Food, Exercise, or other Reports
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »I treaded water and exercised for a long time today at the pool.....if I eat 1/4 of the calories that MFP says I burned, I get 200 more calories of food to eat!...I also put my goal back to 2 lb a week loss....I still get 1450 calories today...does this sound about right?...I am full and happy lol
@conniewilkins56 1450 sounds too low if it includes the exercise calories. Please be careful. Being full and happy does *not* necessarily mean you are eating enough. The lag time between undereating and feeling the impact of undereating can take days, weeks, or even months to show up depending on the situation.
If I set my weight loss at 2 lbs a week MFP gives me 1230 calories a day.....up until three weeks ago I was basically sedentary most days...swimming I am burning some calories....I am not great with stats,numbers etc but if I burn between 700 to 800 calories swimming, I am counting half of those calories as burned as everyone says MFP gives your exercise too many burned calories....so if I get back half of those burned calories, that is about 400 extra calories and I am cutting that 400 in half...that gives me 200 extra calories to eat so I have been eating 1450 calories a day all week and my scales are finally moving down again...266.2 this morning....
I had a wellness doctors visit earlier this week and I am almost obese instead of morbidly obese...at this weight I am at can I still lose weight pretty quickly without damage to my health?...I also postponed my diet break because I kept thinking of all the treats I could have instead of concentrating on the mental part of the break!...maybe at 250.0 I will be ready for a break...
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »conniewilkins56 wrote: »I treaded water and exercised for a long time today at the pool.....if I eat 1/4 of the calories that MFP says I burned, I get 200 more calories of food to eat!...I also put my goal back to 2 lb a week loss....I still get 1450 calories today...does this sound about right?...I am full and happy lol
@conniewilkins56 1450 sounds too low if it includes the exercise calories. Please be careful. Being full and happy does *not* necessarily mean you are eating enough. The lag time between undereating and feeling the impact of undereating can take days, weeks, or even months to show up depending on the situation.
If I set my weight loss at 2 lbs a week MFP gives me 1230 calories a day.....up until three weeks ago I was basically sedentary most days...swimming I am burning some calories....I am not great with stats,numbers etc but if I burn between 700 to 800 calories swimming, I am counting half of those calories as burned as everyone says MFP gives your exercise too many burned calories....so if I get back half of those burned calories, that is about 400 extra calories and I am cutting that 400 in half...that gives me 200 extra calories to eat so I have been eating 1450 calories a day all week and my scales are finally moving down again...266.2 this morning....
I had a wellness doctors visit earlier this week and I am almost obese instead of morbidly obese...at this weight I am at can I still lose weight pretty quickly without damage to my health?...I also postponed my diet break because I kept thinking of all the treats I could have instead of concentrating on the mental part of the break!...maybe at 250.0 I will be ready for a break...
So glad you are back to help sort me out lol
I was very excited to read that you lost your "morbidly." I assume that means you are class 1 obese which means your next stop is "overweight". I didn't keep up with all of that until I was about to be overweight. I know I started at class 3 obese but that was only because there was not a class 9 or 12 or 46
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I realized most days I wasn’t eating all of my calories at 1.5lbs a week loss so about ten days ago I went back to 2 lbs a week...I had only kept it at 1.5 as a buffer with extra calories in case I got hungry...you know, we are always afraid we might get hungry! Oh no lol....
I hate to think about exercising off 400 calories to eat them right back!...I took a rest day all day today...food prep and a few household chores, dog out, etc...my thighs were screaming for a break...
and I fell on the pool deck Monday...thank God only my daughter and I were there...it was a sight for me trying to get up...I literally scooted backwards on my butt like a disoriented crab until I got to the hot tub where I lifted myself to the lip of the tub, turned around and stood up after my legs and feet were in the tub...I must have scooted 25 feet...I was afraid I would tear the bottom of my swim suit out!...my arms were dying...I bet I used more calories doing that than swimming!
