Has any women lost any weight eating 1600 calories a day?
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Unfortunately, my BMR is 1200. That's not happening for me.0
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atypicalsmith wrote: »newstart1988 wrote: »newstart1988 wrote: »this is so confusing everyone is saying the opposite of what I researched and been told by others. now I don't know how many calories to eat :-/
What? What have you been told? Can you back it up with scientific studies because 90% of dietary information, tabloid coverage, weight loss books and programmes and well meaning friend advice is simply nonsensical
Get your calorie counting estimates as accurate possible
Do you really want to lose weight? If so, stop defending your eating habits and start eating less.
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newstart1988 wrote: »this is so confusing everyone is saying the opposite of what I researched and been told by others. now I don't know how many calories to eat :-/
Sigh. Just listen to rabbit, its clear you dont understand enough about weight loss. Its not hard, its just burn more than you consume= weight loss. Just follow what Rabbit is telling you.
Its usually the case that when people come up with all the ideas that they arent losing, they also have scope to improve their logging and make sure they are at deficit, becayse the reason for the stall is just eating more than they realised. Go an look at the sticky on calorie ccounting 101.2 -
xMadeInChinax wrote: »Unfortunately, my BMR is 1200. That's not happening for me.
BMR is only one part
MFP gives you BMR+activity level based on stated goal loss which would be 1600 basic calories if you are active even with a BMR of 1200
Plus on top you get to eat back purposeful exercise1 -
Marchmallow wrote: »The OP is only going on what others have told her, and I can vouch that up until a year or two ago, these forums used to be full of threads with things like "you need to eat more, you're in starvation mode". I've noticed trends in weight loss advice. I remember being told those things myself, and I remember thinking that it didn't make sense to eat more and yet lose more weight. It's the largely unregulated pool of peer advice and pseudo-science that gets people confused.
OP, my recommendation to you is to ask your doctor or a nutritionist.
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newstart1988 wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »newstart1988 wrote: »newstart1988 wrote: »this is so confusing everyone is saying the opposite of what I researched and been told by others. now I don't know how many calories to eat :-/
What? What have you been told? Can you back it up with scientific studies because 90% of dietary information, tabloid coverage, weight loss books and programmes and well meaning friend advice is simply nonsensical
Get your calorie counting estimates as accurate possible
Do you really want to lose weight? If so, stop defending your eating habits and start eating less.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1077746/starvation-mode-adaptive-thermogenesis-and-weight-loss0 -
newstart1988 wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »newstart1988 wrote: »newstart1988 wrote: »this is so confusing everyone is saying the opposite of what I researched and been told by others. now I don't know how many calories to eat :-/
What? What have you been told? Can you back it up with scientific studies because 90% of dietary information, tabloid coverage, weight loss books and programmes and well meaning friend advice is simply nonsensical
Get your calorie counting estimates as accurate possible
Do you really want to lose weight? If so, stop defending your eating habits and start eating less.
The scientific evidence is eat less, move more. Not eat more, move less.1 -
Oh FFS a doctor couldn't help you
"Hello doctor I'm not losing weight but I'm guessing how much I'm eating by using spoons and cups and even though I think I'm consuming 1200 calories a day and putting in all the effort, this one easily fixable mistake, that many make, means I am more likely eating 2000 calories each day "
Watch the video link I posted and Weigh your food5 -
atypicalsmith wrote: »newstart1988 wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »newstart1988 wrote: »newstart1988 wrote: »this is so confusing everyone is saying the opposite of what I researched and been told by others. now I don't know how many calories to eat :-/
What? What have you been told? Can you back it up with scientific studies because 90% of dietary information, tabloid coverage, weight loss books and programmes and well meaning friend advice is simply nonsensical
Get your calorie counting estimates as accurate possible
Do you really want to lose weight? If so, stop defending your eating habits and start eating less.
The scientific evidence is eat less, move more. Not eat more, move less.
