Okay this confuses me...please help!

MrsMRo220

I just wasn't to make sure I'm not severely under eating! I do not want to loose weight the wrong way, I want to do it the right ways and loose it for good.

On MFP,
Goal cals: 1610 Food: 1226 exercise : -631 net 595. Cals remaining 1,015


???

MrsMRo220

And yes, I are three meals, and 2 snacks, those were all filing to me, I don't drink any juice, pop, nothing like that just water and a couple cups of coffee in the am.

SezxyStef

HOw are you getting those calories burned? If from MFP be aware they could be overstated.

Eat some of them back as well as make sure your intake is accurate by getting a food scale and weighing your food...

If I had that many calories left I would be eating ice cream right now, then I would have cheese and crackers and then if I had some left I would have a glass of wine/beer.

seeingthelight

Without seeing your diary it does look like you need to eat more. What are you doing to burn over a thousand calories in exercise? How are you measuring it?

MrsMRo220

HOw are you getting those calories burned? If from MFP be aware they could be overstated.

Eat some of them back as well as make sure your intake is accurate by getting a food scale and weighing your food...

If I had that many calories left I would be eating ice cream right now, then I would have cheese and crackers and then if I had some left I would have a glass of wine/beer.

From exercise and I undercut my time. I don't eat dairy, and I don't eat after 7pm. Some people call that an old wives tale I call in my grandmas smarter than everyone

MrsMRo220

Without seeing your diary it does look like you need to eat more. What are you doing to burn over a thousand calories in exercise? How are you measuring it?

Your reading that wrong

Exercise is 631

I_Will_End_You

On MFP,
Goal cals: 1610 Food: 1226 exercise : -631 net 595. Cals remaining 1,015

I can tell you right away that this is inaccurate. What exercise did you do, and for how long, that gave you that number? I can tell you that if I work out fairly hard for 30 minutes, I'm lucky to burn 200 calories.


EDIT: Ok, what did you do to get 631 calories? Don't use MFP's numbers for calorie burns. I'd cut that in half and say 315 burned.

MrsMRo220

HOw are you getting those calories burned? If from MFP be aware they could be overstated.

Eat some of them back as well as make sure your intake is accurate by getting a food scale and weighing your food...

If I had that many calories left I would be eating ice cream right now, then I would have cheese and crackers and then if I had some left I would have a glass of wine/beer.

My goal cals are 1610 I've eaten 1226 calories

MrsMRo220

On MFP,
Goal cals: 1610 Food: 1226 exercise : -631 net 595. Cals remaining 1,015

I can tell you right away that this is inaccurate. What exercise did you do, and for how long, that gave you that number? I can tell you that if I work out fairly hard for 30 minutes, I'm lucky to burn 200 calories.

You people are reading it wrong exercise is 631.

I_Will_End_You

On MFP,
Goal cals: 1610 Food: 1226 exercise : -631 net 595. Cals remaining 1,015

I can tell you right away that this is inaccurate. What exercise did you do, and for how long, that gave you that number? I can tell you that if I work out fairly hard for 30 minutes, I'm lucky to burn 200 calories.

You people are reading it wrong exercise is 631.

I see that now. See my edit above.

MrsMRo220

On MFP,
Goal cals: 1610 Food: 1226 exercise : -631 net 595. Cals remaining 1,015

I can tell you right away that this is inaccurate. What exercise did you do, and for how long, that gave you that number? I can tell you that if I work out fairly hard for 30 minutes, I'm lucky to burn 200 calories.


EDIT: Ok, what did you do to get 631 calories? Don't use MFP's numbers for calorie burns. I'd cut that in half and say 315 burned.
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Cardio and housework

SezxyStef

HOw are you getting those calories burned? If from MFP be aware they could be overstated.

Eat some of them back as well as make sure your intake is accurate by getting a food scale and weighing your food...

If I had that many calories left I would be eating ice cream right now, then I would have cheese and crackers and then if I had some left I would have a glass of wine/beer.

From exercise and I undercut my time. I don't eat dairy, and I don't eat after 7pm. Some people call that an old wives tale I call in my grandmas smarter than everyone

You still need to eat some of them back...as for eating after 7 it is an old wives tale...I ate my supper at 7 and I am losing weight.

It doesn't have to be ice cream but you need to eat more food. Chips and dip? Popcorn? something

Azurite27

You should eat up to your goal assuming you're logging accurately. You should also eat at least half your exercise calories (if you got the number from MFP, more if you're reasonably sure you actually burned that much).

I_Will_End_You

Cardio and housework

Cut the number in half. And I personally wouldn't log house work, cleaning, cooking, etc... That's already considered in your daily activities. Just log dedicated workouts, stuff you don't do normally.

bajoyba

You should be eating to MEET your calorie goal every day, and you should eat back at least some of your exercise calories (assuming you didn't already account for them in your activity level).

