Has everyone been recalculating your calories as you lose we

cerysrhi

mine is automatically going down x

msh0530

The site has never automatically lowered my calorie intake. When I lost my first 10 pounds, it popped up a reminder asking me to do so. Since then, I have not seen another reminder, but I do recalculate every 10 pounds. I have not chosen to change my goals, but I recalculate by going to my home page, click on "settings", and then choose "Update diet/fitness profile". Then I just hit change goals or whatever it says at the bottom, and it recalculates using my current weight. Hope this helps.

BrianJLamb

The site has never automatically lowered my calorie intake. When I lost my first 10 pounds, it popped up a reminder asking me to do so. Since then, I have not seen another reminder, but I do recalculate every 10 pounds. I have not chosen to change my goals, but I recalculate by going to my home page, click on "settings", and then choose "Update diet/fitness profile". Then I just hit change goals or whatever it says at the bottom, and it recalculates using my current weight. Hope this helps.

It does help. Thanks

jlsAhava

I dunno...mine is at 1370 right now. On most days I am doing 500 calories or more worth of cardio, bringing me up to an 1900 to 2000 threshold, but then I just eat 1000 to 1100 anyways. The extra 900 calories that I dont eat equal a pound in 4 days, so I lose about 2 to 2.5 lbs a week, depending on how much I work out and what I decide to eat on the weekends.

I think the way the experts advise is to lose 1-2lb per week so that you have more chance of keeping it off. Any more than that and I guess its regarded as a crash diet?

I set my goal to lose 2lb per week initially but now as I near my goal it is 1lb a week which is more realistic as there is less to lose.

That sounds good and healthy. I agree that you are mostly correct with the 1-2 lbs a week. It becomes a lifestyle and not a diet. I want that eventually. I will actually want to gain weight eventually, so I will have to start eating more food. My real issue is that I am not really happy with any type of fatness on me. Kindof dimorphic, but whatever. I finally start to she that self imposed stigma somewhere around 157 lbs. At 157, I cant fit into a size 30-32 and I view myself as lean. I can upswing my calories, start lifting more and doing less cardio, and I should start to build up some musc-les.

I think you'll find the following thread very interesting, and applicable to your situation.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/171756--pics-i-used-to-be-skinny-fat

Best of luck!

BrianJLamb

Thanks for that...it is a very good post. I do find it interesting. I dont know if I am walking away with the right message though. I think that I should be walking away with...dont be skinny-fat, eat close to your calories and workout and let the lean mass build while I burn my calories. What I internalized was, skinny fat doesnt look so bad. Seems like a good starting point. My weight at 172, keeps me from wanting to go in swimming pools, stops me from feeling comfortable is clothes because I feel fat, makes me hate dancing because I feel all of this extra slop moving around. There is a quality of life that I dont experience because I am self-conscious about the 15 extra lbs I carry around. That will always be an underlying motivation. I am less likely to do nice things for myself because my fat gut makes me feel like I am not deserving of those nice things.

Regardless of actual muscle loss or the eventual climb that I will need to make, a motivation to eat less will always overpower a motivation to gain muscle until I have a flatter stomach.

I do appreciate the article. It gives me alot to think about. I have to say that I like the body type of skinny fat better than beefed up, but that might just be because skinny fat seems alot more achievable.

daffysbird

I didn't realise you had to recalculate ur calorie intake for the day so I am so glad that a friend replied on this post so that I saw it as mine has not been recalculating itself. I have now done this and have lower calorie amount to eat per day. Thanks

khodges15

Yes. I just recently recalculated so I can eat more. 1200kcal a day, although it did wonders (I lost a lot of weight) was draining my energy. I was constantly tired. Doing better on 1370kcal and still losing!

i just did the same thing yesterday! i just recalculated. i lost 10 punds, but choosing your activity level on here based on the options they gave you initially set me at 1450 calories, but since i do hard work outs at the gym i set my activity level slightly higher allowing myself more calories so i don't starve I'm not gonna lie im terrified im gonna gain weight with the readjustement

catherine1979

Yeah, I recalculate about every 10 lbs lost.

