Level Obstacles: Lose Weight, Target Fat! (EASY!!)

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  • Nefetete
    Nefetete Posts: 343 Member
    good one. short and precise, total win
  • ZoeLifts
    ZoeLifts Posts: 10,347 Member
    Must try some Cat juggleing :laugh:

    Calorie burn can vary from weight and size of cats juggled and how "energetic" (read:mad as all get out) said cats are during the juggling. Proceed with caution.
  • indifferentviolinist
    indifferentviolinist Posts: 1
    As someone who has never in the past really had to worry about her weight (and has a 9 month old and a belly (for the first time!!) to lose) excellent excellent information. Easy, concise... I put my weight loss goal at a pound a week here on MFP, and it spit out 1400 calories a day!! I exercise almost daily, either running around after the tyke, or taking him with me for a jog, or going to the gym, not to mention the fact that I breastfeed... 1400 calories is too little!
  • lacurandera1
    lacurandera1 Posts: 8,083 Member
    Must try some Cat juggleing :laugh:

    Calorie burn can vary from weight and size of cats juggled and how "energetic" (read:mad as all get out) said cats are during the juggling. Proceed with caution.

    And maybe a pair of those falconry gloves!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    As someone who has never in the past really had to worry about her weight (and has a 9 month old and a belly (for the first time!!) to lose) excellent excellent information. Easy, concise... I put my weight loss goal at a pound a week here on MFP, and it spit out 1400 calories a day!! I exercise almost daily, either running around after the tyke, or taking him with me for a jog, or going to the gym, not to mention the fact that I breastfeed... 1400 calories is too little!

    Just an FYI - you can log breast feeding under food intake in your diary and it will give you a negative value so you get extra calories.
    MFP also expects you to log exercise and eat it back which would give you more. A lot of people find OP's method much simpler, just giving the background.
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
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  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    As someone who has never in the past really had to worry about her weight (and has a 9 month old and a belly (for the first time!!) to lose) excellent excellent information. Easy, concise... I put my weight loss goal at a pound a week here on MFP, and it spit out 1400 calories a day!! I exercise almost daily, either running around after the tyke, or taking him with me for a jog, or going to the gym, not to mention the fact that I breastfeed... 1400 calories is too little!

    Just an FYI - you can log breast feeding under food intake in your diary and it will give you a negative value so you get extra calories.
    MFP also expects you to log exercise and eat it back which would give you more. A lot of people find OP's method much simpler, just giving the background.

    And we definitely want to ensure adequate nutrition for mom when mom is feeding baby. A number I hear a lot is add an extra 500 calories per day to your TDEE if you are breast feeding. Those are pass-through calories that are for the baby.
  • missy_1975
    missy_1975 Posts: 244 Member
    Awesome post :drinker:
  • tattedlady75
    tattedlady75 Posts: 185 Member
    awesome, great post. Simply put and easy to understand.
  • delekium
    delekium Posts: 40 Member
    bump
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Most excellent!! Bravo! :drinker:
  • Desterknee
    Desterknee Posts: 1,056 Member
    Thanks for putting this together. I can't wait to copy-paste and e-mail this to a bunch of my friends who think they need to starve themselves to lose.
  • nannukka
    nannukka Posts: 52
    There you go. Love it. Must read for newbies!
  • ChristieisReady
    ChristieisReady Posts: 708 Member
    Thanks, friend! :happy:
  • emmgetsfit
    emmgetsfit Posts: 203 Member
    got to say this is very well written. I'd say you covered 'the basics' but it would be more accurate to say that you've covered 'what really matters'.

    And done without a hint of condescension or a 'know it all' attitude. Really, bravo!

    Here, here!! :drinker:
  • ami5000psu
    ami5000psu Posts: 391 Member
    Bumping for later!
  • carolyn0613
    carolyn0613 Posts: 162 Member
    i like this
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    Thank you for posting. I s a good reminder.
  • SJLS2013
    SJLS2013 Posts: 149 Member
    Bump. A really good post especially for anyone starting out of loosing their way
  • ZyheeMoongazer
    ZyheeMoongazer Posts: 343 Member
    Mod - Sticky this PLEASE!
  • keg619
    keg619 Posts: 356 Member
    Thank you, bump!
  • Akumu
    Akumu Posts: 120 Member
    bump
  • fitniknik
    fitniknik Posts: 713 Member
    bump
  • Yooperm35
    Yooperm35 Posts: 787 Member
    this is where I get confused. So do I set MFP to my BMR with my activity set to sedentary and eat back all of my calories - or do I set my activity to moderate set my MFP to the TDEE and log my exercise and eat back all of my calories?

    I haven't seen much movement in the scale, so I don't know if setting my BMR to 1300 and eating back ALL of my exercise calories (I put in that I have an active lifestyle) is backfiring - and I should eat less or if I am not eating enough.

    My BMR is 1335
    My TDEE is 2070

    I burn about 500 calories 4-5 days a week exercising and on those days eat about 1700-1800 calories
  • Trerika
    Trerika Posts: 52 Member
    Great explanation that is clear and easy to understand. Many thanks!
  • jbutterflye
    jbutterflye Posts: 1,914 Member
    Bump for later.
  • lamos1
    lamos1 Posts: 167 Member
    Thanks for posting!! This is very helpful!!
  • laren30
    laren30 Posts: 8 Member
    Bump
  • bobbiboo24
    bobbiboo24 Posts: 44 Member
    Really liked this post. Clear and direct! :D
  • MariAOK
    MariAOK Posts: 38
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