Slimming world?

cherylann11 wrote: »

anyone following sw plan? How are you logging im only on 1200 cals and struggling?

you can follow slimming world and enter your foods on here and see what calorie count you end up with out of interest - if you're losing weight over time it will be a defecit on TDEE

or you can follow calorie counting and enter your foods

why would you have a 1200 goal - that is relevant to the info you have put in and I'll bet you said sedentary and 2lb per week goal loss and you aren't eating back your exercise (which you are supposed to at least 50 -75% of it)

total daily energy expenditure

Your BMR - base metabolic rate = how many calories your body would use up over the day if you were lying in bed in a coma eg heart beating, brain function etc

Your Activity Rate = how many calories your body uses up just going about your regular day - getting up, brushing your teeth, getting to work, shopping etc

BMR + Activity Rate = NEAT (Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis) = how many calories your body uses up without purposeful exercise - this is what MFP initial calorie allowance is based on

Add in calories from purposeful exercise eg a workout or a long walk or jog etc and you get TDEE = how many calories your body uses up in an average day

eat 500 less than this per day and you're on track to lose on average 1lb a week (3500 calories across 7 days)

eat 1000 less and it's 2lb a week

the less you have to lose the slower you should take weight loss .. a decent enough rule of thumb is 0.5lb weight loss per each 25lb overweight up to a general maximum of 2lbs or 3.3lbs if you're morbidly obese