Nutritionist gave me a diet over my daily calorie intake...

Jessie544

So my brother in law is a licensed nutritionist and body builder... he has given both my husband and I new diets (we've done his program before, know it's effective... lost 40lbs last year!) but my daily caloric intake on this diet is over 2100 calories. It's 6 smalls meals everyday, and I know the diet itself is effective, but I've become addicted to this website and I don't want to quit the program, and I don't want to see "you were over your daily calories today, and if everyday were like this, in 5 weeks you'll be a fatty!" lol...

Any suggestions to help this situation?

2Bgoddess

Exercise like hell? Lol I dunno.

CMmrsfloyd

Your diary never tells you you were over your calories, it only mentions if you're under. Although the numbers do go red if you're over, it does not 'tell' you.

You can either exercise to earn extra calories over your MFP determined goal, or you can manually set your daily goal to 2100. But then if you exercise, MFP is going to tell you your goal for the day is higher, so it just depends on how you'd rather see things typed out.

ETA: You could list your exercise in the 'notes' section at the bottom of your food diary, if you want to keep a record but not have the execise calories show up as being added to your goal.

ExcelWithMel

I agree with the previous poster. Customize your calories and set your day up the way your BIL suggested. Probably BK, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Dinner, After Dinner.

aproc

Either manually change your calories on here or don't log on myfitnesspal and just keep a written journal\

cmriverside

Set your Goal manually to 2100, as per suggestion.

Don't enter exercise. I'm guessing your nutritionist didn't measure exercise separately, like this site does. Most plans call for a set number of calories and then you exercise as planned. This site does things in a more detailed fashion.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/186814-some-mfp-basics

and:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10665-newbies-please-read-me-2nd-edition

SergeantSunshine_reused

2100 net calories? That seems too high to me. And why 6 meals a day?

Edit: I agree with the above poster. No exercise calories then :flowerforyou:

YukonJoy

You can manually adjust your calorie goal. That is what I would do.

Did he tell you what percentage of your diet should be fats/carbs/protein?

trhjrh06

When I went to my doctor I told her I was at 1400 cal a day and she told me it was way too low so she upped mine to 1700, so I just manually updated it in my settings to 1700, that's what I would suggest doing.

CMmrsfloyd

2100 net calories? That seems too high to me. And why 6 meals a day?

Edit: I agree with the above poster. No exercise calories then :flowerforyou:

Probably 2100 total, assuming exercise will bring net lower.

ruby_red_rose

Your diary never tells you you were over your calories, it only mentions if you're under. Although the numbers do go red if you're over, it does not 'tell' you.

You can either exercise to earn extra calories over your MFP determined goal, or you can manually set your daily goal to 2100. But then if you exercise, MFP is going to tell you your goal for the day is higher, so it just depends on how you'd rather see things typed out.

ETA: You could list your exercise in the 'notes' section at the bottom of your food diary, if you want to keep a record but not have the execise calories show up as being added to your goal.

Or when you add exercises, you can add them as 0 calories.

CMmrsfloyd

Your diary never tells you you were over your calories, it only mentions if you're under. Although the numbers do go red if you're over, it does not 'tell' you.

You can either exercise to earn extra calories over your MFP determined goal, or you can manually set your daily goal to 2100. But then if you exercise, MFP is going to tell you your goal for the day is higher, so it just depends on how you'd rather see things typed out.

ETA: You could list your exercise in the 'notes' section at the bottom of your food diary, if you want to keep a record but not have the execise calories show up as being added to your goal.

Or when you add exercises, you can add them as 0 calories.

True.

heybales

2100 net calories? That seems too high to me. And why 6 meals a day?

Probably because he is taking into account an expected exercise program she is to follow, and going for theory of more meals less hungry with the workouts.

Kris10can

i am curious to know what else this diet consists of.....

sarahsmiles_04

If 2100 calories/day helps you lose weight then God Bless You! Let us know if it works!

sarah829522

So my brother in law is a licensed nutritionist and body builder... he has given both my husband and I new diets (we've done his program before, know it's effective... lost 40lbs last year!) but my daily caloric intake on this diet is over 2100 calories. It's 6 smalls meals everyday, and I know the diet itself is effective, but I've become addicted to this website and I don't want to quit the program, and I don't want to see "you were over your daily calories today, and if everyday were like this, in 5 weeks you'll be a fatty!" lol...

Any suggestions to help this situation?

I'd ask your BIL how many cals he expects you to burn while on the diet. And are you to eat the same every day (lift, cardio and rest days). I'd also ask how many women he has on this program and what their workouts look like and how much weight they've lost.

