how can i record?

rachelmarie1

Ok, so I'm 28 years old, and just recently started seeing a dietician under a doctor's supervision at a weight management center at my local hospital. I am doing a 1000 calorie diet. Just in case anyone asks: 100 carbs, 75 protein, and 33 fats a day. I was also 250 and got down to 220ish on my own but was stuck, i lost 20 of that since april but was eating tons of carbs and hardly any protein, which is why i was stuck lol. Anyways, the dietician said I didnt have to record exercise or worry about doing it as long as i had between 8000-10,000 steps a day. My current weight is 217. I am recording these with a pedometer and I'm always over the 10,000. Is there any other way to record this other than listing the steps in the 'notes' section? Thank you :flowerforyou:

thereisnocat

What kind of pedometer are you using? I use a Fitbit, and have it connected to MFP so that whatever credit I get for those 10,000 steps shows up here automatically. If you have a similar pedometer that syncs to a net application, there might be a way for you to do something similar.

rachelmarie1

just a little cheap one, i place it on my shoes while im running around during the day and at work, then on my hip in the evenings at home

rachelmarie1

also, with me eating so few calories, does it matter if i record my calories burned? i think it would still be nice to know myself

JNick77

also, with me eating so few calories, does it matter if i record my calories burned? i think it would still be nice to know myself

1,000 calories isn't a lot, I'm guessing you're kinda' tiny?

No, they're right about recording exercise calories burned. I can only assume that a licensed dietitian has you setup on a correct calorie deficit which means you don't need to worry about exercise calories.

To take this further, tracking exercise calories is fairly darn inaccurate. Just a brisk walk with an HRM might be close but anything else they're not accurate, so why bother with it?

rachelmarie1

Thanks, for info, and im not tiny, im almost 5'5, med built. I just developed hypothyroid disorder officially a year ago, but started gaining weight several years ago. I had kept mentioning it to my dr and asking for help and was ignored before. I'm working with the dietician and meeting with her once a week. I'm not doing food products, everything is natural and she has me eating 6x a day. Im eating a variety of fresh foods. I'm learning right now not to fill on carbs lol, its hard bc they are in so much of what we eat.

JNick77

Thanks, for info, and im not tiny, im almost 5'5, med built. I just developed hypothyroid disorder officially a year ago, but started gaining weight several years ago. I had kept mentioning it to my dr and asking for help and was ignored before. I'm working with the dietician and meeting with her once a week. I'm not doing food products, everything is natural and she has me eating 6x a day. Im eating a variety of fresh foods. I'm learning right now not to fill on carbs lol, its hard bc they are in so much of what we eat.

How did you finally figure out that you have that disorder? What kind of symptoms, other than weight gain, did you experience? I'm curious because my GF feels like she has an issue with her Thyroid and is actually going to a doctor very soon and I kind of agree with her that she might have an issue as well. She'a a ultra-sound tech, scanned herself and noticed something abnormal in her thyroid gland, so we'll see.

rachelmarie1

make sure they they test not just the tsh, but also the t3, t4, and free t4. the tsh can come back normal but one of the others may be out of wack. I started losing a lot of my hair (wasnt balding lol), dry skin, extremely fatigued, i was always cold, and I started gaining a lot of weight when i wasn't eating terrible and i just couldn't get it under control no matter what i tried. Have her check out this website for additional info. http://womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/thyroid-disease.cfm And I just want to reiterate... have them test ALL 4, it will be the most accurate. My old dr kept telling me that if the tsh test came back wrong then they would test the other 3... but the tsh can be normal... and one of the other abnormal requiring you to take meds. Good Luck!!

JNick77

make sure they they test not just the tsh, but also the t3, t4, and free t4. the tsh can come back normal but one of the others may be out of wack. I started losing a lot of my hair (wasnt balding lol), dry skin, extremely fatigued, i was always cold, and I started gaining a lot of weight when i wasn't eating terrible and i just couldn't get it under control no matter what i tried. Have her check out this website for additional info. http://womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/thyroid-disease.cfm And I just want to reiterate... have them test ALL 4, it will be the most accurate. My old dr kept telling me that if the tsh test came back wrong then they would test the other 3... but the tsh can be normal... and one of the other abnormal requiring you to take meds. Good Luck!!

Thanks for the info.

TeaBea

also, with me eating so few calories, does it matter if i record my calories burned? i think it would still be nice to know myself

If you enter calories burned in MFP you will get a "credit" .....calories are added back to your daily total. MFP calorie burns are "guesstimations" and they tend to be generous.

To guage a calorie burn ..... 2 options

1. Convert steps to miles ....then plug in a walking speed. The problem is walking speed ......use one of the slowest paces.

2. Use activity level. Sedentary people don't move much. If you bump up your activity level in MFP, you would see a bump up in calories....that's your calories burned.

<5000 steps/day may be used as a sedentary lifestyle
5000-7499 steps/day is typical of daily activity might be considered low active
7500-9999 likely includes some volitional activities considered somewhat active
10,000 steps/day indicates the point that should be used to classify individuals as active
>12500 steps/day are likely to be classified as highly active

frommetobetterme

If you want to record them for counting your calories, I don't know how to do it on here.
If you want to record them just to have a record/trend of how much you walk each day, you do this..

Go to 'My home'
Select 'check-in'
Select 'track additional measurements'
Then enter 'Steps' (or whatever else you want to call it and save.

Then every day you can log your steps in there and generate reports form the report tab.

rachelmarie1

great idea on how to record the steps to get a report!! thank you My dietician is having me to do, so im printing my food journal weekly for her, and now i'll be able to print that too!