My Exercise Regime - Newbie on MFP

Catfriend25
Catfriend25 Posts: 95
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone! I'm excited to join My Fitness Pal and look forward to reading about and being inspired by others' exercise and healthy living, as well as sharing my own exercise journey.

My exercise every day looks like this: Insanity in the morning, walking and cycling after lunch, 30 Day Shred in the afternoon, Ewa Chodakowska's Killer (45 minute workout, kind of like a Polish version of Insanity but definitely not as bad). I am considering adding swimming to my afternoons. I only work one day a week, so I have plenty of time for exercise and it's one of my life priorities.

I would like to lose weight, but I don't think that the calorie deficit model works for me. I usually 1500 calories a day, sometimes slightly less, and my BMR according to Scooby is approximately 1300 calories. The calories I burn a day are:

Insanity (100 cal)
30 Day Shred (400 cal)
Killer (600 cal)
Walking at least 30 min (at least 100 cal)
Cycling (I don't know number of calories)

Based on the calorie deficit theory, I should have lost loads of weight by now, but ever since I went from a completely sedentary lifestyle to intense exercising, my weight has not budged by a single pound! With that said, I believe the dynamics of weight loss are much more complicated than calories in, calories out. I hope that I somehow will lose some weight, but if I don't...well, I'll survive =)

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  • Heartcorecuteness
    Heartcorecuteness Posts: 19
    It looks like you're burning far too many calories! Make sure you eat back the calories from exercise otherwise your body will hold onto the fat you want to lose!
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    sorry, the laws of physics apply to everyone equally. you're not special.

    it sound like you are going a bit too "gung ho" with your exercise and not eating enough calories. that can lead to all sorts of unintended consequences with your hormones, including those related to stress and appetite. your body is still burning calories for energy, but those hormonal changes can also be affecting your BMR.

    additionally, if you don't truly know your actual BMR and are just using a calculator, your numbers may be way off. some people are just outliers. you need to log and track accurately over a period of at least a couple of months and check your actual results against your expected results to see what error margin there is.

    finally, if you're not weighing and logging all of your food properly, you could be severely underestimating your "calorie in" side of the equation.

    there are other factors that could be contributing as well, but those are the first 3 to look at...
  • Catfriend25
    Catfriend25 Posts: 95
    Heart, ah, yes, I am making sure to eat enough, thank You for your advice <3

    Brainy, oh so You think I might be exercising too much? Yeah probably, I mean, I was sedentary before and now I'm exercising all the time haha.
  • ElvenToad
    ElvenToad Posts: 644 Member
    You just said you are making sure to eat enough.

    Eating 1500 or slightly less then burning 1200 is not eating enough.

    You are only netting 300 or less and that is only if you don't burn the extra that you mention.

    The answer you are looking for is you need to eat more food. Take your TDEE and minus a reasonable deficit.

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