Success with MFP #s or NR #s
DrG3n3
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Good morning everyone!
I'm just slightly still a bit confused on numbers.
A few stats: I am 23, female, 5 ft 2 and 180 lbs (last time I weighed a week or so ago) and have completed 3 weeks of the workouts. I'll be doing A5 tomorrow. MFP calculates my BMR to be 1524, and New Rules calculates my RMR at 1382. Currently I have my calories set at 1600 on MFP, which estimates a loss of .6 a week. I used http://maggiewang.com/2008/05/20/new-rules-of-lifting-for-women-diet-calculator-and-workout-logs to calculate some numbers at it puts me at 1774, a 174 increase, for a fat loss caloric intake on a non-workout day. On my workouts days I do eat about 1800-2000, 2200 on particularly strenuous days, as per HRM calories burned with running and HIIT work. This worksheet also estimates at 2050 caloric intake on workout days which is pretty darned close to what I eat.
Now, my question is as such. Should I used 1774 (or 1700 because I want to leave a bit of wiggle room) or 1600, and does the 100 really matter? I don't care about the scale too much as Ive tossed it into a closet, and want to complete the 4 weeks mentioned in the book before re-weighing and taking measurements. I am hungry all the time and have had a few days where I just ate pretty much anything in sight (within reason) but have since changed my triggers (keeping busy when I first get home, chewing gum, not eating just because I can) and have been sticking pretty good. I follow the 40/30/30 in the book, eat all of my workout cals, and hit my macros pretty well. I just want to make sure I follow the best I can for good results. I kinda feel smaller now, but I still have days where I hate what I see in the mirror.
Thanks!
I'm just slightly still a bit confused on numbers.
A few stats: I am 23, female, 5 ft 2 and 180 lbs (last time I weighed a week or so ago) and have completed 3 weeks of the workouts. I'll be doing A5 tomorrow. MFP calculates my BMR to be 1524, and New Rules calculates my RMR at 1382. Currently I have my calories set at 1600 on MFP, which estimates a loss of .6 a week. I used http://maggiewang.com/2008/05/20/new-rules-of-lifting-for-women-diet-calculator-and-workout-logs to calculate some numbers at it puts me at 1774, a 174 increase, for a fat loss caloric intake on a non-workout day. On my workouts days I do eat about 1800-2000, 2200 on particularly strenuous days, as per HRM calories burned with running and HIIT work. This worksheet also estimates at 2050 caloric intake on workout days which is pretty darned close to what I eat.
Now, my question is as such. Should I used 1774 (or 1700 because I want to leave a bit of wiggle room) or 1600, and does the 100 really matter? I don't care about the scale too much as Ive tossed it into a closet, and want to complete the 4 weeks mentioned in the book before re-weighing and taking measurements. I am hungry all the time and have had a few days where I just ate pretty much anything in sight (within reason) but have since changed my triggers (keeping busy when I first get home, chewing gum, not eating just because I can) and have been sticking pretty good. I follow the 40/30/30 in the book, eat all of my workout cals, and hit my macros pretty well. I just want to make sure I follow the best I can for good results. I kinda feel smaller now, but I still have days where I hate what I see in the mirror.
Thanks!
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My advice - for the first month, eat at 1,774 on a non-work-out day and 2,074 on a work-out day. Don't deviate.
After that, you can re-adjust, but, for month 2, I would only recommend a 200 calorie deficit - eat at 1,574 on non-work-out days and eat at 1,874 on work-out days. For a month.
Changing things up too quickly and you cannot really figure out what is going on!
Measure inches, only. Eliminate the scale for at LEAST the first 3 months of heavy lifting.0 -
Thanks. More food
Yay. I don't care about weight. I just really wanna be smaller in size so bad. 0
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