site tells me to eat almost 3k cals a day,,,but I eat half that and still dont loose
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Newday....doesnt matter,,,thats what I put on it...
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I'm going to say get a food scale and measure every morsel. And if your logging turns out to be accurate, you need to see a doctor just to make sure there's not some kind of issue. Good luck!0
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frob...one tablespoon of dry is NOT 14g's it's 6 I just measured it0
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Your gadgets may be over estimating your burns? Have you updated your weight on those tools since you maybe weighed more?0
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I dont eat 2 tblspoons...I eat 1...today I had 2 because my wfe mixed another 1 in my bean burger...I hope we realize that adding 5 or 10 cals here and there is NOT going to make up the 1000 or more the site says im under everyday
The entry you are using is for cooked oatmeal that fits on a tablespoon. You are measuring it dry, not cooked. According to the USDA there is 120 calories in an ounce of dry oatmeal, so there is 60 calories in your one tablespoon, not 9. If you are choosing entries in the database that are incorrect, and are using cups and spoons instead of weighing on a scale, the combination of the two could be hiding hundreds of calories a day.
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Also 1 tablespoon dry does NOT = 7 tablespoons wet.....not even close0
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I dont eat 2 tblspoons...I eat 1...today I had 2 because my wfe mixed another 1 in my bean burger...I hope we realize that adding 5 or 10 cals here and there is NOT going to make up the 1000 or more the site says im under everyday
The problem isn't just with 1 inaccurate food, it's with multiple. If you're not weighing your food with a food scale, you are probably eating more than you think. Even that shaving of cheese, that ear of corn with lite butter... everything. Because you're using guesses, measuring cups, etc.... which are not accurate by any means.
Start by logging accurately... because barring any medical issues, this is where your problem lies.
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I dont eat 2 tblspoons...I eat 1...today I had 2 because my wfe mixed another 1 in my bean burger...I hope we realize that adding 5 or 10 cals here and there is NOT going to make up the 1000 or more the site says im under everyday
If you're off by an order of magnitude with one food, there's very likely systematic issues with how you log. And, regardless of how the oatmeal entered your mouth, 2 TBS (before cooking) of plain oatmeal is 120 calories, not 18. So many other entries in your log have obscenely low serving sizes and values. Less than 3g of cheese on a salad? Really?
You're eating way more than you are logging. Coupled with very little weight available to lose, and over-valuing the amount of energy out, of course you're not wasting away.0 -
I dont eat 2 tblspoons...I eat 1...today I had 2 because my wfe mixed another 1 in my bean burger...I hope we realize that adding 5 or 10 cals here and there is NOT going to make up the 1000 or more the site says im under everyday
You're consuming one tablespoon of dry oatmeal, but it becomes much more when it's cooked due to absorption of water. Same as with pasta and rice.
As everyone's saying, if you're absolutely 100% accurate with your logging (i.e. weighing every bit of food you make), then you should be losing.0 -
tell ya what...take 1 tbl spoon dry...add a small amt of water..put in microwave for 1 minute...tell me what you get..I do this EVERYDAY .....your weights and numbers are WAY off0
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Also like someone else posted, you aren't logging accurately, even based on the oatmeal information alone. And yes your posts are coming off a bit confrontational, maybe it's all the emphasis caps.
double check your stats to make sure that everything is accurate,age, height etc. sometimes people make silly mistakes.
If that's correct, get a food scale. Weigh all your dry foods and log them in grams.
Do NOT log your activity. Or if you do manually change calories burned to "1". This is because you've already accounted for it in your activity level.
Eat more protein. Eat. More. Protein.
Try eating at 1800 calories (properly logged) for 2 weeks.
Do these things. ALL of these things, for 2-3 weeks and track any changes.0 -
I have a digital food scale and I use it...thx0
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frob....where are you getting these numbers ?????????????? 2 tablespoons dry is 12 grams...no where near 120 cals.....its like 45 at the most0
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frob...nothing you have posted is correct....your cals are WAY off...0
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To the OP, I think you need to relax a bit. People are asking you questions as they are because it is important to know as much info as possible to be as helpful as possible.
These are two websites I like for estimating calorie needs, you can either estimate with exercise in which case you'd not log and eat back exercise, or you can log your pre-exercise needs and then log any activity you do and eat back calories.
health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advancedhttp://
exrx.net/Calculators/CalRequire.html
Subtract 20% if you have a fair bit to lose, but at your weight you probably don't need to lose weight. I'd assume you are after a body composition change, in which case a very small deficit will be better, something like 10-15% less than your estimated maintenance needs. Keep protein levels up (0.8g/total lbs can be a good start, I do 1g/lean body mass myself or a bit more) and weight train a few times a week, avoid over-training, and you may need to lessen how much hard cardio you do if msucle is a main priority for you.
As for the oats... I guess people are just wondering if you are measuring the 2tbsp dry, or if you are measuring that you have 2tbsp once cooked. Or, if you are measuring dry (which makes more sense for such a small amount), that you are using the dry nutritional info. Water will not change the calories. That being said, one serving of oatmeal for me is listed as 30g or 1/3 cup, 110 cals. Not sure how many tbsp that equals, but basically this means that you could be calculating your calories wrong.
Since you have some items at such low amounts, you might want to buy a food scale that weighs both dry and liquid items, in grams and oz. So when you make your breakfast oats, you can scoop out 2tbsp into a bowl and log the weight of the oats, see how that aligns to your current logging. Same for cheese, or any calorie dense item. e.g. the nuts you ate today, they may have been way heavier than is indicated by the nutrition info and nuts are very calorie dense. Or if you underestimate your oil.
you're also not consistent every day, which makes it harder for you to know if the amount you are eating is actualy working. Once a week going over/under by quite a bit, that's okay. It happens. But being so variable every day doesn't help.0 -
msharry...I changed my goals to "sed" which by no means am I...it still says im under...even adding and extra 200 calories if I had any errors....0
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At a sedentary setting I'm supposed to eat 1624 calories a day to lose weight. On 1200 I wasn't losing anything. For the last 11 days I've been trying to get as close to my recommended calories as possible, track my macros and stick to a 16:8 intermittent fasting plan. I've lost 8 pounds! Don't be scared of calories! My suggestion is to meet your calorie goal and check out a video by BioLayne on Youtube called Metabolic Damage.0
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