Where am I going wrong?
Poodledoodle100
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I'm a 31 year old female, medium build but most defiantly a pear shape with a bit if a belly from c section. This is my second attempt at my fitness pal. I joined in July last year, the usual 1200 calories and gym 3-4 hours a week plus active job ( I walk for 12 hours straight 3 days a week) initially I lost weight, 17 lb and was happy but hit a plateau and 6 weeks later the scales were still not shifting. I bought a food scale and began weighing my food and managed to kick start things again then I had a bad week, nights out, takeaway etc and the scale didn't move for a little while and I got a bit disheartened, then mid October I broke a bone in my foot, continued trying to go to the gym for several weeks but couldn't manage a decent workout, this coincided with me having 3 weeks holidays at work and then we was well into December when I just thought sod it. I closed my account and opened a new one on 2nd January and I've been really trying again, but In all honesty I'm not as motivated finding it hard and the scale doesn't seem to be moving, my weigh in day is a Friday but I got on the scales this morning and I've actually put 3 lb on since last Friday, I've been through my diary, I can't see that it's sodium related, I'm mid cycle so it's not that either. Am I just impatient? I guess I just need some pointers and reassurance that I'm on the right track.
I started this journey at 194lb last July and as of today I'm 181lb it just seems like so much effort for such a little loss. This time round I'm eating at 1400 calories even though myfitness pal suggests I eat at 1200. I'm doing elliptical for 30 mins on a random hill program machine says I burn 460 then I'm walking uphill on treadmill at a speed of 6.2 gradient 6.0 for 20 mins this gives me a 240 calorie burn so 700 in total but I'm only logging it at 350. I do eat prob 1/2-2/3 of these 350 calories back. I'm 5ft 3.
Would any of you kind people please have a look at my diary and see if everything looks ok
I started this journey at 194lb last July and as of today I'm 181lb it just seems like so much effort for such a little loss. This time round I'm eating at 1400 calories even though myfitness pal suggests I eat at 1200. I'm doing elliptical for 30 mins on a random hill program machine says I burn 460 then I'm walking uphill on treadmill at a speed of 6.2 gradient 6.0 for 20 mins this gives me a 240 calorie burn so 700 in total but I'm only logging it at 350. I do eat prob 1/2-2/3 of these 350 calories back. I'm 5ft 3.
Would any of you kind people please have a look at my diary and see if everything looks ok
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I would assume that you aren't burning as many calories as the machine says-- if you are losing at a slower pace. Try to get back to eating your calorie goal consistently and really monitor are you eating anything that you aren't logging. Also, maybe trying to increase the number of minutes you work out and not eat back your calories to start out with.
With some time and consistency and hard work, change will continue to happen0 -
Thank you for your reply. I do think the 700 calorie burn is very high that's why I've been only logging half that at 350. I do notice my fat content is high but it fits into my calories and only occasionally takes me over my macros. My carbs are always high and so is my sugar, but for just basic weight loss surely it's just a case of calories in calories out? Should I go back to 1200 calories a day / 1280 for 1.5 lb weightloss ? I just read all these posts about 1200 calorie dieters , starvation mode etc and decided I wanted to avoid all that this time..0
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Well my first question is going to be what did you set your weekly weight loss at? 1lb? 2lb?
If it's over 1lb I would change that for sure because with less than 50lbs that is a reasonable amount.
Now the weight gain could be easily water weight...depending on the exercise you are doing your body will retain fluid to help repair.
I typically only weigh myself on Mondays as I don't exercise on the weekends and that way I know most of my "water weight" will be gone.
As for the exercise in all honesty I would ditch the cardio unless you love it. Try adding in resistence/Strength training. This helps you maintain the LBM you have while losing mostly fat.
I see you weigh most foods but not all...sausages 1.5...no weight...1/4 can of beans in tomatoe sauce.
Your protien is low too...40g yesterday ...eek. Protien helps keep you fuller longer along with the benefits of helping repair the muscle.
