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RenaTX

Thanks I just found that posts are marked.

vfbott

I am new to this and I loved your post! Thanks for taking the time to inform everyone of what you have learned!

Timelordlady85

Great post, thanks for sharing.

runner475

bump.

SuperC_85

This is great.

and HAHAHAHA point 15) 1200 calories butthurt!
YES YES YES! lol

gizzymoto333

Thank you so much! I cannot tell you how much this helped me yesterday. I am new, and I was starving at 1200/day.

I upped my caloric intake from 1200 to 1420 (after I found out my TDEE and subtracted 15%, this was the number I got). I changed my goals in MFP to reflect my new number, and at the end of the day when I clicked that I was all done I got a message saying "at this rate, you will be 127lbs in 5 weeks!" which is exactly what I weighed when I started 2 weeks ago.

Should I just ignore that little message? It is very disheartening!

trogalicious

Should I just ignore that little message? It is very disheartening!

yes.
it's just an estimate. if your weight hasn't changed after 6 weeks, then adjust.

gizzymoto333

Awesome- thank you so much again!!!

IsabellaGiano

Thank you for your beautiful post!

Anyway, I cheked both with MFP and the link you gave, and, sadly, they both suggested me about 1200 cals
Sometimes, if you are small, sedentary, just a bit more 1300 IS the BMR, and TDEE-20% give exactly (give or take) between 1200 and your BMR.

Anyway, 1200 IS too little for me, I will shortly increase at 1300. And if I loose slowly, well, I don't care so long as I loose

DesdemonaRose

10 is great, the forums are more for entertainment it seems than real knowledge. Everything thinks they know the best and no one wants a real discussion.

You should add something about, "ignore the stupid estimate."

I like that I ate 1200 though, it let me see how many calories I was eating and what I didnt' need. I didn't starve from it, I just changed how I eat and it was easy enough. I added back in my workout calories though, if I ate only 1200 and worked out I would have been starving. My hunger needs have changed so now I feel like I am hungry for what I really need to eat, I grew up with the 'eat it all!" generation so my hunger and what I REALLY needed were not in line. I have not gained back a lot of weight when I went up because I didn't start eating the overbloated calories I use too. I learned better and trained my body.

pseudomuffin

Nominated for "sticky" status, this post is awesome, OP!

druburt

Saved!

andreaurrutialol

Waittttttttt a minute!! lol, so this is basically saying that those 1200 calories i "should" be eating I really shouldn't be eating??? How do we find the accurate calories then??

amberrenee813

What is TDEE?

trogalicious

Waittttttttt a minute!! lol, so this is basically saying that those 1200 calories i "should" be eating I really shouldn't be eating??? How do we find the accurate calories then??

did you read the rest of the post or check the links?

Branstin

What is TDEE?

http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

trogalicious

What is TDEE?

how many calories your body burns through the course of the day.
effecrtively, basal metabolic rate (how much your body consumes to make magic things like organ function happen) + calories burned by your day to day stuff.. moving around, walking, working out, posting on forums.

ninerbuff

Where's the sticky for this?

A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

trogalicious

Where's the sticky for this?

A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

eh, the mods are busy with "I ATE 1500 CALORIES UNDER MY 1200 AND DIDN'T LOSE!" style threads. As long as the info is out there, I'm okay with it.

Forty6and2

Thank you, wise bearded one!

freebutterfly02

:flowerforyou:

trogalicious

:flowerforyou:

michelleneli

Trogalicious, this OP and all who take the time to help newbies:drinker:

likitisplit

Thank you so much! I cannot tell you how much this helped me yesterday. I am new, and I was starving at 1200/day.

I upped my caloric intake from 1200 to 1420 (after I found out my TDEE and subtracted 15%, this was the number I got). I changed my goals in MFP to reflect my new number, and at the end of the day when I clicked that I was all done I got a message saying "at this rate, you will be 127lbs in 5 weeks!" which is exactly what I weighed when I started 2 weeks ago.

Should I just ignore that little message? It is very disheartening!

I do. MFP and I have a disagreement about how much I should be eating. A year and a half of losing + maintaining + bulking says I know my metabolism is higher than MFP thinks it is.

likitisplit

Thank you for your beautiful post!

Anyway, I cheked both with MFP and the link you gave, and, sadly, they both suggested me about 1200 cals
Sometimes, if you are small, sedentary, just a bit more 1300 IS the BMR, and TDEE-20% give exactly (give or take) between 1200 and your BMR.

Anyway, 1200 IS too little for me, I will shortly increase at 1300. And if I loose slowly, well, I don't care so long as I loose

Everything I've learned about the body in the past two years says that the body prefers slow and consistent to fast. I wrote a whole blog post about it. Slow loss (with resistance exercise and sufficient protein) will protect your muscles and your metabolism through the process. Trust me, a year down the road, you won't regret this decision.

likitisplit

Thanks for this information. Is there a way to bookmark this post to refer to later?

since you've posted here, you can always click on the "My Topics" link and should be able to find it. Right now, MFP doesn't have a way to favorite a post. Alternatively, you could just bookmark the thread in your web browser.

Typically, CTRL+D will add it to your favorites.

I copied and pasted it into my blog, so I can help trog spam it.

trogalicious

Thanks for this information. Is there a way to bookmark this post to refer to later?

since you've posted here, you can always click on the "My Topics" link and should be able to find it. Right now, MFP doesn't have a way to favorite a post. Alternatively, you could just bookmark the thread in your web browser.

Typically, CTRL+D will add it to your favorites.

I copied and pasted it into my blog, so I can help trog spam it.

SouthernCountryGirl

Thank you for this post. Sometimes people get so wrapped up in what they are trying to do they forget the simple things (me included). I'm also thankful the yan-yan (bickering) has stopped on your thread. Hope you don't mind but I did the copy/paste thing to my feed for all of my friends to read it. I gave them the forum thread info and gave you the credit, which is richly deserved! I have some newbie friends that I thought it might help. :flowerforyou:

deksgrl

Thank you so much! I cannot tell you how much this helped me yesterday. I am new, and I was starving at 1200/day.

I upped my caloric intake from 1200 to 1420 (after I found out my TDEE and subtracted 15%, this was the number I got). I changed my goals in MFP to reflect my new number, and at the end of the day when I clicked that I was all done I got a message saying "at this rate, you will be 127lbs in 5 weeks!" which is exactly what I weighed when I started 2 weeks ago.

Should I just ignore that little message? It is very disheartening!

I do. MFP and I have a disagreement about how much I should be eating. A year and a half of losing + maintaining + bulking says I know my metabolism is higher than MFP thinks it is.

As to the message saying you will be xxx lbs in 5 weeks, this is going to be skewed when you make your goals custom. It doesn't mean that is really what is going to happen. Just ignore it. At your current calorie level you should lose half a pound a week.

smantha32

bumping for awesome.