Will it be enough

44to32
44to32 Posts: 7
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Good morning, I'm new to the app and I have read some really inspirational things. As you can see I'm in the military and since I've been in I've been kind of thick. I have done the basic run, sit ups, and push ups just to get me by. Now, I want to change that. I want to be a little thinner and toned. I want to lose about 70 lbs. I will continue to run, do sit ups and push ups, but I'm adding in the Shaun T's T25. Has anyone ever done it? Will that be enough to help me reach my goal? I don't like lifting weights so I figure the T25 will help me get to where I want to be.

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  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    No amount of exercise will help unless you're in a caloric deficit.
  • JustWant2Run
    JustWant2Run Posts: 286 Member
    You need to eat at a deficit.
    Deficit meaning burning more calories (with everyday activities and exercises if you do some) than what you eat.
    No exercises will help if you eat too much.
  • AmbitiousButRubbish
    AmbitiousButRubbish Posts: 246 Member
    I am doing T25 right now and I tried to keep running and lift at the same time. T25 made me so sore at the start I had to stop running for 2 weeks. I am less sore now and am running and lifting again. T25 is awesome and I have seen a tone of difference in just the 5 weeks of the Alpha program.
  • JennaLynn0602
    JennaLynn0602 Posts: 1 Member
    I have been thinking of trying T25 too, however everything I've read about it says that it doesn't really help you lose weight just tone up. There are some great posts if you search fitness pal with pics from results, but they all say they lost very little, but toned up and built muscle so that makes sense since muscle weighs more than fat....
  • 44to32
    44to32 Posts: 7
    Training2BeFast wrote: »
    You need to eat at a deficit.
    Deficit meaning burning more calories (with everyday activities and exercises if you do some) than what you eat.
    No exercises will help if you eat too much.

    Okay, the app says I should eat 2330 calories a day and that I should but I should burn 4210 calories a week... So I'm a bit lost. Please help.
  • 44to32
    44to32 Posts: 7
    swansorp09 wrote: »
    I am doing T25 right now and I tried to keep running and lift at the same time. T25 made me so sore at the start I had to stop running for 2 weeks. I am less sore now and am running and lifting again. T25 is awesome and I have seen a tone of difference in just the 5 weeks of the Alpha program.

    I hear it's pretty intense. My dvds just came in this today. I can't wait to try it out. I'm not waiting until Monday to start; I'm starting today.

  • 44to32
    44to32 Posts: 7
    JennaLynn0602 wrote: »
    I have been thinking of trying T25 too, however everything I've read about it says that it doesn't really help you lose weight just tone up. There are some great posts if you search fitness pal with pics from results, but they all say they lost very little, but toned up and built muscle so that makes sense since muscle weighs more than fat....

    I've heard that too. I'll keep running to lose the weight and I'll use the T-25 to tone up.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    44to32 wrote: »
    Training2BeFast wrote: »
    You need to eat at a deficit.
    Deficit meaning burning more calories (with everyday activities and exercises if you do some) than what you eat.
    No exercises will help if you eat too much.

    Okay, the app says I should eat 2330 calories a day and that I should but I should burn 4210 calories a week... So I'm a bit lost. Please help.

    Go to the getting started forum and read the stickies would be a good idea - most of your questions will be answered....
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/getting-started

    BTW - it's saying eat 2330 plus exercise calories every day not a flat 2330.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    44to32 wrote: »
    Training2BeFast wrote: »
    You need to eat at a deficit.
    Deficit meaning burning more calories (with everyday activities and exercises if you do some) than what you eat.
    No exercises will help if you eat too much.

    Okay, the app says I should eat 2330 calories a day and that I should but I should burn 4210 calories a week... So I'm a bit lost. Please help.

    You input into MFP how much exercise you plan on doing, but it has no effect on how many calories you should eat as it gives you a deficit before exercise - on the basis you then eat back exercise cals.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    Why does that bad advice keep getting passed on?
    No, do not eat back exercise calories. (This is what my doctor & dietician told me.)
    First, most people underestimate what they eat.
    Second, most machines/calculators (including MFP) overestimate calories burned.
    Ignoring "net" or exercise calories more or less balances out those 2 errors.

    OP - for a couple weeks, log everything you eat so you have a baseline. Then to lose a pound a week subtract 500 cal per day. Exercise is a bonus toward weight loss, plus will make you look & feel better.

    The other approach is to eat 10x your healthy goal weight in calories. (That's total, not net, and again this is what my doctor & dietician told me.) When you get there, nudge the calories up until you stop losing. According to Harvard Medical School, that should be about 15 cal/lb if you're active 30 min per day.

    Here's a compilation of useful info & links, including sexypants.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-08-10-newbie-help-post-685689

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    MKEgal wrote: »
    Why does that bad advice keep getting passed on?
    No, do not eat back exercise calories. (This is what my doctor & dietician told me.)
    First, most people underestimate what they eat.
    Second, most machines/calculators (including MFP) overestimate calories burned.
    Ignoring "net" or exercise calories more or less balances out those 2 errors.

    OP - for a couple weeks, log everything you eat so you have a baseline. Then to lose a pound a week subtract 500 cal per day. Exercise is a bonus toward weight loss, plus will make you look & feel better.

    The other approach is to eat 10x your healthy goal weight in calories. (That's total, not net, and again this is what my doctor & dietician told me.) When you get there, nudge the calories up until you stop losing. According to Harvard Medical School, that should be about 15 cal/lb if you're active 30 min per day.

    Here's a compilation of useful info & links, including sexypants.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-08-10-newbie-help-post-685689

    51637601.png

    Talk about bad advice!
    MFP is not a TDEE calculator which is what your doctor and dietician are probably used to working with. MFP method is different (which you should understand by now!) but the two methods both work. In fact if done properly both will come up with similar calorie goals as one is estimating exercise burn in advance and the other one after the event.

    The TDEE method (probably) suits people best who have a regular routine and want to eat a similar amount every day. But that doesn't make it superior - just different.
    For me the TDEE method would be awful as my routine and exercise burns vary enormously.

    The only part of your post I fully agree with is adjusting calorie goal based on actual results - in many ways more important than how you come up with your initial goal.
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