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MomOfJoey

i think there is some confusion over bmr and the hbe

right my bmr is 1332.1, this is if i was in bed all day, the calories i will burn by doing nothing. so i times this by 1.375 as i am lightly active, that gives me 1831, take away 500 = 1331 a day to lose 1lb a week.

take in the fact of water weight, period bloat for us ladies and some weeks it will be hard to see this loss on the scales, if i burn 500 a day from exercise i may only lose 1 more lb a week. i think thats what does us all, not seeing the figures on the scales, but in just over 3 weeks will have lost half a stone, 6 weeks a stone...and so on. we all need perseverance...not easy when a chocolate bar is staring you in the face!!

There is a big difference between this number and the number you get from www.fit2fatradio.com/tools/bmr That site tells you, if your BMR is 1200, and you are moderately active, like working out 3-5 times a week, you should be eating more like 1900 calories. So which is it? There is a whole meal's difference between 1200 + 300 exercise calories and 1900 calories a day.

indiepops

i think there is some confusion over bmr and the hbe

right my bmr is 1332.1, this is if i was in bed all day, the calories i will burn by doing nothing. so i times this by 1.375 as i am lightly active, that gives me 1831, take away 500 = 1331 a day to lose 1lb a week.

take in the fact of water weight, period bloat for us ladies and some weeks it will be hard to see this loss on the scales, if i burn 500 a day from exercise i may only lose 1 more lb a week. i think thats what does us all, not seeing the figures on the scales, but in just over 3 weeks will have lost half a stone, 6 weeks a stone...and so on. we all need perseverance...not easy when a chocolate bar is staring you in the face!!

There is a big difference between this number and the number you get from www.fit2fatradio.com/tools/bmr That site tells you, if your BMR is 1200, and you are moderately active, like working out 3-5 times a week, you should be eating more like 1900 calories. So which is it? There is a whole meal's difference between 1200 + 300 exercise calories and 1900 calories a day.

yes different website will give u slightly dif bmrs due to using different formulas, i go with the hbe and thats just my opinion, and what i do. no matter what site i try its roughly 1300-1400 so i take the middle one and have 1350 a day,thats not unhealthy or below 1200, but this is because i am lightly active, working out 1-3 times per week, you have to read the definitions on the websites of the activity levels properly to get an accurate distinction of what to use. some will have light - average - hard, some will have very lightly - light - moderate - hard - ex hard. so you have to be careful with this.

cherirae

Thank you cmriverside for your help. It is beginning to make sense to me now! When I hit that plateau- and I'm sure I will, I wiil come back to this site and study about aall these things and eat more!

neverstray

This thread was just to introduce all of you to the power of the internet.

sollyn

All these things do my head in.I am just going to follow what my food diary tells me to do. Isnt that the whole point of this website, along with the amazing recipes and support and friendship!
Good luck everyone and well done to everyone keeping with it all.