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  • Go_Deskercise
    Go_Deskercise Posts: 1,630 Member
    RelCanonical wrote: »
    Go_Deskercise wrote: »
    kaylakim18 wrote: »
    tequierosince06 wrote: »
    Go_Deskercise wrote: »
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    So for the example in the picture, if mildred doesn’t eat back her calories she burned from exercising her calories for the day would be 1392-550 from exercise = 842 which is way too low correct? If she did eat back her calories it would be 1942.

    Would I gain weight if I increase my calorie intake to the one recommended by MFP??

    Why do you think you would gain weight eating what MFP tells you to eat in order to lose weight???

    I told her that she'll gain water weight. It'll slowly shed after a sudden jump.

    Missed that!
  • Strudders67
    Strudders67 Posts: 991 Member
    Yes, you have correctly understood the example re Mildred.

    No, you would not gain weight if you are tracking accurately and are genuinely in a (very small) calorie deficit. Read my response above.

    I'm 5'1 and a half. I don't know exactly what that is in cm but it's about how tall you are. I lost 17 kg by eating 1200 cals a day. But, it took a long time because, at almost no point, was my deficit greater than 250 cals.


    Weigh yourself tomorrow morning and note that weight; ideally log it here in MFP under Check-In. Measure every liquid that you drink or use to prepare food and weigh everything else that you consume or use to prepare food. Log your exercise cals and eat those too - that's how MFP is designed to work. Weigh yourself again in 6 weeks time. See how it compares to tomorrow's weight and calculate what rate you have been losing weight at. Ignore any and every fluctuation of your bathroom scales in between those two points in time as you need a baseline.
  • tequierosince06
    tequierosince06 Posts: 101 Member
    edited July 2020
    kaylakim18 wrote: »
    tequierosince06 wrote: »
    Go_Deskercise wrote: »
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    So for the example in the picture, if mildred doesn’t eat back her calories she burned from exercising her calories for the day would be 1392-550 from exercise = 842 which is way too low correct? If she did eat back her calories it would be 1942.

    Would I gain weight if I increase my calorie intake to the one recommended by MFP??


    Im in a place in my weight loss journey where Im trying to figure what Im doing wrong so I had posted a question yesterday and my answer was that I am under eating. I am about 5’7 and 175lb. To lose 1lb per week im supposed to eat 1660cal. I thought well less is more right? So ive been eating around 1200-1400 per day. But burning 300-350cal when I workout without eating those calories back. I think means im eating 900-1100cal a day Which my body must not like because Im not losing weight.

    The only way to know if ur going to gain weight is to try increasing your calories for a month and see if your overall trend goes down or go up. U and me both are under eating and not seeing results we want. Im increasing my calories as of today.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    tequierosince06 wrote: »

    Would I gain weight if I increase my calorie intake to the one recommended by MFP??[/quote]

    Im in a place in my weight loss journey where Im trying to figure what Im doing wrong so I had posted a question yesterday and my answer was that I am under eating. I am about 5’7 and 175lb. To lose 1lb per week im supposed to eat 1660cal. I thought well less is more right? So ive been eating around 1200-1400 per day. But burning 300-350cal when I workout without eating those calories back. I think means im eating 900-1100cal a day Which my body must not like because Im not losing weight.

    The only way to know if ur going to gain weight is to try increasing your calories for a month and see if your overall trend goes down or go up. U and me both are under eating and not seeing results we want. Im increasing my calories as of today. [/quote]

    It can seem a little weird, but think of your current weight while undereating as a "shriveled" weight. When you give something that's shriveled a little bit, it's going to suddenly sprout, but that doesn't mean you've overfed it. You'll gain a little, but you'll probably feel better and have more energy. Sometimes, people who undereat stall because they become more sedentary from being fatigued, but they think they're more active because exercise is so difficult in a fatigued state. In reality, the exercise is probably not enough to make up for a lower NEAT, which is basically all the activity you do that isn't intentional exercise (like sweeping, or going shopping, or similar).
  • Strudders67
    Strudders67 Posts: 991 Member
    The concern, for both of you, is that by continuing to under-eat you'd feel feel fine, feel fine ...not feel fine. No warning. And the 'not feel fine' bit won't be pretty. Search for the thread about eating under 1200 calories a day. There are plenty of people on here who have posted feedback about what happened to them, and it's not something you want to go through.
  • kaylakim18
    kaylakim18 Posts: 15 Member
    Strudders67 wrote: »
    I'll save you hunting. Please at least read all of the first page.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p1