I looked at your exercise too...Gym? Work?
The work should be part of your "daily activity" level not part of exercise.
So basically if I were you I would make sure my logging is as accurate as it can be...weigh everything..and your burns need re-evaluated with taking work out, making that part of your "daily activity" and not count those burns. Eat more protien.0 -
Many people on here will recommend checking out your IIFYM etc blah blah blah. It all work and is good, but I find my method a bit easier to follow. It's a slow healthy more sustainable approach.
Weigh yourself and record your starting weight in MFP. Start at a basic calorie value of 2200. Now, log on to mfp and log every bit of calorie you intake, do not log your exercises at all, only foods and liquids!!! Keep your calories within the same ~50cal range every day and do not weight yourself for a month. On day 30, weight yourself in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after the morning..... release. one of three siturations will occure.
1: You will gain weight - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~200 and repeat the above for one month.
2: You will maintain - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~100-200 and repeat the above step for another month
3: You will lose weight - If you lost weight, continue on doing what your doing so long as your intent is to lose weight.
This is a healthy maintainable weightloss program. It doesn't matter what you eat, don't worry so much when you eat. Just weigh in once a month and move on from there. The only extra thing I would suggest is try not to eat too much bloating foods in the few days before weigh in, you don't want foods stuck in your stomach and intestines to skew your results
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Welcome back! If you're not losing, then you're not eating at a deficit. Your MFP goal is 1,200, but you say you're eating 1,575–1,635 calories per day. Stop eating back any of your exercise calories, and just eat 1,400 for two weeks. If you're still not losing, try 1,300.
Weight loss takes a whole lot of trial & error to find what works for you. Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants0 -
i checked your diary and lit looks like the last five days you have been eating 1750 a day and that is what you have your MFP calories set to?
i would suggest re-set it to 1400 and make sure that you hit exactly that number for two to three weeks and see how it goes. Also, I would not eat back exercise calories.
You might also want to consider a heavy lifting program that incorporate compound movements - deadlifts, squats, overhead press, rows, pull-ups, chin ups, bench press, etc…0 -
Many people on here will recommend checking out your IIFYM etc blah blah blah. It all work and is good, but I find my method a bit easier to follow. It's a slow healthy more sustainable approach.
Weigh yourself and record your starting weight in MFP. Start at a basic calorie value of 2200. Now, log on to mfp and log every bit of calorie you intake, do not log your exercises at all, only foods and liquids!!! Keep your calories within the same ~50cal range every day and do not weight yourself for a month. On day 30, weight yourself in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after the morning..... release. one of three siturations will occure.
1: You will gain weight - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~200 and repeat the above for one month.
2: You will maintain - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~100-200 and repeat the above step for another month
3: You will lose weight - If you lost weight, continue on doing what your doing so long as your intent is to lose weight.
This is a healthy maintainable weightloss program. It doesn't matter what you eat, don't worry so much when you eat. Just weigh in once a month and move on from there. The only extra thing I would suggest is try not to eat too much bloating foods in the few days before weigh in, you don't want foods stuck in your stomach and intestines to skew your results
Just my two cents...
where did you come up with 2200 calories a day for the OP? I don't see how you can just assign an arbitrary number to someone and say eat this for a month and then if you gain well just start reducing it….seems like a way to set the OP up for failure…0 -
x2Many people on here will recommend checking out your IIFYM etc blah blah blah. It all work and is good, but I find my method a bit easier to follow. It's a slow healthy more sustainable approach.
Weigh yourself and record your starting weight in MFP. Start at a basic calorie value of 2200. Now, log on to mfp and log every bit of calorie you intake, do not log your exercises at all, only foods and liquids!!! Keep your calories within the same ~50cal range every day and do not weight yourself for a month. On day 30, weight yourself in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after the morning..... release. one of three siturations will occure.
1: You will gain weight - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~200 and repeat the above for one month.