Oh!...my daughter is losing weight...been going strong for four weeks....I am beyond happy!0 -
conniewilkins56 wrote: »I realized most days I wasn’t eating all of my calories at 1.5lbs a week loss so about ten days ago I went back to 2 lbs a week...I had only kept it at 1.5 as a buffer with extra calories in case I got hungry...you know, we are always afraid we might get hungry! Oh no lol....
I hate to think about exercising off 400 calories to eat them right back!...I took a rest day all day today...food prep and a few household chores, dog out, etc...my thighs were screaming for a break...
and I fell on the pool deck Monday...thank God only my daughter and I were there...it was a sight for me trying to get up...I literally scooted backwards on my butt like a disoriented crab until I got to the hot tub where I lifted myself to the lip of the tub, turned around and stood up after my legs and feet were in the tub...I must have scooted 25 feet...I was afraid I would tear the bottom of my swim suit out!...my arms were dying...I bet I used more calories doing that than swimming!
Oh!...my daughter is losing weight...been going strong for four weeks....I am beyond happy!
Yikes on the fall. Be careful with yourself!!
It is not really a helpful mindset to think of exercise as burning off calories. It does that but it is better to think of exercise as improving your fitness and the additional calories you eat are to power that additional movement. I tend to think of exercise as the measure I need to take to prevent myself from losing all the weight but still having the fitness level of the heavier version of me. I want to have more tone, more flexibility, and more stamina. Eating more calories is a bonus but it is also necessary if I want to achieve more than just weight loss... and I do.
In another couple of weeks we can crunch your numbers and see how you are losing now that you have increased your rate and added exercise. 3 weeks is not really enough time for a definitive answer but it would certainly throw up a flag if you are losing too fast now.
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I over did it today on the food because my lunch was skimpy and didn't hold me, and then I ate dinner at mom's, and mom doesn't even try to make her food healthier. I guestimated a regular stouffer's spaghetti and meatballs and then added the meatballs in extra and counted 1 1/2 servings of the cake.
Still, I was over my calorie limit by nearly 800 calories, which would have wiped my deficit out for the day, except I also spent the whole day working on my camper - pulling wire in the morning, then in the afternoon, I put up insulation in the walls and the ceiling, then we put the ceiling in using paneling and hammering the nails in by hand. this is why my lunch didn't hold me - I needed extra fuel for the work I was doing!
So if I only count 3 hours of general carpentry, I actually earned back all that surplus and then some!
And after church services tomorrow, we'll put the wall paneling in and I hope get the bed in the back framed in and the table and booth up front. I may need to take a half day on Monday so I can get the overhead lights and the converter wired in. The rest I can wire in later. I'm just going to carry my own water so I don't need to get it plumped just yet, and there isn't any electrical hook ups, so I don't really need to worry about getting the AC portion wired in yet, either - I just want the overhead lights at a minimum working, and maybe one of the USB DC charging stations I bought, though even that isn't strictly necessary.
I"m goign to be very happy to not have to sleep on the ground or the floor this year!
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I have had to restart all my tracking. It has been several hot minutes since I tracked anything. So I got on the scale this morning (220 sigh). I put that into MFP. I set a goal for 2lbs per week. I am 50lbs from goal. My job is sedentary. It gave me a goal of 1200 calories. That seems quite low.1
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I have had to restart all my tracking. It has been several hot minutes since I tracked anything. So I got on the scale this morning (220 sigh). I put that into MFP. I set a goal for 2lbs per week. I am 50lbs from goal. My job is sedentary. It gave me a goal of 1200 calories. That seems quite low.
1200 is the minimum for a female. What loss rate did you set? If you used 2 lbs a week, You may find better success or have an easier time setting yourself to 1 or 1.5 lb a week with more food. I know I hit my rock bottom limit at about 1400 and have reset to 1.5 lbs per week plus exercise-those exercise calories make a big difference for me!1 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »I have had to restart all my tracking. It has been several hot minutes since I tracked anything. So I got on the scale this morning (220 sigh). I put that into MFP. I set a goal for 2lbs per week. I am 50lbs from goal. My job is sedentary. It gave me a goal of 1200 calories. That seems quite low.
