Sunday Roast Dinner

DaisyChain80 wrote: »

@kshama2001 are you stalking me!? Yes I do want to lose 2 stone MFP worked it out so I could lose 2 lb a week (which I did last week) I would like it if YOU would not comment on anything I put on here.

As for everyone else on here thanks for the lovely comments

But the point that @kshama2001, myself and others are trying to make is that the system doesn't make the decision for you, it calculates a goal based on data you put in. It does not judge whether that goal is appropriate for you. The only safeguard in place is that MFP won't allow a goal less than 1200/day for women, but even that is likely too low for most people.

You are lamenting the fact that your traditional Sunday dinner is going to have a big impact on your calorie alotment, what we are saying is that if you selected 1 kg/week for the loss of 2 stone (28 lbs) then that is likely too aggressive and you could (should) be eating more and still lose.

No worries about having to cut out Yorkshire pudding or anything else - putting in a more reasonable 0.5kg /week could give you up to an additional 500 cals/day, and when you lose 3-5 kg then you should adjust it again to 0.25 kg/week which will give you another 250 cals/day.

Losing weight as fast as possible is not always ideal... a wise rabbit (who also likes roast dinners, especially with carrots) once said, "the winner is the one who eats the most and still loses the weight".

Just wanted to say I use Delia's recipe for Yorkshire puds, I make 8 individual ones in a muffin tray (inspired by my MIL) and they come out at about 61 calories each. I have two though... I don't think Sunday lunches are too bad, especially if you have loads of veg, less meat than you used to and fewer roasties. It's the crumble afterwards that uses up all my calories!

makingmark wrote: »

and don't forget you could do some exercise for some calories to eat back as well. Give you a few more calories to eat on Sunday!

Ya, in my n=5 childhood we had a roast every Sunday but were not overweight, because we were active. And portion sizes were reasonable.