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Oh FFS a doctor couldn't help you
"Hello doctor I'm not losing weight but I'm guessing how much I'm eating by using spoons and cups and even though I think I'm consuming 1200 calories a day and putting in all the effort, this one easily fixable mistake, that many make, means I am more likely eating 2000 calories each day "
Watch the video link I posted and Weigh your food
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newstart1988 wrote: »Oh FFS a doctor couldn't help you
"Hello doctor I'm not losing weight but I'm guessing how much I'm eating by using spoons and cups and even though I think I'm consuming 1200 calories a day and putting in all the effort, this one easily fixable mistake, that many make, means I am more likely eating 2000 calories each day "
Watch the video link I posted and Weigh your food
Fine by me. LOL ...here we go again with the special snowflake status
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Try the 1600 cals, for say 4-6 weeks. Weigh everything, see if it works. Make sure you are very detailed about your logging. Something need our own experience to work out best.1
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Methinks she doesn't want to work at this. Just a thought.2
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EvgeniZyntx wrote: »Try the 1600 cals, for say 4-6 weeks. Weigh everything, see if it works. Make sure you are very detailed about your logging. Something need our own experience to work out best.
Also worthwhile0 -
newstart1988 wrote: »Oh FFS a doctor couldn't help you
"Hello doctor I'm not losing weight but I'm guessing how much I'm eating by using spoons and cups and even though I think I'm consuming 1200 calories a day and putting in all the effort, this one easily fixable mistake, that many make, means I am more likely eating 2000 calories each day "
Watch the video link I posted and Weigh your food
Fine by me. LOL ...here we go again with the special snowflake status
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EvgeniZyntx wrote: »Try the 1600 cals, for say 4-6 weeks. Weigh everything, see if it works. Make sure you are very detailed about your logging. Something need our own experience to work out best.
I have to say, I'm going to agree with this because OP seems to have her own ideas and isn't listening.
Enjoy your 1600 for a few weeks to get yourself out of 'starvation mode'. Get back to us in a few weeks with the results.
Sometimes the best evidence is the evidence you create yourself.1 -
MonsoonStorm wrote: »EvgeniZyntx wrote: »Try the 1600 cals, for say 4-6 weeks. Weigh everything, see if it works. Make sure you are very detailed about your logging. Something need our own experience to work out best.
I have to say, I'm going to agree with this because OP seems to have her own ideas and isn't listening.
Enjoy your 1600 for a few weeks to get yourself out of 'starvation mode'. Get back to us in a few weeks with the results.
Sometimes the best evidence is the evidence you create yourself.
I do believe her 1600 is actually closer to 3000, but if she can lose weight with that, more power to her!0 -
newstart1988 wrote: »Marchmallow wrote: »The OP is only going on what others have told her, and I can vouch that up until a year or two ago, these forums used to be full of threads with things like "you need to eat more, you're in starvation mode". I've noticed trends in weight loss advice. I remember being told those things myself, and I remember thinking that it didn't make sense to eat more and yet lose more weight. It's the largely unregulated pool of peer advice and pseudo-science that gets people confused.
OP, my recommendation to you is to ask your doctor or a nutritionist.
Go and do that then , but I cnat understand the difficulty of fixing a healthy calorie deficit and losing weight slowly and steadily just like many people on this forum. Your Dr will tell you the same. You have a not insignificant amount of weight to lose and theres no need to do that at 1200 because thats too aggressive imo and you say you wnat to last all the way down to 130. You could be at this for 1-2years, so 1600 would be a much more liveable target.
Whilst there is some poor advice on here, generally its consistent and the experienced posters agree on the basics of how weight loss is achieved, starvation mode is a myth . Eating more to lose more on a straight calorie basis makes no sense unless they are being practical and telling you to eat an amount that maks you feel less miserable so your plan is more sustainable and you make it to the end.
Go and talk to your Dr then, but sufficent information is available on the stickies or just a casual browse of the internet. Your challenge isnt just about calorie counting its about making it through to the end.
You arent listening OP, try it your way.
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atypicalsmith wrote: »MonsoonStorm wrote: »EvgeniZyntx wrote: »Try the 1600 cals, for say 4-6 weeks. Weigh everything, see if it works. Make sure you are very detailed about your logging. Something need our own experience to work out best.
I have to say, I'm going to agree with this because OP seems to have her own ideas and isn't listening.
Enjoy your 1600 for a few weeks to get yourself out of 'starvation mode'. Get back to us in a few weeks with the results.
Sometimes the best evidence is the evidence you create yourself.
I do believe her 1600 is actually closer to 3000, but if she can lose weight with that, more power to her!
Like I said, create her own evidence.0
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