I'm sure there's the exercise component as well. If you're eating over 2100 cals per day, I'm guessing you're expected to burn 500-700 of those off in cardio alone.

I tried a 6 meal a day diet from a trainer that tapered carbs and was very effective for serious body builders. It didn't work for me because I did not choose to workout for 3 hours a day.

happybrooke

My doctor also said that my 1200 cals per day was too low and I should readjust that. But they never provided me with an outline of what I SHOULD be doing, so I am kind of on my own with that. I would imagine that your 2100 cals per day included your excercise cals and I agree that eating more often in smaller portions helps too.

I'd love to know what kind of program he suggested!! I know there has got to be a formula to make this very effective and you know it is since you lost so much already!

SergeantSunshine_reused

2100 net calories? That seems too high to me. And why 6 meals a day?

Edit: I agree with the above poster. No exercise calories then :flowerforyou:

Probably 2100 total, assuming exercise will bring net lower.

Realized that right after I posted xD

Jessie544

Wow, you guys post answers fast!! OK, so to start answering some questions.... Since I've been "off the wagon" for several months now, my BIL put me on this diet to get be back on program. This diet has higher calories, which will slowly taper (spelling?) back down to about 1400-1500, and the cardio will increase.

I have to say, I must defend his methods, they work! He has me starting out at 30 mins of low intensity cardio (heart rate around 120-130), twice a week. The cardio seems low, and it is, but he's right in the theory that if I start out working every day now, I will eventually plateau and have to do 3 hours of cardio a day like he does! But I'm not at 4% body fat either, so I'll let him worry about that, lol!

He frequently changes our diets/cardio routine depending on our progress and we track our weight daily. He has several co-workers/friends and his spouse on the program. He takes into consideration your lifestyle to make a diet personally for each person.

I think I will manually change the daily caloric intake through the settings on MFP and go from there... I still want to log my cardio and exercise, so I will either do it in the notes, or make it for 0 calories.

progresseeker2311

Listen to the nutritionist, not mfp...I went to a personal trainer and he quoted me 2200 cals. it's all that mathematical deficit stuff based on your weight, ya know? MFP is just a computer. It can't see you.

Amber82479

You can modify your calorie goal on here to be whatever you want. I'd suggest doing that

Helloitsdan

Feed the furnace!
I lost the majority of my weight at higher caloric intake.
It gets the metabolism really running.

The 6 meals is just to keep you from thinking about food.
Truth is you could eat all your calories at night and still lose weight and build muscle.

kat65

I was given a 1850 calorie diet by my doctor (I'm diabetic). MFP told me to eat 1500 calories. It drove me insane also. So, I manually changed mine to read

Topsking2010

bump

robin52077

I'm not at 4% body fat either

good thing, or you'd be dead! :laugh:


Yeah, I would manually change your goal to 2100 and add 0 cal burns for exercise.....sounds like the best plan to me.

kat65

1850. Click on "goals" and then click on "set manually"

Then you will be allowed to manually set your calorie intake goal.

ILoveFroggies

To me, the recommendations given by this site seem far too low. At least for me, personally, I have been eating approx. 500-1000 calories more than what this tells me I should eat to maintain. This site is a good tool for keeping track of your intake and getting the support of others, but the recommendations that it gives should be taken with a pinch of salt.

I would be far more inclined to follow the recommendations of a qualified nutritionist, if I were you.

Jessie544

I'm so glad I posted this! I really appreciate all the help and suggestions, you guys rock! This is why I dont want to stop using MFP, thanks so much!!!

rosied915

I'm so glad I posted this! I really appreciate all the help and suggestions, you guys rock! This is why I dont want to stop using MFP, thanks so much!!!

Good Luck hon and keep us updated on how it's going, OK?

wildon883r

You can go to 3 different sites and your calorie recommendations are all different. My BMR is 1900 yet MFP says in order to lose 2lbs a week i need to eat 1600 calories a day all the while most site's show my maintain calorie intake to be 3000 calories a day. It's incredibly easy for me to eat less then 2000 a day I don't drink soda or eat processed foods so that also makes it easy. I wouldn't worry about MFP being exact i also see no benefit in 6 small meals vs 3 decent meals either. My normal meals are 5-600 calories That gets me 6-7 hours before in NEED to eat. MFP numbers are just general recommendations as everybody's body is different.

Shoechick5

Sorry, but I'm chuckling at "In 5 weeks you'll be Fat"

If you've done the program before and you lost weight, what's the problem?