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courtneyfabulous wrote: »Yeah most likely daily calorie goal set too high or eating back too much exercise calories. I honestly wish people would just throw away their fit bits.. it always way overestimates calories.
My fitness tracker (Garmin) is spot on. Other people on these forums report theirs to also be spot on. But we must exercise common sense and know that if we're not losing over months then we need to use those real world results and tweak as necessary.7 -
I don't eat exercise calories back, I eat about 1400-1500 total calories every day.0
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My fitbit is pretty much spot on for my totally calories including exercise. My exercise is pretty much just walking 10,000-13,000 steps per day. I eat every calorie it give me.3
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czechwolf52 wrote: »I don't eat exercise calories back, I eat about 1400-1500 total calories every day.
Hmm then it seems that's your maintenance calories and to lose weight you'll need to drop it down lower.0 -
Or exercise more0
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As others have said, you are eating at maintenance. Remember, these numbers are all just a guideline. It doesn't mean they are set in stone. If you are weighing food and not eating exercise calories back, your maintenance level is unfortunately less than projected. Rather than decreasing your intake, I second the idea of adding in some cardio about 3-4 times a week and see how the numbers turn out.5
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courtneyfabulous wrote: »Yeah most likely daily calorie goal set too high or eating back too much exercise calories. I honestly wish people would just throw away their fit bits.. it always way overestimates calories.
My Fitbit One is spot on for me. I've had a fitbit since the company started so I've played around with it a lot and found it to be very accurate for me.3 -
@czechwolf52 , you received a couple requests to make your diary public for review, and should consider doing so.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings2 -
Diary is still closed...
Can't even give a reasonable explanation or conclusion for someone that has been dieting for 5 months and no results without reviewing the diary..1 -
Eat less or move more. It really isn't hard.5
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courtneyfabulous wrote: »Yeah most likely daily calorie goal set too high or eating back too much exercise calories. I honestly wish people would just throw away their fit bits.. it always way overestimates calories.
Mine doesn't, mine is pretty much spot on. It's not an HR one.3 -
Diary is open. i thought i did it yesterday.trigden1991 wrote: »Eat less or move more. It really isn't hard.
I know the basics of weight loss. I've lost weight before using this method but it's not working for me now. I've maintained before at 2000 so 1400 shouldn't be maintaince for me
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I just took a quick look at two days. There are a number of "slices" and "pieces" and other non-weight items in your diary. Those items really should we weighed, first of all. It may seem tedious, but those items may be throwing off your Calorie counts.1
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It's hard to tell as there's cups, oz and grams in your entries, are you weighing calorie dense items such as meat on a food scale?
When did you last see a loss on the (people) scale?0 -
I just took a quick look at two days. There are a number of "slices" and "pieces" and other non-weight items in your diary. Those items really should we weighed, first of all. It may seem tedious, but those items may be throwing off your Calorie counts.
I assure you that I weigh most everything and look at serving sizes. For example, the sargento cheese slices has a serving size of 3 slices but I only had 2 of them, or .67 servings. I also know things like meat "shrinks" when it cooks so I make 3 cooked ounces a serving. If I eat at home I weigh everything, unless it's individual slices or wrapped.0 -
You started lifting weights for the first time and you've been training intensely for some time now. Is it possible that you're gaining muscle faster than dropping fat?
Did you take any biometrics upon starting with the personal trainer? % body fat, body part measurements? How do they compare from then until now?0 -
czechwolf52 wrote: »I just took a quick look at two days. There are a number of "slices" and "pieces" and other non-weight items in your diary. Those items really should we weighed, first of all. It may seem tedious, but those items may be throwing off your Calorie counts.
I assure you that I weigh most everything and look at serving sizes. For example, the sargento cheese slices has a serving size of 3 slices but I only had 2 of them, or .67 servings. I also know things like meat "shrinks" when it cooks so I make 3 cooked ounces a serving. If I eat at home I weigh everything, unless it's individual slices or wrapped.
Individually wrapped items can be off by 20% by USDA guidelines. You really need to weigh EVERYTHING in grams and log it as such. With the small deficit, this can be a killer.2 -
czechwolf52 wrote: »I just took a quick look at two days. There are a number of "slices" and "pieces" and other non-weight items in your diary. Those items really should we weighed, first of all. It may seem tedious, but those items may be throwing off your Calorie counts.
I assure you that I weigh most everything and look at serving sizes. For example, the sargento cheese slices has a serving size of 3 slices but I only had 2 of them, or .67 servings. I also know things like meat "shrinks" when it cooks so I make 3 cooked ounces a serving. If I eat at home I weigh everything, unless it's individual slices or wrapped.
Yeah - you really should weigh those items. There was a thread a couple of months ago where the woman finally decided to weigh the prepackaged food she had been eating and found the weight listed on the package was nowhere near the actual weight - the Caloric total was muuuuuuuuch higher.
One individual item - such as a slice of cheese - being off? Probably not going to be a big deal. But several items? That could easily add up. And since you're not losing weight, that's the easiest thing to verify.2 -
VintageFeline wrote: »It's hard to tell as there's cups, oz and grams in your entries, are you weighing calorie dense items such as meat on a food scale?
When did you last see a loss on the (people) scale?
Consistent weight loss? Months. I was making process in May and I had one weekend where I had 4 parties in 24 hours and I gained 2 pounds overnight. I knew I ate over my a goal, but I didn't even eat anywhere close to 7000 over maintenance. In late June/early July when instarted working out with a trainer more I was losing about .75 pounds a week eating 1500. My trainer wanted me to cut to 1300 to speed up weight loss and then my weight went up a few pounds. My weight went from 149-147-151. Now it's hoovering around 148.5.0 -
The story about the shrinking cooked meat being logged as 3oz. Does this mean you're eating prepared meals from other sources not prepped by you? I have no issue with this, but since you're not losing you might consider making all your food yourself for maybe about two weeks just so you can log 100% accurately and see how that affects the scale0
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