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shaycat

Hi, I am new to this group. I am excised because this might be just what I need to really maintain my current weight.
However, I am also really nervous to change my calories to say so much.
I am a SAHM and always up and moving a chasing/lifting my son, plus I work out everyday. Soooooo should I really be eating 2400 calories a day?! That seems really high.
I like the weekly method for maintaining. It seems more realistic than trying to eat a lot on exercise days and way less on rest days.

So do you really eat that much with success?
Anyone else here maintaining?

heybales

Depending on the type and freqeuncy of the workout, I could see some over estimated.-

You do have to ease into that level.

But you pick full-fat versions of food. MMMM.

heybales

I made a spreadsheet that includes the ExRx BMR and activity calculator.

It does both the current weight and goal weight together, plus conversion from metric.
It uses a more recent and estimated about 5% more accurate BMR estimate for your goal weight.
It also uses it for current weight, or allows using the bodyfat% stat for Katch-McArdle estimate.
It splits the activity calculator up much easier to enter separate workout days and such to get weekly total and daily average.
It shows the goal weight and current weight total calories.
It shows exactly what to change in MFP to see the most encouragement and manual goal change.
It gives a week of food and exercise calories to see what happens through the whole week.
It gives a day for confirming what happens on heavy, or light, or no workout days.

http://home.everestkc.net/mbales/

Only link there is the Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet.

It imports into Google Spreadsheet fine, but the view is all messed up, though the math is fine.

It is filled with sample data so you can see what it is doing.

Please let me know what you think and improvements.