I don't get this

I usually take my dog out for an hour and burn about 120-150 Cals...

markandrews760 wrote: »

Who said I think ?
Yer funny as well

I'm asking as it doesn't sound right
Anyway thanks to the people who posted useful stuff I'll not bother taking any notice of it and stick to my 1600 plan

How did you arrive at 1600? Assuming you are using MFP's default NEAT method, you should log any purposeful exercise and eat back a portion of those calories. Your method is right, the data you are getting from your strava is wrong.

markandrews760 wrote: »

Earlnabby I don't get you

I came to 1600 as it around 500 less than what I should eat and that's what I did last year and lost 6st

Then my mum died and I lost the plot and went of the rails

I've gained 2 stone since and yoyo'ed a lot I want to now get back on track

I don't no what MFP NEAT method is
I just log what I eat and add it up

I'll unlink my strava app when I go on the pc
I have a fit bit but I think thats way more wrong as if you wear it all day it counts hand movements not steps

NEAT is the default method MFP uses to calculate the calories you need. It stand for Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis, which is the number of calories you need for your daily life without purposeful exercise. By calculating that, you then add in exercise calories each day based on how much you do. If you entered your stats into MFP and told it you want to lose 1 lb a week, the numbers it gives you will be your NEAT less 500 calories.

BMR: the calories needed to keep you alive with no movement (like in a coma)
NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis): the calories needed to fuel your everyday life
TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure): the calories needed to fuel you daily life including any purposeful exercise

MFP defaults to NEAT and expects you to eat back exercise calories. Many people prefer to go by TDEE and average out their calorie expenditure. Either works.

Fitbit does NOT count hand movements, it counts steps. I have tested it a bunch of ways (including manually counting my steps with and without moving my hand). Like all trackers, it can miss a step here and there and it can also count a false step here and there, but it is very accurate overall. I have had mine a year and it is much more accurate than anything else, including online TDEE calculators. I recently calculated my TDEE based on 30 days of actual numbers and it came out to a little less than 100 calories more than the TDEE calculated by my Fitbit. The more you wear your Fitbit, the more accurate it becomes.

markandrews760 wrote: »

editorgrrl wrote: »

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

I dont get this, i need to lose i need to lose 122lbs so if i can do math i need to set it to 5lbs a week loss it only lets you select 2lbs a week

earlnabby wrote: »

Fitbit does NOT count hand movements, it counts steps.

i too have tested it and if you wear it all day earlnabby it counts hand movements, sit in a chair and shake it you will see..

I have also done that (sat in a chair and swung my arm the same as I do when I walk) and I did not get any steps counted. Yes, a hard shake might count a step but normal arm movements do not.

And when you run that, it gives you 1600? When I run it on an external calculator, it gives me 2066 for you to lose 2 lbs a week. That's before exercise. Some other calculators actually give you more. Most calculators put your total daily energy expenditure above 3000.

But if you've tried higher goals and found you didn't lose... It might be helpful to pick a simple target and try it for, say, a month. Try, say, 2300 flat, whether you exercise or not. In a month, see how much you lost. If it averaged to 2 lbs a week, great, keep going. If less, lower the target. If more, eat more.

Don't try anything for less than about 4 weeks and conclude it doesn't work. Weight loss is not linear, meaning it is irregular. You might lose 1 lb, then 0, then 5, then 0, then 3... instead of exactly 2 every week. So you need to give things time.