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  • shellen007
    shellen007 Posts: 23 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    I'm 6'4" 240 and I'm eating 1480 calories a day and getting a few runs in. If it's within your threshold, I say go for it.

    You're a male, this is not a good idea. You're adding back exercise calories right?

    No, I'm not. I'm listening to my body. I don't find myself in any way diminished, tired or overly hungry. I recover from workouts just as fast as I did when I was overeating.

    This times 100.

    So many people here seem convinced that they are accurately logging their calorie intake/expenditures (even though evidence suggests this is not the case), and then they complain when they don't see the results they want. Listen to your body. If you're not losing weight--unless you have an underlying medical issue--then you are not in a calorie deficit. Learn to accept that your MFP numbers simply aren't as accurate a you would like them to be, and if you are unhappy with your results, decrease your calorie intake and/or exercise more.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    Nobody can weigh 100% accurate. That is what most people forget in the first place.

    Even when you weigh every thing. Like i do. You dont get an a 100% accurate diary.
    But at least when you weigh its brought back to a minimum.

    The problem is for people who are planning towards a smaller deficit over estimate their burn and under estimate their calorie intake...and walla your eating at maintenance or even gaining weight.

    Now that can happen nothing to cry about, you just have to adjust a bit. Go down a bit with your calorie intake and see if it helps ( and not for one week but for some weeks) When it helps it means you were eating more than you thought.

    Everybody (with out a medical issue) is able to lose weight when they eat less calories than they burn.
    And even with a medical issue it is possible but slower loss etc.

    For me it is only logical...when you dont lose weight you are not in a deficit.
    IMHO
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