In Place Of A Road Map 3/2013
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This is so informative. Thank you.0
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I really needed to see this!! Thank you so much0
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Awesome, I was just thinking about how to work this out the same way (setting MFP so I do add back/eat exercise cals cause they can vary quite a bit for me). I think this is what I tried to do before, because I've been on a plateau for months. I tried just setting it at one level and not adding exercise back, but then I found myself not exercising as much - yup getting those exercise calories is motivation for me. I'm sure it shouldn't but it is, so oh well. But instead of using sedentary as my baseline for calories, I've been using my BMR as my baseline. And I've still been pretty much a plateau (lose/gain the same 5-8lbs), so maybe changing this will do *something* cause this plateau is driving me nuts.how does this week without working out??
ive set my daily calorie intake on my BMR and if i do work out, i would eat the calories back.. but since i am not working out. what should i do?
Follow Dan's Roadmap and just eat those calories set out in it. No calories earned through exercise? None to eat back!
There are two ways to do the Roadmap:
1. Calculate your exercise for the week into your TDEE and eat those calories every day.
2. Calculate your TDEE as if you were completely sedentary, log all exercise, then eat those calories back.
I do the second option as some weeks I exercise six times, other weeks three. I also do big hikes at the weekend and my calorie burn can wildly vary. I use a HRM to make sure I'm fairly accurate and have to admit I quite like seeing the numbers "earned". It also gives me a bigger incentive to get off the sofa and move my backside if I log then eat back.
Dan: Please do give me a slap if I'm wrong/talking nonsense/you can put it better!
Bottom line - Roadmap works and doesn't feel like a diet. That makes me a happy bunny.0 -
The tdee calculation.. Can someone tell me I am right. I used lightly active exercise 1/3 times week. I do the 30 ds 5 times a week but that's only 23 mins a time. I am however on the go from when I get up to about 8 pm. Other than my 2 office days. I'm always running round all over place I have 3 kids. I don't sit didn't during day bar half hour for lunch. But I assume I'm still "lightly active". As I don't do anymore exercise. I don't want to put it up in case calaries to high, but on other hand want all the calories I'm allowed lol!!0
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Quick question, but is there any way to change it so you can record your workout but it won't add to your calories? I still want to record my workouts so I know what I'm doing and when I'm doing it, but if you aren't supposed to eat back those calories i don't want them showing up! Thanks!0
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I record my workouts as 1 calorie and in the food on excercise notes I input my workout and calories burned.0
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how does this week without working out??
ive set my daily calorie intake on my BMR and if i do work out, i would eat the calories back.. but since i am not working out. what should i do?
Follow Dan's Roadmap and just eat those calories set out in it. No calories earned through exercise? None to eat back!
There are two ways to do the Roadmap:
1. Calculate your exercise for the week into your TDEE and eat those calories every day.
2. Calculate your TDEE as if you were completely sedentary, log all exercise, then eat those calories back.
I do the second option as some weeks I exercise six times, other weeks three. I also do big hikes at the weekend and my calorie burn can wildly vary. I use a HRM to make sure I'm fairly accurate and have to admit I quite like seeing the numbers "earned". It also gives me a bigger incentive to get off the sofa and move my backside if I log then eat back.
Dan: Please do give me a slap if I'm wrong/talking nonsense/you can put it better!
Bottom line - Roadmap works and doesn't feel like a diet. That makes me a happy bunny.
Ok so if I understood this correctly, if I calculate my -20% TDEE from the sedentary number I can still log and eat back my excersise calories?0 -
Currently giving TDEE & BMR a try; it's only been a few days and I've seen some results! :happy:
Question: When should you re-evaluate your TDEE and BMR when losing weight? About every 10-20 lbs?
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Okay so I'm a bit confused. I ran the numbers and came up with 1860 cal/day for lightly active. And 1860 would be considered my TDEE? So now I subtract 20% from 1860? If so, this would bring my daily calories to 1488. I just want to be sure I'm doing that part right.
And then the amount of calories I consume on a given day increases with the calories burned during exercise? So if I burn 200 calories walking then I add 200 to 1488 for a calories total that day of 1688? And I'll still lose weight, lol?
Sabine I'm not lightly active. I am just starting out but I've been doing at least 30 min of exercise a day including rowing, weight lifting, walking, yoga and soon I'll have a Bellicon rebounder. Once my body adjusts to this level of exercise I'll increase to 60 minutes of aerobics and weight lifting 3-4 times a week.
