Wondering if I messed up my BMI...
maryadavies4667
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Now, when I first started this, I said I was sedentary. Basically other than my daily walk, I sit around a lot. HOWEVER, my daily walk is about 1.13 miles a day on average now a days (and it's about to go up again; I just added another lap/time down the road. I'm hoping to up it to 2 miles, which should get me 10-11k steps according to Personal Trainer Walking.)
Was I right or wrong? And yes, I'm planning on looking into some bodyweight strength training once I get that protein powder.
Was I right or wrong? And yes, I'm planning on looking into some bodyweight strength training once I get that protein powder.
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I think it’s all good. There is so much benefit to walking for the body and mind. The lymph nodes are pumping on the bottom of your feet with every step. It promotes dopamine release. Keep it up!11
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I mean to! I just figure since I cannot afford weights or the gym atm, a bodyweight strength training regimen would be the way to go three times a week as well to add to this. Just going to have to do it downstairs b/c of space reasons..0
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It depends on if you log your daily walk. I put myself at sedentary but I log my walk as exercise (and usually eat the calories back).1
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I log my walk but am ignoring the calories
As in I try not to eat'em back unless it's a cheat day, which I have been trying to allow once in a while.
But yeah, I'm not sure how that affects my goals, or if that makes me lightly active instead of sedentary. Goal there is totally MyFitnessPal there.1 -
If you are primarily sitting all day but doing some exercise, then I would keep the setting as sedentary but log your exercise separately.
If you're using MFP as it is intended, then you should be eating back exercise calories. Your MFP calorie goal already includes a deficit and you aren't meant to create an additional deficit on top of that. You probably won't notice any ill effects if you're walking a mile or two, but at high levels of exercise, people sometimes become tired, hungry, or dizzy from undereating. We often advise eating back half your exercise calories to compensate for any error in calorie burn estimates.
Edit: Protein powder doesn't have anything to do with strength training. If you want to strength train, then there's no time like the present to start.10 -
Apullum; I mean to do that as I up the walk. Right now it's like 100 calories, so better not to, at least that's what I think. If it gets to more than that, THEN i"ll eat some back.
Right now i'm keeping track with a linked app + Personal Trainer Walking, so yeah, it does log. Personal Trainer Walking is just how I'm keeping track of the total, so I can figure out my goal distance.0 -
Assuming you're already meeting your MFP calorie goal, then burning an extra 100 calories and not eating them back is probably fine. However, you need to make sure you get at least net 1200 calories per day, and if you have a lot to lose, then your body likely needs more calories than that. Remember, the purpose of exercise isn't to create a larger deficit. The purpose is increased physical fitness, better mental health (for some folks), and getting to eat more.3
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Luckily even at my worst, I was eating 1200-1300 calories a day MINIMUM. If you saw the other thread tho, I'm also having trouble meeting my protein goals; unfortunately the peanut butter available isn't that high in protein for the calories. (7 grams of protein for 180 cals per 2 tablespoons)
Hence why I'm thinking, get the bleeping protein powder. I just special ordered it from Wal-Mart; either I'll have a certain brother take me so I can pick it up or I'll have the married brother pick it up for me.
But yeah, I'm going to adjust after I have a word with my doctor as it is, want to make sure I'm doing this right. ^^ Last thing I want is to get sick.0 -
Peanut butter is excellent for getting lots of calories in a small amount of food. It's unfortunately not so great for protein. However, at your current calorie goal and intake, I would still eat it. It's fairly cheap for the calories, and you do need to be eating more than 1200-1300. Just for comparison, I'm under 5 feet tall and maintaining in my optimal BMI range. I lost 100 pounds eating 1200 plus exercise calories. I would still lose, albeit very slowly, if I went back down to 1200. You can (and should) definitely eat more than I can.
It does sound like your Dollar General might have some protein possibilities, like tuna and cheese. They might even have a few protein bars, though it's been a year or two since I was in a DG. Can you order things online? Amazon sells many protein bars and powders for far less than you can get them at the grocery store, and you can get them delivered right to your house rather than needing someone to pick it up for you...or have it delivered to your brother's house if that would cause a problem.
I do hope your family situation improves soon. It sounds very upsetting to have someone else exerting so much influence over what you eat.2 -
I hope so too apullum; as it is I do not have Prime, but I use Amazon a lot anyway b/c I don't always want to whine to get to the store. (Because I don't, I usualy use it for games/things I can wait a week for.) If things get really better (since you CAN do this if you're on medicare/medicaid) I'm going to pounce on it and get the medicare discount for it. I just don't have the income coming in atm to justify Amazon Prime.
I think that shows you this; I can order things online. With the powder, I actually ordered it from Wal-Mart online and had them ship to store b/c I didn't want to pay the shipping and I figured I could ask my married brother to get it for me, worst came to worst. (Yes they ship stuff now, but I don't see a reason to get it shipped unless I'm buying enough to justify it; and I wasn't.)
I also do swagbucks/perk./Bing for gift cards which has helped with the spending money, but that's a discussion for a different day..
