Does calorie counting actually work?
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Or have to learn how to distinguish true hunger from false hunger. I'm not entirely convinced that some of the people who make claims about being terribly hungry all the time are actually, truly hungry.
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CICO is working nicely for me. But I log everything every day. The only time I "indulge" is when my exercise calories allow for it, which for me is fairly frequent due to my high level of activity.
5'5" Female
Very active lifestyle
Calorie goal 2300 set to loose 2 pounds a week.
started out with 100 to loose.
50 days of logging and so far.
I have stayed at or just under my allowance every day.
I eat back a small amount of my exercise calories.
Down 12 pounds since starting MFP and 20p pounds over all since starting CICO.
Nothing else in my life has changed.0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »
Or have to learn how to distinguish true hunger from false hunger. I'm not entirely convinced that some of the people who make claims about being terribly hungry all the time are actually, truly hungry.
This is a great point-one of the things I had to learn, was what actual hunger was vs being 'hungry' because I was bored, because it was a certain time on the clock, because it was the polite thing to do (parties/dinner events etc). Learning the difference has been a huge factor in why I've been so successful with maintenance
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mamapeach910 wrote: »
Or have to learn how to distinguish true hunger from false hunger. I'm not entirely convinced that some of the people who make claims about being terribly hungry all the time are actually, truly hungry.
Agree totally. I have to ask myself, am I Reaalllly hungry or just bored
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It works until the number you have to hit to lose weight gets so low that you go insane from hunger.
No to this.
Yes to calorie counting working. But ya gotta COUNT THEM ALL! Count the ones you ate....count the ones your burned....count the ones you lost by arguing with people on the internets. Count em ALL!
Haha love it! I only found out this app had a forum a couple hours ago and look what iv started0 -
Sorry I may look completely stupid , but I am new to this (I never even new there was this forum until an hour or so ago and I got all excited lol!) but I have no idea what you mean by outweigh my calorie deficit ?LaurenWilkins293 wrote: »been doing this a week now and sticking to 1200 calories a day, and doing jillion michaels 30day shred , on the weekend I indulged
Did your indulgence outweigh your defecit? Cos it won't work like that
But yes it works if you stick with it
This.
people can say what they like ... But I'm so in the blue
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Yes it works. It's the only thing that has ever worked for me, but you do have to log everything accurately all the time. If you guesstimate things and don't weigh your food then you may have some problems.0
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LaurenWilkins293 wrote: »It works until the number you have to hit to lose weight gets so low that you go insane from hunger.
No to this.
Yes to calorie counting working. But ya gotta COUNT THEM ALL! Count the ones you ate....count the ones your burned....count the ones you lost by arguing with people on the internets. Count em ALL!
Haha love it! I only found out this app had a forum a couple hours ago and look what iv started
You didn't start anything, just when you ask a question in a public forum people are going to have different view points. Are you saying you are trying to start problems? If so, that is against forum guidelines and you won't be around very long if you keep it up. Just sayin!
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LaurenWilkins293 wrote: »It works until the number you have to hit to lose weight gets so low that you go insane from hunger.
No to this.
Yes to calorie counting working. But ya gotta COUNT THEM ALL! Count the ones you ate....count the ones your burned....count the ones you lost by arguing with people on the internets. Count em ALL!
Haha love it! I only found out this app had a forum a couple hours ago and look what iv started
My. Someone thinks very highly of themselves.
To answer your question, yes, calorie counting works. Being in a deficit is the only way to lose weight.0 -
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LaurenWilkins293 wrote: »
Sorry I may look completely stupid , but I am new to this (I never even new there was this forum until an hour or so ago and I got all excited lol!) but I have no idea what you mean by outweigh my calorie deficit ?LaurenWilkins293 wrote: »been doing this a week now and sticking to 1200 calories a day, and doing jillion michaels 30day shred , on the weekend I indulged
Did your indulgence outweigh your defecit? Cos it won't work like that
But yes it works if you stick with it
This. people can say what they like ... But I'm so in the blue
If your new than start filling in MFP settings
Start weighing ALL your solid food on a food scale and log them everyday. EVERYTHING you eat or drink that has calories
Measuring with cups and spoons is only for liquids and dont use the serving sizes on the labels...they are too inaccurate
Now if you log everything and keep your calorie intake around the calorie numbers MFP gave you you will lose weight
If you excersize ( so burn more calories) log those too and eat back 25% to 75% of those calories on top of your calorie allowance.
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If you are new to the forum, may I suggest utilizing the "search" function to find the answers you are looking for? Nearly every question possible has been asked and answered. You will learn a lot by reading through the different threads.0
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yes I've lost 50 pounds simply eating at a caloric deficit. thats it.0
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you get out what you put in. it works if you are consistent and as accurate as possible...many people are neither.0
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LaurenWilkins293 wrote: »It works until the number you have to hit to lose weight gets so low that you go insane from hunger.
No to this.
Yes to calorie counting working. But ya gotta COUNT THEM ALL! Count the ones you ate....count the ones your burned....count the ones you lost by arguing with people on the internets. Count em ALL!
Haha love it! I only found out this app had a forum a couple hours ago and look what iv started
My. Someone thinks very highly of themselves.
To answer your question, yes, calorie counting works. Being in a deficit is the only way to lose weight.
Um sorry how don't think highly of myself obviously not if I'm on a fitness app!! 0 -
Oh gosh, this is like being back at school. Think I'm out0
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just take the advice of some here OP
Start logging and counting and you will see that it works. 0 -
LaurenWilkins293 wrote: »Oh gosh, this is like being back at school. Think I'm out
Try to ignore the immaturity and flippant comments. There are helpful people here
If you want help with anything feel free to message me.
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So...calorie defecit
When you first sign up to MFP you give it lots of details and a weight loss goal and it spits out a calorie figure for you to eat which will achieve that goal without purposeful exercise..then if you exercise you eat back 50% of MFP database calories
Let's say you set it to lose 1lb a week...that would be 500 calories a day defecit (eg below the level you would need to eat to maintain. Let's say that gives you 1500 calories to eat whereas you burn off 2000 so your defecit is 500
Over 7 days you would have a defecit of 3500 calories which is roughly a lb
If you choose, you could eat 1200 on 5 days then at the weekend have an extra 1500 calories to blow on your indulgences
Does that make sense?0
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