2: You will maintain - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~100-200 and repeat the above step for another month
3: You will lose weight - If you lost weight, continue on doing what your doing so long as your intent is to lose weight.
This is a healthy maintainable weightloss program. It doesn't matter what you eat, don't worry so much when you eat. Just weigh in once a month and move on from there. The only extra thing I would suggest is try not to eat too much bloating foods in the few days before weigh in, you don't want foods stuck in your stomach and intestines to skew your results
Just my two cents...
where did you come up with 2200 calories a day for the OP? I don't see how you can just assign an arbitrary number to someone and say eat this for a month and then if you gain well just start reducing it….seems like a way to set the OP up for failure…0 -
Ok thanks everyone. Just to clarify the sausages and beans where part of a recipe and there was 3 sausages in it and a small tin of mixed beans (the tin was 1/2 the size of a big one) so do I really need to measure these things when I will be eating the contents of the pan over 2 days, wether I have I sausage today and 2 tomorrow surely it doesn't matter, as the calories will even out over the 2 days? Or am I wrong there as well?0
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Many people on here will recommend checking out your IIFYM etc blah blah blah. It all work and is good, but I find my method a bit easier to follow. It's a slow healthy more sustainable approach.
Weigh yourself and record your starting weight in MFP. Start at a basic calorie value of 2200. Now, log on to mfp and log every bit of calorie you intake, do not log your exercises at all, only foods and liquids!!! Keep your calories within the same ~50cal range every day and do not weight yourself for a month. On day 30, weight yourself in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after the morning..... release. one of three siturations will occure.
1: You will gain weight - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~200 and repeat the above for one month.
2: You will maintain - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~100-200 and repeat the above step for another month
3: You will lose weight - If you lost weight, continue on doing what your doing so long as your intent is to lose weight.
This is a healthy maintainable weightloss program. It doesn't matter what you eat, don't worry so much when you eat. Just weigh in once a month and move on from there. The only extra thing I would suggest is try not to eat too much bloating foods in the few days before weigh in, you don't want foods stuck in your stomach and intestines to skew your results
Just my two cents...
where did you come up with 2200 calories a day for the OP? I don't see how you can just assign an arbitrary number to someone and say eat this for a month and then if you gain well just start reducing it….seems like a way to set the OP up for failure…
I agree with this^^^^
I think you have the right idea but randomly giving a starting calorie goal and then having someone stick to it for a month is kind of reckless. How would this help the OP if she in fact gains 4 or 5 pounds in that month? I do agree however that she should stick to a calorie goal and adjust as needed but her BMR is probably around 1500 calories which would mean her maintenance is probably around 2000 so with your 2200 calories you just set her up for a four week bulk...0 -
Many people on here will recommend checking out your IIFYM etc blah blah blah. It all work and is good, but I find my method a bit easier to follow. It's a slow healthy more sustainable approach.
Weigh yourself and record your starting weight in MFP. Start at a basic calorie value of 2200. Now, log on to mfp and log every bit of calorie you intake, do not log your exercises at all, only foods and liquids!!! Keep your calories within the same ~50cal range every day and do not weight yourself for a month. On day 30, weight yourself in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after the morning..... release. one of three siturations will occure.
1: You will gain weight - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~200 and repeat the above for one month.
2: You will maintain - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~100-200 and repeat the above step for another month
3: You will lose weight - If you lost weight, continue on doing what your doing so long as your intent is to lose weight.
This is a healthy maintainable weightloss program. It doesn't matter what you eat, don't worry so much when you eat. Just weigh in once a month and move on from there. The only extra thing I would suggest is try not to eat too much bloating foods in the few days before weigh in, you don't want foods stuck in your stomach and intestines to skew your results
Just my two cents...
where did you come up with 2200 calories a day for the OP? I don't see how you can just assign an arbitrary number to someone and say eat this for a month and then if you gain well just start reducing it….seems like a way to set the OP up for failure…
Did you even read steps 1 through 3? Please tell me how this will set her up to fail? It's the basic principal of weight loss without over convoluting the process as so many on MFP do. Eat at a caloric value for a while, not losing, eat less.0 -
I agree with not "eating back" your exercise calories, esp. if it is just cardio.
