How to lose the weight
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Hey everyone I had a question in regards to calories and ounces. I burned 1000 calories today to enjoy a nice valentines dinner. With the 1000 calories I burned at the gym on the elliptical I will still be under my calorie deficit for today. But I found out that one ounce is 218 calories? I work out and stay under my calories but I'm curious how do I lose the weight. For instance I had my breakfast, lunch and dinner already and now have my dessert added in my diary already which is a parfai that I will be having later. I feel so and look so big right bow, so bloated and big in my shirt. It makes me feel uncomfortable and insecure. I don't wanna see that I gained 3-5lbs tonight if I was under my calories and I went to the gym. It's not fair to feel like this when I'm under. Sorry if this sounds silly but just don't want to mess up even if I'm under, I still feel big.
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one meal is not going to make you fat.
enjoy your dinner.0 -
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If you have a large meal you may gain some temporary weight from water retention. This is not fat and you shouldn't let it bother you. Fluctuations in weight are totally normal, especially after a large meal.
That said, a 1000 calorie burn from the elliptical is a very large burn - it would take me almost 2 hours to get that. Where did you get that estimate?0 -
I thought the same thing... 1000 calories burned from the elliptical?0
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Must have been a long time on the elliptical. But if you weigh yourself you are going to see an increase in the number on the scale between today and tomorrow, if you worked out harder than normal there's probably going to be more water retention than normal. If it bothers you that much, don't get on the scale for a couple of days.0
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Ok so I can lose 2lbs a week if I do things perfectly, but I can fluctuate 10lbs or more a day just because of water or food and waste in my body..
So after 4 weeks of perfect dieting, I might have burned 8lbs of fat but still weigh more than when I first started..
Point is, disregard the scale and just eat at a moderate deficit for at least a month before you consider weight an kind of indicator.0 -
It would take me 4 hours on the elliptical to burn almost 1000 calories. I think you are way over estimating your calorie burn unless you are very overweight or really spent 4 hours on the elliptical.0
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Hey everyone I had a question in regards to calories and ounces. I burned 1000 calories today to enjoy a nice valentines dinner. With the 1000 calories I burned at the gym on the elliptical I will still be under my calorie deficit for today. But I found out that one ounce is 218 calories? I work out and stay under my calories but I'm curious how do I lose the weight. For instance I had my breakfast, lunch and dinner already and now have my dessert added in my diary already which is a parfai that I will be having later. I feel so and look so big right bow, so bloated and big in my shirt. It makes me feel uncomfortable and insecure. I don't wanna see that I gained 3-5lbs tonight if I was under my calories and I went to the gym. It's not fair to feel like this when I'm under. Sorry if this sounds silly but just don't want to mess up even if I'm under, I still feel big.
I'm confused about the ounce question and what it has anything to do with anything. But yes, your math is correct: you have to have a deficit of 3500
Calories to lose one pound. One pound equals 16 ounces. So I supposed yes you need a deficit of about 218 calories (3500/16) to lose one ounce. But why do you care about one ounce?0 -
Don't beat yourself up about enjoying a good meal. If you did a good work out and you do a good work out on a consistent bases then you will lose weight. The thing is this, if you deny yourself a good time you will never lose weight, losing weight is about a lifestyle change. It is learning to adjust your eating habit to the amount of exercise you do during the day. 90% of weight loss has to do with your eating habits and exercise helps to take it off and then maintain. When I eat out, I eat only half of my meal and save the rest, I share the desert... Enjoy Valentine's Day0
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If you have a large meal you may gain some temporary weight from water retention. This is not fat and you shouldn't let it bother you. Fluctuations in weight are totally normal, especially after a large meal.
That said, a 1000 calorie burn from the elliptical is a very large burn - it would take me almost 2 hours to get that. Where did you get that estimate?NaturalNancy wrote: »I thought the same thing... 1000 calories burned from the elliptical?
I set the elliptical at the gym for my weight and I burn 1000 in an hour. It's not that many calories to bRn in an hour. Just have to keep it at a consistent pace.0 -
Nikki10129 wrote: »Must have been a long time on the elliptical. But if you weigh yourself you are going to see an increase in the number on the scale between today and tomorrow, if you worked out harder than normal there's probably going to be more water retention than normal. If it bothers you that much, don't get on the scale for a couple of days.Ok so I can lose 2lbs a week if I do things perfectly, but I can fluctuate 10lbs or more a day just because of water or food and waste in my body..