Same here.

jlsAhava

Thanks for that...it is a very good post. I do find it interesting. I dont know if I am walking away with the right message though. I think that I should be walking away with...dont be skinny-fat, eat close to your calories and workout and let the lean mass build while I burn my calories. What I internalized was, skinny fat doesnt look so bad. Seems like a good starting point. My weight at 172, keeps me from wanting to go in swimming pools, stops me from feeling comfortable is clothes because I feel fat, makes me hate dancing because I feel all of this extra slop moving around. There is a quality of life that I dont experience because I am self-conscious about the 15 extra lbs I carry around. That will always be an underlying motivation. I am less likely to do nice things for myself because my fat gut makes me feel like I am not deserving of those nice things.

Regardless of actual muscle loss or the eventual climb that I will need to make, a motivation to eat less will always overpower a motivation to gain muscle until I have a flatter stomach.

I do appreciate the article. It gives me alot to think about. I have to say that I like the body type of skinny fat better than beefed up, but that might just be because skinny fat seems alot more achievable.

I don't think you'd have to worry about getting quite that beefed up. He's almost15 years younger than you (and I). It would probably be a lot harder to get to that point at our age (though really, I have no idea).

Hold on a minute here.....How does this thing figure out calories then? I mean, I am hungry most of the day, but that is by my own doing because I like to stay on like 1000 calories to 1100....but this thing is still counting me low by all of your accounts. I like it just fine because I am dropping weight like crazy, but I want to do that on my own, not because the "man" is misleading me. I am 172 lbs and I am trying to drop 17 lbs in the next two months....the numbers look right to me. How aggressive is everyone being on their projected loss? Are you shooting for like a lb a week or .5 or what?

I really don't think you're doing yourself any favors by restricted your calories so much. They say that 1200 calories is the minimum needed for women to get enough nutrients for the body to work properly - I believe it's higher for men. Restricting your calories so much is simply unhealthy. And IMHO, you're also likely to force your body into the dreaded and ever-so-hotly-debated (on this site, anyway) starvation mode. At that point your body will think it's being starved, causing your metabolism to slow down to avoid depleted it's stores. This will make it harder to achieve your weight loss goals.

You also have to remember that muscle ways more than fat. So you might actually be happier with a higher weight as long your body composition gives you the measurements you seek.

Best of luck in what ever you decide to do.

scalpay

I increased my calorie intake every 10 pounds. So I actually did it the wring way. I started at 1200 and dropped weight like crazy. After that I increased to 1370 for the next 10 pounds, still dropped just fine untill this afternoon I was on 1400 and I have lost 29 pounds all in all. Now I like myself and doing 1600 calories and I wonder if I maintain, lose or gain on 1600. In theory i should still be losing, but slower. Once I reach my lowest boarder (i won't go under 145 pounds) ill start increasing slightly to 1800. Now its going to be a balancing act.

mrmarius

it always asks if i want to recalculate, but when i say yes it gives me the same calorie count, but hey its working so i dont bother it

Becky1971

I really don't think you're doing yourself any favors by restricted your calories so much. They say that 1200 calories is the minimum needed for women to get enough nutrients for the body to work properly - I believe it's higher for men. Restricting your calories so much is simply unhealthy. And IMHO, you're also likely to force your body into the dreaded and ever-so-hotly-debated (on this site, anyway) starvation mode. At that point your body will think it's being starved, causing your metabolism to slow down to avoid depleted it's stores. This will make it harder to achieve your weight loss goals.

This was exactly what I was wondering, thanks for this info. I personally have no interest in going lower than what my body needs, and I would be and have been in the past very happy with losing .5 a week. I did it for a few months when I got near my goal. I realized losing that half a pound a week consistently, meant I was very likely to be able to maintain my weight loss. I don't understand people wanting to do a drastic weight loss, quickly. I mean I know sometimes its for the purpose of a wedding or something, but the weight likely will come back afterwards. I believe it's so important to be realistic about the weight loss, it's definitely doable, we might as well make it work for life.

memega

Read somewhere that when the weight drops by more than 5lbs you must recalculate your numbers. The refreshed stats ensure your continued efficiency to the optimum.

Good Luck.