Advice on exercise and calorie intake

AliceDark

If MFP calorie burning is wrong, why is it on here? I have been relying on it for a whole year now. I tried to download this mymapwalk, but I have a windows phone and can't get it. I have looked at similar things but you need a heart rate monitor and they cost a fortune! How am I supposed to track what I am doing?

It's just an estimate -- it can't be 100% correct for every single person. You can use it as a guideline, but you also have to take into account the results you're observing over time. As other people have said, if you're not losing weight, you're not in a deficit. You're underestimating your intake or overestimating your burns (or both).

psuLemon

If MFP calorie burning is wrong, why is it on here? I have been relying on it for a whole year now. I tried to download this mymapwalk, but I have a windows phone and can't get it. I have looked at similar things but you need a heart rate monitor and they cost a fortune! How am I supposed to track what I am doing?

Because it's a basic average. There are a lot of factors that come into play to get your actual burn. This is why I suggested a different method above for you to get back on track.

jdhcm2006

Here's the plainest, truest, simplest fact. If you are not losing weight you are not in a calorie deficit. Are you eating out? Are you guess-timating what meals are costing your calorie-wise?

I would suggest you go hardcore with the calories, meaning, do NOT eat anything you do not know EXACTLY how many calories they are. Ie, brown bag it for lunch, cook at home for dinner and measure everything. Then you can get an idea of where you are.

Whoever is telling you to eat 1700+ calories is not trying to help you lose. I don't eat 1700 calories a day and I weight 188 lbs and do almost the EXACT same exercise you do a day and I am losing about a pound or 1.5 lbs a week.

I am very diligent with counting my calories and it has worked very well for me. If you are not losing you are simply not in a deficit.

Good luck... Keep with it... You'll get there...

Mark

Calorie goals are independent to the person. The average women I know is losing at 1700-2100 calories (this includes women in their 50's and as low as 18). In fact, I can show you a thread with well over 500+ women who eat that. See below:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/506349-women-who-eat-more-than-1800-calories-a-day


I would highly doubt the OP should be eating 1200 calories or less.



Op, there are many programs you can do at home for body resistance training: you are your own gym, convict conditioning, fitnessblender.com has many free programs. If you want more structure, you can do programs like JM 30DS, Beachbody's T25 or TurboFire. Addditionally, you can pick up a few resistance bands and youtube videos or programs that incorporate them.

BTW, how long have you been plateaued? Also, can you open your diary so we can make suggestions?

I eat between 1500-1860 calories a day and I'm losing consistently. You can absolutely lose weight eating 1700 calories. Your body needs fuel, especially, if you're doing 45 minutes of cardio daily. When I did Insanity, if I ate less than 1800 calories a day, I was so hungry.

At the moment I'm doing Beachbody's P90X3, but I started with T25. I highly recommend both programs. If you do decide to get a Beachbody workout, go to eBay. It's cheaper.

Also, since you are doing straight cardio, a heart rate monitor (with strap) will help give you a more accurate calorie burn measurement. It's not completely accurate, but it will be much better than MFP's estimates.

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lemurcat12

???? Maybe I'm just not seeing your point, but I don't think anyone disagrees with that. Of course it's true. The reason the equations were used was to give a starting point and see how they compared with results so far.

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