How much calorie deficit .,,,,,

marvelett
marvelett Posts: 16 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
should you have by the end off your week ??? . I've just been looking at mine and it's around 3000 in deficit , I seem to be loosing a pound one week then putting the same pound back on the following . I'm not sure if imfoinh something wrong . Any help would be well appreciated.
Marv

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  • fearlessleader104
    fearlessleader104 Posts: 723 Member
    Buy a food scale. That should fix your problem.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    3500 cal deficit is about 1 pound a week.

    Yeah buy a scale and lock down your logging. Including exercise.
  • marvelett
    marvelett Posts: 16 Member
    Thank you . I do have a good scale and I do use it , I'm just not sure why I'm not loosing that's all , :o
  • Lola2248
    Lola2248 Posts: 126 Member
    marvelett wrote: »
    Thank you . I do have a good scale and I do use it , I'm just not sure why I'm not loosing that's all , :o

    Same thing is happening to me, and I weigh my food too. Thinking of weighing myself every day, and logging it, to see if there is a pattern.
  • marvelett
    marvelett Posts: 16 Member
    Yeah that's an idea I have done that and found its up and down from day to day , I just want to loose constantly like everyone on here .
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Our weight fluctuates daily for a number of reasons, if you are logging your food consistently and are in deficit overall weekly by around 3000 cals then you should be losing 1lb - take extra care with logging, be particular about what food entries you choose, stay away from generic entries etc, the overall trend should be downward if you truly are in deficit, you'll know after a few weeks if all is well.
  • LiftAndBalance
    LiftAndBalance Posts: 960 Member
    marvelett wrote: »
    I just want to loose constantly like everyone on here .

    Nobody loses constantly ;) Weight loss isn't linear, it fluctuates due to a lot of reasons (bowel movement, hormones, water and salt intake etc.), which is why it's always better to look at long-term trends. Personally, I prefer to weigh myself every day in the morning and I add the weight into an app called Libra, which calculates your trend weight.

    That being said, how long have you been stuck? What's your height, current weight, goal weight, daily activity level, exercise, goal to lose (0.5 lb, 1 lb, 2 lbs) and calorie goal? Could you open your diary?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Hang on - you've set your MFP goals

    and you're getting 3000 under that goal or you're hitting your calorie target?

    You're weighing all your food and picking your food carefully from the database, avoiding all homemade entries and starred entries without member confirmations, building your own recipes, scanning barcodes and checking against pack and other web sources right?

    Are you logging exercise too? and how?
  • marvelett
    marvelett Posts: 16 Member
    Yeah my dairy is open to friends only I'm afraid , my height is 5.4 weight 12.9 I'm on 1630 calories a day .
  • marvelett
    marvelett Posts: 16 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Hang on - you've set your MFP goals

    and you're getting 3000 under that goal or you're hitting your calorie target?

    You're weighing all your food and picking your food carefully from the database, avoiding all homemade entries and starred entries without member confirmations, building your own recipes, scanning barcodes and checking against pack and other web sources right?

    Are you logging exercise too? and how?

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Hey @marvelett

    You quoted me without saying anything - did you have a response / question? Happy to help if I can
  • marvelett
    marvelett Posts: 16 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Hey @marvelett

    You quoted me without saying anything - did you have a response / question? Happy to help if I can

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited May 2015
    *chuckle*

    gremlins?
  • marvelett
    marvelett Posts: 16 Member
    Oh I'm sorry I thought I had sent the message :o , I just don't know what I'm doing wrong with this , I use my scales , I do my excersie a app called fit star and I also use map my walk which works all my calories out for me so I'm just not sure .
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited May 2015
    marvelett wrote: »
    Oh I'm sorry I thought I had sent the message :o , I just don't know what I'm doing wrong with this , I use my scales , I do my excersie a app called fit star and I also use map my walk which works all my calories out for me so I'm just not sure .

    I don't know either of those apps tbh .. what kind of numbers are you getting for what kind of exercise / intensity?
  • marvelett
    marvelett Posts: 16 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    marvelett wrote: »
    Oh I'm sorry I thought I had sent the message :o , I just don't know what I'm doing wrong with this , I use my scales , I do my excersie a app called fit star and I also use map my walk which works all my calories out for me so I'm just not sure .

    I don't know either of those apps tbh .. what kind of numbers are you getting for what kind of exercise / intensity?

  • marvelett
    marvelett Posts: 16 Member
    Well for 15 min program on fit star for my weight around 130 calories and on map my walk for a 20 min walk around 100 for s brisk walk it connects by gps
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    @marvelett ref any app that calculates calorie burns, they are estimates and are inclined to vere on the high side, thats why most of us would tell you to just eat back 50% of those estimated burns to keep you right. Alot of us use the TDEE method using online calculators/Fitbit or other trackers, then you'll know exactly how much you can eat and still lose ie TDEE less 10-20% - e.g for me I'm very active, my TDEE is 2400, to lose 1lb a week I'd eat 1900 cals/ 1/2 lb 2100 cals - it works. Hope this helps. :smile:
  • marvelett
    marvelett Posts: 16 Member
    RunRutheeRun wrote: »
    @marvelett ref any app that calculates calorie burns, they are estimates and are inclined to vere on the high side, thats why most of us would tell you to just eat back 50% of those estimated burns to keep you right. Alot of us use the TDEE method using online calculators/Fitbit or other trackers, then you'll know exactly how much you can eat and still lose ie TDEE less 10-20% - e.g for me I'm very active, my TDEE is 2400, to lose 1lb a week I'd eat 1900 cals/ 1/2 lb 2100 cals - it works. Hope this helps. :smile:

  • marvelett
    marvelett Posts: 16 Member
    Thank you for that yes that helps my calorie intake was worked out on here so they are right but I don't eat any off my calories that I've burned because I wasn't sure if I could so I tend to stick to the amour off calories I can have for the day and I'm still under those too but thank you for your help
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    @marvelett you're welcome :smile:
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