Sedentary
hummingbirdhope
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I'm 5'4 female 24 years old. 105ish lb
If I spent the entire day in bed m, hypothetically 1500 cal would not make me gain?
If I spent the entire day in bed m, hypothetically 1500 cal would not make me gain?
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Not sure I want to touch this one....0
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redfisher1974 wrote: »Not sure I want to touch this one....
don't make eye contact, just back away slowly.0 -
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Um..0
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Are you asking if that's your bmr...?0
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I think it is supposed to be the weight x10. Hypothetically it would be 1050 calories, but that is without taking any exercise into account. Since getting out of bed is not considered exercise, but is considered part of a sedentary lifestyle (notice under "goals" it said "spends most of the day sitting", not all day laying down), I would say you are SOL if you think that will fly. Just sayin....-1
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Depends - what you are doing in bed?0
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At 5'9 170 if I sit at my computer on a gaming binge I burn about 1800, I would assume that if I were actually laying down it would go down considerably... If I didn't get up at all I'm pretty sure it would go down further... and I have you by 60 pounds, 7 inches, and probably higher muscle mass as I have a physical job which keeps me burning around 3500 calories a day.0
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OP, you should totally ask your doctor.0
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hummingbirdhope wrote: »I'm 5'4 female 24 years old. 105ish lb
If I spent the entire day in bed m, hypothetically 1500 cal would not make me gain?
Are you looking for your BMR? If so, you can use an online BMR calculator. Here's the one I use:
http://www.fat2fittools.com/tools/bmr/
Using your info, your BMR is 1300. That's what you would burn doing nothing but laying in bed all day. However, since none of us do that, you ought to look at your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). If you are generally sedentary, that number is 1560 calories. If you're looking to maintain (since this is the maintenance forum) then you should be eating at least that much every day - more if you are exercising.0 -
hummingbirdhope wrote: »I'm 5'4 female 24 years old. 105ish lb
If I spent the entire day in bed m, hypothetically 1500 cal would not make me gain?
Hi, we have the exact same age and stats! I'm going to be maintaining from mid-Jan 2015, hopefully at 105-110lbs. I'm going to aim for 1550 cals a day which is the same as your bmr. Mind if I add you?
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5stringjeff wrote: »hummingbirdhope wrote: »I'm 5'4 female 24 years old. 105ish lb
If I spent the entire day in bed m, hypothetically 1500 cal would not make me gain?
Are you looking for your BMR? If so, you can use an online BMR calculator. Here's the one I use:
http://www.fat2fittools.com/tools/bmr/
Using your info, your BMR is 1300. That's what you would burn doing nothing but laying in bed all day. However, since none of us do that, you ought to look at your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). If you are generally sedentary, that number is 1560 calories. If you're looking to maintain (since this is the maintenance forum) then you should be eating at least that much every day - more if you are exercising.
Hi jeff, thanks a lot for posting this link. I'm new to maintenance and had never heard of BMR, so I found it v useful.
Luckily, at loss I was eating 1350 which is what the BMR calculator recommended for loss based on my sedentary lifestyle (and what you described based on the hypothetical "lying in bed all day" scenario... I sit in the house all day studying at the moment so it's really not that different!)
My BMR for maintenance is exactly the same as what MFP recommends, so I'm happy to be starting out on the right track!
How many cals per day do you maintain at?
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Are you planning on doing this? The results will be interesting.0
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Welcome to life, everybody has lazy days and sick days and me days where they stay home all day you most likely won't gain any weight.0
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amy0louise wrote: »5stringjeff wrote: »hummingbirdhope wrote: »I'm 5'4 female 24 years old. 105ish lb
If I spent the entire day in bed m, hypothetically 1500 cal would not make me gain?
Are you looking for your BMR? If so, you can use an online BMR calculator. Here's the one I use:
http://www.fat2fittools.com/tools/bmr/
Using your info, your BMR is 1300. That's what you would burn doing nothing but laying in bed all day. However, since none of us do that, you ought to look at your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). If you are generally sedentary, that number is 1560 calories. If you're looking to maintain (since this is the maintenance forum) then you should be eating at least that much every day - more if you are exercising.