You say you had an injury so that will lessen your intensity. Are you favoring anything still?
If you are having a hard time with eating less calories then cut out on a food that has high fat, high calories. Not easy for sure, I know.
For me personally I am doing mostly Paleo. It has really helped me with cravings.
Also, you have to add strength training to your workouts. You need to bring up the intensity and build muscle. My cardio at my gym includes weights. I love Zumba however I also take Step, Pilates, Strength Training and Yoga.
So bottom line mix up your diet a bit with things that are fresh and mix up your workouts. You can do it. Even if it is slow, just keep pushing forward.
Oh yea, I am also returning this week to MFP. So I understand frustration! Good Luck0 -
I do this all the time. If I eat something over 3 days, I log 1/3 of a package each time. No need to weigh each serving: 1/3 x 3 = 1.The sausages and beans were part of a recipe, so do I really need to measure these things when I will be eating the contents of the pan over 2 days, wether I have I sausage today and 2 tomorrow surely it doesn't matter, as the calories will even out over the 2 days?0 -
Many people on here will recommend checking out your IIFYM etc blah blah blah. It all work and is good, but I find my method a bit easier to follow. It's a slow healthy more sustainable approach.
Weigh yourself and record your starting weight in MFP. Start at a basic calorie value of 2200. Now, log on to mfp and log every bit of calorie you intake, do not log your exercises at all, only foods and liquids!!! Keep your calories within the same ~50cal range every day and do not weight yourself for a month. On day 30, weight yourself in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after the morning..... release. one of three siturations will occure.
1: You will gain weight - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~200 and repeat the above for one month.
2: You will maintain - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~100-200 and repeat the above step for another month
3: You will lose weight - If you lost weight, continue on doing what your doing so long as your intent is to lose weight.
This is a healthy maintainable weightloss program. It doesn't matter what you eat, don't worry so much when you eat. Just weigh in once a month and move on from there. The only extra thing I would suggest is try not to eat too much bloating foods in the few days before weigh in, you don't want foods stuck in your stomach and intestines to skew your results
Just my two cents...
where did you come up with 2200 calories a day for the OP? I don't see how you can just assign an arbitrary number to someone and say eat this for a month and then if you gain well just start reducing it….seems like a way to set the OP up for failure…
Did you even read steps 1 through 3? Please tell me how this will set her up to fail? It's the basic principal of weight loss without over convoluting the process as so many on MFP do. Eat at a caloric value for a while, not losing, eat less.
Yes I did, and going by her stats you just set her up for a 4 week bulk. Like I said your "method" is ok, but the 2200 calories is going to start her out way too high.0 -
Many people on here will recommend checking out your IIFYM etc blah blah blah. It all work and is good, but I find my method a bit easier to follow. It's a slow healthy more sustainable approach.
Weigh yourself and record your starting weight in MFP. Start at a basic calorie value of 2200. Now, log on to mfp and log every bit of calorie you intake, do not log your exercises at all, only foods and liquids!!! Keep your calories within the same ~50cal range every day and do not weight yourself for a month. On day 30, weight yourself in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after the morning..... release. one of three siturations will occure.
1: You will gain weight - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~200 and repeat the above for one month.
2: You will maintain - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~100-200 and repeat the above step for another month
3: You will lose weight - If you lost weight, continue on doing what your doing so long as your intent is to lose weight.
This is a healthy maintainable weightloss program. It doesn't matter what you eat, don't worry so much when you eat. Just weigh in once a month and move on from there. The only extra thing I would suggest is try not to eat too much bloating foods in the few days before weigh in, you don't want foods stuck in your stomach and intestines to skew your results
Just my two cents...
where did you come up with 2200 calories a day for the OP? I don't see how you can just assign an arbitrary number to someone and say eat this for a month and then if you gain well just start reducing it….seems like a way to set the OP up for failure…
I agree with this^^^^
I think you have the right idea but randomly giving a starting calorie goal and then having someone stick to it for a month is kind of reckless. How would this help the OP if she in fact gains 4 or 5 pounds in that month? I do agree however that she should stick to a calorie goal and adjust as needed but I think you may be jumping the gun on this one...
