In Place Of A Road Map 3/2013

sandobr1

Just marking this one too, I made the switch in December, actually still working my way through it! Thanks!

traceytwink

It's so good to hear someone talking sense on here, thanks for posting this x

aprilslusher

Bump

heybales

Now this is so scary. I calculated my BMR and I was just like wow.
My numbers are 3274 for moderately active as I exercise 5 days a week for between 1-2 hrs each day.
Do you think I will lose any weight eating this or 20% of that?
I've been at the same weight of 209pounds, I've not been a ble to lose a single pound in like almost a year and I exercise and diet.
What do you think is the problem, and I eat around 1500-1800 cals.
Thank you.

Problem?
Your body would like to burn estimated 2112 calories if you were just sleeping all day. That would be unstressed body.

You are feeding it 1500-1800 calories everyday, and then from that exercising 1 to 2 hrs and probably burning 400-800 calories of that right off the top to just move you.

You've left your body with 1000-1100 calories to work with for the functions of life, and making improvements your exercise could be doing. Of course body isn't getting that.

Think it's stressed?

Stressed body is going to fight fat and weight loss. Diet is stress, frequent lengthy exercise is a stress, got other stresses?

Problem? Shocked if you didn't.

Stephiestephs

I should rephrase my question. How do I know I am picking the right tdee on my chart? Excersize and activity levels can be somewhat subjective.
I am a little lazy when I am not excersizing, meaning I'm not doing hours of vacuuming, mopping and running around my house. But I have to go up and down my stairs several times a day and do some chores per day, plus I am excersizing. So would it be better to calculate my calories from20% less than sedentary and add excersize in or just calculate 20% less than lightly moderate and not add in excersize?

SRH7

I should rephrase my question. How do I know I am picking the right tdee on my chart? Excersize and activity levels can be somewhat subjective.
I am a little lazy when I am not excersizing, meaning I'm not doing hours of vacuuming, mopping and running around my house. But I have to go up and down my stairs several times a day and do some chores per day, plus I am excersizing. So would it be better to calculate my calories from20% less than sedentary and add excersize in or just calculate 20% less than lightly moderate and not add in excersize?

It's very much a matter of personal choice and depends largely on whether you exercise around the same amount each week and whether you have an HRM.

Most people work their exercise calories into their TDEE but I prefer to set mine to sedentary then log my exercise.

1. I get great satisfaction out of seeing the calories burned!
2. I use a HRM so have a fair idea of what I am burning
3. My exercise varies week to week. I run and do strength training three times a week but often go hiking at the weekends too. Sometimes it is a quick two-hour hike cross country, other times I take six hours and climb moutains.
4. I enjoy 'earning' calories - so a few pints of real ale after a hike (and cake en route) has been well and truly earned

tntzezula

Bump!!

cjm109

bump

heybales

I should rephrase my question. How do I know I am picking the right tdee on my chart? Excersize and activity levels can be somewhat subjective.
I am a little lazy when I am not excersizing, meaning I'm not doing hours of vacuuming, mopping and running around my house. But I have to go up and down my stairs several times a day and do some chores per day, plus I am excersizing. So would it be better to calculate my calories from20% less than sedentary and add excersize in or just calculate 20% less than lightly moderate and not add in excersize?

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/717858-spreadsheet-bmr-tdee-and-deficit-calcs-macros-hrm

Better activity calc for TDEE. Log progress. Use best estimate of BMR. Same BF% calc's.

bcl003

Bump, sheesh I really need to do this.

Stephiestephs

Sorry everyone, another question. My treadmill has heart rate monitor on the handles. You just hold on for a few minutes and it gives you the heart rate, is that ok to use? I guess I could touch them every 5 minutes and do an average?

samsamnojam

OK. Thank you all for answering my question. I'd better not eat my exercise calories anymore!! That would explain why I put on weight recently on a week that I exercised a lot.

Love this thread. So valuable.

scaiter

This is very interesting, and mimics almost exactly what a friend of mine who is a master's student in food science told me. She calculated my caloric intake should be about 2000 calories, and I was shocked and didn't listen. I went with the MFP edict of 1470 and, guess what? Three months in, I've only lost 18 lbs.

