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cpclowes
cpclowes Posts: 3 Member
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I've been at this since March but haven't lost. At least I stopped gaining. I want to lose a pound a week but can't seem to get a handle on what I need to do in terms of diet and excersize to make it happen. I count steps and average about 11 thousand a day, plus I go to a trainer 1ce a week and excersize at the gym 30 min a day..... and I stay within my fitbit (pedometer) parameters for losing weight. I usually eat about 1800- 2000. calories. That must be maintenance. To lose it seems I must drop to 1200 to 1400. I get so hungry I don't know how I will do this. Very discouraged.

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  • fannyfrost
    fannyfrost Posts: 756 Member
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    Try going to 1500 calories. Eat tons of veggies, but check your balance the right amount of protein does help. I understand the hunger this too.
  • doktorglass
    doktorglass Posts: 91 Member
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    What are your stats? Height, weight, weekly exercise routine and work activity? Can we take a peak at your food diary?
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    cpclowes wrote: »
    I've been at this since March but haven't lost. At least I stopped gaining. I want to lose a pound a week but can't seem to get a handle on what I need to do in terms of diet and excersize to make it happen. I count steps and average about 11 thousand a day, plus I go to a trainer 1ce a week and excersize at the gym 30 min a day..... and I stay within my fitbit (pedometer) parameters for losing weight. I usually eat about 1800- 2000. calories. That must be maintenance. To lose it seems I must drop to 1200 to 1400. I get so hungry I don't know how I will do this. Very discouraged.

    Connect your accounts at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/fitbit

    Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

    Set your goal to .5 lb. per week for every 25 lbs. you're overweight: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    Learn to log everything you eat & drink accurately & honestly. Logging is simple, but it ain't easy. Logging works.

    Read the Sexypants post: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    cpclowes wrote: »
    I've been at this since March but haven't lost. At least I stopped gaining. I want to lose a pound a week but can't seem to get a handle on what I need to do in terms of diet and excersize to make it happen. I count steps and average about 11 thousand a day, plus I go to a trainer 1ce a week and excersize at the gym 30 min a day..... and I stay within my fitbit (pedometer) parameters for losing weight. I usually eat about 1800- 2000. calories. That must be maintenance. To lose it seems I must drop to 1200 to 1400. I get so hungry I don't know how I will do this. Very discouraged.

    Are you doing any exercise? If so, are you logging it? Are you eating those calories--are they a part of the 1800-2000 calories per day?

  • CandiceMcD
    CandiceMcD Posts: 115 Member
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    So I set my MFP account to lose a lb a week & have my fitbit synched - yet my fitbit gives me less remaining calories a day then MFP does. Which should I follow? Today its 188 calories different.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    CandiceMcD wrote: »
    So I set my MFP account to lose a lb a week & have my fitbit synched - yet my fitbit gives me less remaining calories a day then MFP does. Which should I follow? Today its 188 calories different.

    You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users

    Adjustments are the difference between your Fitbit burn (which is TDEE) and your MFP activity level. Ignore your Fitbit calorie goal & follow MFP's—eating back your adjustments.
  • CandiceMcD
    CandiceMcD Posts: 115 Member
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    Hey, thanks. That is more what I was going with, but ya know - it was weird so it was bothering me.
  • cpclowes
    cpclowes Posts: 3 Member
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    doktorglass wrote: »
    What are your stats? Height, weight, weekly exercise routine and work activity? Can we take a peak at your food diary?
    I'm 246 5'5". Standing desk at work snd average 5000 steps. Workout 30 min 5 days a week and an hour once a week with a trainer. I am now today measuring food with measuring cups scale and spoons. Dropped to 1700 for today with 40 active minutes and 12k steps tracked using fitbit. I'll give this a whitl. Maybe I just was not measuring right. Thsnks!

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