Having second thoughts

wozniaks
wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Am I doing this right not sure if I am eating enough for the amount i workout

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    How would we know enough to help you? We have no information whatsoever about you, and your diary is closed.... not sure how we can help.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    We would need to know some information:

    How much, what kind, how frequent your exercise is
    Gender (to help identify calorie requirements), possibly height
    What's your current calorie goal
    and how close are you to hitting it most days?
  • TNR32
    TNR32 Posts: 110 Member
    Not enough info.
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    What they said....... :drinker:
  • tpt1950
    tpt1950 Posts: 292 Member
    Are you really 28 years old?
  • wozniaks
    wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
    Sorry just realized there's settings now it's open sorry. Kinda new to this. I lost over 150 lbs in the last few years and kept if off not just trying to loss the last 40 or so and it's been abit harder. Just wanted some advice
  • socajam
    socajam Posts: 2,530 Member
    Looked at your diary and some days your diary and from my perspective your sodium is too high.
  • wozniaks
    wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
    Wow what kinda comment is that really
  • Alta2000
    Alta2000 Posts: 655 Member
    I looked at the last 20 days and almost all of them you have net less than 1000 calories. That's where your problem lies. I suggest that you start reading the following thread:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013

    Find your BMR and TDEE and try to eat between the two numbers, making sure you never fall below the BMR. Right now you have been undereating and your metabolism will slow down as it will become efficient to function with minimal calories. What is your height and weight and what is your target weight goal?
  • wozniaks
    wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
    5'3 220 right now want to loss about 40 already lost 150
  • wozniaks
    wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
    See I find it hard to eat enough or am I just working out too much just confused
  • wozniaks
    wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
    Wow that's so confusing
  • wozniaks
    wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
    So your saying I need to eat 2400 calories that makes no sense I couldn't eat that if I tried. So confused
  • Alta2000
    Alta2000 Posts: 655 Member
    If you use the mfp method, then you need to eat your exercise calories back. If mfp puts you at ie 1250 calories daily, then if you burn 500 calories that day, you need to eat 1250+500=1750, or at least 60% of the exercise calories. You can eat peanut butter, tb olive oil, search the forum and can find many high caloric ideas to eat when you are not hungry.

    For example yesterday,
    You ate 1288 but due to exercise you should had eaten 1911! So it is like you ate only 600 calories for the day.
  • wozniaks
    wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
    So whatever I work out just eat that in calories and I should be fine just don't eat under my calorie goal then
  • wozniaks
    wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
    I will try it for a few weeks and see thanks
  • Alta2000
    Alta2000 Posts: 655 Member
    The only issue is if you use the mfp database to calculate the exercise burnt, it is not very accurate. That's why you should try to eat like 65% of the exercise calories, just to be sure.
  • wozniaks
    wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
    Ok thanks it's my off day today so tomorrow I will try to stick to it
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Wow that's so confusing

    If you hit the quote button on the post you're replying to it will be easier to follow just which post you're responding to. :flowerforyou:
  • wozniaks
    wozniaks Posts: 72 Member
    Wow that's so confusing

    If you hit the quote button on the post you're replying to it will be easier to follow just which post you're responding to. :flowerforyou:
    . Thanks

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