This opened up my eyes today . . .

I'm a little confused by this... The rmr is that the amount you should be taking in? What exactly does this number stand for? What number that mfp gives you is represented on that site? I'm so confused


Ok I went back and looked at your post. So it says I should consume about 100 more calories then mfp has me calculated at for my rmr... should I actually trust this site?

And yes the site is legit, I have my bachelors degree in dietetics, what the site says is supported clinical research and is run by the surgeon general.

Ahaverland ~ thanks for putting it in plain english ~ it definitely can be confusing. I was getting in my exercise at the time and couldn't reply so a big thank you! :flowerforyou:

AmberMommyTo2 ~ I would think about increasing your calories if you have hit a plateau like I have. If what you are doing currently isn't affecting your weight loss I would stick with it.

viviak ~ My starting weight that I have on here is my weight right after having my third child. I dropped to 150 really without much work. I have worked at getting this last 15 lbs off for months and months. I have changed things up so many times I am tired. Right now I am set up to only lose .9 lbs a week and I really don't want to lose less than that. I should be able to pull that off. I have been on Jenny Craig for 6 weeks and only lost a grand total of 2.5 lbs in that time and they had me at 1200 calories. Definitely not enough with the amount of exercise I am doing.

I will get this weight off!!! I have to and I hope increasing my calories is the answer as this site suggests.

Thanks again everyone and keep at it!

yes, but my confusion/concern lies in that according to your OP, you're creating a deficit through calorie restricting, and then increasing your deficit more through exercise. Maybe I mis-read it? With only 16 pounds left to lose, creating a larger deficit will hinder, not help your weight loss efforts. When you're that close to goal weight, weight loss slows. Sad but true. When we're close to a healthy weight, our body tries to maintain homeostasis, and the "sweet spot" of deficit becomes smaller.

sorry to harp on this, hth.

SO...my rmr is 1651. If I eat 1651 cals a day, then go and burn 600 at the gym that night, I need to eat those 600 cals back, right?

I think I am not eating enough calories still....this week's diary is a good example at least.

1651-600=1051 I know for a fact that is WAY too low. Can I eat half of the exercise cals back or do I really need to eat the whole 600? (as an example)


Would love for someone to take a look at my diary (its public) and tell me what you think about this at least. I am asking, so I won't take offense if I hear something I don't like! I've really tried this week to eat super well and work out well, so this week is a good example of how I'd like to live my life forever..
Thanks!
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I just started looking at sugars again and am going to probably start cutting out next week.

My bmr on MFP is like 8 calories under what this other site said, so that was a good sign.

Ok, now I'm confused. It says that my BMR is 1,820 calories a day (or 1829 on the other site)...MFP has my intake set at 1640 cal. per day and actually "suggested" I lower it again now that I've lost some weight. Does this mean I should be eating more? I have still been consistantly losing weight at about 2 lbs a week for the last 5 weeks but there are certainly days I could eat more!

Anyone?

This is a more in-depth explanation.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits?hl=guide+to+calorie+deficits

What I'm not saying is that an important issue in eating at least your BMR is being close to an ideal weight.

The higher your BMI, the larger your deficit can be. Essentially, your excess body fat stores can serve as a food source. (this is a non-scientific way to put it). When you start hit a healthy BMI/lower body fat percentage, those stores are gone, and you need to trick your body into dropping weight by hitting a deficit sweet spot.

HTH.

Ok so once again lol the rmr is what they suggest you should be eating correct? I upped my calories to that because I to am at a plataeu. I am wondering though about how to figure out the defecit. Is that the number you get from cyberkitche- the rmr. I'm really very sorry and I'm sure this is all very easy but it really is taking me a while to figure this out.

I will add I only am able to work out at the most 3-4 times one week and 2x's at the most the other (I do walk my dog for 30 minutes most days as well). I am just not sure how all this works. Thanks for your help in advance

Thanks for posting this information. I've been doing a ton of reading on MFP as well as other sites to understand all these numbers. I started out at 1200 calories a day and no exercise. I lost 2 pounds per week this way but I didn't feel good as I was constantly hungry and getting headaches. So, I bumped up my calories to 1350 in order to lose 1 pound a week as suggested by MFP and that includes the 500 deficit. My headaches have greatly reduced although I get an occasional one. I also started exercising and I try to do this 3 days a week for 30 minutes right now. I have not lost any additional weight since starting exercise. I am eating healthy, drinking water, and sleeping enough. I do still get hunger pains at times though.

I eat some of my exercise calories but am still confused as to whether I'm supposed to be eating all of them, some of them, or none of them. So many people do it differently. Eating them back works for some while not eating them back works for others.

I checked the CyberKitchen to find out my RMR and it said mine is 1476. It said in order to lose 1 pound a week with a 500 calorie deficit, my suggested daily calorie goal is 1418. This number is a little less than my RMR. So, does that mean I need to eat my RMR or would eating the 1418 be okay? Also, on the days that I exercise do I eat back those exercise calories to make sure that my net calories remain at 1418/1476 or do I not eat them back? I haven't been exercising very long so for 30 minutes of exercise I usually burn anywhere between 150 to 250 calories.

Laceylala... Thanks for that advice. I think I'll give that a try and see how it goes. One thing is for sure... I'm not giving up!

Dragonfly74... Thanks so much for posting that information. it's a good read and I found it easy to understand.

Ok thank you About the whole defecit thing what does that mean exactly? I have a defecit of 441 calories. I guess that is the one thing I can't quite figure out. Like I said earlier this whole thing is so confusing. I wish there was something that could say hey this is what will work for you now do it and you will lose all the weight

"Deficit" is the difference between your maintenance calories (not your BMR, your maintenance calories) and your calories that MFP gives you.

And hey, pretty much what MFP does is say "hey this is what will work for you." Seriously. Pretty much everyone who follows MFP's recs loses weight. (barring metabolic dysfunction of some sort).

Have faith in MFP! :flowerforyou: