Calorie intake

PlayedDan

I have always been an eat what I want when I want sort of guy, now I'm 19 I've finally realised what I look like and focusing on shedding the weight for a holiday, I had some success last year and lost about a stone and three pound in 7 weeks (being 18 I started to consume a lot of cider on a daily basis and didn't lose anything for three weeks)

I started on the 2nd January and weighed in at 16 Stone 5 Pound.
I weigh myself every Friday morning and on the 10th I weighed in at 15 Stone 12 Pound.

I read all these stories about calorie intake and after re-downloading MFP and giving it another go my gross calorie intake today was 1,186 and my net was 604. Is this unhealthy? I don't feel hungry throughout the day or tired. I filled in all of tuesdays details in advance and the gross is only 765, this is my rest day (I use the treadmill for about 50 minutes which is around 500 calories going by the machine, I need a heart rate monitor, I do this 5x a week and walk home 3x a week which burns 250 on top of that)

My daily routine is as follows:

7:10am Wake up, have an Impact Diet Whey Shake with 150ml Skimmed Milk & 150ml water
10:00am Apple & Banana
12:10pm Take 2 carb blockers
12:30pm Heinz sachet soup
6:30pm Get home take 3 Max thermopures and have a 50 minute session (Mostly walking at 4.8mph with random bursts of 3 minutes at 7mph)
7:80pm take 2 carb blockers
8:00 Dinner Chicken breast cut into chunks with lettuce cucumber pepper and 1tbsp mayo

I only really drink water throughout the day, should I be adding more calories? For dinner I usually swap the chicken for boiled egg or tuna.

I don't know if I should be eating more or exercising less because I feel fine and good about what I'm doing, sneaking a piece of chocolate makes me feel bad

Any suggestions?

gigglesinthesun

what exactly are carb blockers???

sloth3toes

Any suggestions?

Yep, eat more food. If what you posted is what you eat on a daily basis, you're eating almost nothing. Have you let MFP work out your BMR and set a deficit, and actually have a calorie goal you should be hitting? 1186 NET wouldn't be enough for a 19 year old guy, 6 or 700 is not nearly enough.

PlayedDan

I'd imagine I can't post a link but they block carbohydrates, I don't know how effective they are but my friend who managed to lose about 3 stone recommended them to me.

Tandksmommy11

You definitely are not eating enough. You shouldn't ever go below 1200 even after exercise.

kathleennf

Eat mostly real food, eliminate carb blockers and follow the guidelines on MFP. Seriously. It works.

PlayedDan

Any suggestions?

Yep, eat more food. If what you posted is what you eat on a daily basis, you're eating almost nothing. Have you let MFP work out your BMR and set a deficit, and actually have a calorie goal you should be hitting? 1186 NET wouldn't be enough for a 19 year old guy, 6 or 700 is not nearly enough.

It's says my goal is 1,790 so after my exercise I should still be consuming around 2,290? Sounds like more than I was eating before I started?

editorgrrl

It's says my goal is 1,790 so after my exercise I should still be consuming around 2,290? Sounds like more than I was eating before I started?

Your MFP calorie goal has your deficit built in. The calorie counts & burns are just estimates, so you can reduce the margin of error by eating back only 50% of your exercise calories.

Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

sloth3toes

Any suggestions?

Yep, eat more food. If what you posted is what you eat on a daily basis, you're eating almost nothing. Have you let MFP work out your BMR and set a deficit, and actually have a calorie goal you should be hitting? 1186 NET wouldn't be enough for a 19 year old guy, 6 or 700 is not nearly enough.

It's says my goal is 1,790 so after my exercise I should still be consuming around 2,290? Sounds like more than I was eating before I started?

You're a 19 year old male at 222 lbs, correct? How tall are you? If you set MFP like that, then, it should be saying your daily calorie goal is 1790, and then adjusting it to 2290 if you enter 500 calories of exercise. Did you set MFP for some deficit? That is, to lose a certain amount per week? I'm 5'8 and hovering around 160 lbs and MFP tells me to eat about 1700 calories with no exercise. I'm set to lose 1/2 lb per week.

You may have gained weight by eating more than 1790 calories per day, but you probably weren't burning 500 calories a day exercising then, either, were you? And, if you haven't seen it, here's a link to everything you need to know.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants?hl=sexypants

There's another link in there,

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think

Which, doesn't necessarily pertain to you now... but, it might show you how you probably WERE eating alot more than you thought, before you started this 'journey.'

