AM I EATING TOO MUCH

If you're gaining weight, then yes.

If you're losing weight, then no.

Are you losing weight?

If not, then yes, you are eating too much.

Depending on how much you have to lose, between half a pound and two pounds per week of weight loss is usually recommended around here.

Without knowing any of your stats, no one can even take an educated guess. You can try going back through the setup to be sure your profile is set accurately. Otherwise the only way to know is going to be trying it to see.

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007Aggie wrote: »

Maximum weight loss is not generally the goal around here. Most will tell you the goal is slow, healthy, consistent weight loss.

This. If it's your first day, make sure you're entered all your stats properly. Then, log honestly. Weigh absolutely all your solid foods on a food scale,especially calorie dense ones like cheese and nut butter (meat when raw, pasta and rice uncooked) measure all your liquids with measuring cups and spoons (including condiments, cooking oil, and beverages.) Log everything, even bites and snacks. Don't choose generic entries like "fish and chips" but try to make educated guesses ("three cod filets, battered and deep-fried" and "200g french fries, deep fried".) Use the Recipe Builder function when you cook your own meals (your food scale will also come in handy for this.)

You can enter your exercise into MFP, but be aware that it tends to overestimate calorie burns. Either don't eat the "extra" calories MFP gives you (especially if you've set your lifestyle to anything other than "sedentary" as it's already giving you extra calories for activity then) or only eat back up to half if you must.

Finally, have a look at the top of this forum where the "sticky" posts are posted. There is a TON of great information for newbies up there and it can answer a lot of your questions.

In two weeks, if you've been logging meticulously and still haven't seen a loss, you might want to look at adjusting your goal, but day one is too early.

mom4loss wrote: »

I'm sorry.. trying to figure out how to reply lol this app is tricky. Anyways, I'm alnost 5'10" trying to lose 170lbs.

I would say to set your daily activity to sedentary, set your goal to lose 2 pounds per week, start increasing your activity level, and stay within the calorie limit. I usually recommend 1 pound per week, but since you want to lose 170 pound 2 may be better.

If you can exercise, you should. Walking, biking, jogging, etc... this will add more calories to what you can eat each day, and will also curb your appetite some. It also improves your metabolism and makes your body more efficient at burning calories.

mom4loss wrote: »

I'm sorry.. trying to figure out how to reply lol this app is tricky. Anyways, I'm alnost 5'10" trying to lose 170lbs.

I guessed at your starting weight, put the rest of your stats into the system, and the result I got was within 20 calories of 2,000, so you did it right

I agree with all the advice from kshama2001.
Calories look good, and if you can walk some do it, if not ok too.
Good Luck.

kshama2001 wrote: »

mom4loss wrote: »

My profile says to eat almost 2000 calories?!? Is that too much? I don't do much exercise. I don't want to be eating more then i should for maximum weight loss.

I know exercise can be challenging when you have a lot of extra weight...weighing you down. Many people start with walking a little bit...and then gradually walking more.

Several people here have lost over a hundred pounds by starting with walking as their exercise.

Exeercise is not necessary to lose weight.

That could be right. I'm a 5'9'', 188, dude with my settings it suggests 1490. I'm about do for adjustments though.