Calorie intake... need to rant a bit

That is so true!! Like, when I dance, I have 3 classes on Saturdays, and what I do to even out my caloric intake is drink a Vitamin Water or 2 (usually I drink around 1 1/2), it makes up for some of what I burned! People need to realize that you need to put back in what you're taking out.

Thank you! This topic needs to be addressed pretty regularly it seems. I know a lot of new people join and get to eating too few calories and don't understand how it works.

When I don't workout...which is Mon, Wed, and Fri....I eat 1400 cals.

When I DO workout....Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun....I eat between 1800-1900 cals!

I am down 110 lbs (Had a maintain this week due to my "Monthly")....soo obviously it works! :laugh:

Eat people!! Food is your friend. Fat is your friend too if you eat the right kinds!!

Ok, I'm going to step off my soapbox now.
Thanks for listening.

*Claps* Bravo!!

NOW.....who will get on that soap box and tell women that lifting weights WILL NOT BULK YOU UP unless you try to bulk up!!! There have been far too many threads where women "are afraid of weight lifting". Weight lifting is so important to maintain your health! I have watched my elders become crippled from age and lack of muscle to move. They became trapped in a wheel chair because they no longer had the strength to move.

Please, ladies, don't listen to old ideas on weight loss and educate yourselves. On calorie intake, variety in cardio, and weight training. You'll thank yourselves :flowerforyou:

Oh gosh, a few months back I went into a TIRADE about this. I powerlift, so you can imagine my frustration when people-- even PERSONAL TRAINERS-- say that heavy lifting will 'add bulk'. Excuse me, but I am far from 'bulky'. :explode: Even when I lift to promote hypertrophy, it takes months and months to add 1/4 inch of muscle! I *wish* it was that easy to pack on slabs of muscle!

Yay!!!! You rock! I want to get to a point where I look (and may actually) like I compete. I think that unless you have those marshmellow looking muscles, it is so sexy to be strong and cut!! (No offense to the marshmellow muscles, though......:flowerforyou: )

i agree with you and it makes so much sense i dont understand why they dont get it.

this site is so great it makes me want to find more ways to excercise like weekends when the gym isnt open i have to find ways to do things to get me mroe food to eat other wise my deficit is too low with what im able to eat before my opp (when ever that will be) anyway i so far go walking to the different parks around my place with the kids on teh weekends hubby works and when he has weekend off i will start talking oldest son for a bike ride around the walkways we have here. although next weekend ill have to find new stuff again as we are off on a 6 week holiday so i have gym days planed out when we are near one and the others mmm ill have to work out once there lol realy could do with a heart rate monitor then i could work out all the calories ill burn off walking around all the shops and theme parks

i agree with you and it makes so much sense i dont understand why they dont get it.

I think some folks folks 'don't get it' simply because they've not yet been taught.....this thread as Tam shared needs to be brought up more...

a bump to the top of topics always help folks to see what they may have missed.:drinker:

I doubt anyone is doing this in anything but ignorance of knowlege...there of course will be ppl that are very restrictive and still in a diet mentality because that's what society throws at women..especially...but men too of course, hopefully being on this site they will realize the importance of breaking free from that.

. When threads like this are started folks are able to chose to make healthier decisions by gaining the knowledge that is shared here.

Thank you for that...:drinker:

I think patience and repeated posts like this will get the word out more...

Thanks for creating this thread....I'm sure many will have opened eyes...and others may rant...'they don't they"...yadda yadda yadda...lol But we only know what we know until we are taught differently......

I am new to this site...2 weeks now...I really never understood the calorie in calorie out...excercise thing until it was broken down more and explained...this thread helped me understand the importance of it even more.

I too am someone that is having a tough time getting all my calories in each day (yes, it's true I'm one of 'those people' mentioned up above...

. Junk food adds up quickly regarding calories....but I eat very healthy now and get in plenty of water...and I don't find it adds the calories near as far of course..I eat 5-6 meals a day and in time I'm sure I will be able to learn how to increae them.

For now though...I do the very best I know how...have yet to add my excercise into the section....perhaps because I'm afraid of how I'm going to be able to eat yet more calories than I am now and I can't imagine how I am going to do that..

Nope not trying to starve myself..I eat very healthy and workout 5-6 days a week for 2-3 hours each time. It varies but includes Yoga, water aerobics, weight training (2-3 weekly), pilates and what ever else looks appealing and comes up as a new class at my fitness center.

Just some thoughts from someone that is still learning...please be patient & tolerant with us, as patience goes along ways ...more so than getting upset with us or being astounded with us....many of us are relearning how to eat again in the proper way.

...the whole theory of eating when not hungry is difficult when you try all your life to follow what society teaches on 'only eat when you are hungy'....OMG....I am NEVER hungry....I've very satisfied with what I eat...but will work on creating higher calorie choices for snacks...and see how that works.

Thanks for starting the orignal post in the thread:flowerforyou: :drinker:

Thank you! This topic needs to be addressed pretty regularly it seems. I know a lot of new people join and get to eating too few calories and don't understand how it works.

When I don't workout...which is Mon, Wed, and Fri....I eat 1400 cals.

When I DO workout....Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun....I eat between 1800-1900 cals!

I am down 110 lbs (Had a maintain this week due to my "Monthly")....soo obviously it works! :laugh:

Eat people!! Food is your friend. Fat is your friend too if you eat the right kinds!!

Thanks for the break down you use...what's your height Tam?:flowerforyou:

I'm 5'5"

Please realize that when MyFitnessPal is setting up your calories that it creates a base intake... that intake is based on how many calories you burn at rest (meaning, if you laid in bed all day and didn't do a darn thing) and THEN it takes the deficit to tell you what you'd need to consume to lose a pound (or two) per week... if you just laid in bed all day.

So, if I laid in bed all day then I'd only need about 1270 calories to create a deficit... but guess what? I don't lay in bed all day... and I'm sure you don't either.

I'm so glad you started this thread. I thought that maybe I was the only one who felt like the # of calories recommend by the site was a little off. I work out with a personal trainer three times a week, and he has me eating 2300 calories per day (just got bumped up from 1747:bigsmile: )

My gym has a Polar Body Age machine that does a 4 part body assessment (cardiovascular fitness level, bicep strength, flexibility, body composition) and reccomends the # of calories you should consume each day. The # of calories is based upon your lean mass to fat mass ratio...the higher your lean mass, the more calories you can eat because your body will burn more calories at rest. Currently, I weight197 lbs and my body composition is 71.8% lean to 28.2% fat. My basal metabolic rate is 2099 and it is recommended that I eat 2313 calories each day (an extra 630 calories is added to my BMR because that's how many calories my body should burn by processing food and through normal daily activities). I know that sounds like a lot of calories, but when I eat less, I stop losing weight.

My gym (Gold's) makes the Body Age machine accessible to all of it's members. If anyone else has access to this service, I strongly recommend getting a body profile done so you will know what YOUR body needs!

:flowerforyou: bump

:drinker: well worth a bumpity bump 100 more times!! Though no worries..:laugh: I'll do them one at a time!