My suggestion

Posts by members, moderators and admins should not be considered medical advice and no guarantee is made against accuracy.

would be.... try slowly upping your calories, something like 100 at a time, every few days, to get where you should be. You would likely find your weight loss to slow down, if you're shredding lbs off now.... but, you'll be doing it the correct way. Otherwise, you'll probably wind up skinny-fat.... and you won't be thrilled with your results anyways.

Then, consider resistance training as well.

PlayedDan

Any suggestions?

Yep, eat more food. If what you posted is what you eat on a daily basis, you're eating almost nothing. Have you let MFP work out your BMR and set a deficit, and actually have a calorie goal you should be hitting? 1186 NET wouldn't be enough for a 19 year old guy, 6 or 700 is not nearly enough.

It's says my goal is 1,790 so after my exercise I should still be consuming around 2,290? Sounds like more than I was eating before I started?

You're a 19 year old male at 222 lbs, correct? How tall are you? If you set MFP like that, then, it should be saying your daily calorie goal is 1790, and then adjusting it to 2290 if you enter 500 calories of exercise. Did you set MFP for some deficit? That is, to lose a certain amount per week? I'm 5'8 and hovering around 160 lbs and MFP tells me to eat about 1700 calories with no exercise. I'm set to lose 1/2 lb per week.

You may have gained weight by eating more than 1790 calories per day, but you probably weren't burning 500 calories a day exercising then, either, were you? And, if you haven't seen it, here's a link to everything you need to know.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants?hl=sexypants

There's another link in there,

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think

Which, doesn't necessarily pertain to you now... but, it might show you how you probably WERE eating alot more than you thought, before you started this 'journey.'

My suggestion

Posts by members, moderators and admins should not be considered medical advice and no guarantee is made against accuracy.

would be.... try slowly upping your calories, something like 100 at a time, every few days, to get where you should be. You would likely find your weight loss to slow down, if you're shredding lbs off now.... but, you'll be doing it the correct way. Otherwise, you'll probably wind up skinny-fat.... and you won't be thrilled with your results anyways.

Then, consider resistance training as well.

I changed it to lose more a week so now my goal is 1510, what do you suggest adding to the above? Some bread with my soup and dinner? Or literally anything just to take it up?

sloth3toes

I changed it to lose more a week so now my goal is 1510, what do you suggest adding to the above? Some bread with my soup and dinner? Or literally anything just to take it up?

What do you like to eat? You should be trying to hit your macros, as well. That is, proper mix of protein, carbs, and fat.

You can mess around eating all or part of your exercise calories back.... but, I'd get yourself up to the 1510 minimum, and see how that works for you.

PlayedDan

I changed it to lose more a week so now my goal is 1510, what do you suggest adding to the above? Some bread with my soup and dinner? Or literally anything just to take it up?

What do you like to eat? You should be trying to hit your macros, as well. That is, proper mix of protein, carbs, and fat.

You can mess around eating all or part of your exercise calories back.... but, I'd get yourself up to the 1510 minimum, and see how that works for you.

Anything really, not fussy, I notice you eat a few of those all in one bars, would you recommend them?

sloth3toes

I changed it to lose more a week so now my goal is 1510, what do you suggest adding to the above? Some bread with my soup and dinner? Or literally anything just to take it up?

What do you like to eat? You should be trying to hit your macros, as well. That is, proper mix of protein, carbs, and fat.

You can mess around eating all or part of your exercise calories back.... but, I'd get yourself up to the 1510 minimum, and see how that works for you.

Anything really, not fussy, I notice you eat a few of those all in one bars, would you recommend them?

Sure, they have protein in 'em, and are tasty.... not quite a Snickers bar, mind you.... but they certainly give the illusion of healthy. My diary is nothing to use as a model. But creeping other diaries is a good way to find out what you might like to eat. What were you eating before you got here? I think you might be just trying to make too many changes at once. That's fine, but don't get too jacked up about some details. Think.... eating at the correct deficit as your first priority. Think nutrition next.... if you're logging stuff with reasonably accurate nutritional info... you should see pretty quickly if you're in the right range macro-wise.