So after 4 weeks of perfect dieting, I might have burned 8lbs of fat but still weigh more than when I first started..
Point is, disregard the scale and just eat at a moderate deficit for at least a month before you consider weight an kind of indicator.It would take me 4 hours on the elliptical to burn almost 1000 calories. I think you are way over estimating your calorie burn unless you are very overweight or really spent 4 hours on the elliptical.
I don't understand most of your posts. Have you never been on the elliptical for an hour. I'm a young healthy man, I set it for an hour and I burned 1000 and I believe the machines accuracy. 4 hours to lose 1000 calories is extremely log, you must be walking a very slow pace. I can burn 250 calories ever 15/20 mins depending my enwrgy and speed0 -
Don't beat yourself up about enjoying a good meal. If you did a good work out and you do a good work out on a consistent bases then you will lose weight. The thing is this, if you deny yourself a good time you will never lose weight, losing weight is about a lifestyle change. It is learning to adjust your eating habit to the amount of exercise you do during the day. 90% of weight loss has to do with your eating habits and exercise helps to take it off and then maintain. When I eat out, I eat only half of my meal and save the rest, I share the desert... Enjoy Valentine's DayHey everyone I had a question in regards to calories and ounces. I burned 1000 calories today to enjoy a nice valentines dinner. With the 1000 calories I burned at the gym on the elliptical I will still be under my calorie deficit for today. But I found out that one ounce is 218 calories? I work out and stay under my calories but I'm curious how do I lose the weight. For instance I had my breakfast, lunch and dinner already and now have my dessert added in my diary already which is a parfai that I will be having later. I feel so and look so big right bow, so bloated and big in my shirt. It makes me feel uncomfortable and insecure. I don't wanna see that I gained 3-5lbs tonight if I was under my calories and I went to the gym. It's not fair to feel like this when I'm under. Sorry if this sounds silly but just don't want to mess up even if I'm under, I still feel big.
I'm confused about the ounce question and what it has anything to do with anything. But yes, your math is correct: you have to have a deficit of 3500
Calories to lose one pound. One pound equals 16 ounces. So I supposed yes you need a deficit of about 218 calories (3500/16) to lose one ounce. But why do you care about one ounce?
I'm good with my deficit, as I've been on this diet for a while, I've been under my deficit for months even yesterday, valentines I was still under. My question is with the ounces. Let's just say I eat 2000 cal today and I burned let's say 600 cal. Technically I would've only in 1400 cal for the day but on the scale it could look like I gained 3 to 5 pounds. Like many people have said its water mostly but I get upset when I've been under and it says I've gained
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Nikki10129 wrote: »Must have been a long time on the elliptical. But if you weigh yourself you are going to see an increase in the number on the scale between today and tomorrow, if you worked out harder than normal there's probably going to be more water retention than normal. If it bothers you that much, don't get on the scale for a couple of days.Ok so I can lose 2lbs a week if I do things perfectly, but I can fluctuate 10lbs or more a day just because of water or food and waste in my body..
So after 4 weeks of perfect dieting, I might have burned 8lbs of fat but still weigh more than when I first started..
Point is, disregard the scale and just eat at a moderate deficit for at least a month before you consider weight an kind of indicator.It would take me 4 hours on the elliptical to burn almost 1000 calories. I think you are way over estimating your calorie burn unless you are very overweight or really spent 4 hours on the elliptical.
I don't understand most of your posts. Have you never been on the elliptical for an hour. I'm a young healthy man, I set it for an hour and I burned 1000 and I believe the machines accuracy. 4 hours to lose 1000 calories is extremely log, you must be walking a very slow pace. I can burn 250 calories ever 15/20 mins depending my enwrgy and speed
The on-machine calculators are notoriously inaccurate; that's what folks are trying to tell you.0 -
If you have a large meal you may gain some temporary weight from water retention. This is not fat and you shouldn't let it bother you. Fluctuations in weight are totally normal, especially after a large meal.
