In place of a road map!

porvenir

Bump for later. And thank you!

beekerton

Bump because it hurt my brain.

I do know that when I was engaged I was certainly eating over 2000 "somewhat healthy" calories a day. 5 days on the treadmill a week for an hour. I lost 35 lbs in 4 months, and I started at 165.

I was losing weight so steadily and consistently. I was almost testing how much food I could eat and still lose weight.

I want to go back to that. 5 babies later and have quite a bit of weight to lose now!

toaljasa

Bump

Justacoffeenut

bump

calliope_music

bump for later!

hanniejong

Thanks so much for this post I have printed it out for reading again, I have also checked out the fat2fitradio site, it is great and am learning plenty from it, Have my BMR and BMI etc, and plan to go in there to learn a bit more.

Jen8np

Bump! Amazing! Thank you for this!

MAZMcCormick

bump

dovesgate

Huge thanks to Dan and the others that are helping people in here. I you all. :flowerforyou:

Russian1

bump

random_20

bump

thanks for the info

ImRadical4Jesus

BUMP

ttkg

Thanks for taking the time to post this Dan!!! Worth reading over and over until it all sinks in...:happy:

annalee_1

bump for after work!

lisalis626

Upping my calories AGAIN!! Ahhhh ... makes me so friggen nervous BUT obviously what I'm doing now isn't given me the results I want, so time to switch this ish up!!

rmk20togo

You are saying I can visit several websites, wear out the batteries in my calculator, and do it your way
OR
I can follow MFP's way.
I've lost 33 #, reached my goal in November 2011, and have maintained since then.
I'm sure you mean well, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you don't like MFP's way, build your own site.
Thanks anyway.

Congratz on your weight loss!!

But...


Haters to the left!

'Haters to the left!' :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Dan Thanks!!!! You should get a commission for all your hard work here.

You ran my numbers for me a few weeks ago and recommended I eat 2000 calories a day for a while then start alternating 2000/2200. For anyone else reading, I'm a 51 year old female, 5'6", 164#, 29.5% body fat (result of losing 75# and muscle mass and maintained for 10 years on extreme low calorie diet), trying to lose additional 15#, desk job and I burn 4200-5000 calories a week in "sneakers on" exercise - cardio, weight lifting, and weight bearing 6x/week.

I'll admit I've only found the courage to gross 1900'ish per day for the past month, I haven't lost more than maybe 1/2# in a month and I'm seeing the same +/-3# daily fluctuations I saw on 1200 calories a day, but I HAVEN'T GAINED, my attitude is so much better, and I feel much stronger in my workouts.

Once I eeek up to 2000-2200 and sit there for a month or so, if I still don't see any losses in body fat should I go up or down?

andeey

Bump

simplesolid

Add me to the confused bunch.

Is my calculations right?

Current weight 370

Body fat = 39.5%

BMR = 2569 + 20% = 3,082.8


I exercise 3 - 4 times per week burning about 1 to 2k calories per day. What do I do?

Do I need to eat at least 3,000 calories per day? and what happens if I burn 1 to 2,000 calories per day?

Also do I set MFP calories goal to 3,082?

Thanks for any help.

I been doing the MFP since February but I haven't lost much still around 370 and I usually eat around 1500-1800 calories per day net.

Helloitsdan

Add me to the confused bunch.

Is my calculations right?

Current weight 370

Body fat = 39.5%

BMR = 2569 + 20% = 3,082.8


I exercise 3 - 4 times per week burning about 1 to 2k calories per day. What do I do?

Do I need to eat at least 3,000 calories per day? and what happens if I burn 1 to 2,000 calories per day?

Also do I set MFP calories goal to 3,082?

Thanks for any help.

I been doing the MFP since February but I haven't lost much still around 370 and I usually eat around 1500-1800 calories per day net.

Lets test it against my calculator, its more efficient.
Post your:

Age
Height
Weight
Body Fat%
How often you work out

I'll post your stats and see if the numbers are close.
=D

Helloitsdan

You are saying I can visit several websites, wear out the batteries in my calculator, and do it your way
OR
I can follow MFP's way.
I've lost 33 #, reached my goal in November 2011, and have maintained since then.
I'm sure you mean well, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you don't like MFP's way, build your own site.
Thanks anyway.

Congratz on your weight loss!!

But...


Haters to the left!

'Haters to the left!' :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Dan Thanks!!!! You should get a commission for all your hard work here.

You ran my numbers for me a few weeks ago and recommended I eat 2000 calories a day for a while then start alternating 2000/2200. For anyone else reading, I'm a 51 year old female, 5'6", 164#, 29.5% body fat (result of losing 75# and muscle mass and maintained for 10 years on extreme low calorie diet), trying to lose additional 15#, desk job and I burn 4200-5000 calories a week in "sneakers on" exercise - cardio, weight lifting, and weight bearing 6x/week.

I'll admit I've only found the courage to gross 1900'ish per day for the past month, I haven't lost more than maybe 1/2# in a month and I'm seeing the same +/-3# daily fluctuations I saw on 1200 calories a day, but I HAVEN'T GAINED, my attitude is so much better, and I feel much stronger in my workouts.

Once I eeek up to 2000-2200 and sit there for a month or so, if I still don't see any losses in body fat should I go up or down?

Getting to a weight loss goal means you can move on to other things.
Calorie cycling for muscle gains while staying lean year round.
Upping cardio if need be.
Swimsuit shopping.