New and lost already!

You have figured your BMR according to your HRM now you have to create a 250-500 calorie deficit so you would eat 1500-1600 calories -- if you exercise you would eat those as well. Make sense?

Hi, my name is Amy. First of all, how are you burning that many calories per day. Is it just by walking, cuz I that is a whole lot of calories burned. Second of all, when you put in that you want to lose 2 lbs. per week (or 1 kg) that amount is already subtracted from your daily expected calories. So, if you eat what they expect you to eat (the 1200 calories), that is what you should eat after they already subtracted the 1,000 calories per day from your resting metabolic rate which is the amount of calories you would have to eat if you wanted to stay the weight that you already are. That's why they tell you to eat your exercise calories, because they have already subtracted 1,000 per day which would equal 7,000 less calories eaten per week which would equal a 2 lb. weight loss. I know this all sounds confusing right.:noway:

I was just wondering, are you going by the HRM when it says you are burning 2,000 cals per day? I have read that if you are always walking that amount on a daily basis that your body gets conditioned to that amount of activity making it your normal daily activity. What this means is that because you always move like this on a daily basis, it may no longer be a viable form of exercise for your body, so you won't lose weight from just that alone. I walk all day long at work, and I managed to gain a lot of weight despite walking for almost 8 hours in a row every day. My body was so used to that, that now I had to actually do cardio & aerobics in addition to all the walking I do in order to lose weight. I hope this helps somehow.

you have to eat those exercise calories or you risk going into starvation mode

Ok--look--let me try to explain here.

Your BMR isn't what you look at (I'm saying that a lot lately and don't understand why all of sudden so many people seem to be getting hooked onto BMR but I digress and don't mean to sound grouchy) BUT

BMR is what your body requires on a daily basis to maintain your current weight IF you basically were in a coma and doing nothing but lying there breathing.

MFP takes your BMR, and then calculates another number (some refer to as RMR) based upon your activity level--THAT IS THE NUMBER YOU NEED TO LOOK AT. That number is found on your "Goals" page.

Imalio--if you're doing a lot of walking as part of your daily basis, you should NOT count them as exercise. You should instead increase your activity level so they are counted as part of your daily lifestyle calorie burn. Otherwise, you risk overeating.

Ranhound--YES, eat your exercise calories or you risk going into starvation mode. MFP already builds in a caloric deficit for you into your daily calories allowance that will allow you to lose (x) amount of pounds per (x) amount of time based upon your activity level (daily); not eating your exercise calories would simply increase your calories deficit and risk damaging your body and putting you into starvation mode--which is BAD.

Please, both of you, read the posts linked below! They answer all these questions and so very many more!



http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/6556-the-answers-to-the-questions

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/post/new/9614-newbies-please-read-me

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10665-newbies-please-read-me-2nd-edition

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/6832-eating-all-of-your-calories-bmr

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/8977-your-body-s-thoughts-on-calories

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/9433-expectations

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/777-why-is-starvation-mode-so-bad

Bumpin this:yawn: