huh? 992 cals a day
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Also, not sure how old your baby is, you mentioned recently stopping breastfeeding and also that the baby was teething so I'm guessing younger than a year. I know it is hard to find time to fit in exercise when you work and are a new mom, but this is also a great time to put the baby in the stroller, or a wrap/carrier, and head out for a walk. The baby can't vocalize much of an objection, unlike my 3 and 5 year olds who have had enough with mommy throwing them in the double stroller so I can get my exercise...
Also just wanted to mention that if you are trying to lose baby weight, it can be frustrating and difficult, but remember - it took 9+ months to put it on, it isn't going to come off in a matter of weeks.
Good luck - and congrats!0 -
Never mind the "how many pounds a week". You need to eat in a way that you can do for the rest of your life. Trying to lose fast is not the way to do that.
Depends on how fat you are.
Someone who is morbidly obese and a Type 2 diabetic can lose weight very rapidly, such as with a medically-supervised program. Yes, the maintenance phase requires a lot of hard work but in the mean time the person may have lost enough weight so that they're no longer diabetic and are taking fewer medications.
For some people the risks of being fat outweigh (pun intended) the risks of rapid weight loss.0 -
Never mind the "how many pounds a week". You need to eat in a way that you can do for the rest of your life. Trying to lose fast is not the way to do that.
Depends on how fat you are.
Someone who is morbidly obese and a Type 2 diabetic can lose weight very rapidly, such as with a medically-supervised program. Yes, the maintenance phase requires a lot of hard work but in the mean time the person may have lost enough weight so that they're no longer diabetic and are taking fewer medications.
For some people the risks of being fat outweigh (pun intended) the risks of rapid weight loss.
Which doesn't apply to the OP. At least not the morbidly obese part. Not sure about the Type 2 diabetes.0 -
I'm shorter (5'1), older (56) and about 50lbs heavier and sedentary too but just adding some exercise and activity slowly but surely. I set my daily cal allowance at 1400 which said I would lose approx. 1.4lbs per week, my BMR was 1669. I rarely eat less than 1200 and have no problem staying at 1400 or just below. I have lost 20lbs in 65 days(9.2 weeks), so that averages to 2.2lbs per week. Since I have a lot of weight to lose, I expect to lose more at first then taper off as I get closer to my goal. I expect to increase my daily calorie intake as my activity increases.
I chose a daily calorie allowance and accepted the projected weekly weight loss instead of entering what I wanted to lose per week and accepting a calorie allowance based on that. I chose a daily allowance based on what I felt would be comfortable without feeling deprived.0 -
Never mind the "how many pounds a week". You need to eat in a way that you can do for the rest of your life. Trying to lose fast is not the way to do that.
well I will one day eventually get to maintenance and will not be only consuming 1200 or less calories... so though I agree I may need to slow down, I am aware that the moment I am not careful and go back to old habits the weight doesn't creep up it just shows up fast..... so yes im trying to find better ways to eat and of course ways of making this long term.
I haven't had a cheat meal in the last 3 weeks- im beginning to realize that I would undo too much of my hard work. so this is another thing I need to learn.. is how to in those super calorie dense really bad for you meals and still not ruin everything0 -
I'm shorter (5'1), older (56) and about 50lbs heavier and sedentary too but just adding some exercise and activity slowly but surely. I set my daily cal allowance at 1400 which said I would lose approx. 1.4lbs per week, my BMR was 1669. I rarely eat less than 1200 and have no problem staying at 1400 or just below. I have lost 20lbs in 65 days(9.2 weeks), so that averages to 2.2lbs per week. Since I have a lot of weight to lose, I expect to lose more at first then taper off as I get closer to my goal. I expect to increase my daily calorie intake as my activity increases.
I chose a daily calorie allowance and accepted the projected weekly weight loss instead of entering what I wanted to lose per week and accepting a calorie allowance based on that. I chose a daily allowance based on what I felt would be comfortable without feeling deprived.
yah I think I may need to readjust and re evaluate my goals.. after all the comments I am feeling more comfortable at adding in closer to 1350....
and like someone else said... it took long to gain the weight and its way more work to take it off.0 -
A great way to figure out your calories is to buy an UP band by Jawbone. I've had one for just over a year now, and am just now beginning my weight loss journey for real. It observes your activities and calculates your daily calorie burn. MFP links up to that and tells you how many cals you can eat each day, so if you take a bike ride or a run on one day, UP and then MFP automatically factor it in. I'm right on track with it. Seriously. It might be $100, but it's a solid investment. And yeah, just understand that everyone underestimates what they eat. It's our brains trying to get us to gain back the weight we've lost.0
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A great way to figure out your calories is to buy an UP band by Jawbone. I've had one for just over a year now, and am just now beginning my weight loss journey for real. It observes your activities and calculates your daily calorie burn. MFP links up to that and tells you how many cals you can eat each day, so if you take a bike ride or a run on one day, UP and then MFP automatically factor it in. I'm right on track with it. Seriously. It might be $100, but it's a solid investment. And yeah, just understand that everyone underestimates what they eat. It's our brains trying to get us to gain back the weight we've lost.
Trust me, those things HIGHLY overestimate your burn. If you eat back the exercise calories the UP band reports you'll be on here posting "why am I not losing weight"?
It's GREAT for tracking steps. That's about it. A heart rate monitor for exercise is a bit better.
ETA: I have the original Jawbone up on my wrist right now, so I'm speaking from personal experience.0 -
im in the obese category
5'3
195 lbs
super sedentary life
BMR= 1600
so I CANT lose 2lbs per week?
I started at 5'4" and 215. I'm still losing approximately 2lbs per week, started out at 1200 calories because I was sedentary, now I work out 6 days a week and eat like 1500 calories.0 -
A great way to figure out your calories is to buy an UP band by Jawbone. I've had one for just over a year now, and am just now beginning my weight loss journey for real. It observes your activities and calculates your daily calorie burn. MFP links up to that and tells you how many cals you can eat each day, so if you take a bike ride or a run on one day, UP and then MFP automatically factor it in. I'm right on track with it. Seriously. It might be $100, but it's a solid investment. And yeah, just understand that everyone underestimates what they eat. It's our brains trying to get us to gain back the weight we've lost.
Trust me, those things HIGHLY overestimate your burn. If you eat back the exercise calories the UP band reports you'll be on here posting "why am I not losing weight"?
It's GREAT for tracking steps. That's about it. A heart rate monitor for exercise is a bit better.
ETA: I have the original Jawbone up on my wrist right now, so I'm speaking from personal experience.
I have a fitbit flex... its linked but doesn't sync all day long until I get home at night so I usually don't eat those cals back
Ive found with the fitbit that it actually underestimates... if I do spin class/swim/ or walk the baby briskly in a stroller the flex knows no difference so I don't even know how I feel about it0 -
Ive found with the fitbit that it actually underestimates... if I do spin class/swim/ or walk the baby briskly in a stroller the flex knows no difference so I don't even know how I feel about it
I haven't played with the Fitbit products that much. I was going to replace my Up (which I got for free) with a Flex until they pulled it and folks started having problems. Then CES came and a bunch of more interesting trackers were announced, like the Razr Nabu and the Jaybird Reign, so I thought I'd weight for those. The Reign is very interesting because they claim to be able to tell cycling vs running vs sleeping automatically, and it also has an optical heart rate monitor, which might actually make it more accurate. The most accurate tracker at the moment is the oldest as well, the BodyMedia line. It's reported very accurate.
When it comes to measuring calories burned during cardio almost everything out there overestimates, generally. If you have a heart rate monitor it's more accurate. There are some ways to make things more accurate, depending on the activity, but in general if you have accurate body information (weight/height) and HRM data then it's a better estimate, but still you should assume it's a bit high.
(One of the things I'm looking forward to about having a power meter on my bike is even more accurate expenditure data. But that's way beyond what most of us need to do.)0 -
A great way to figure out your calories is to buy an UP band by Jawbone. I've had one for just over a year now, and am just now beginning my weight loss journey for real. It observes your activities and calculates your daily calorie burn. MFP links up to that and tells you how many cals you can eat each day, so if you take a bike ride or a run on one day, UP and then MFP automatically factor it in. I'm right on track with it. Seriously. It might be $100, but it's a solid investment. And yeah, just understand that everyone underestimates what they eat. It's our brains trying to get us to gain back the weight we've lost.
Trust me, those things HIGHLY overestimate your burn. If you eat back the exercise calories the UP band reports you'll be on here posting "why am I not losing weight"?
It's GREAT for tracking steps. That's about it. A heart rate monitor for exercise is a bit better.
ETA: I have the original Jawbone up on my wrist right now, so I'm speaking from personal experience.
I have a fitbit flex... its linked but doesn't sync all day long until I get home at night so I usually don't eat those cals back
Ive found with the fitbit that it actually underestimates... if I do spin class/swim/ or walk the baby briskly in a stroller the flex knows no difference so I don't even know how I feel about it
Fitbit isn't designed to measure non step based activities like spinning, so you need to enter those separately, on either MFP or FitBit (not both), and if you wear the flex on your wrist and push the stroller it doesn't count steps accurately because your wrist isn't moving. When I push the stroller I put mine on my ankle (large band fits just barely) or in my pocket.
As far as HRMs go, those aren't meant to be worn all day, just while exercising. I would think the OP, as a new mom just trying to figure out how many calories she buns in a day of normal acrivity to better figure out her TDEE and set her calorie goals accordingly, a FitBit is exactly what she needs.
Also OP, I don't understand, ifyou havea FitBit why are you doimg online calculators to find your TDEE? The FitBit caloried burned are your TDEE, and you can set your goal off of that. Either a 20% reduction, or, set your goal in FitBit to lose a pound or pound and a half a week (I think 2 lbs is too aggressive based on how much you have to lise). FitBit will subtract 500 or 750 cals from what you've burned that day and you can just use that as your goal. Average it over a few weeks or months and you'll have a more accurate number for MFP.0 -
Go here: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
Your numbers are off. Based on your stats and a sedentary life:
BMR (calories you need just to survive): 1482
TDEE (the most you can eat without gaining weight:1779
What you must eat to lose two pounds a week: 1423
However, you said you work out on the weekends, so that actually gives you a TDEE of 2038, and 1630 to eat in order to lose 2 pounds a week.0 -
Anyone that is 30 pounds overweight is considered in the obese category per the medical profession. I don't know how you're getting that low of calorie a day, when MFP insists we all consume 1200 calories a day, otherwise our bodies go into starvation mode, turning our metabolic rate off, while storing any calories it gets into fat, making it all the harder to lose weight.
So whatever you did is wrong. MFP sets you up to lose one to two pounds per week, which is sustainable for most of us. Only the super obese can realistically lose more than two pounds per week.0 -
Go here: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
Your numbers are off. Based on your stats and a sedentary life:
BMR (calories you need just to survive): 1482
TDEE (the most you can eat without gaining weight:1779
What you must eat to lose two pounds a week: 1423
However, you said you work out on the weekends, so that actually gives you a TDEE of 2038, and 1630 to eat in order to lose 2 pounds a week.
-1000 is two pounds a week. If your TDEE is 2000, -20 percent is less than one lb a week.0 -
There is no magic number, fortunately. If you're eating 1200 per day and losing .8 pounds per week, eating more will have you losing slower. At your weight, aiming for 2 lbs/week is fine. But you're either underestimating your intake if these results are based on a month or more of 1200 eating or your TDEE is much lower than predicted. If you feel like eating more would make you move more or track better or cheat less then definitely try it, though.I'd think that eating at your BMR would be far more practical (and still very aggressive, given your size). Exercising three days a week would put you around 2200 average TDEE, which works out to about a pound and a quarter a week. Shooting for 2 pounds a week would require dropping to about 1200 calories a day, which is just a recipe for feeling like crap, binging, etc.im in the obese category
5'3
195 lbs
super sedentary life
BMR= 1600
so I CANT lose 2lbs per week?
im currently eating that 1200 per day and I don't feel horrible... but im also not loosing close to 2 lbs per week prob about .08 lb per week if im extremely strict then I can make the whole pound.
all of this stuff confuses me
some say its simple - CALORIES IN vs CALORIES OUT
but Im obviously missing something. I constantly hear youre not eating enough/ youre eating too much.
someone just tell me the magic number please and that I can do!0 -
A great way to figure out your calories is to buy an UP band by Jawbone. I've had one for just over a year now, and am just now beginning my weight loss journey for real. It observes your activities and calculates your daily calorie burn. MFP links up to that and tells you how many cals you can eat each day, so if you take a bike ride or a run on one day, UP and then MFP automatically factor it in. I'm right on track with it. Seriously. It might be $100, but it's a solid investment. And yeah, just understand that everyone underestimates what they eat. It's our brains trying to get us to gain back the weight we've lost.
Trust me, those things HIGHLY overestimate your burn. If you eat back the exercise calories the UP band reports you'll be on here posting "why am I not losing weight"?
It's GREAT for tracking steps. That's about it. A heart rate monitor for exercise is a bit better.
ETA: I have the original Jawbone up on my wrist right now, so I'm speaking from personal experience.
My primary activities, with the UP, are walking, jogging, and playing soccer. I will also occasionally attach it to my ankle for a bike ride. I find that my primary 3 activities seem well estimated with the UP, and I try not to eat over my calorie goal even when it adds in calories for exercise, because at the end of the day, MFP likes to take those calories back.
I subscribe to the philosophy of not doing too much, too soon. Every time I have ever tried to lose weight, I have stumbled over an injury. To avoid that, I worked first on getting my physical activity up (no pressure), and NOW I track my food, without exponentially increasing the types of intensity of my exercise. This method, so far, has yielded far better results than previous attempts of calorie restriction concurrent with a sudden increase in cardio. That's off-topic, but I think it's a good explanation of why the UP works for me: I've been focusing more on dietary changes than exercise.0 -
I eat like 3x caloriesmore than that in one meal, you need to eat more.0
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A great way to figure out your calories is to buy an UP band by Jawbone. I've had one for just over a year now, and am just now beginning my weight loss journey for real. It observes your activities and calculates your daily calorie burn. MFP links up to that and tells you how many cals you can eat each day, so if you take a bike ride or a run on one day, UP and then MFP automatically factor it in. I'm right on track with it. Seriously. It might be $100, but it's a solid investment. And yeah, just understand that everyone underestimates what they eat. It's our brains trying to get us to gain back the weight we've lost.