1200 is the minimum for a female. What loss rate did you set? If you used 2 lbs a week, You may find better success or have an easier time setting yourself to 1 or 1.5 lb a week with more food. I know I hit my rock bottom limit at about 1400 and have reset to 1.5 lbs per week plus exercise-those exercise calories make a big difference for me!
I set it at 2lbs a week since I have 50lbs left to loose. I know it's the minimum for a woman hence I am totally thinking it is low! Doing 1.5 a week only gives me another 200 calories. I dunno. We shall see how I feel at the end of the day.1 -
@gewel321, I'm struggling with that very thing. If I aimed for 2 lbs/week, even weighing 260 lbs, it puts me around 1250 calories. I would hit the minimum recommended calories at around 250 lbs, when I still have over 100 lbs to lose. Those numbers are depressing to me.
I currently have my rate of loss set at 1.5, I earn exercise calories, and even that target is difficult for me to hit a lot of the time.
I hope you are able to find a place where you are happy with both your rate of loss and how much you can eat!1 -
@bobsburgersfan I don't remember it being that low when I was on it a few months ago. I even thought that maybe the algorithm was messed up or something. 1200 is really low. I'm not sure I can handle that. If I can't then I can't and will have to adjust. It's not worth the mental struggle of not ever meeting my "goal" when my goal is unmeetable.1
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Did you by any chance switch age brackets in the last few months? That's one thing that could have made your calorie goal lower than before.1
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I wish I switch to lower!! lol No my birthday was in February. I stopped tracking when COVID hit my hospital in like April. So it should be the same or maybe more since I gained some weight since then.1
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My calorie goal for a 2 lb a week loss is 1230.... I have been swimming and burning about 800-1000 extra calories....I add 1/4 of these calories back in and I can eat 1430 calories a day...I usually skip or have a very light breakfast and I really have plenty to eat...I weigh 265 and have lost 85 lbs...5’9” tall and almost 69 yrs old...I have my lifestyle set at sedentary...not sure if this helps you or not...I eat tons of vegetables and. Strictly count only calories...0
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Yes that actually does help me @conniewilkins56 It seems we are on the same path. Love that you are going swimming to help with the exercise part. I have a pool but honestly I've just been lazy about getting in it. I haven't felt like pulling the cover off so I haven't! I plan of getting in tonight as long as this rain holds off!1
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Yes that actually does help me @conniewilkins56 It seems we are on the same path. Love that you are going swimming to help with the exercise part. I have a pool but honestly I've just been lazy about getting in it. I haven't felt like pulling the cover off so I haven't! I plan of getting in tonight as long as this rain holds off!
The water jogging burns the most calories!....I jog back and forth across the pool!...I jiggle and joggle so that probably uses more calories lol....I started swimming earlier in the day because it’s so hot outside so I am forcing myself to eat a little breakfast before I get in....I hate to eat calories for breakfast but I figured I need to because I work pretty hard in the water!....hope you get to use some extra calories!1 -
I've really been eating a lot the last 3 days - tonight I couldn't stop myself from having that 4th slice of pizza *cringes* BUT I've also spent the last 3 days working on my camper - pulling wire, putting up insulation and paneling, carrying lumber around, stepping up and down into that camper constantly, hammering, sawing - if the general carperntry entry is halfway right, then it says in 3 1/2 hours, I burned over 1,000 calories and we worked more like 6 hours, so I'm not really sure where I stand though I think I'm at least breaking even.
I'm really struggling the last 2 weeks in getting back into rhythm; all I want to do is snack and its been hard to stay within calorie budget and I'm not do well. It doesn't help that I haven't been able to get the exercise levels back up to where they were before vacation due to the weather, though I think I caught up with myself in the last 3 days with as sore as I am!1 -
Kinda overdid it today. Counted all my calories and ate smaller healthier food and portions. Took the stairs everywhere, mowed the grass, played with the kid. Realized that I had only eaten 650 calories. And burned 600ish doing all my activity. So not good habit and sustainability wise. I ate a choco taco (needed that quick calorie bump and the sugar helped too) and a balanced break and I’m a little over 1000. Gotta step it up for tomorrow.