She's been netting ~1600 calories, if this is acurate and her logging remains accurate, then she would at most gain just over a lb... which shouldn't exactly be a game changer. 2200 was a type, I meant 2000 becasue it is the FDA benchmark and is generally a good starting point.0 -
Many people on here will recommend checking out your IIFYM etc blah blah blah. It all work and is good, but I find my method a bit easier to follow. It's a slow healthy more sustainable approach.
Weigh yourself and record your starting weight in MFP. Start at a basic calorie value of 2200. Now, log on to mfp and log every bit of calorie you intake, do not log your exercises at all, only foods and liquids!!! Keep your calories within the same ~50cal range every day and do not weight yourself for a month. On day 30, weight yourself in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after the morning..... release. one of three siturations will occure.
1: You will gain weight - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~200 and repeat the above for one month.
2: You will maintain - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~100-200 and repeat the above step for another month
3: You will lose weight - If you lost weight, continue on doing what your doing so long as your intent is to lose weight.
This is a healthy maintainable weightloss program. It doesn't matter what you eat, don't worry so much when you eat. Just weigh in once a month and move on from there. The only extra thing I would suggest is try not to eat too much bloating foods in the few days before weigh in, you don't want foods stuck in your stomach and intestines to skew your results
Just my two cents...
where did you come up with 2200 calories a day for the OP? I don't see how you can just assign an arbitrary number to someone and say eat this for a month and then if you gain well just start reducing it….seems like a way to set the OP up for failure…
Did you even read steps 1 through 3? Please tell me how this will set her up to fail? It's the basic principal of weight loss without over convoluting the process as so many on MFP do. Eat at a caloric value for a while, not losing, eat less.
Yes I did, and going by her stats you just set her up for a 4 week bulk. Like I said your "method" is ok, but the 2200 calories is going to start her out way too high.
exactly if I ate 2200 for a month I would gain weight....almost 2lbs actually...
MFP method is not conoluted..you enter your stats, your goals and it gives you what your caloric needs are to get to your goals without exercise. You eat back exercise calories. Easy Peazy.0 -
Her stats suggest that at a light activity, her TDEE would be 2000-2100 depending on age (I'm guestimating between 25-50 give or take). Even at 2200 she would only gain 1/3 a lb so long as she maintained "light activity"0
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I'm a 31 year old female, medium build but most defiantly a pear shape with a bit if a belly from c section. This is my second attempt at my fitness pal. I joined in July last year, the usual 1200 calories and gym 3-4 hours a week plus active job ( I walk for 12 hours straight 3 days a week) initially I lost weight, 17 lb and was happy but hit a plateau and 6 weeks later the scales were still not shifting. I bought a food scale and began weighing my food and managed to kick start things again then I had a bad week, nights out, takeaway etc and the scale didn't move for a little while and I got a bit disheartened, then mid October I broke a bone in my foot, continued trying to go to the gym for several weeks but couldn't manage a decent workout, this coincided with me having 3 weeks holidays at work and then we was well into December when I just thought sod it. I closed my account and opened a new one on 2nd January and I've been really trying again, but In all honesty I'm not as motivated finding it hard and the scale doesn't seem to be moving, my weigh in day is a Friday but I got on the scales this morning and I've actually put 3 lb on since last Friday, I've been through my diary, I can't see that it's sodium related, I'm mid cycle so it's not that either. Am I just impatient? I guess I just need some pointers and reassurance that I'm on the right track.