I have to admit, the thought of adding calories to my daily intake really scares me. I've been working so hard to reduce my intake, that the thought of adding another 387 seems counterproductive. But I'm stumped and, frankly, very disheartened.

Thanks for this.

valeriewxy

First I have to confess that I started off here on a 1200 cal daily intake, because I didn't know there was anything else. After a while, I found this (earlier versions), but 1200 cal was working for me so I didn't see the need to change it. Now, I'm more than halfway to my goal weight and my weight loss has slowed down considerably. I don't want to keep to a 1200 cal intake as I don't think it's sustainable in the long run, especially if I don't want to have to log my calories for the rest of my life.

Following the instructions, my TDEE should be somewhere between 1900 - 2100 cal, so I should aim for around 1600 cal a day. Currently, I'm at 1400 cals a day ... How should I increase my cals to get there? Should I up it by 200 at one go or go for 1500 for a week and then 1600 after? Thanks.

Sierrasdawn

bump

heybales

Sorry everyone, another question. My treadmill has heart rate monitor on the handles. You just hold on for a few minutes and it gives you the heart rate, is that ok to use? I guess I could touch them every 5 minutes and do an average?

For what purpose to know your HR? Your exercise is already included in your TDEE, so you now longer need to know calorie burns beyond curiosity, and there are better ways to judge a workout. Pace and HR.

heybales

First I have to confess that I started off here on a 1200 cal daily intake, because I didn't know there was anything else. After a while, I found this (earlier versions), but 1200 cal was working for me so I didn't see the need to change it. Now, I'm more than halfway to my goal weight and my weight loss has slowed down considerably. I don't want to keep to a 1200 cal intake as I don't think it's sustainable in the long run, especially if I don't want to have to log my calories for the rest of my life.

Following the instructions, my TDEE should be somewhere between 1900 - 2100 cal, so I should aim for around 1600 cal a day. Currently, I'm at 1400 cals a day ... How should I increase my cals to get there? Should I up it by 200 at one go or go for 1500 for a week and then 1600 after? Thanks.

Even if your real TDEE is actually 1400 because you have to gain or loss there for many weeks, eating 200 more is less than 1 lb gain of fat in 2 weeks, if your metabolism stayed exactly where it was at.
Which isn't likely.

Increase it, and lift heavy during those first weeks.

valeriewxy

First I have to confess that I started off here on a 1200 cal daily intake, because I didn't know there was anything else. After a while, I found this (earlier versions), but 1200 cal was working for me so I didn't see the need to change it. Now, I'm more than halfway to my goal weight and my weight loss has slowed down considerably. I don't want to keep to a 1200 cal intake as I don't think it's sustainable in the long run, especially if I don't want to have to log my calories for the rest of my life.

Following the instructions, my TDEE should be somewhere between 1900 - 2100 cal, so I should aim for around 1600 cal a day. Currently, I'm at 1400 cals a day ... How should I increase my cals to get there? Should I up it by 200 at one go or go for 1500 for a week and then 1600 after? Thanks.

Even if your real TDEE is actually 1400 because you have to gain or loss there for many weeks, eating 200 more is less than 1 lb gain of fat in 2 weeks, if your metabolism stayed exactly where it was at.
Which isn't likely.

Increase it, and lift heavy during those first weeks.

Hmm, good point Thanks! I'll up my calories, lift heavy and let my body do what it will (lol) Hope to have positive results to report after a couple of weeks!

ackeebee

hey all,

apologies if my question has been addressed previously....

basically i started this method a couple weeks ago and basis 20% less tdee for moderately active i am set at just over 1800 cals oer day. as i am exercising 5 days a week, is it ok to still eat this 1800 cals on my 2 rest days or should i be aiming to eat a little less?

JudyAngelman

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Hazel2005

This is very interesting, and mimics almost exactly what a friend of mine who is a master's student in food science told me. She calculated my caloric intake should be about 2000 calories, and I was shocked and didn't listen. I went with the MFP edict of 1470 and, guess what? Three months in, I've only lost 18 lbs.

Don't underestimate yourself! You are doing perfect - averages out to more than a pound a week! Slow and steady wins the race!
Kudos!

