.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    emmamcgarity wrote: »
    If your biggest problem is tracking I’d start there. Track consistently first. Then after a while start focusing on accuracy. You won’t know what needs to change until you have the data from tracking.

    ^^^This...
  • cbihatt
    cbihatt Posts: 319 Member
    You might be better off using TDEE to calculate your calorie needs, rather than using MFP’s calculations. That way you can eat the same amount every day without worrying about the varying levels of activity.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    emmamcgarity wrote: »
    If your biggest problem is tracking I’d start there. Track consistently first. Then after a while start focusing on accuracy. You won’t know what needs to change until you have the data from tracking.

    Yes. You don’t know how many calories you’re eating, therefore you can’t answer this question until you start tracking accurately and consistently.

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