Metabolism, I don't have one.

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  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
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  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    Its simple

    Eat less calories than you burn...lose weight
    Eat the same as you burn...maintain
    Eat more than you burn....gain.

    Chose your group that applies to you.

    When you think you dont belong in a group ( like gaining) change it by going to the weight loss group by creating a deficit...This can be accomplished by
    WEIGHING ALL YOUR FOOD ON A FOOD SCALE!!!! ( and not using cups/spoons or serving sizes because they can be way off)

    Good luck!
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    So then, the point of your post is to tell everyone that you think you're a special snowflake, rather than ask for advice? People are giving you good advice as to what you can do to figure out where your issue is, and you're pretty much telling everyone that they're wrong and you're right.

    If you're doing everything you're doing, and you're gaining weight, there's either something medically wrong (ie. go and speak to your doctor), or something in your numbers are wrong. If you think there is misinformation about BMR, then adjust it; no calculation will be exact, so adjust accordingly.

    For you to not be in a Calorie deficit, there has to be an error in the numbers; whether it is the BMR, your 'Calories in' counting, or your 'Calories out'. Now those errors could be made by you (to err is human, no one is perfect in their Calorie counting), or by the caloric data on the food you're logging (on that note, if you're relying on user input entries in the mfp database, that could be a big difference in your 'Cals in'). I'm sure the big variable is your exercise burns. There's a reason why people here suggest you only ever eat back half of your exercise Cals.

    If you want change to happen, you need to experiment; if what you're doing isn't working now, then it can't hurt to take the suggestions of the posters who are trying to help you.

    * As an afterthought - if you eat a decent amount of fresh fruit, you can have a massive Caloric variance over time when compared to something like the data the USDA provides for the nutritional panels. The amount of sugar and other nutrients in a piece of fruit can vary massively over a fruit's season and even the orchard where it's grown.

    Also how can you eat exactly the same thing every day? That would just drive me batty.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    OP - few things..

    1. if yo uare alive and typing on this thread then you have a metabolism.
    2. if you are not losing weight then you are not in a calorie deficit, period.

  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    andyarceye wrote: »
    I have food which is is already weighed, the example I gave was a nitrigrain bar, it has a weight , I can't be far off or there would be law suits.
    I buy a punnet of melons, grapes and such, which clearly show their weight, same applies. Bananas, I purchase by weight, and divide them up for the sake of argument 5 bananas = 1 kg = 200 grams each, I know it could be 205 for one then 195 for another, but the entire weight is 1kg so it's known.

    So no I do not weigh every individual item I eat, but I know what I am eating and how much it weighs.

    So I guess special snowflake I am :) .

    In truth I believe the BMR calculations are too generalized and very inaccurate, so where I was given 1726, in reality, it may actually be 700 or so. Also the calorie burned is calculated based on the amount of kJ of energy required to do the workload I do, the kJ are measured, but the calculation to convert it into calories taking into account human efficiency is so variable it can be incredibly inaccurate.

    if you are not weighing individual items like steak, chicken, etc, etc, then your logging is not accurate and you are eating more than you think.

    get a food scale and weight as many solids as you can.

    you do not defy physics.
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    andyarceye wrote: »
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    So, do you weigh and measure your food?

    See above posts, I know what I eat.
    andyarceye wrote: »
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    So, do you weigh and measure your food?

    See above posts, I know what I eat.

    Nah, you don't. If you did, you'd be losing weight.
  • ckspores1018
    ckspores1018 Posts: 168 Member
    Don't distract him with your "facts" and your "logic." He's trying to explain why he's special!
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
    edited June 2015
    FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »
    andyarceye wrote: »
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    So, do you weigh and measure your food?

    See above posts, I know what I eat.
    andyarceye wrote: »
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    So, do you weigh and measure your food?

    See above posts, I know what I eat.

    Nah, you don't. If you did, you'd be losing weight.

    lul are you the meanest mean person now? I can't tell who's winning anymore

    rest o the crew gonna have to step up
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    edited June 2015
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  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    In for later.
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  • danasings
    danasings Posts: 8,218 Member
    edited June 2015
    I didn't read the replies yet.

    1) Watch this:

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY

    2) Buy this:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004164SRA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1434593804&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&keywords=food+scale+digital&dpPl=1&dpID=51RcCqW6n8L&ref=plSrch

    3) use 2) properly

    4) lose weight.

    Good luck.
  • musicandarts
    musicandarts Posts: 187 Member
    Your bike computer may not be reading correctly. Try a gym with other machines. Perhaps a treadmill, and walk uphill. All nutritional information, and burn rates are approximations. But they work most of the time.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    People please understand....this is the special snow flock...hold your advice. Nothing helps

    Lets lock him up and study him...before the media gets him. We can get rich..we found him!!!!
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Can you open your diary.


    Also, you weigh your banana skin on?

    ^^is it just me or does that sound like a euphemism lol.

  • Rayman79
    Rayman79 Posts: 2,009 Member
    OP, a couple of things to consider.

    As others have said, mostly through ridicule, you're probably not 100% on your logging. There is no problem with that, but as an uncontrolled variable it is almost certain to have an impact.

    The other thing to consider, and I have found this through riding long distances (50km+) is how remarkable human body is in becoming more efficient in any given exercise over time. While your Garmin might give you a calorie expenditure reading of 1000 cals for a ride, it may be up to 50% off (even when using a power meter).

    How you ask? Well, as I mentioned, the body gets more efficient over time and you can do the same exercise and burn a lot less energy - this is definitely true for endurance exercise!

    The other factor is your BMR. It doesn't look like you have subtracted your BMR from your exercise totals. eg you have a three hour ride and the Garmin says you burn 1500 cals in that time. Even discarding the added efficiency of your body, you have to subtract around 300 cals for your BMR (the amount you would have still burned when just sitting at home).
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
    So the OP is looking for help, gets solid advice (e.g. Weighing all solid food on a kitchen scale), and argues against it instead of trying it? Solid logic!

    OP, the advice you're getting are from people who have been successful and know their stuff. Pay attention and be a little open minded. I eat fiber one bars every now and then. The package says a serving is 23g, but when I weigh it, it's 28! Little differences like this really do add up fast.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    OP:

    As others have pointed out...you have a metabolism. It may not be as fast as the average person, but you still have it.

    Now, realize that what online calculators give you about your bmr is just a guestimate. It could be lower or higher.

    Are you JUST cycling? Or are you doing other training? If so, what and are you using an HRM to figure out the burns for that? (Asking because if it is for anything other than steady state cardio, you are probably recording exaggerated burns).

    And you keep bringing us fruit and nutribars. are these the ONLY things you are consuming? Could you make your diary public so we can see if that's the case and how consistent you are with recording things?

    You say you are using Garmin, but then you bring up the burn given to you on the bike. So are you relying on a stationary bike computer to give you your calories burned and not Garmin? I honestly think you've made it harder, confusing, and probably incorrect by trying to associate "wattage" burned with the calories put out.
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