    So lets say I worked out today and I burned 100 calories from it, so I am suppose to consume back the 100 calories i burned am I right?? (according to MFP)
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,613 Member
    kaylakim18 wrote: »
    Strudders67 wrote: »
    I'll save you hunting. Please at least read all of the first page.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p1

    So lets say I worked out today and I burned 100 calories from it, so I am suppose to consume back the 100 calories i burned am I right?? (according to MFP)

    Yes. But you've still not answered how you measure your food intake. Are you using a foodscale for everything that has calories and are you making sure the database entries you select are correct? Considering you lost 1kg in a month it sounds like you're actually logging too little and hence you're eating more than you think - which is good news as it means you're not undereating.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    kaylakim18 wrote: »
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    Go_Deskercise wrote: »
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    kaylakim18 wrote: »
    I am quite petite so I thought I should consumer lesser calories moreover, I used tdee calculator to calculate how much I should be consuming and I do not workout that intensely that's one of the reasons.

    I would be skeptical about a TDEE calculator that gave you a goal of 1,050 as someone who is working out regularly. Generally, 1,200 is the lowest that a woman should go (and most women who are exercising shouldn't even go that low).

    Usually for my workouts I only do 20mins of HIIT and that's about it, and I thought this amount of weight loss is not much, hence I lowered my calorie consumption.

    I think the issue is that your goals aren't realistic. Since you don't weight much, you won't lose much each week. Trying to cut your calories further to reach a higher rate of loss is just going to result in undereating.

    So would increasing my calorie intake to about 1200calories help me to further lose more weight ??

    Most people would find that they would lose weight at 1,200 calories, but I'm curious about why you would choose that as your goal? It feels like you're randomly picking numbers. What you want to do is figure out what a reasonable deficit is for you and then consistently hit that. The issue here is that your expectations don't seem to be realistic. 1 kg a month is a good rate of loss for someone at your weight.

    How can I figure out a reasonable deficit for me? Do I use the calorie calculators online?

    There are tons of calorie calculators online. Some are great, some are okay, some are terrible. The one you already found recommending under 1,200, I wouldn't use that one. Have you tried entering your goals and stats into MFP? That will give you a calorie goal (make sure you choose a reasonable rate of loss).

    Yeap I trief entering my goals and stats into MFP, and the calorie intake they recommended for me is 1200kcal

    What rate of loss are you choosing?

    I chose 0.5kg/week and they recommended me 1200kcal, I tried clicking on 0.75kg&1kg/week and they also recommended me 1200kcal which is weird...

    No, it's not weird. MFP will never give you less than 1200 calories as it's unhealthy for a woman. Thus if you're given 1200 calories you can be sure that your weekly weightloss goal is too big. Try 0.25kg per week, and I'm sure you'll get more calories.

    Okay sure thankyou! I would like to clarify, if I increase my calorie intake would I gain water weight or is that like a temporary thing and it would go away after a few days? Because I am afraid that once I increase my calorie intake I am gonna gain weight... and also would increasing my calorie intake aid my weight loss journey?

    Also note, the intention with that is that you'd be logging your exercise separately and eating back those calories -- so on the days that you exercise, you'd be having more than 1,200.
  • Strudders67
    Strudders67 Posts: 991 Member
    On days when you don't do any intentional exercise, you should eat 1200 calories. Note the word 'intentional'. MFP assumes some activity and takes that in to account when calculating your maintenance calories. Even a sedentary person is assumed to take around 3500 steps a day. That's from walking around your house, school, office, wherever during a typical day.

    If you do some exercise and burn 100 cals,you should eat 1300 cals (1200 + 100)
    On days where you do more exercise / go for a longer walk and burn more, you should eat however much more you have burned.