Trust me, those things HIGHLY overestimate your burn. If you eat back the exercise calories the UP band reports you'll be on here posting "why am I not losing weight"?
It's GREAT for tracking steps. That's about it. A heart rate monitor for exercise is a bit better.
ETA: I have the original Jawbone up on my wrist right now, so I'm speaking from personal experience.
I have a fitbit flex... its linked but doesn't sync all day long until I get home at night so I usually don't eat those cals back
Ive found with the fitbit that it actually underestimates... if I do spin class/swim/ or walk the baby briskly in a stroller the flex knows no difference so I don't even know how I feel about it
Fitbit isn't designed to measure non step based activities like spinning, so you need to enter those separately, on either MFP or FitBit (not both), and if you wear the flex on your wrist and push the stroller it doesn't count steps accurately because your wrist isn't moving. When I push the stroller I put mine on my ankle (large band fits just barely) or in my pocket.
As far as HRMs go, those aren't meant to be worn all day, just while exercising. I would think the OP, as a new mom just trying to figure out how many calories she buns in a day of normal acrivity to better figure out her TDEE and set her calorie goals accordingly, a FitBit is exactly what she needs.
Also OP, I don't understand, ifyou havea FitBit why are you doimg online calculators to find your TDEE? The FitBit caloried burned are your TDEE, and you can set your goal off of that. Either a 20% reduction, or, set your goal in FitBit to lose a pound or pound and a half a week (I think 2 lbs is too aggressive based on how much you have to lise). FitBit will subtract 500 or 750 cals from what you've burned that day and you can just use that as your goal. Average it over a few weeks or months and you'll have a more accurate number for MFP.
I forgot about this whole post and just now am seeing this... I didn't know that the fitbit had that built in..but I guess you are right.. I am just trying to make sense of all this and not give up.... thank you that is a very good point. I find it a little hard to rely on the fitbit... also I didn't know I had to add in the workouts manually
I sometimes see an adjustment so I figured that would be enough even though it didn't seem accurate... I cant burn only 101 calories during a spin class... heheheeh0 -
Go here: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
Your numbers are off. Based on your stats and a sedentary life:
BMR (calories you need just to survive): 1482
TDEE (the most you can eat without gaining weight:1779
What you must eat to lose two pounds a week: 1423
However, you said you work out on the weekends, so that actually gives you a TDEE of 2038, and 1630 to eat in order to lose 2 pounds a week.
I thought it took 3500 calories to burn ONE pound???
-1000 is two pounds a week. If your TDEE is 2000, -20 percent is less than one lb a week.0 -
Go here: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
Your numbers are off. Based on your stats and a sedentary life:
BMR (calories you need just to survive): 1482
TDEE (the most you can eat without gaining weight:1779
What you must eat to lose two pounds a week: 1423
However, you said you work out on the weekends, so that actually gives you a TDEE of 2038, and 1630 to eat in order to lose 2 pounds a week.
I thought it took 3500 calories to burn ONE pound???
-1000 is two pounds a week. If your TDEE is 2000, -20 percent is less than one lb a week.
I think someone's math was off on one of the earlier posts.
My advice, OP, is to:
1) Slow down a little. I know everyone is in a hurry to lose weight, but you have a young child and you need to have energy to keep everything going. Eating less than 1200 calories a day is probably not going to keep you fueled efficiently for all the things you want to do on a day to day basis. I would set your targets more for 1lb/week rather than the 2lbs.
2) Start to trust your FitBit. You can plug your numbers in to online calculators if you want, but I think if you join some of the FitBit user forums here on MFP and read what people post there, people who have been using the tool for a long time with good results, they will tell you to trust the numbers it is giving you - it is a relatively accurate TDEE. Make sure you have your goals set up consistently on FitBit and MFP. For example, if you want to lose 1 lb/week, make sure both systems reflect that. For me, that has been the best way to get accurate estimates of how many calories I have remaining.
TL/DR - eat more, use the tools you have available to you, and trust that things take time.0 -
I have very similar stats to you:
28 years old, female
5'3"
197 lbs
My goal weight for now is 125lbs. I'm set up as "lightly active" and 1.5lbs per week since I'm between 40 -75 lbs to lose.
I'm eating 1500 calories a day (at minimum) and usually eating 1700 -1800 a day due to exercise calories. I've lost 12 lbs since mid May.
You should probably be somewhere in a similar range to me.0
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