And I was worried about not being able to make it at 1200. Sigh.1 -
@conniewilkins56 I respect you in several ways! I'm a 60-year-old guy & I've lost 76#, currently at 296# The way you eat & exercise indicates that you are moving forcefully through life! I admire how you go about your business.
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rockconner wrote: »@conniewilkins56 I respect you in several ways! I'm a 60-year-old guy & I've lost 76#, currently at 296# The way you eat & exercise indicates that you are moving forcefully through life! I admire how you go about your business.
I am a woman on a mission...if you read other posts of mine, I have BED...Binge Eating Disorder....at this time in my life I am finally waking up!...It’s now or never!2 -
Some days are more difficult than others!...I burned so many calories in the pool this morning that I have been starving all evening even after having dinner...I finally gave in and had some lite trisquits and a string cheese....over what I had intended to eat....anyway, as much as I like swimming earlier in the day, I am going back to swimming after dinner because I am not as hungry lol...and I have my snack to look forward to after I get back home....maybe this is a mental thing but I was really hungry!..1
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I’ve gotten some motivation from @conniewilkins56 and wanted to do some swim jogging today. Alas too much chlorine in the pool from the weekend shock. I’m going to do it as soon as the chlorine goes down! I would have never thought of it without ya!2
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I’ve gotten some motivation from @conniewilkins56 and wanted to do some swim jogging today. Alas too much chlorine in the pool from the weekend shock. I’m going to do it as soon as the chlorine goes down! I would have never thought of it without ya!
It really uses the calories but I have to admit I am extra hungry tonight!...glad I helped you!0 -
today was bad. Nothing I ate would satisfy me, and I felt hungry all day long! And we're talking foods that normally do fine, but today I was dragging all day and just seemed to have a hollow leg. I was way over calorie limit today and it's 10 pm and I don't know if I'm going to be able to stop from munching on something else before bed.
I think my body is out of whack; I should have been on my monthly this week, but last month, I was a week late, so I'm not sure what to expect from this month. I"m preparing just in case!
meanwhile - I have a bed, a table booth, a table, and lights in my camper! Yeah! Just in time to go camping in it tomorrow with just me, myself, and I!1 -
I’ve gotten some motivation from @conniewilkins56 and wanted to do some swim jogging today. Alas too much chlorine in the pool from the weekend shock. I’m going to do it as soon as the chlorine goes down! I would have never thought of it without ya!
You have to watch that @conniewilkins56, she is deviously inspiring!2 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »today was bad. Nothing I ate would satisfy me, and I felt hungry all day long! And we're talking foods that normally do fine, but today I was dragging all day and just seemed to have a hollow leg. I was way over calorie limit today and it's 10 pm and I don't know if I'm going to be able to stop from munching on something else before bed.
I think my body is out of whack; I should have been on my monthly this week, but last month, I was a week late, so I'm not sure what to expect from this month. I"m preparing just in case!
meanwhile - I have a bed, a table booth, a table, and lights in my camper! Yeah! Just in time to go camping in it tomorrow with just me, myself, and I!
I have days like that when I have had periods where I have not eaten quite enough to cover my activity. From what I am learning once you get below a certain amount of fat stores your body has less tolerance. I do not know what that amount is and it may vary from person to person depending on genes and the amount of activity.1 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »today was bad. Nothing I ate would satisfy me, and I felt hungry all day long! And we're talking foods that normally do fine, but today I was dragging all day and just seemed to have a hollow leg. I was way over calorie limit today and it's 10 pm and I don't know if I'm going to be able to stop from munching on something else before bed.
