Calories - How many to eat to lose the weight?
danricketts10
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New to all of this. I have been given a daily goal of 2100 calories. Should I be eating all 2100 calories or is it ok to eat less? I have been eating less, I have upped my exercise to around 5 miles a day walking but I don't seem to lose any weight. I am a type 2 diabetic if that has any impact.
Please help!!!
Please help!!!
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Let MFP do all the calculation and trust them. It is easily done and it works. Is you MD aware that your are thinking to introduce a healthier life style, healthier meal plan?0
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make sure you are weighing and logging food - depending on your height/weight - 2100 could easily be in the realm for losing weight (as someone wise once said, he who eats the most and still loses weight is the winner) - but you need to have accuracy in logging3
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Eat the number MFP gives you, but make sure you are being as accurate as possible, both with calories consumed, and with calories burned. If it's only been a short time, give it at least a few weeks before you change anything.1
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danricketts10 wrote: »New to all of this. I have been given a daily goal of 2100 calories. Should I be eating all 2100 calories or is it ok to eat less? I have been eating less, I have upped my exercise to around 5 miles a day walking but I don't seem to lose any weight. I am a type 2 diabetic if that has any impact.
Please help!!!
how long have you not lost weight for?0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »danricketts10 wrote: »New to all of this. I have been given a daily goal of 2100 calories. Should I be eating all 2100 calories or is it ok to eat less? I have been eating less, I have upped my exercise to around 5 miles a day walking but I don't seem to lose any weight. I am a type 2 diabetic if that has any impact.
Please help!!!
how long have you not lost weight for?
I have not lost anything for a month now
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danricketts10 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »danricketts10 wrote: »New to all of this. I have been given a daily goal of 2100 calories. Should I be eating all 2100 calories or is it ok to eat less? I have been eating less, I have upped my exercise to around 5 miles a day walking but I don't seem to lose any weight. I am a type 2 diabetic if that has any impact.
Please help!!!
how long have you not lost weight for?
I have not lost anything for a month now
do you weigh your food with scales?
when did you increase the walking?
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TavistockToad wrote: »danricketts10 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »danricketts10 wrote: »New to all of this. I have been given a daily goal of 2100 calories. Should I be eating all 2100 calories or is it ok to eat less? I have been eating less, I have upped my exercise to around 5 miles a day walking but I don't seem to lose any weight. I am a type 2 diabetic if that has any impact.
Please help!!!
how long have you not lost weight for?
I have not lost anything for a month now
do you weigh your food with scales?
when did you increase the walking?
I use a scale to measure out the food. I have changed to a healthier diet and have increased the walking for about 3 and a half weeks. I have been about 400 calories below my 2100 calories each day.0 -
danricketts10 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »danricketts10 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »danricketts10 wrote: »New to all of this. I have been given a daily goal of 2100 calories. Should I be eating all 2100 calories or is it ok to eat less? I have been eating less, I have upped my exercise to around 5 miles a day walking but I don't seem to lose any weight. I am a type 2 diabetic if that has any impact.
Please help!!!
how long have you not lost weight for?
I have not lost anything for a month now
do you weigh your food with scales?
when did you increase the walking?
I use a scale to measure out the food. I have changed to a healthier diet and have increased the walking for about 3 and a half weeks. I have been about 400 calories below my 2100 calories each day.
can you open your diary?0 -
I use a scale to measure out the food. I have changed to a healthier diet and have increased the walking for about 3 and a half weeks. I have been about 400 calories below my 2100 calories each day.[/quote]
can you open your diary? [/quote]
Yes I can get the previous days calories
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danricketts10 wrote: »
Yes I can get the previous days calories
no, i mean can you open it now for us to look at what you're logging.
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Like most have stated above me, weight loss really boils down to eating in a caloric deficit, MFP is pretty good at doing that for you. The way it works. find out what your body takes in on a daily basis to maintain. with what you stated is 2,100.. I usually subtract 500 and eat within that number. I personally got into intermittent fasting and it has worked great for me. I skip (Break)fast and start eating at 12-8pm, then fast until 12 the next day. Welcome to MFP and hope this helps5
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FitBeardedJourney wrote: »Like most have stated above me, weight loss really boils down to eating in a caloric deficit, MFP is pretty good at doing that for you. The way it works. find out what your body takes in on a daily basis to maintain. with what you stated is 2,100.. I usually subtract 500 and eat within that number. I personally got into intermittent fasting and it has worked great for me. I skip (Break)fast and start eating at 12-8pm, then fast until 12 the next day. Welcome to MFP and hope this helps
I am assuming 2100 already includes the deficit. But could be wrong.2 -
Yes the 2100 is the target that MFP have set me.0
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FitBeardedJourney wrote: »Like most have stated above me, weight loss really boils down to eating in a caloric deficit, MFP is pretty good at doing that for you. The way it works. find out what your body takes in on a daily basis to maintain. with what you stated is 2,100.. I usually subtract 500 and eat within that number. I personally got into intermittent fasting and it has worked great for me. I skip (Break)fast and start eating at 12-8pm, then fast until 12 the next day. Welcome to MFP and hope this helps
MFP should already give you a deficit, if you set it up right, so you don't need to subtract anything from the number that it gives you.2 -
danricketts10 wrote: »Yes the 2100 is the target that MFP have set me.
Then one part of your equation is wrong (or both). Either you’re over estimating the calories burned from your exercise (walking) or you’re under estimating the amount of calories eating (which is why others want to peek at your diary). Or you’re doing both but I doubt that because you didn’t mention you’ve gained weight.
What’s your rate of loss set to in MFP? .5 lb a week? 1lb? 2lbs?0
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