(Just so you know, I DO have a credit union account and a debit card, but that's my personal money.)0 -
maryadavies4667 wrote: »Now, when I first started this, I said I was sedentary. Basically other than my daily walk, I sit around a lot. HOWEVER, my daily walk is about 1.13 miles a day on average now a days (and it's about to go up again; I just added another lap/time down the road. I'm hoping to up it to 2 miles, which should get me 10-11k steps according to Personal Trainer Walking.)
Was I right or wrong? And yes, I'm planning on looking into some bodyweight strength training once I get that protein powder.
why did you ask if you messed up your BMI? BMI is body mass index and it tells you by your height and weight if you are overweight,obese and so on. ut it can say a body builder is obese so dont worry about BMI. now if you mean BMR I dont think you have to worry about that.
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Thanks Charlie. But yeah. I don't think it'll hurt to talk to the doctor; I was going to ask for a flu shot anyway. And yes, at this point since I'm obese, I'm aiming for ideal weight, but if I get more muscle..well. Good going and screw the scale. ^^
I just wanted to be sure I set up the app correctly, just prolly phased it wrong. I'm 5'7 1/2 btw, large frame. Had to do some checking since it actually had me at 190 for goal when I need to lose more than that really..0 -
maryadavies4667 wrote: »Thanks Charlie. But yeah. I don't think it'll hurt to talk to the doctor; I was going to ask for a flu shot anyway. And yes, at this point since I'm obese, I'm aiming for ideal weight, but if I get more muscle..well. Good going and screw the scale. ^^
I just wanted to be sure I set up the app correctly, just prolly phased it wrong. I'm 5'7 1/2 btw, large frame. Had to do some checking since it actually had me at 190 for goal when I need to lose more than that really..
you wont get much if the way of muscle in a deficit. its hard enough for women to gain muscle in a surplus of calories. you probably will get some but its not going to be enough to really notice even with weight lifting/training but it will change how your body looks.1 -
Deleted, because this wasn't the thread I thought I was posting on .4
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I'm one of the people who thinks you're over doing your deficit. in other words that you should probably eat a little bit more than you are.
And that you can easily do so using relatively inexpensive staples as opposed to having to spending constrained funds on things such as protein bars.
There is a reason why rice and beans and other food combinations that result in the consumption of complete amino acid profiles over the course of the day are so popular throughout the world.
That said you should be aware that the first 3500, or so, steps of the day are already included in the MFP sedentary setting. If logging manually only net activity calories above that level should be added to the tally!
Peanut butter is not the greatest source of protein but it is a great source of calories. And when combined with bread the proteins in the combination do contain all the amino acids one needs, just like when you combine rice and beans or chick peas for example.5 -
I can tell you right now pav: So far this week, even tho it was Fast Sunday week, I haven't lost any weight at all. (That's a religious thing that comes once a month) But we'll see Friday.
That's why I spent the $20 to get that powder; I think I'm WAY overdoing it now. Maybe even the mail scale I'd been using malfunctioned a bit. >< I'm going to be getting a real food scale tho in a few days.
Also my resources are VERY limited; heck, last i looked, THERE IS NOT MUCH GOOD STUFF at that Dollar General. And even then, it's three prices for that stuff. (read: too expensive) Also I'm having to donate plasma for spending money, it's that bad. (I only do that two weeks out of the month to protect my health but it's still bad.)
But yeah, I'm going to try to get ahold of the doctor and get this right.3 -
maryadavies4667 wrote: »I log my walk but am ignoring the calories As in I try not to eat'em back unless it's a cheat day, which I have been trying to allow once in a while.
But yeah, I'm not sure how that affects my goals, or if that makes me lightly active instead of sedentary. Goal there is totally MyFitnessPal there.
First, your BMI is based on your height and weight.
Second, here's what MFP says about activity level:
How would you describe your normal daily activities?
-- Sedentary: Spend most of the day sitting (e.g. bank teller, desk job)
-- Lightly Active: Spend a good part of the day on your feet (e.g. teacher, salesperson)
-- Active: Spend a good part of the day doing some physical activity (e.g. food server, postal carrier)
-- Very Active: Spend most of the day doing heavy physical activity (e.g. bike messenger, carpenter)
Therefore, "basically other than my daily walk, I sit around a lot" means that you're sedentary.
Going on a short 1-2 mile walk doesn't change your activity level, however, you can log it and eat half your exercise calories back.
Third, you don't need protein powder to do bodyweight strength training. You can start that now, without it.
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Gotcha. I will, tho I'm cutting the peanut butter out of my breakfast for a while. To be blunt; I think with that, I'm eating TOO much.
That's the problem. It's either too much or not enough..Trying to find Goldilocks here. Not too much, not too little. That's the other problem ><. I'm hoping with the powder, I can make it JUST enough.1 -
maryadavies4667 wrote: »Gotcha. I will, tho I'm cutting the peanut butter out of my breakfast for a while. To be blunt; I think with that, I'm eating TOO much.
