BMR or MFP goals?

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  • pg1girl
    pg1girl Posts: 268 Member
    It's not simply the amount of calories you eat. It's also the quality of calories you eat. Do you eat enough fat and protein or are your calories mainly from carbs?

    Do you eat enough green leafy veggies and get enough fiber?

    It sounds like you have a handle on your exercising - so as long as you're consistent you will see a changes.

    You may also want to consult your Dr or a nutritionist to get some extra advice since you're dealing with Hasimoto's.

    Hang in there and stay positive - the power of the mind helps a lot!


    Not sure about this. If eating 1500 calories gives you a 1000 calorie deficit, you could eat 1500 calories of Peanut M and Ms and it would still be a 1500 calorie deficit. It wouldnt be the healthiest way to go about it for sure but you would still, in theory, lose 2 pounds a week.

    Exactly!
  • AddA2UDE
    AddA2UDE Posts: 382
    MFP says my BMR is 2,094. I tried that for a few weeks and I tried 1,900 for a few weeks and I tried 2,300 for a couple of weeks. I had no success whatsoever. I actually gained about 1.5 lbs a month for approximately 5 months during that entire fiasco. Two weeks ago, I dropped it down to 1,690 and and have actually lost about 1.5 lbs per week since then. I'm 6', 256 lbs and 43 years old. Also, I am logging only half of my cardio calories and I'm not logging any calories for weight lifting. I have been sick this week so I haven't worked out since last Friday but I have still managed to continue going in the right direction on the scale. I only actually log scale entries once a week on Friday's but over the last couple of weeks I have have been so excited about actually starting to see a little progress that I have been jumping on the scale every other day or so just to kind of have an idea of where I'm at. Tomorrow is the big day for weigh-in though so that is the number that will actually count for this week. I'm anxious to see how long I can keep this loss rate going. I figured this out by finding someone on here who was relatively the same height/weight/age as me and was having success. He has been losing between 2 and 3 lbs for the last year and has lost over 100 lbs so far so I think he is pretty qualified for me to mimic. :D

    Cheers!:drinker:
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,316 Member
    At 252 pounds I would think your BMR would be more than 1912 but I dont know that for sure. To lose two pounds a week you would need to cut 1000 calories a day and if your BMR is 1912 that means you would only eat 912 calories a day which is way too low. Hopefully someone that knows more than me will post and help you determine what your BMR actually is, if the one you have isnt correct. Your husband is partly correct. HRMs are never 100% acurate, however they can give you a pretty good estimate so you at least have something to go by.

    This is wrong. The deficit is not subtracted from your BMR, but for your Total Daily Energy Expenditure. To figure this out we need to know your daily activity level. What is your average day like without exercise? How often do you exercise and for how long? With that information the calories can be figured out.

    This is a helpful site to calculate your calories http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/
  • MountainMia
    MountainMia Posts: 242 Member
    It's not simply the amount of calories you eat. It's also the quality of calories you eat. Do you eat enough fat and protein or are your calories mainly from carbs?

    Do you eat enough green leafy veggies and get enough fiber?

    It sounds like you have a handle on your exercising - so as long as you're consistent you will see a changes.

    You may also want to consult your Dr or a nutritionist to get some extra advice since you're dealing with Hasimoto's.

    Hang in there and stay positive - the power of the mind helps a lot!

    I'm a vegetarian on a lifelong protein restricted diet (since birth). I'm allowed about 30 grams of protein from food and then medical (doctor prescribed) protein powder and drinks that each have 15 grams of protein (to make up what i can't take in from food).

    This medical protein costs about $5,000 a month, so i can't overdo it with them. I'm supposed to take 2 per day (and i think 3 if i get to the gym that day but my nutritionist is on vacation this week so i cant ask)

    30 grams of protein (from food) adds up pretty quickly, so most of my diet is comprised of vegetables and carbs.

    And i do not eat much fat...yesterday i had 11 grams of fat, but typically i have about 20 or so, and less than 10 saturated,

    Wow! So, you know a bit about nutrition and have some extra special health considerations to make too. Don't stress too much about what works for other people... including me. Just play with it a bit till you find what works for you. Good luck and keep us posted. :)
  • MDWilliams1857
    MDWilliams1857 Posts: 315 Member
    At 252 pounds I would think your BMR would be more than 1912 but I dont know that for sure. To lose two pounds a week you would need to cut 1000 calories a day and if your BMR is 1912 that means you would only eat 912 calories a day which is way too low. Hopefully someone that knows more than me will post and help you determine what your BMR actually is, if the one you have isnt correct. Your husband is partly correct. HRMs are never 100% acurate, however they can give you a pretty good estimate so you at least have something to go by.

    This is wrong. The deficit is not subtracted from your BMR, but for your Total Daily Energy Expenditure. To figure this out we need to know your daily activity level. What is your average day like without exercise? How often do you exercise and for how long? With that information the calories can be figured out.

    This is a helpful site to calculate your calories http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/


    Correct. I didnt take into account activity level to determine calorie needs. I did however correct that in later posts
  • LilacDreamer
    LilacDreamer Posts: 1,364 Member
    At 252 pounds I would think your BMR would be more than 1912 but I dont know that for sure. To lose two pounds a week you would need to cut 1000 calories a day and if your BMR is 1912 that means you would only eat 912 calories a day which is way too low. Hopefully someone that knows more than me will post and help you determine what your BMR actually is, if the one you have isnt correct. Your husband is partly correct. HRMs are never 100% acurate, however they can give you a pretty good estimate so you at least have something to go by.

    This is wrong. The deficit is not subtracted from your BMR, but for your Total Daily Energy Expenditure. To figure this out we need to know your daily activity level. What is your average day like without exercise? How often do you exercise and for how long? With that information the calories can be figured out.

    This is a helpful site to calculate your calories http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

    my daily activity level is basic living i guess? some cleaning, cooking, and doing stuff around my apartment. going out with my husband, basic stuff. im unemployed and though i'm a student, i am off for this semester while my finances get figured out.

    I exercise 5-6 days a week for about an hour (sometimes 45 minutes if im super tired or pressed for time) but i've done it for as long as an hour and 30 minutes (with strength training)

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