That said, a 1000 calorie burn from the elliptical is a very large burn - it would take me almost 2 hours to get that. Where did you get that estimate?NaturalNancy wrote: »I thought the same thing... 1000 calories burned from the elliptical?
I set the elliptical at the gym for my weight and I burn 1000 in an hour. It's not that many calories to bRn in an hour. Just have to keep it at a consistent pace.
Don't trust the burn rate the machines tell you, they are way off.
As for the meal and feeling bloated, you ate a large meal, that doesn't just disappear after you chew.
The weight of it plus water has been added to you. Once your body has finished processing it it will pass out as waste.
You will not have gained weight if your calories in is less or the same as your calories out.
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Did you go to valentines dinner? Did You eat a nice dinner? Did you weigh and is everything ok today with the scale?
I second and third the comments on the calorie burn output from the elliptical. If you used the highest level and highest incline for that hour, I might can see a higher output for the calories per hour. My husband uses it and the fitter he gets, the longer he has to spend on it to get a 1000 calorie burn. weird but true.
250 calories in 15 minute, wow..??0 -
Here's why: A recent study named the elliptical trainer the least accurate when it comes to calorie counting, with most machines overestimating your burn by 42 percent, says Jay Cardiello, SHAPE fitness editor-at-large and founder of the JCORE Accelerated Body Transformation System.
shape.com/fitness/cardio/how-inaccurate-are-calorie-counters-gym
You exercised...good. Don't stress over one big meal out.0 -
It would take me 4 hours on the elliptical to burn almost 1000 calories. I think you are way over estimating your calorie burn unless you are very overweight or really spent 4 hours on the elliptical.
I don't understand most of your posts. Have you never been on the elliptical for an hour. I'm a young healthy man, I set it for an hour and I burned 1000 and I believe the machines accuracy. 4 hours to lose 1000 calories is extremely log, you must be walking a very slow pace. I can burn 250 calories ever 15/20 mins depending my enwrgy and speed
1000 calories in an hour actually is pretty high. High enough to alert that the machine calculation is inaccurate. I just ran some numbers and at my specs, going balls to the wall the entire hour (out of breath, unable to grab a drink of water, etc) I'd only burn 600-ish on an elliptical.0 -
I hope you had an awesome dinner, and that you and the scale are still friends today. just keep moving forward
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Don't beat yourself up about enjoying a good meal. If you did a good work out and you do a good work out on a consistent bases then you will lose weight. The thing is this, if you deny yourself a good time you will never lose weight, losing weight is about a lifestyle change. It is learning to adjust your eating habit to the amount of exercise you do during the day. 90% of weight loss has to do with your eating habits and exercise helps to take it off and then maintain. When I eat out, I eat only half of my meal and save the rest, I share the desert... Enjoy Valentine's DayHey everyone I had a question in regards to calories and ounces. I burned 1000 calories today to enjoy a nice valentines dinner. With the 1000 calories I burned at the gym on the elliptical I will still be under my calorie deficit for today. But I found out that one ounce is 218 calories? I work out and stay under my calories but I'm curious how do I lose the weight. For instance I had my breakfast, lunch and dinner already and now have my dessert added in my diary already which is a parfai that I will be having later. I feel so and look so big right bow, so bloated and big in my shirt. It makes me feel uncomfortable and insecure. I don't wanna see that I gained 3-5lbs tonight if I was under my calories and I went to the gym. It's not fair to feel like this when I'm under. Sorry if this sounds silly but just don't want to mess up even if I'm under, I still feel big.
I'm confused about the ounce question and what it has anything to do with anything. But yes, your math is correct: you have to have a deficit of 3500
Calories to lose one pound. One pound equals 16 ounces. So I supposed yes you need a deficit of about 218 calories (3500/16) to lose one ounce. But why do you care about one ounce?