As for meal-timing, it's personal preference, but if you choose to eat after 7pm, nothing bad will happen to you. I ALWAYS eat after 7pm. I just finished my snack and I haven't even had dessert yet.

dlionsmane

Your goal is 1610. Did you actual eat 1610 or did you eat 1226? and then enter 631 as a burn?

Also if you are counting housework as calories burned... please don't. Or at least don't eat those back. Only purposed exercise that is above and beyond your normal daily routines, cooking, cleaning, shopping, gardening are all "normal" daily activities.

Edit to add your Net should be 1610 or as close as possible - which is why you shouldn't enter housework as calories burned, you risk eating too many calories.

MrsMRo220

On MFP,
Goal cals: 1610 Food: 1226 exercise : -631 net 595. Cals remaining 1,015

I can tell you right away that this is inaccurate. What exercise did you do, and for how long, that gave you that number? I can tell you that if I work out fairly hard for 30 minutes, I'm lucky to burn 200 calories.


EDIT: Ok, what did you do to get 631 calories? Don't use MFP's numbers for calorie burns. I'd cut that in half and say 315 burned.

I already do cut my time in half. Per my nutritionist who track my MFP.

MrsMRo220

You should be eating to MEET your calorie goal every day, and you should eat back at least some of your exercise calories (assuming you didn't already account for them in your activity level).

As for meal-timing, it's personal preference, but if you choose to eat after 7pm, nothing bad will happen to you. I ALWAYS eat after 7pm. I just finished my snack and I haven't even had dessert yet.

With my severe thyroid issue, it's recommended I don't. My grandma has the same issue. I have to have every meal on a strict schedule, it helps keep my thyroid from freaking out. Everything I do has to be documented and submitted to my nutritionist and dr.

MrsMRo220

Cardio and housework

Cut the number in half. And I personally wouldn't log house work, cleaning, cooking, etc... That's already considered in your daily activities. Just log dedicated workouts, stuff you don't do normally.

I don't normally wash every wall, ceiling, floor, outside Porches, and basement in my house. I only added that because it's stuff I don't normally do.

MrsMRo220

Your goal is 1610. Did you actual eat 1610 or did you eat 1226? and then enter 631 as a burn?

Also if you are counting housework as calories burned... please don't. Or at least don't eat those back. Only purposed exercise that is above and beyond your normal daily routines, cooking, cleaning, shopping, gardening are all "normal" daily activities.

Edit to add your Net should be 1610 or as close as possible - which is why you shouldn't enter housework as calories burned, you risk eating too many calories.

I don't log normal daily activitys, I logged stuff I don't normally do. See above. I should add on top of taking care of all of my children. Thank you very much, you and that other person seem to be attacking me. I know there's a few people attacking me elsewhere on here, and it came down to it's because I have kids? I'm sorry if it offends ppl. Also I was attacked for being a housewife. I'm sorry if some people aren't happy with there lives but maybe they should change that. No attack me for mine.

Like I said though, I did about 4/5 house of scrubbing non stop.

Ninkyou

No one is attacking you, they're trying to help you.

All they are saying is don't add in daily stuff like cleaning or cooking or whatever as exercise, because that should be added in as your activity level. If you enter those as exercise, you risk overeating when eating back your exercise calories.

If MFP is telling you to eat 1610 calories, you should aim to get as close to that goal as possible.

I_Will_End_You

I don't log normal daily activitys, I logged stuff I don't normally do. See above. I should add on top of taking care of all of my children. Thank you very much, you and that other person seem to be attacking me. I know there's a few people attacking me elsewhere on here, and it came down to it's because I have kids? I'm sorry if it offends ppl. Also I was attacked for being a housewife. I'm sorry if some people aren't happy with there lives but maybe they should change that. No attack me for mine.

Like I said though, I did about 4/5 house of scrubbing non stop.

You have a thread full of people trying to help you with the questions you asked. I don't see how any of this is in an attack. You can feel free to report anything I said to a moderator, though, and have them take a look at it. :flowerforyou:

wild_wild_life

I just wasn't to make sure I'm not severely under eating! I do not want to loose weight the wrong way, I want to do it the right ways and loose it for good.

On MFP,
Goal cals: 1610 Food: 1226 exercise : -631 net 595. Cals remaining 1,015


???

As someone above said, you should see your calorie goal as a goal, not a maximum. If you eat to within 100 or so cals of your goal, you should lose weight at approximately the same rate as what you entered in the "goals" setting (1 lb per week, 2 lbs per week, etc).

Your goal went up when you logged exercise because that is how MFP is set up. When you exercise, you are supposed to eat the calories you burned, because your deficit is already accounted for. Whether you choose to eat your exercise calories as MFP reports them is up to you, but it's important to understand how MFP arrives at your goal numbers and what sort of a deficit you are accumulating if you don't eat them back.

