HELP!!!!!

newstartin2016
newstartin2016 Posts: 19 Member
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I admit i haven't logged on for a few weeks.shame . but how has my calories gone from 1200 to 1950. There is no way i will loose on that. Also my weight hasn't changed that much since i last logged on. Can you change the calories you have been given, if so how????????????????????

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  • newstartin2016
    newstartin2016 Posts: 19 Member
    Also on the exercise diary. How do i add a cross trainer, or elliptical trainer i think it may be called. getting very frustrated. Might be why i haven't been logged on for a while :/
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Why can't you lose on 1950? I'm currently losing on 1930. How tall are you and how much do you weigh?
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Search elliptical under the cardio. It's in there. I logged it last night.
  • babsb73
    babsb73 Posts: 1 Member
    Under Goals and Edit you can change your calories
  • newstartin2016
    newstartin2016 Posts: 19 Member
    thank you for answering me quicksylver. i was just commenting that why had it changed, my height hasn't changed. i'm a few pounds heavier. I've told anyone this, and i am embarrassed. I am 15st 11. What do you weigh, how do you find loosing 1930. I'm 5ft 4. I just can't understand the big change!!!!
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    edited April 2016
    newstartin2016 wrote: »
    thank you for answering me quicksylver. i was just commenting that why had it changed, my height hasn't changed. i'm a few pounds heavier. I've told anyone this, and i am embarrassed. I am 15st 11. What do you weigh, how do you find loosing 1930. I'm 5ft 4. I just can't understand the big change!!!!

    So, I entered your stats into the TDEE calculator at scoobysworkshop.com, assuming you are sedentary. (These numbers would go up if you are more active.) This is what I got:

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    The first number is your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate). This is the amount of calories your body needs just to survive, with zero activity, as if you were bed-ridden or in a coma. Going under this number consistently will have negative results on your health.

    The second number is your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure). This is the number that goes up if you get more exercise. You could eat this amount and maintain your weight. You subtract a percentage from your TDEE to create weight loss. Depending on how quickly you want to lose (slower is better and more maintainable), you subtract 10-20%. Which brings up to the third number. Shoot for that one.

    One other tip - buy a food scale. A digital one with a TARE button. Learn it. Use it. Log everything. It was when I started doing this that everything fell into place.
  • newstartin2016
    newstartin2016 Posts: 19 Member
    thank you babsb73. now im thinking maybe 1950 i what i should be on. Like i said when i started it was only 1200, don't know what to do now. any advice?????
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Did you by chance change how much you wanted to lose per week or your activity level or switch it to maintain?

    I'm 5'4.5" and I maintain in the 2200-2300 range (I'm in the low 120's....if my conversion is correct that puts me at 8st 8lbs - 8st 11 lbs as my fluctuation range). So 1900 would have me losing weight, but I'm a fairly active person.
  • newstartin2016
    newstartin2016 Posts: 19 Member
    seriously i think i'm loosing it. I went and checked my details were all OK, which they were. then i looked and noticed it had gone back down to 1200 aaahhhh, mind you added exercise and got more calories!!!!!! thank you all for replying to me, i appreciate it

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