I started this journey at 194lb last July and as of today I'm 181lb it just seems like so much effort for such a little loss. This time round I'm eating at 1400 calories even though myfitness pal suggests I eat at 1200. I'm doing elliptical for 30 mins on a random hill program machine says I burn 460 then I'm walking uphill on treadmill at a speed of 6.2 gradient 6.0 for 20 mins this gives me a 240 calorie burn so 700 in total but I'm only logging it at 350. I do eat prob 1/2-2/3 of these 350 calories back. I'm 5ft 3.
Would any of you kind people please have a look at my diary and see if everything looks ok
You said this..."but In all honesty I'm not as motivated".
Maybe that is what you need to look at. It might make all the difference.0 -
Ok I think between you all I've figured it out. I plugged my details into a TDEE calculator and it seems that those days I do not work, (4 days of the week) I may not burn much more than my BMR as I am very sedentary (apart from the gym for 60 minutes on these nights) so if I follow your advise not to log my exercise it seems that maybe 4 days of the week I have been over eating by around 300 calories, this is probably off set by the days I do work as I don't sit down for 12 hours and am constantly walking and these days I have been sticking to 1400 as I'm not doing 'exercise' as such so I'm probably just eating at a small deficit over the entire week.
I plan to stick to 1400 for the rest of the month not to count exercise calories and be completely truthful with every morsel that I eat and will report back .
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I pretty much ignored the rest of your "steps" because you assigned an arbitrary number to OP based on absolutely nothing....Not sure why you would recommend someone do something that will have them gain weight and then feel even worse about themselves....I mean sure, they will eventually lose in six months as they reduce calories by 200 a month but why even put them in that position to start with? OP has already calculated caloric needs at around 1400 a month, so why not start there?Many people on here will recommend checking out your IIFYM etc blah blah blah. It all work and is good, but I find my method a bit easier to follow. It's a slow healthy more sustainable approach.
Weigh yourself and record your starting weight in MFP. Start at a basic calorie value of 2200. Now, log on to mfp and log every bit of calorie you intake, do not log your exercises at all, only foods and liquids!!! Keep your calories within the same ~50cal range every day and do not weight yourself for a month. On day 30, weight yourself in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after the morning..... release. one of three siturations will occure.
1: You will gain weight - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~200 and repeat the above for one month.
2: You will maintain - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~100-200 and repeat the above step for another month
3: You will lose weight - If you lost weight, continue on doing what your doing so long as your intent is to lose weight.
This is a healthy maintainable weightloss program. It doesn't matter what you eat, don't worry so much when you eat. Just weigh in once a month and move on from there. The only extra thing I would suggest is try not to eat too much bloating foods in the few days before weigh in, you don't want foods stuck in your stomach and intestines to skew your results
Just my two cents...
where did you come up with 2200 calories a day for the OP? I don't see how you can just assign an arbitrary number to someone and say eat this for a month and then if you gain well just start reducing it….seems like a way to set the OP up for failure…
Did you even read steps 1 through 3? Please tell me how this will set her up to fail? It's the basic principal of weight loss without over convoluting the process as so many on MFP do. Eat at a caloric value for a while, not losing, eat less.0 -
Many people on here will recommend checking out your IIFYM etc blah blah blah. It all work and is good, but I find my method a bit easier to follow. It's a slow healthy more sustainable approach.
Weigh yourself and record your starting weight in MFP. Start at a basic calorie value of 2200. Now, log on to mfp and log every bit of calorie you intake, do not log your exercises at all, only foods and liquids!!! Keep your calories within the same ~50cal range every day and do not weight yourself for a month. On day 30, weight yourself in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after the morning..... release. one of three siturations will occure.
1: You will gain weight - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~200 and repeat the above for one month.
2: You will maintain - If you do, lower your daily caloric value by ~100-200 and repeat the above step for another month
3: You will lose weight - If you lost weight, continue on doing what your doing so long as your intent is to lose weight.