Hope that helps with your question.

thesupremeforce

Arguments about whether housework should be logged aside, you're seriously under eating. If your goal is 1610, you're not getting close to that number, AND you're exercising on top of that, you're seriously under eating. There's nothing to debate here. This isn't an issue about whether or not to eat back exercise calories (or how many of them to eat back). It's not about calorie burn estimates being accurate or not.

If you're actually asking for help because you want to get it "right," eat the 1610 calories. That's the first step.

MrsMRo220

Arguments about whether housework should be logged aside, you're seriously under eating. If your goal is 1610, you're not getting close to that number, AND you're exercising on top of that, you're seriously under eating. There's nothing to debate here. This isn't an issue about whether or not to eat back exercise calories (or how many of them to eat back). It's not about calorie burn estimates being accurate or not.

If you're actually asking for help because you want to get it "right," eat the 1610 calories. That's the first step.

Okay, but it like subtracts the calories I burn?? So I only eat 1600 calories whether I exercise or not right?

SezxyStef

I don't log normal daily activitys, I logged stuff I don't normally do. See above. I should add on top of taking care of all of my children. Thank you very much, you and that other person seem to be attacking me. I know there's a few people attacking me elsewhere on here, and it came down to it's because I have kids? I'm sorry if it offends ppl. Also I was attacked for being a housewife. I'm sorry if some people aren't happy with there lives but maybe they should change that. No attack me for mine.

Like I said though, I did about 4/5 house of scrubbing non stop.

wow no one was attacking...you asked a question you were given answers and because more information came later you got added answers.

1. Do not add anything but purposeful exercise.
2. Eat your food even after 7pm

and to your comment about why you think you are being attacked...no one here cares that you have kids, no one cares that you are a housewife and people are happy with their life or they wouldn't be here trying to help you. Take a deep breath take a step back and accept the help as it is being offered and don't take the people who don't tell you what you want to hear as attacking...

catjcx

If you have a nutritionist helping track your MFP then you are being watched and must be doing ok otherwise i would hope they would be doing there job and telling you. I for one use a HRM to monitor my calories burn and burn over 1000 calories daily from exercise. I do not log housework or food prep, shopping or anything that is considered a "daily" thing. I also do not eat back all of my exercise calories. I for one do not see the point to exercise just to eat more. There are days i go over my calories so be it, same goes for under my calories. I do try to keep my net above 1000 no matter what. Because they fluctuate from day to day i do not worry about it too much. I am losing weight slowly but I AM losing it. So far 60 pounds all from exercising and counting calories. Good luck!

wild_wild_life

Arguments about whether housework should be logged aside, you're seriously under eating. If your goal is 1610, you're not getting close to that number, AND you're exercising on top of that, you're seriously under eating. There's nothing to debate here. This isn't an issue about whether or not to eat back exercise calories (or how many of them to eat back). It's not about calorie burn estimates being accurate or not.

If you're actually asking for help because you want to get it "right," eat the 1610 calories. That's the first step.

Okay, but it like subtracts the calories I burn?? So I only eat 1600 calories whether I exercise or not right?

It adds the calories you burn to your goal.

Your original goal of 1610 increased to 2241 when you logged 631 cals in exercise. That is why it says you have 1015 cals remaining after you have eaten 1226 cals.

You are supposed to eat the calories you burn in order to maintain the same deficit you started out with. That is why your goal increases. The hard part is accurately measuring the calories you burn because MFP's numbers are often overestimated.

bajoyba

With my severe thyroid issue, it's recommended I don't. My grandma has the same issue. I have to have every meal on a strict schedule, it helps keep my thyroid from freaking out. Everything I do has to be documented and submitted to my nutritionist and dr.

If you have severe medical issues and are being closely monitored by a doctor and a nutritionist, then maybe it would be best to ask them about whether your calorie intake and exercise level are appropriate for you.

SezxyStef

If you have a nutritionist helping track your MFP then you are being watched and must be doing ok otherwise i would hope they would be doing there job and telling you. I for one use a HRM to monitor my calories burn and burn over 1000 calories daily from exercise. I do not log housework or food prep, shopping or anything that is considered a "daily" thing. I also do not eat back all of my exercise calories. I for one do not see the point to exercise just to eat more. There are days i go over my calories so be it, same goes for under my calories. I do try to keep my net above 1000 no matter what. Because they fluctuate from day to day i do not worry about it too much. I am losing weight slowly but I AM losing it. So far 60 pounds all from exercising and counting calories. Good luck!

Exercise is for health and fitness not just to eat more. Even if you wear a HRM all day that should be calculated in your BMR already.

Net should be above 1200 not 1000.

Snow__White

open your diary,so we can see what your doing
much easier to help you out that way