Haven't Lost in 4 days now...advice?
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Sorry, I realize it seems like I'm making a problem out of nothing. The reason I asked about eating back exercise calories is I keep hearing conflicting things. An acquaintance of mine says that unless I'm doing extreme training, I should stick to my 1500 calories, and not eating back any exercise calories burned. But mfp adds them to your daily allowance. I'm just confused. Apologies if it seems like I'm making a mountain out of a molehill here.0
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Sorry, I realize it seems like I'm making a problem out of nothing. The reason I asked about eating back exercise calories is I keep hearing conflicting things. An acquaintance of mine says that unless I'm doing extreme training, I should stick to my 1500 calories, and not eating back any exercise calories burned. But mfp adds them to your daily allowance. I'm just confused. Apologies if it seems like I'm making a mountain out of a molehill here.
What is your height?
What is your current weight?
What is your goal weight?
What did you set as your weekly loss rate?
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5'4"
185
135
1lb/week0 -
Katie,
It can also depend on ho you're accounting for your exercise calories. Are you entering them manually through MFP? Or getting the readouts from a cardio machine? Or are they syncing from a device like a FitBit?
MFP and cardio machines burns are usually high. Exercise calories synced from a device will be more accurate.
Likewise, are you weighing all your solid food and measuring your liquids to determine calories consumed? If not, really tightening up your logging can make a difference in the long run.
I do agree with everyone else--4 days does not a plateau make.0 -
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This is why everyone quits a diet after a month. If you're freaking out after 4 days....what happens when you go two weeks with nothing? Or "gasp" the scale goes up a pound or two.
"Patience, you must learn patience".
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Thanks for the perspective, guys. Appreciate it! I will try to stay patient.0
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Thanks for the perspective, guys. Appreciate it! I will try to stay patient.
Are you close to getting your period? Or are you possibly ovulating? These things make my weight loss stall. I don't even count these as plateaus because if I keep eating cleanly throughout, I know that the weight will come off right after.0 -
If I don't lose anything after 2 weeks, I realize it's time to step it up0
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Agreed stay patient. I love trendweight it helps me to stay on track when the scale moves around even though it goes up and down averaging 1lb or more a week slowly going down.0
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Sorry, I realize it seems like I'm making a problem out of nothing. The reason I asked about eating back exercise calories is I keep hearing conflicting things. An acquaintance of mine says that unless I'm doing extreme training, I should stick to my 1500 calories, and not eating back any exercise calories burned. But mfp adds them to your daily allowance. I'm just confused. Apologies if it seems like I'm making a mountain out of a molehill here.
Your MFP calorie amount does not include calories burned from exercise, so you should eat those back. However, many people consider the calorie burns given to be inflated, and so suggest you only eat back 50-75% of the calories give. You can adjust these manually.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »Sorry, I realize it seems like I'm making a problem out of nothing. The reason I asked about eating back exercise calories is I keep hearing conflicting things. An acquaintance of mine says that unless I'm doing extreme training, I should stick to my 1500 calories, and not eating back any exercise calories burned. But mfp adds them to your daily allowance. I'm just confused. Apologies if it seems like I'm making a mountain out of a molehill here.
Your MFP calorie amount does not include calories burned from exercise, so you should eat those back. However, many people consider the calorie burns given to be inflated, and so suggest you only eat back 50-75% of the calories give. You can adjust these manually.
She's losing at two and a half times her planned rate on average over the past month.0 -
I am in such a rush to enter a new lower number on the scales, that I turn a blind eye to the cause. Whether I spent the previous day running to the bathroom and now find myself unusually empty, or whether I am dehydrated for one of various reasons, I push those silly thoughts aside and rejoice at seeing that new lower number. A new low is a new low. All is well until days and days go by and the scale won't push past that artificial loss, and I forget that it was artificial to begin with and my frustration builds. Or at least it used to. I try not to let the scales rule me anymore. My success is defined by whether I am eating under goal. Period.0
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So if I'm using a Polar HRM for workouts I should not eat back those calories burned?0
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I don't know if I'm going to continue to lose so quickly or if that was just a fluke/luck during my first month0
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Most people get an initial big whoosh of water weight loss when they cut calories. You are likely correct that your weight loss is simply slowing down at this point. Now it is a more normal rate.0
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