Hi jeff, thanks a lot for posting this link. I'm new to maintenance and had never heard of BMR, so I found it v useful.
Luckily, at loss I was eating 1350 which is what the BMR calculator recommended for loss based on my sedentary lifestyle (and what you described based on the hypothetical "lying in bed all day" scenario... I sit in the house all day studying at the moment so it's really not that different!)
My BMR for maintenance is exactly the same as what MFP recommends, so I'm happy to be starting out on the right track!
How many cals per day do you maintain at?
Hey Amy. Sorry, I just now saw this post. At 6'4" and 182 pounds, I maintain at ~2300 calories per day. I have a desk job and am not generally active outside of the gym, so I use the sedentary activity level and log my exercise.
You should be eating at TDEE, not BMR. If you're generally sedentary, use the sedentary activity level TDEE as your calorie level to maintain.0 -
5stringjeff wrote: »amy0louise wrote: »5stringjeff wrote: »hummingbirdhope wrote: »I'm 5'4 female 24 years old. 105ish lb
If I spent the entire day in bed m, hypothetically 1500 cal would not make me gain?
Are you looking for your BMR? If so, you can use an online BMR calculator. Here's the one I use:
http://www.fat2fittools.com/tools/bmr/
Using your info, your BMR is 1300. That's what you would burn doing nothing but laying in bed all day. However, since none of us do that, you ought to look at your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). If you are generally sedentary, that number is 1560 calories. If you're looking to maintain (since this is the maintenance forum) then you should be eating at least that much every day - more if you are exercising.
Hi jeff, thanks a lot for posting this link. I'm new to maintenance and had never heard of BMR, so I found it v useful.
Luckily, at loss I was eating 1350 which is what the BMR calculator recommended for loss based on my sedentary lifestyle (and what you described based on the hypothetical "lying in bed all day" scenario... I sit in the house all day studying at the moment so it's really not that different!)
My BMR for maintenance is exactly the same as what MFP recommends, so I'm happy to be starting out on the right track!
How many cals per day do you maintain at?
Hey Amy. Sorry, I just now saw this post. At 6'4" and 182 pounds, I maintain at ~2300 calories per day. I have a desk job and am not generally active outside of the gym, so I use the sedentary activity level and log my exercise.
You should be eating at TDEE, not BMR. If you're generally sedentary, use the sedentary activity level TDEE as your calorie level to maintain.
Oh ok that's good to know, thanks very much for your help! 0 -
Life is unpredictable. You can go from active to sedentary in a flash. It's possible to lose weight and hopefully maintain during sedentary periods. For me viewing my limited food allowance as medicine and choosing carefully. Using limited active periods to get in modest dog walks, overdue chores & a bit of weights as exercise has worked.
Took half a year to lose 14#s yet I finally succeded. Now the trick will be to stay here with all my lovely "new" friends - 2 boxes of forgotten clothes and continue to work towards peak wellness.0 -
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According to the calculator above I could eat 1724 for maintenance and 1379 for weight loss. That's 179 calories more than MFP for weight loss and a generous amount for maintenance. I could live with that if it's true. This is first concrete answer to what should I aim for in maintenance. Thank you.0
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There are no concrete answers with calorie calculators. The term calculator is inaccurate. They should be called calorie estimators. A calorie calculator will give you a ball park estimate of the calories you require.Notreadytoquit wrote: »This is first concrete answer to what should I aim for in maintenance.
To fine tune your number your need to test the estimate. Eat at 1724 for about eight weeks and then reevaluate your progress. If you gain, dial the cals back by 150 cals and retest. If you lose, add 150 cals and retest. Eventually you'll find a number that is accurate for you. The key to testing your number is consistency with activity level and diet (accurate tracking).0 -
Way to complicated. I think I will take it one day at a time and see where I land. Constincey in activity level is not the hand I was dealt. It's just fun now to be able to eat more & have days I'm prompted by MFP to do so.0
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