Seriously. How many calories?
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A typical day:
-A banana, english muffin OR oatmeal (not all 3) before a 6 AM workout
-Oatmeal, eggs or an english muffin after the workout
-Greek yogurt or a Luna Bar for a snack around 10:30
-Lunch is either a salad and soup, a turkey sandwich on wheat, or some kind of hummus and rice crackers with a half sandwich
-Air popped popcorn or carrots and hummus around 5 PM
-Dinner is usually chicken breast, shrimp, or salmon with some starch (brown rice, cous cous, whole wheat pasta, quinoa) and some veggie. Or it could be a veggie burger with a sweet potato, some kind of whole wheat pasta dish, etc. Everything whole grain, lean meat, etc.
It's not perfect but all-in-all, I try to be pretty good about it.0 -
Excellent question!!!!0
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Eat more or exercise less.0
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A typical day:
-A banana, english muffin OR oatmeal (not all 3) before a 6 AM workout
-Oatmeal, eggs or an english muffin after the workout
-Greek yogurt or a Luna Bar for a snack around 10:30
-Lunch is either a salad and soup, a turkey sandwich on wheat, or some kind of hummus and rice crackers with a half sandwich
-Air popped popcorn or carrots and hummus around 5 PM
-Dinner is usually chicken breast, shrimp, or salmon with some starch (brown rice, cous cous, whole wheat pasta, quinoa) and some veggie. Or it could be a veggie burger with a sweet potato, some kind of whole wheat pasta dish, etc. Everything whole grain, lean meat, etc.
It's not perfect but all-in-all, I try to be pretty good about it.
Try to add some more protein and decrease carbs a bit.0 -
Bsuzanne88, It looks to me like you're eating to many calories for your size. I think MFP would recommend 1200 for you. Have you done your goals here? I started at 142 and now am 122, the whole time MFP had me at 1200. I lost it quite easily.0
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i'm following 1200 calories a day and its been coming off slowly but surely. i also do cardio, use a HRM and eat back my calories. i know there are lots of 1200 calorie haters, but its not hard.0
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Eat more calories since you have probably reached a plateau. Shock your body since your body is now probably in maintenance mode. I have always been really atheletic and never needed to lose a lot of weight but have gotten a gut, so that is what I am losing now and portion control for me is key. However, whenever I get stagnant, I mess around with my calorie intake because your body is looking for ways to fight starvation, so beating the plateau is key.0
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Bsuzanne88, It looks to me like you're eating to many calories for your size. I think MFP would recommend 1200 for you. Have you done your goals here? I started at 142 and now am 122, the whole time MFP had me at 1200. I lost it quite easily.
If you follow MFP, that is 1200 calories before exercise.0 -
So, I have about 15 lbs to lose. Never really been super over weight, but at one point I was about 10 lbs heavier than I am now. Recently, nothing. will. BUDGE. Seriously, nothing. For the past several months, I've stayed between 1350-1500 calories per day. I work out (heavily--spin and body pump classes) 5 times per week at least. Things should be happening. They aren't. Any ideas for those of you out there (women in particular) who've always been average sized but have managed to get the last 10 or 15 off? I always read things about calories in this range being too low but I'm just not sure...thoughts? tips? anything?
i just took a look at your diary. Why does your daily goal for calories keep changing?0 -
i'm following 1200 calories a day and its been coming off slowly but surely. i also do cardio, use a HRM and eat back my calories. i know there are lots of 1200 calorie haters, but its not hard.
People hate on 1200 calories because it's not enough calories to sustain muscle. Track your body fat to see how much of your weight loss is from lean body mass. You might change your mind then.Below is what happens when you fuel your body properly.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/392784-skinny-fat-vs-fit-photo?hl=skinny+fat0 -
Sorry I am totally confused. I just did my TDEE had it came out with 2228 calories a day. That is silly calories!! I couldnt dare to eat all this!! I had thought is was my BMR been 1600 less 500 calories a day (1lb) a week and exercise is additional ( I wear HRM and Fitbit, do 20-45 min workouts for 5 days.... Jillian Michaels) I dont eat my exercised calories either. But I not losing any weight. Funnily before I had fitbit/or using HRM I just did the DVD's estimated my calories and lost 28lbs!! So not with all this technology and counting calories, I cant shift the last 16lbs!!
I am 5ft 6
small build and weight 10st 2lbs
and I have just turned 38years young(depressing)
What am I doing wrong, please help!
