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2BeHealthy4Life

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Hi! I am new to all this. Your post is very interesting to me. I have one question.....do I only watch my calories or do I still cout carbs and fat? Right now I am trying to keep my calories low, carbs low, fat low, and protein high. I have been doing this for 6 weeks and have lost 16 pounds. Does that sound good or could I have done better on the method you have suggested?


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Hello ... Conrats on your progress.
Here are the macros suggested in most fitness magazines:
Below is some information copied and pasted from Anewlucia whho started the group Eat More to Weigh Less:

I make the following recommendations....Change the followiing in your MFP Goal settings under Custom:
Carbs 40%
Protein 30%
Fat 30%
Fiber 30
Sodium 2500

Everything I have read thus far in my journey suggests those macronutrient ratios. It forces you to eat more protein which is important for maintaining and building muscle. Break up your food inake too, eating small meals during the course of the day helps keep the body burning calories. Feel free to check out my diary "AnewLucia", it is open to the public. ***I didn't think it was necessary to say this, but have been asked...eating clean should go without saying because we all are trying to achieve a heathly lifestyle in general. However, we all have "loves" and this is about "living", so I also believe all things in moderation.

ExplorinLauren

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mazza33

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cancousins

I have been eating very low cal. (about 1100 a day) and burning about 500-800 cal through working out. I do agree you should eat higher than your BMR. However I have hypothyroidism and I am wondering if that lowers my BMR. If it does then do you think I should be eating lower?

Also wondering this

2BeHealthy4Life

I have been eating very low cal. (about 1100 a day) and burning about 500-800 cal through working out. I do agree you should eat higher than your BMR. However I have hypothyroidism and I am wondering if that lowers my BMR. If it does then do you think I should be eating lower?

Also wondering this


ANSWER ..... Here is a very informative video on hypothyroidsim....Done by mfp pa Anewlucia wo started the group
Eat More to Weigh Less......

http://www.youtube.com/user/EatMore2WeighLess?feature=mhee

shimmergal

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jlbjrs

Hey all, I'm new to this site....what does it mean when ppl say "bump" on here?

biggirl1000

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BeachGurl815

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cdarlene

I am a post ( surgical ) menopausal 32 yr old woman and I have been plateaued for almost 2 mos .... No matter how hard I try nothing is working.... I just went to fitnessfrog.com and I am going to give this a try....Wish me luck ! I am desperate to get down to 150 lbs. ...I dont feel like myself and havent for a very long time! I used to be a very confident person and now ...WELL ...IM NOT ! Too many parts of my life are being affected and I need to do this...Thanks for all the info..:happy: .

sweetmommyofthree

This is something I will have to try. I have been losing fine, but I am just waiting for the plateau to come..

Masq

jlbjrs - Bump is used when you want to 'save' a thread to your My Topics... usually because you want to come back and read it later.

gogo0000

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albayin

Hi, can someone please explain this to me.

Mine is 2129 - but I don't understand how I can lose weight on this amount when I didn't even eat that much before trying to lose weight.

The online calculator thing isn't really custom fit to each individual. My guess is that it takes average and do some math on those numbers. It could be your actual number is totally different. I like the idea of the other poster did. She wore a HRM from the moment she jumps out the bed and until she goes to sleep. She actually captured how many calories she burned for real. I think I am gonna try this method to figure it out.

plinke

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beckie4442

Bump, interesting...... will check it out.

bcattoes

... I am stuck in a 4 month plateau. Losing some inches, but no pounds.

Is it considered a plateau if you are losing inches? Isn't getting smaller the goal? By that I mean, weight loss is a good way to measure that you are getting smaller, but if your weight isn't moving but you are still losing inches, is that a bad thing?? I'd rather see that kind of progress than to lose weight but not inches.

lind3400

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desert_rhino

I net about 500 calories a day usually, eating like 800-1100 and sport, and I refuse to eat more then 1200 so if i ate 1200 would it work similarly??... ahh

Why do you refuse to eat above 1200?

Indeed. That's kind of messed-up. Sounds like someone dead-set on working themselves into starvation/terrible health/eating disorder. (Even if the net IS 700... that's STILL ridiculous!)

2BeHealthy4Life

I am a post ( surgical ) menopausal 32 yr old woman and I have been plateaued for almost 2 mos .... No matter how hard I try nothing is working.... I just went to fitnessfrog.com and I am going to give this a try....Wish me luck ! I am desperate to get down to 150 lbs. ...I dont feel like myself and havent for a very long time! I used to be a very confident person and now ...WELL ...IM NOT ! Too many parts of my life are being affected and I need to do this...Thanks for all the info..:happy: .

REPLY....I encourage you to join the group EAT MORE TO WEIGH LESS to learn more about eating more.

YES...plateuas can be mentally and physicall exhausting. At some point if everything you have tried has failed it allows
you to have a willingness to try something NEW ... My goal is also 150 lbs.

Here are some great videos from EM2WL group that are very helpful.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nepewrLE_eE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9OHXUywyO4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6j43Y-EIss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oa7kZxp2EU&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYi9xjIRvbY&feature=g-all-u
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwvJDMi7KTk

norabeth

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embersfallen

This is the seriously the THIRD time TODAY I have seen this...and even though i have lost inches, and down almost 2 sizes, i've been in a scale plateau for nearly a few months. JUST started today trying to figure out maintainence cals etc to eat more... trully ghoping this kicks things into gear...thanks for all the great info!!!

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2BeHealthy4Life

This is the seriously the THIRD time TODAY I have seen this...and even though i have lost inches, and down almost 2 sizes, i've been in a scale plateau for nearly a few months. JUST started today trying to figure out maintainence cals etc to eat more... trully ghoping this kicks things into gear...thanks for all the great info!!!

REPLY: YOUR WELCOME...CONGRATS ON A 94 lb WEIGHT LOST...

ironanimal

What is this witchcraft?

baycat107

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2BeHealthy4Life

What is this witchcraft?

REPLY:
THE ANSWER IS NO !!!
AND IM SURE YOU KNEW THE ANSWER ALREADY !!!
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED THE LOW CAL METHOD AND WERE UNSUCESSFUL .THIS THREAD JUST MAY HELP....
YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED DIET DELIMAS.
THESE ARE YOUR WORDS FROM YOUR PROFILE COPIED AND PASTED BELOW...
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QOUTE :

I've tried all kinds of supplements and crap in the past to lose weight, and SHOCK-HORROR, none of it worked! This time around, I'm losing weight the slow and sensible way with a properly calculated calorie intake and strength training - HURRAH!

I recently reset my ticker because I was initially crash-dieting on a 1650 calorie intake set by MFP and stalled out after 2 weeks and 4lbs. Now, I'm up to 2700 a day and losing fat with minimal muscle loss.

I've tried Paleo eating and I can recommend it as a good starting point if you're confused about 'clean-eating' - but the best thing for you to do is eat nutritious foods and track your Carb, Fat and Protein intake properly.

To work out your own healthy weight loss / muscle retention plan, head to www.fat2fitradio.com/tools and make use of the Military Bodyfat Calculator and the BMR and Calories calculator - take their recommended intake according to your activity level and you should be good to go! If you're working out hard, change your goals to have Carbs as 40% of your intake, and fat and protein at 30% each!