That's the problem. It's either too much or not enough..Trying to find Goldilocks here. Not too much, not too little. That's the other problem ><. I'm hoping with the powder, I can make it JUST enough.
the protein powder isnt going to make a difference in anyting except for upping your protein intake and it will add calories as well of course.if you arent losing weight and Im guessing thats what you are trying to say.too much or too little isnt really telling us anything. if you eat too much you wont stop losing unless it puts you into mainteance calories and if eating too little you will still lose weight,its just not healthy to eat too little long term.
upping your protein if you are not getting enough will help prevent lean mass loss but other than that its nothing special really. its not going to help with weight loss or anything like that1 -
"valid" weigh in = scale in same position, un-yielding floor, battery charged, zero'ed or calibrated, wearing the same items or nothing, before eating or drinking, after eliminating, once a day, preferably around the same time. Record the number in a trending weight app. Consider your weight trend to be your weight. In fact, as female and presumably subject to time of month water retention, consider your weight trend over a 4 to 6 week period. Is your trend heading down over 4 to 6 weeks? Then you're losing. Is it going up or stable? Then it is highly likely you aren't and are eating a bit more than your activity level supports.
Peanut butter. You either weigh it on a food scale or you're eating too much! Way too much. I have yet to meet a person who could eye ball 15g of peanut butter before a spirit shattering experience of seeing peanut butter on a food scale.
Activity level: Every hour you're awake walk around for 3 minutes. A simple, but not an easy thing to do. And I bet ya it will make a world of difference!
In the relatively recent past @aeloine has shared some insightful information about hitting goals on a tight food budget. There are a few threads around on the subject. I think a recent one was: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10598645/food-prep-on-a-really-tight-budget7 -
maryadavies4667 wrote: »Gotcha. I will, tho I'm cutting the peanut butter out of my breakfast for a while. To be blunt; I think with that, I'm eating TOO much.
That's the problem. It's either too much or not enough..Trying to find Goldilocks here. Not too much, not too little. That's the other problem ><. I'm hoping with the powder, I can make it JUST enough.
Are you not weighing and logging your food?
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Pav; Part of the problem is the bottle says a serving of peanut butter is 2 tablespoons. (180 calories for that) I noticed when I started weighing it for my sammwiches, I was often eating over! (That mail scale has been pretty faithful but I'd rather get it out of the kitchen.)
Also with the powder; since I wasn't making protein goal at all, I felt that was the best bang for my buck. I could spend 20 bucks at Dollar General and get enough canned meat for a week, or spend 20 bucks on the powder and have enough for a few months. That's how bad Dollar General's prices are on fewd ><. I mean, their milk costs double what it would at the Kroger 2-5 miles down the street, so I wouldn't buy it at Dollar General unless it's a emergency. (Bet the other dairy there is JUST as bad, price wise) Also the powder's 80 calories less per serving; my calorie allowance went down again. (Might of when I updated my goal.) And one more thing; me buying junk at Dollar General, like cookies and ice cream bars, contributed to this mess. I'd rather not give in to temptation. (Not to mention buying whole pints of ice cream at the nearby convenience store at a gas station..)
And we do have a Aldi's but it's over by the mall, which is even FURTHER away. Considering there's no sidewalks, I'd rather NOT try walking there. I'd proly get creamed.
And yes I'm weighing and logging. As I keep saying, I mean to check with the doctor too. Better to have this exactly right, and I need a flu shot too. So maybe I can combine the two.4 -
Yeah, most of us here have gone through the very sad experience of discovering how little 180 calories of peanut butter actually is. On the other hand, you don’t have to eat what the label calls a “serving.” You can eat 0.8 servings or 2.3 servings or whatever. That may sound really obvious, and I don’t mean it to be condescending; it’s just that it took me a little while to understand that once I began thinking of my food in grams rather than servings. I can log 20 grams of a food regardless of how much a “serving” is.8
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maryadavies4667 wrote: »Luckily even at my worst, I was eating 1200-1300 calories a day MINIMUM. If you saw the other thread tho, I'm also having trouble meeting my protein goals; unfortunately the peanut butter available isn't that high in protein for the calories. (7 grams of protein for 180 cals per 2 tablespoons)
Hence why I'm thinking, get the bleeping protein powder. I just special ordered it from Wal-Mart; either I'll have a certain brother take me so I can pick it up or I'll have the married brother pick it up for me.
But yeah, I'm going to adjust after I have a word with my doctor as it is, want to make sure I'm doing this right. ^^ Last thing I want is to get sick.
Dannon Light & Fit yogurt has 12g of protien and only 80 calories. The strawberry cheesecake one is really good!!!!
Also, as a treat (it tastes like a treat), Yasso Greek yogurt ice cream bars have 80-100 calories per bar and taste like actual ice cream: the pistachio one tastes pretty darn close to Ben & Jerry's pistachio pistachio. The sea salt & caramel one is also really good. Each bar has 5g of protien. So it's great for a little extra protien that's low in calories that tastes like a treat.1 -
I’ll join the communal sadness about peanut butter serving size and also echo Pav re: the goodness of beans and rice. For the money, I get tons more filling meals with beans and rice than with protein bars. Honestly, protein bars don’t keep me full at all. And I think they’re expensive for what you get. I do have protein powder I use on those odd days where I’m going to be way under on protein , but it’s not that often.1
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