My BMR according to the Harris-Benedict Formula is 1353 and according to Katch-McArdle Formula it's 1470 (big difference) and according to Scooby's Formula it's 1346 (pretty close to the Harris-Benedict number).0 -
Quick question, but is there any way to change it so you can record your workout but it won't add to your calories? I still want to record my workouts so I know what I'm doing and when I'm doing it, but if you aren't supposed to eat back those calories i don't want them showing up! Thanks!
I'd love it if you had the option to use MFP, input your calories and NOT have it mess up your calories and macros.0 -
Thank you. This makes sense.0
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Okay so I'm a bit confused. I ran the numbers and came up with 1860 cal/day for lightly active. And 1860 would be considered my TDEE? So now I subtract 20% from 1860? If so, this would bring my daily calories to 1488. I just want to be sure I'm doing that part right.
And then the amount of calories I consume on a given day increases with the calories burned during exercise? So if I burn 200 calories walking then I add 200 to 1488 for a calories total that day of 1688? And I'll still lose weight, lol?
Sabine I'm not lightly active. I am just starting out but I've been doing at least 30 min of exercise a day including rowing, weight lifting, walking, yoga and soon I'll have a Bellicon rebounder. Once my body adjusts to this level of exercise I'll increase to 60 minutes of aerobics and weight lifting 3-4 times a week.
My BMR according to the Harris-Benedict Formula is 1353 and according to Katch-McArdle Formula it's 1470 (big difference) and according to Scooby's Formula it's 1346 (pretty close to the Harris-Benedict number).0 -
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Is the number given to me on fit2fatradio my TDEE? How do I calculate the percentage?0
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Currently giving TDEE & BMR a try; it's only been a few days and I've seen some results! :happy:
Question: When should you re-evaluate your TDEE and BMR when losing weight? About every 10-20 lbs?
Thanks for all your help!
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how does this week without working out??
ive set my daily calorie intake on my BMR and if i do work out, i would eat the calories back.. but since i am not working out. what should i do?
Follow Dan's Roadmap and just eat those calories set out in it. No calories earned through exercise? None to eat back!
There are two ways to do the Roadmap:
1. Calculate your exercise for the week into your TDEE and eat those calories every day.
2. Calculate your TDEE as if you were completely sedentary, log all exercise, then eat those calories back.
I do the second option as some weeks I exercise six times, other weeks three. I also do big hikes at the weekend and my calorie burn can wildly vary. I use a HRM to make sure I'm fairly accurate and have to admit I quite like seeing the numbers "earned". It also gives me a bigger incentive to get off the sofa and move my backside if I log then eat back.
Dan: Please do give me a slap if I'm wrong/talking nonsense/you can put it better!
Bottom line - Roadmap works and doesn't feel like a diet. That makes me a happy bunny.
Ok so if I understood this correctly, if I calculate my -20% TDEE from the sedentary number I can still log and eat back my excersise calories?
Absolutely; that's how I do it. Some weeks I exercise four times, some weeks six, some weeks I do a two-hour hike, some weeks I do a six-hour climb up a mountain. Basically I find it difficult to include my activity level in my TDEE. Besides, I love logging my calorie burn!
Just be careful about how you calculate your burn. The MFP database often overestimates burn so I use a HRM to be a bit more accurate.0 -
I know this may sound like a silly question as I've found this road map very easy to follow however, there is one thing i'm confused about if someone could clarify...why enter our current wait instead of our goal weight?...should we not be entering our goal weight to determine what we should be eating at....or do we work out the -20% drop ourselves..
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Okay so I'm a bit confused. I ran the numbers and came up with 1860 cal/day for lightly active. And 1860 would be considered my TDEE? So now I subtract 20% from 1860? If so, this would bring my daily calories to 1488. I just want to be sure I'm doing that part right.
And then the amount of calories I consume on a given day increases with the calories burned during exercise? So if I burn 200 calories walking then I add 200 to 1488 for a calories total that day of 1688? And I'll still lose weight, lol?
Sabine I'm not lightly active. I am just starting out but I've been doing at least 30 min of exercise a day including rowing, weight lifting, walking, yoga and soon I'll have a Bellicon rebounder. Once my body adjusts to this level of exercise I'll increase to 60 minutes of aerobics and weight lifting 3-4 times a week.
My BMR according to the Harris-Benedict Formula is 1353 and according to Katch-McArdle Formula it's 1470 (big difference) and according to Scooby's Formula it's 1346 (pretty close to the Harris-Benedict number).
Okie dokie. I'm glad that this whole process is demystified. Thanks for helping to explain it and THANKS DAN!0 -
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If I exercise 4-5 days a week should I go by the moderately active TDEE?0
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