Chris x::happy:0 -
So, I have about 15 lbs to lose. Never really been super over weight, but at one point I was about 10 lbs heavier than I am now. Recently, nothing. will. BUDGE. Seriously, nothing. For the past several months, I've stayed between 1350-1500 calories per day. I work out (heavily--spin and body pump classes) 5 times per week at least. Things should be happening. They aren't. Any ideas for those of you out there (women in particular) who've always been average sized but have managed to get the last 10 or 15 off? I always read things about calories in this range being too low but I'm just not sure...thoughts? tips? anything?
i just took a look at your diary. Why does your daily goal for calories keep changing?0 -
Sorry I am totally confused. I just did my TDEE had it came out with 2228 calories a day. That is silly calories!! I couldnt dare to eat all this!! I had thought is was my BMR been 1600 less 500 calories a day (1lb) a week and exercise is additional ( I wear HRM and Fitbit, do 20-45 min workouts for 5 days.... Jillian Michaels) I dont eat my exercised calories either. But I not losing any weight. Funnily before I had fitbit/or using HRM I just did the DVD's estimated my calories and lost 28lbs!! So not with all this technology and counting calories, I cant shift the last 16lbs!!
I am 5ft 6
small build and weight 10st 2lbs
and I have just turned 38years young(depressing)
What am I doing wrong, please help!
Chris x::happy:
it's not as silly as you think. Why don't you try eating at 1800 calories for a month and see the results. Obviously what you are doing isn't working, so change it.0 -
i'm following 1200 calories a day and its been coming off slowly but surely. i also do cardio, use a HRM and eat back my calories. i know there are lots of 1200 calorie haters, but its not hard.
People hate on 1200 calories because it's not enough calories to sustain muscle. Track your body fat to see how much of your weight loss is from lean body mass. You might change your mind then.Below is what happens when you fuel your body properly.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/392784-skinny-fat-vs-fit-photo?hl=skinny+fat
I'm happy with my results and my body, so i'll continue doing what i'm doing. most people on here hating on 1200 calories don't exactly have the figure i'm after. :noway:0 -
So, I have about 15 lbs to lose. Never really been super over weight, but at one point I was about 10 lbs heavier than I am now. Recently, nothing. will. BUDGE. Seriously, nothing. For the past several months, I've stayed between 1350-1500 calories per day. I work out (heavily--spin and body pump classes) 5 times per week at least. Things should be happening. They aren't. Any ideas for those of you out there (women in particular) who've always been average sized but have managed to get the last 10 or 15 off? I always read things about calories in this range being too low but I'm just not sure...thoughts? tips? anything?
i just took a look at your diary. Why does your daily goal for calories keep changing?
I don't exercise so I didn't know that :ohwell:0 -
This is a really good explanation:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-120 -
So, if I've been maintaining at the weight I am now for a couple of months, is it likely that this is my TDEE and I should drop my calories? I also have a lot of digestion/stomach issues that coincide and I know on some level, they are related. But even so, I know there must be SOME formula out there that will work for me I'm just not sure what it is. I'm scared of upping calories and gaining weight and then having an even bigger problem to deal with.
I could be overestimating calories burned via exercise but I don't take exercise calories into consideration. I eat the same no matter what I do. There's always some human error in calorie counting but I always measure/weigh/etc. and I've been counting calories for as long as I can remember...I don't think there could be enough error there to totally offset my progress, you know?
You'll have to up calories at some point if you wish to maintain your goal weight or body composition. So knowing your actual TDEE will help ease the anxiety once you do need to up calories and decrease the deficit once your goal has been met.
You also could be over-exercising and creating too great a stress which is elevating cortisol levels resulting in excessive water gain.0 -
I'm happy with my results and my body, so i'll continue doing what i'm doing. most people on here hating on 1200 calories don't exactly have the figure i'm after. :noway:
LOL...you are funny....But as long as you like the way you look it's all good....A lot of those people who hate 1200 probably don't want your figure either:bigsmile:0 -
I'm happy with my results and my body, so i'll continue doing what i'm doing. most people on here hating on 1200 calories don't exactly have the figure i'm after. :noway:
LOL...you are funny....But as long as you like the way you look it's all good....A lot of those people who hate 1200 probably don't want your figure either:bigsmile:
:laugh: :flowerforyou:0 -
This is a really good explanation:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
^^ This.0
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