    Your NET calories (food eaten minus exercise burned) should not be below 1200.
  • kaylakim18
    kaylakim18 Posts: 15 Member
    edited July 2020
    yirara wrote: »
    kaylakim18 wrote: »
    Strudders67 wrote: »
    I'll save you hunting. Please at least read all of the first page.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p1

    So lets say I worked out today and I burned 100 calories from it, so I am suppose to consume back the 100 calories i burned am I right?? (according to MFP)

    Yes. But you've still not answered how you measure your food intake. Are you using a foodscale for everything that has calories and are you making sure the database entries you select are correct? Considering you lost 1kg in a month it sounds like you're actually logging too little and hence you're eating more than you think - which is good news as it means you're not undereating.

    Nope I am not using a foodscale, usually I just calculate the amount of calories with the nutrition label at the back. How do I make sure I select the correct database entries?? Do you have any tips on how to key in the correct amount of calories as well as how to key in calories when I eat out(I rarely eat out but yea just in case)
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    Compare the nutritional information from the database entries to the food label of whatever you’re eating and use the one that matches. Companies change their product content over time and entries that were once accurate (and that you’ve double checked) can be wrong later. I just had to find a new entry for the yogurt I’ve been eating for years. A serving went from 240 grams per serving to 170 grams per serving.

    You should really use a food scale. It is the best way to know how much you’re eating. Most people are really bad at eyeballing portions. And measuring cups/spoons leave a lot of room for error. Food scales are cheap to buy on amazon or at Wal mart.
  • kaylakim18
    kaylakim18 Posts: 15 Member
    Psychgrrl wrote: »
    Compare the nutritional information from the database entries to the food label of whatever you’re eating and use the one that matches. Companies change their product content over time and entries that were once accurate (and that you’ve double checked) can be wrong later. I just had to find a new entry for the yogurt I’ve been eating for years. A serving went from 240 grams per serving to 170 grams per serving.

    You should really use a food scale. It is the best way to know how much you’re eating. Most people are really bad at eyeballing portions. And measuring cups/spoons leave a lot of room for error. Food scales are cheap to buy on amazon or at Wal mart.

    Some of the food like fish bought in the market or vegetables does not have the nutrition label then how do I calculate the calories?
  • bmeadows380
    bmeadows380 Posts: 2,981 Member
    kaylakim18 wrote: »
    Psychgrrl wrote: »
    Compare the nutritional information from the database entries to the food label of whatever you’re eating and use the one that matches. Companies change their product content over time and entries that were once accurate (and that you’ve double checked) can be wrong later. I just had to find a new entry for the yogurt I’ve been eating for years. A serving went from 240 grams per serving to 170 grams per serving.

    You should really use a food scale. It is the best way to know how much you’re eating. Most people are really bad at eyeballing portions. And measuring cups/spoons leave a lot of room for error. Food scales are cheap to buy on amazon or at Wal mart.

    Some of the food like fish bought in the market or vegetables does not have the nutrition label then how do I calculate the calories?

    go to the USDA or ASDA food database and then use the entry label from there to search MFP. In the USDA food database, I'd suggest checking legacy only to help filter the results.
  • mkculs13
    mkculs13 Posts: 719 Member
    There is a lot of difference between 0.5 kg and 0.5 lbs; aim for 0.5 lbs, which is more reasonable for a small woman who doesn't have a lot to lose. Keep in mind that your logging needs to be pretty accurate (use a food scale!) if you are aiming for a small deficit like 250 cal/day.
  • RockingWithLJ
    RockingWithLJ Posts: 243 Member
    edited July 2020
    Examine your diet. Are you weighing everything you put pass your lips?
    More importantly, what are you eating? 4 cups of veggies? 3 cups of fruit? 0.7-1g of protein per lb is what has been working for me. Processed foods at a minimum, cook and prep everything yourself...
    How much sleep do you get? 7-9 hours will keep your body functioning and recovering as it should...
    Your calorie intake needs to be 1200 at least. Your body will retain what it can if it is not.
    Weight training will help. Cardio is fine but more for mental clarity than anything
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