Pardon Me: I Need to Vent!!!!

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  • purplegoboom
    purplegoboom Posts: 400 Member
    Ok...so net calories are the difference between the total calories I've consumed and what I've burnt off...and it is reccomended that I eat some of them?

    I'm sure MFP explained this to me when I joined two years ago..but I'm re-figuring this calorie counting thing out..it is a newer concept to me.

    Exactly.

    And you don't have to eat all of them back, I only eat about half. But it is reccommended you net at least 1200 calories a day.
  • oranb
    oranb Posts: 20 Member
    Ok...so net calories are the difference between the total calories I've consumed and what I've burnt off...and it is reccomended that I eat some of them?

    I'm sure MFP explained this to me when I joined two years ago..but I'm re-figuring this calorie counting thing out..it is a newer concept to me.

    You should eat all of them back, as MFP has already created the caloric deficit for you when you entered your preferences (-.5 to -2 pounds/week). If you don't eat them back, you are creating an even larger deficit and then you are probably going to be under eating.

    Took me a while to understand this, and as I've adjusted I've steadily lost .5 to 1 pound a week.
  • kcoftx
    kcoftx Posts: 765 Member
    I am gonna suggest impending TOM or possible dietary bloating.
  • lmustoe
    lmustoe Posts: 19 Member
    I am feeling your pain, I have been in a battle since last August. I get down to about 163 and start getting really bad blood sugar attacks. Anytime I cut back on calories I start issues with blood sugar. More recently I did it again! starting logging lost some weight started getting attacks. So I quit and gain back 10 lbs but the attacks stop. Not trying to tell my story but wanted to let you know that I have PCOS and just went on ORTHO TRI CYCLEN. Usually I am on low dose but new doctor new town oops forgot to tell her. Went back and she put me on Metphormin and low dose birth control and so far this week I have lost a pound and feeling a little better. I was not dx'ed by blood work but by a fertility doctor who did an ultrasound and my ovaries are very poly cystic. Long story but my point is maybe go a little deeper into your hormones. I was about to give up myself, keep up the good work and add me if you want! I would love to help keep you motivated!! GL:happy:

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