I'm good with my deficit, as I've been on this diet for a while, I've been under my deficit for months even yesterday, valentines I was still under. My question is with the ounces. Let's just say I eat 2000 cal today and I burned let's say 600 cal. Technically I would've only in 1400 cal for the day but on the scale it could look like I gained 3 to 5 pounds. Like many people have said its water mostly but I get upset when I've been under and it says I've gained
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1
Have a read of this thread to help you understand it more.0 -
I'm good with my deficit, as I've been on this diet for a while, I've been under my deficit for months even yesterday, valentines I was still under. My question is with the ounces. Let's just say I eat 2000 cal today and I burned let's say 600 cal. Technically I would've only in 1400 cal for the day but on the scale it could look like I gained 3 to 5 pounds. Like many people have said its water mostly but I get upset when I've been under and it says I've gained
Do you think it is possible for you to have really gained 3 to 5 pounds if you are truly eating in a deficit?
If so, how do you think that happened?
If not, why are you letting what the scale reads upset you?
I am also confused as to exactly what your question is regarding ounces. In your first post, you state that you have a question about ounces, but the only question you ask is whether an ounce is equivalent to 218 calories. Since losing a pound of fat requires a calorie deficit of 3,500 calories, then losing an ounce of fat would require a deficit of about 1/16 of 3,500, or 219 calories. In this post, you state that you have a question about ounces, but then give a hypothetical situation about eating in a calorie deficit and the scale showing a gain of 3 to 5 pounds. What is your specific question regarding ounces?
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If you have a large meal you may gain some temporary weight from water retention. This is not fat and you shouldn't let it bother you. Fluctuations in weight are totally normal, especially after a large meal.
That said, a 1000 calorie burn from the elliptical is a very large burn - it would take me almost 2 hours to get that. Where did you get that estimate?NaturalNancy wrote: »I thought the same thing... 1000 calories burned from the elliptical?Nikki10129 wrote: »Must have been a long time on the elliptical. But if you weigh yourself you are going to see an increase in the number on the scale between today and tomorrow, if you worked out harder than normal there's probably going to be more water retention than normal. If it bothers you that much, don't get on the scale for a couple of days.Ok so I can lose 2lbs a week if I do things perfectly, but I can fluctuate 10lbs or more a day just because of water or food and waste in my body..
So after 4 weeks of perfect dieting, I might have burned 8lbs of fat but still weigh more than when I first started..
Point is, disregard the scale and just eat at a moderate deficit for at least a month before you consider weight an kind of indicator.It would take me 4 hours on the elliptical to burn almost 1000 calories. I think you are way over estimating your calorie burn unless you are very overweight or really spent 4 hours on the elliptical.Hey everyone I had a question in regards to calories and ounces. I burned 1000 calories today to enjoy a nice valentines dinner. With the 1000 calories I burned at the gym on the elliptical I will still be under my calorie deficit for today. But I found out that one ounce is 218 calories? I work out and stay under my calories but I'm curious how do I lose the weight. For instance I had my breakfast, lunch and dinner already and now have my dessert added in my diary already which is a parfai that I will be having later. I feel so and look so big right bow, so bloated and big in my shirt. It makes me feel uncomfortable and insecure. I don't wanna see that I gained 3-5lbs tonight if I was under my calories and I went to the gym. It's not fair to feel like this when I'm under. Sorry if this sounds silly but just don't want to mess up even if I'm under, I still feel big.
I'm confused about the ounce question and what it has anything to do with anything. But yes, your math is correct: you have to have a deficit of 3500
Calories to lose one pound. One pound equals 16 ounces. So I supposed yes you need a deficit of about 218 calories (3500/16) to lose one ounce. But why do you care about one ounce?
Thank you all but I still have a question for you all..
The way I came up with 1000 cal was from the elliptical. I was on it for around 67 minutes and it's at I burned 1000 cal. I'm hoping this is correct from the machine, but maybe it's not.
My question is, let's say my calorie deficient is 2000 cal a day. Let's just say I ate 1500 cal today. I know ounces way more than calories. You need to burn 218 calories to burn off 1 ounce. Some people in the past have told me, people are like cars we burn off our fat like cars burn off gas. I know some food way a lot more than others. So I guess the way we lose weight is by, burning it up? Pooping and peeing? Sorry if this sounds alittle gross. Like I said I'm working hard and I am seeing the results, and I am in no way trying to rush this at all. I've been on this weight lose journey for almost 6 months now. I know it's not to long of time but I've managed to stay in my deficit these last few months and slowly but surely I'm seeing results. It's due to me eating right and the help I get right here on this site!
I just am a little confused, for instance a banana according to this site is 110 calories. They usually weigh around 6-8 ounces, the ones I weigh and eat"I always weigh my foods, it has helped me so much more"!.
I'm just using bananas as an example for this equation.
If I eat 10 7 ounce bananas at 110 calories each = 1100 calories and 70ounces. 70 ounces = 4 1/3rd pounds.
This is the problem I want to understand.
So I ate 1100 calories "pretend" and am under my deficit but packed on 4 1/3rd pounds and I'd still have 900 calories to consume for my2000 calorie deficit. This is were I get upset or feel fat.
I know I'm still losing as I've lost over 40lbs since August so far again thanks to the advice here!
We're does that 4 1/3 go and how long does it stay in you, is this 4 1/3 pounds mostly water? Can you sweat it off in the sauna lol sorry just curios. Thanks again everyone for no judgment and all your support!0 -
An ounce of fat has more calories than an ounce of protein or an ounce of carbohydrates.
Fat grams = 9 calories
Protein grams = 4 calories
Carbohydrate grams = 4 calories0 -
I just am a little confused, for instance a banana according to this site is 110 calories. They usually weigh around 6-8 ounces, the ones I weigh and eat"I always weigh my foods, it has helped me so much more"!.
I'm just using bananas as an example for this equation.
If I eat 10 7 ounce bananas at 110 calories each = 1100 calories and 70ounces. 70 ounces = 4 1/3rd pounds.
This is the problem I want to understand.
The weight of the food does not determine the caloric value of the food.
For example, 8 ounces of water has no calories. 8 ounces of butter has far more calories than 8 ounces of broccoli.
Losing a pound of fat requires a caloric deficit of 3,500 calories. That does not mean that consuming a pound of food equates to consuming 3,500 calories.
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I just am a little confused, for instance a banana according to this site is 110 calories. They usually weigh around 6-8 ounces, the ones I weigh and eat"I always weigh my foods, it has helped me so much more"!.
I'm just using bananas as an example for this equation.
If I eat 10 7 ounce bananas at 110 calories each = 1100 calories and 70ounces. 70 ounces = 4 1/3rd pounds.
This is the problem I want to understand.
The weight of the food does not determine the caloric value of the food.
For example, 8 ounces of water has no calories. 8 ounces of butter has far more calories than 8 ounces of broccoli.
Losing a pound of fat requires a caloric deficit of 3,500 calories. That does not mean that consuming a pound of food equates to consuming 3,500 calories.
I like the way you put that. I understand better now. But I guess I still feel big or bloated even if it's ounces from broccoli compared to ounces of butter. I'm guessing the broccoli ounces break down faster, making you use the bathroom quicker? Some weeks I feel like I barley use the bathroom for number 2.0 -
Ah, re-read you post.
Transit time (time for food to pass through the body) is variable by person and types of food. No, eating 4+ pounds of bananas doesn't cause you to gain 4 pounds. Your body extracts the energy that it can and the rest passes through.
Not sure what is confusing about that.0 -
But I guess I can calculate up the ounces from the food I had and any remaining water weight can be removed by sauna use. I love the sauna and I know it's not for weight lose it it sure helps me shred pounds of water off!0 -
The weight of the food does not determine the caloric value of the food.
Sorry, that wasn't as clear as I'd like.
The weight of a food is not the sole factor in determining the caloric value of the food. A pound of food does not always have a value of 3,500 calories, so an ounce of every food does not have a value of 219 calories.
You are confusing the idea that losing a pound of fat requires a caloric deficit of 3,500 calories with the caloric value of various foods.
Weighing foods is necessary to determine the caloric value of the food you consume, but it is not based on a pound of every food having a value of 3,500 calories.
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But I guess I can calculate up the ounces from the food I had and any remaining water weight can be removed by sauna use. I love the sauna and I know it's not for weight lose it it sure helps me shred pounds of water off!
The best way to get rid of water weight is to drink more water. It stops your body holding on to it as much.
The sauna will dehydrate you.0
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