I think my body is out of whack; I should have been on my monthly this week, but last month, I was a week late, so I'm not sure what to expect from this month. I"m preparing just in case!
meanwhile - I have a bed, a table booth, a table, and lights in my camper! Yeah! Just in time to go camping in it tomorrow with just me, myself, and I!
I have days like that when I have had periods where I have not eaten quite enough to cover my activity. From what I am learning once you get below a certain amount of fat stores your body has less tolerance. I do not know what that amount is and it may vary from person to person depending on genes and the amount of activity.
I'm hoping that's it - that I'm being more active than I realize. But the scale isn't showing any dropping, either - on 6/18, I was 235.1; on 6/25 I was 234.2, and today I was 235.5. Water weight is killing me in the last 2 weeks, but so is the over-eating, and that over-eating will likely continue into the weekend since I'm going camping today and won't have much opportunity to update since I have to drive to the closest down 20 minutes away to get wifi (where I'm going is a cell and radio dead zone because of a big radio telescope in the area, so you have to drive out of that area to places that have free wifi set up).
but I knew trouble was on the horizon - I was feeling apathetic earlier this month, and that drive to eat has been growing stronger again and out-competing the voice that keeps warning that the temporary pleasure is going to derail my goals and put me on a plateau.
I seem to be really weird; this is the 3rd time that I've managed to lose a lot of weight, and if I look back at each time, I seem to be able to lose easily in winter but always seem to plateau in summer, especially late summer. You'd think it would be the opposite, since summer time is when a person has more opportunity to be busy! This is why late summer is actually my very least favorite time of year - me and heat and humidity do NOT get along!1 -
I am feeling a sense of renewal since my recent "outdoorsy" epiphany. I think one of the reasons I have been kind of apathetic lately is that after my health goals were mostly accomplished I lacked a new overall goal. On discipline and ease of practice alone I can get up each morning and exercise and then watch my calories but I wasn't building to something tangible. I was just going through the motions. It lacked "flavor."
It was important to put my health first. My health was in bad shape. I was heading nowhere good - fast. I didn't spend any time thinking about extra possibilities that weight loss and fitness improvement might bring. Why would I? I had no idea what shape I would end up in and I am not a person that likes to fantasize and then end up disappointed. I like to deal in what is in my grasp or within my grasp. I am a boringly practical person.
However, now I have a new purpose and it is a luxury instead of a necessity. That is likely better. I believe in the near future it will be possible for me to hike 10 miles. Since that would not be wise in the heat of the summer I can build towards that goal over the next few months and then try it in the fall or early winter. In the meantime I can work on bringing my fishing skills back up and my rowing.
This morning I pushed on for an extra mile because my ankle was feeling better and I have my new aspiration. I can't do too much more in the short term until my ankle is feeling solid again but that should be just a few more days of being careful.1 -
Oh and I am in new shoes again. I only got 3 months of use out of my last pair. I ordered 5 pairs this time so I could evaluate them properly. In the past a new pair would always be a relief and that made me assume they were good. I have learned that is not the case. This time I was able to compare them not only in how they fit but how they felt walking multiple miles. I felt kind of bad returning 4 pairs but I would have honestly kept them all if they had all lived up to their description as "walking shoes". They may be comfortable walking shoes for someone but they were not for me.
I am not sure exactly why but my new pair provide better support. The heels are taller than my other pairs have been and they have gel foam. I have pushed through the discomfort and sometimes outright pain for a long time. No more.1 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »bmeadows380 wrote: »today was bad. Nothing I ate would satisfy me, and I felt hungry all day long! And we're talking foods that normally do fine, but today I was dragging all day and just seemed to have a hollow leg. I was way over calorie limit today and it's 10 pm and I don't know if I'm going to be able to stop from munching on something else before bed.
I think my body is out of whack; I should have been on my monthly this week, but last month, I was a week late, so I'm not sure what to expect from this month. I"m preparing just in case!
meanwhile - I have a bed, a table booth, a table, and lights in my camper! Yeah! Just in time to go camping in it tomorrow with just me, myself, and I!
