Weight up, body fat down

sblueyez wrote: »

I log my food in MFP. I'll use today as an example...

I try to keep around 1400 calories per day but today I ate 1690. I burned 500 working out (toning class and a treadmill walk after) So essentially I ate back some of my exercise calories but not all of them. On days where I don't exercise I don't eat as much.

Coincidentally I have been very hungry for the past few days and I'm wondering if that's my body putting up a fight trying to avoid letting go of some fat, or if I actually do need to eat more.

I don't do low carb but since I'm not a marathon runner I'm not intaking a ton of them either. I don't fee that great when I overdo it on carbs so that's the main reason for limiting them. I think I definitely need to pay more attention to where the calories are coming from and eat cleaner.

Thank you so much!!

I agree with all the excellent advice in the thread and think your new fitness routine is great and long may you keep it up

But you have to fix your food intake because I would almost guarantee at this stage you are underestimating your food consumption and eating over your TDEE whatever numbers you think you are reaching

Get a digital scale, weigh everything including oils. Get ferocious on your logging

Double check every entry against pack, usda database, calorie websites before using for the first few months ( might help to delete all frequent / recent foods before you start if that function works) so you can build up your favourites and recents with accurate entries

Don't overestimate your calorie burns ..if you are eating them back which you should following MFP ...a "toning" class would be 200 - 300 max (whatever it is ..yoga / weights?) walking on a treadmill would take about 30 minutes at some intensity to hit 2-300 ...if you are logging by MFP database half the amount

You need to fuel your exercise so either follow a cut from TDEE (accurate TDEE) or follow MFP and eat back half of exercise calories.

Hunger goes in waves IME as can weight loss ...there can be a lot of scale weight loss masked in monthly cycles, carb/sodium and change up in exercise

The is no need to do low carb ..ever ...unless you wish to

Weigh yourself at home, when you get up, after you use the bathroom, before you eat or drink anything and nekkid to get a somewhat consistent set of weights

Ignore the fat reading ...I would find it doubtful ....if really interested invest in a dexa scan ....if vaguely interested just jump up and down naked in front of a mirror ..if it jiggles and isn't boobs or genitals, it's fat

Hth

sblueyez wrote: »

I didn't realize how innaccurate the MFP data was. Is it just because so many people input what they think an apple is? It is difficult for me to log foods because I don't eat a lot of stuff with a label to scan so I have to go in and log ingredients individually. There's a lot of room for error that way. I do have a food scale and I'm not afraid to use my measuring cups and spoons.

I'm not the biggest fan of eating protein but I try to eat 110g.

For calories burned I use a MyZone HRM and an Apple Watch. Not that I'm crazy and like to double check but I just usually have my watch on and then when I work out I put on the HRM. I believe the calories burned are correct because the two are nearly the same each time. I'm like 45lbs over weight so that why I put up such high numbers. A healthy weight person probably would only burn 300.

Lol. I don't need to jump up and down to see the jiggle, it just happens when I walk haha

In all I think I'll continue my endeavors at the gym because even if I don't lose weight I'm still healthier and stronger than I was when I was just sitting on the couch. I'll be paying better attention to my diet as well. Thank you all for the input!

That's all win

I would suggest chucking out the measuring spoons and cups though and just weighing

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