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Thanks I just found that posts are marked.0
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I am new to this and I loved your post! Thanks for taking the time to inform everyone of what you have learned!0
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Great post, thanks for sharing.0
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bump.0
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This is great.
and HAHAHAHA point 15) 1200 calories butthurt!
YES YES YES! lol0 -
Thank you so much! I cannot tell you how much this helped me yesterday. I am new, and I was starving at 1200/day.
I upped my caloric intake from 1200 to 1420 (after I found out my TDEE and subtracted 15%, this was the number I got). I changed my goals in MFP to reflect my new number, and at the end of the day when I clicked that I was all done I got a message saying "at this rate, you will be 127lbs in 5 weeks!" which is exactly what I weighed when I started 2 weeks ago.
Should I just ignore that little message? It is very disheartening!0 -
Should I just ignore that little message? It is very disheartening!
it's just an estimate. if your weight hasn't changed after 6 weeks, then adjust.0 -
Awesome- thank you so much again!!!0
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Thank you for your beautiful post!
Anyway, I cheked both with MFP and the link you gave, and, sadly, they both suggested me about 1200 cals
Sometimes, if you are small, sedentary, just a bit more 1300 IS the BMR, and TDEE-20% give exactly (give or take) between 1200 and your BMR.
Anyway, 1200 IS too little for me, I will shortly increase at 1300. And if I loose slowly, well, I don't care so long as I loose0 -
10 is great, the forums are more for entertainment it seems than real knowledge. Everything thinks they know the best and no one wants a real discussion.
You should add something about, "ignore the stupid estimate."
I like that I ate 1200 though, it let me see how many calories I was eating and what I didnt' need. I didn't starve from it, I just changed how I eat and it was easy enough. I added back in my workout calories though, if I ate only 1200 and worked out I would have been starving. My hunger needs have changed so now I feel like I am hungry for what I really need to eat, I grew up with the 'eat it all!" generation so my hunger and what I REALLY needed were not in line. I have not gained back a lot of weight when I went up because I didn't start eating the overbloated calories I use too. I learned better and trained my body.0 -
Nominated for "sticky" status, this post is awesome, OP!1
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Saved!0
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Waittttttttt a minute!! lol, so this is basically saying that those 1200 calories i "should" be eating I really shouldn't be eating??? How do we find the accurate calories then??0
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What is TDEE?0
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Waittttttttt a minute!! lol, so this is basically saying that those 1200 calories i "should" be eating I really shouldn't be eating??? How do we find the accurate calories then??0
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What is TDEE?
effecrtively, basal metabolic rate (how much your body consumes to make magic things like organ function happen) + calories burned by your day to day stuff.. moving around, walking, working out, posting on forums.0 -
Where's the sticky for this?
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Where's the sticky for this?
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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition0 -
Thank you, wise bearded one!0
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