I have days like that when I have had periods where I have not eaten quite enough to cover my activity. From what I am learning once you get below a certain amount of fat stores your body has less tolerance. I do not know what that amount is and it may vary from person to person depending on genes and the amount of activity.
I'm hoping that's it - that I'm being more active than I realize. But the scale isn't showing any dropping, either - on 6/18, I was 235.1; on 6/25 I was 234.2, and today I was 235.5. Water weight is killing me in the last 2 weeks, but so is the over-eating, and that over-eating will likely continue into the weekend since I'm going camping today and won't have much opportunity to update since I have to drive to the closest down 20 minutes away to get wifi (where I'm going is a cell and radio dead zone because of a big radio telescope in the area, so you have to drive out of that area to places that have free wifi set up).
but I knew trouble was on the horizon - I was feeling apathetic earlier this month, and that drive to eat has been growing stronger again and out-competing the voice that keeps warning that the temporary pleasure is going to derail my goals and put me on a plateau.
I seem to be really weird; this is the 3rd time that I've managed to lose a lot of weight, and if I look back at each time, I seem to be able to lose easily in winter but always seem to plateau in summer, especially late summer. You'd think it would be the opposite, since summer time is when a person has more opportunity to be busy! This is why late summer is actually my very least favorite time of year - me and heat and humidity do NOT get along!
I seem to keep reminding you that the scale can takes weeks to show losses. The heat of the summer plus activity that may be unusual for your muscles could easily explain sluggish scale results this time of year.
Also ask yourself what is the worst thing that happens if your weight loss does slow a little during the summer? What if for 3 months of the year you only lose half of what you do the other 9? I doubt it would be that dramatic but maybe it will slow a little. If you are eating more to more easily fuel the things you enjoy doing does it matter?
One question I have routinely asked myself when I have taken a break or an extra maintenance day here and there is "When I get my weight off will I care that it took me a little extra time to do it?"
I do firmly believe in steering into the skid if you find that you are indeed in one. You are probably not but if you are you might want to consider dropping your rate of loss to 1.5 pounds per week for 6 weeks or so and see if that helps. I am not sure about you but I do not like giving back deficit calories unless I specifically planned to do so like a holiday or vacation. I would rather manage myself so that I can be consistent and sometimes that comes in the form of taking the foot off the gas. The next lower number on the scale can be addicting. It is important to fight that because before you realize it you will be in maintenance and the scale will hover around the same 7 or so pounds for hopefully forever.1 -
well, coming off diet break I already dropped back to 1.5 lbs per week so I could keep my starting deficit at 1500 before adding back in exercise calories. My biggest fear though is plateauing and then finding myself slowly regaining - so it's not even slowing down - its a fear of stopping completely before I'm ready to stop. I've been in this boat before where I've slowed down weight loss and then slowly started regaining; the 1st time I regained 85 of hte 90 lbs I lost, and while I don't think I'd go that far this time, the 2nd time I did regain around 25 - 30 lbs, and I know that's still a distinct possibility that I don't want to get into. For some stupid reason, once I plateau and start regaining, I have a devil of a time getting back in control, even though the sensible part of me is screaming the whole time. The glutton gets the reigns and it takes me forever to finally get them back and get back in control again, and that's what I'm afraid is happening. I had really, really hoped that getting my thyroid levels back down would prove to be the switch in my head, but they are still low and that switch is slowly creeping toward "off" again,a nd even though that's a warning and scaring part of me, that fear doesn't seem to be enough to give me the power to stop the slide.
and I'm so close to my 1st big goal of 220 lbs - I'm about 16 lbs away! I don't want to stop here! In fact, I don't want to stop at 220, either - I want to get back into onederland, but for right now, I'd love to be in the 220's when I see my doctor in October, and then maybe be flirting with 200 or under by my birthday next March.
And this time around, I can't even blame roommate or family for temptations beyond my strength to control, though this week that has still been partly true since I was eating at mom's this week.1