Stephiestephs

Sorry everyone, another question. My treadmill has heart rate monitor on the handles. You just hold on for a few minutes and it gives you the heart rate, is that ok to use? I guess I could touch them every 5 minutes and do an average?

For what purpose to know your HR? Your exercise is already included in your TDEE, so you now longer need to know calorie burns beyond curiosity, and there are better ways to judge a workout. Pace and HR.

I think I am just more comfortable knowing how many cals I am burning per workout right now, while I am just starting out. I don't want to over/underestimate. Once I get used to all of this maybe I will feel more comfortable guesstimating and adding it to my tdee. For now I want to follow sedentary and add cals. Because some days I am crazy lazy. So, is the handle HRM a good tool?

Kacee03

I have figured out everything with the calculators & actually came up with an average from the 3 for my fat %. I have all my numbers, but am having a problem customizing my fitness goals. I'm not sure what to set them to... Is it 20% of everything that MFP already calculated for me?? Here are my findings...

Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job) 1991
Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) 2281
Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) 2571
Very Active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk) 2862
Extremely Active (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2X day training, i.e marathon, contest etc.) 3152

I work out 3 times a week (M-W-F), 6 min cardio warm ups, 25-31 min workout & 9 min cool down yoga/stretching. I'm using the Biggest Loser for the WII, at the intermittent level (they have 3, beginner, intermittent or advanced ) and it kicks my butt!!! I do a challenge, as part of the program, once a week on Sunday (which is also my weigh in day) & try to do other challenges on my "off" days. I sit at a desk for work & am relatively active with my kids, but it's just running from one sport to another. So I would feel comfortable using the Lightly Active right now... I am getting stronger so the workouts are becoming a bit "easier" & I am also able to do some of the exercises that I couldn't do in the beginning. I started the 12 week "Biggest" program on 2/24/13 & will be done with it on 5/12/13. It has told me what calories to eat, but at first I was doing the MFP 1200 calories & really wasn't seeing much happen. I found this last week & raised my calories to 1400 (read where you said to raise it gradually at first on another thread) & have been under a bit because I am not quite used to being allowed to eat that much. Anyway, I actually lost 2 pounds after I raised them, but as of yesterday morning I gained it back. Biggest has me at 1428 this week which was just changed Sunday from 1508 last week and they had started me out at 1600+ (can't remember). I'm willing to use the TDEE with my Biggest Loser program, I just don't know where to set my Carb, Protein, Fat percentages, Fiber or Sugar...

EDITED: I just read a post you put above & would like to use the Sedentary as you do because I to like to see the calories I burn. That being added, can you help me to figure out my Fit Goals? I read & re-read your explanation over & over & knew what to do with the calories, but the rest didn't change on it's own & I wasn't sure what to change them to. Thanks!

Anyway, Can you help me figure out my Fitness Goals please??

Kacee03

Thanks for any help!

MrsSamiP

Bump

JenNuma

bump!

stephanj

LOL can someone please pin this already?:sick:

JeriKinsman

I am grateful for a "reason" why I am not loosing any weight. I have been stagnant for way too long- I just have a question, I have figured out my fat percentage and the other and upped my calories with MFP. Do I leave it that way forever? I am assuming that at some point I will be loosing weight and then my numbers will change right? When do I reassess? Thanks

brismom070897

BUMPITY BUMP

heybales

Sorry everyone, another question. My treadmill has heart rate monitor on the handles. You just hold on for a few minutes and it gives you the heart rate, is that ok to use? I guess I could touch them every 5 minutes and do an average?

For what purpose to know your HR? Your exercise is already included in your TDEE, so you now longer need to know calorie burns beyond curiosity, and there are better ways to judge a workout. Pace and HR.

I think I am just more comfortable knowing how many cals I am burning per workout right now, while I am just starting out. I don't want to over/underestimate. Once I get used to all of this maybe I will feel more comfortable guesstimating and adding it to my tdee. For now I want to follow sedentary and add cals. Because some days I am crazy lazy. So, is the handle HRM a good tool?

Not for purpose of calories. It's merely display, never used for calculating calories.

Machine basis that on weight and pace and watt's used to power the belt.

The machine estimate of calories, if you enter weight, will be more accurate than HRM.

Just subtract same deficit % from them before eating them back.