This is a healthy maintainable weightloss program. It doesn't matter what you eat, don't worry so much when you eat. Just weigh in once a month and move on from there. The only extra thing I would suggest is try not to eat too much bloating foods in the few days before weigh in, you don't want foods stuck in your stomach and intestines to skew your results
Just my two cents...
where did you come up with 2200 calories a day for the OP? I don't see how you can just assign an arbitrary number to someone and say eat this for a month and then if you gain well just start reducing it….seems like a way to set the OP up for failure…
I agree with this^^^^
I think you have the right idea but randomly giving a starting calorie goal and then having someone stick to it for a month is kind of reckless. How would this help the OP if she in fact gains 4 or 5 pounds in that month? I do agree however that she should stick to a calorie goal and adjust as needed but I think you may be jumping the gun on this one...
She's been netting ~1600 calories, if this is acurate and her logging remains accurate, then she would at most gain just over a lb... which shouldn't exactly be a game changer. 2200 was a type, I meant 2000 becasue it is the FDA benchmark and is generally a good starting point.
you recommend an 800 calorie a day increase. By my math 800 * 7 = 5600 extras calorie a week which is a 1.6 pound per week gain, over a month this would be just about a 7 pound gain....
she would only gain a pound in four weeks if calories were increased by about 115 a day....0 -
Her stats suggest that at a light activity, her TDEE would be 2000-2100 depending on age (I'm guestimating between 25-50 give or take). Even at 2200 she would only gain 1/3 a lb so long as she maintained "light activity"
25 to 50???? that is a pretty big range...LOLZ0 -
I'll never understand the people who advise someone not losing at 1400 calories to eat 2000+ calories in order to lose weight. For all "calories in, calories out" is thrown around on this forum (which, don't get me wrong, I'm on board with), it seems that "eat more to lose more" is thrown around just as much, and yet on their face they're contradictory statements. Yes, there are situations where elevated cortisol levels can cause weight loss, but I'd be willing to wager that people who undereat to the point their weight loss stalls are fairly rare, and more likely people are simply underestimating what they eat and overestimating what they burn.0
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So, I suggested to eat at her TDEE based on the stats she provided, and slowely adjust accordingly every few weeks, and you all disagree? You do know this is almost verbatum what the TDEE calculator site recommends.
No exercise/desk job
BMR: 1507
TDEE: 1808
3 Days activity
BMR: 1507
TDEE: 2072
Disregarding the actual macros that is:
"After following these IIFYM Macro Calculator macros consistently for 4 weeks you should notice a change in weight of physical appearance. If you do not notice any changes, your total calories may be too high, or in some rare cases too low, and you will need to be adjusted accordingly. If you do need to adjust your calories we suggest manipulating carbs by no more than 10 grams per week, until you see the scale move, or you see physical changes in your body.There is no need to reduce carbs/calories and more if you are seeing results."0 -
If my goal is to lose weight, why should I eat at my estimated TDEE?0
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My recomendation was to start there, and adjust accordingly until it falls in line. I was providing advice more to the structure of how to proceed in the long run.0
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So, I suggested to eat at her TDEE based on the stats she provided, and slowely adjust accordingly every few weeks, and you all disagree? You do know this is almost verbatum what the TDEE calculator site recommends.
No exercise/desk job
BMR: 1507
TDEE: 1808
3 Days activity
BMR: 1507
TDEE: 2072
Disregarding the actual macros that is:
"After following these IIFYM Macro Calculator macros consistently for 4 weeks you should notice a change in weight of physical appearance. If you do not notice any changes, your total calories may be too high, or in some rare cases too low, and you will need to be adjusted accordingly. If you do need to adjust your calories we suggest manipulating carbs by no more than 10 grams per week, until you see the scale move, or you see physical changes in your body. There is no need to reduce carbs/calories and more if you are seeing results."
Who wants to eat their TDEE for a month and see how it goes?? The point of this site is to lose weight and every TDEE calculator I've ever seen tells you to start with a 15% deficit.... besides the fact that you typo'd OP into a 100+ calorie surplus0
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