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tattoomary
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Hello, 5 years ago I did low carb and never looked better. Then I went off and got pregnant with baby no 5....now 5 years later I'm 4 stone heavier. Im 45 ( lots on number 5 in this post !!) and would love a loss of 3 stone.
I went and got myself a personal trainer and am down 11 lb. The pt has me on 1200cal a day...his diet is med carb 3 times a day.
A few times in the last 4 years I tried to go back to low carb but found that the weight just didn't move. I think my cal were prob too high.
So Im back to low carb as soooo want to feel fabulous again (and not like shite!).
I would love some friends and advice...my diary is open
I went and got myself a personal trainer and am down 11 lb. The pt has me on 1200cal a day...his diet is med carb 3 times a day.
A few times in the last 4 years I tried to go back to low carb but found that the weight just didn't move. I think my cal were prob too high.
So Im back to low carb as soooo want to feel fabulous again (and not like shite!).
I would love some friends and advice...my diary is open
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Hi,
I just looked at your food diary.
Here is what I see. You have set your macro but you are not following it.
You are no where near your macro.
One day your calories are over a LOT and then the next day you only eat 700.
One day your carbs are waaay over, then you are good.
Repeat for fat and protein.
Plan ahead (even fill your diary in 3 days in advance) and eat eat to your macro.
Also 1200 calories is not enough if you are working out, get another trainer, they're an idiot.
Good luck.
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Thanks as said I only started low carb yesterday until then it was cico. Mfp also recommend 1200 cals. I'm 5.3 height and weigh 12st 3lb. Thanks0
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Hi and welcome back to low carbing! You might want to take a look over the stickies again at the top of the Low Carber Forum as a reminder of the best ways to do this. I'd sub out his medium carbs (how many grams were recommended?) for a lower carb diet. I'd even not bother about counting the calories at first and just work on counting your carb grams - keeping them low - and making sure you are eating enough protein. Don't skimp on the protein.2
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Just had a quick glance over your diary and the foods you are eating would not keep me full or satiated in the least! I would follow the advice given above and focus on getting the carbs low, the protein and fats higher and sticking to the 1200 calories.1
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I am willing to bet that 70%+ women get a calorie goal of 1200/day from MFP the first time they do it. It gives stupidly-low calorie amounts anyway, everyone always thinks they should pick sedentary, and everyone wants the fastest possible weight loss. It is a trifecta perfectly designed to hit the lowest number MFP will give a woman.
Even if I believed in calorie restriction as a way to lose weight and keep it off (which I absolutely don't), I would set a goal of 1600-1700 for you. And that is probably still a bit low, depending on your real activity levels.
But, really, 1200 is almost certainly too low. I hate that number. I hate it with a passion only reserved for it and 2000 calories/day (which is a story for another day).5 -
MFP put me at 1800 calories a day, but i generally come in anywhere between 1100 and 1400. I generally don't even look at the calories, just the carbs.2
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I am willing to bet that 70%+ women get a calorie goal of 1200/day from MFP the first time they do it. It gives stupidly-low calorie amounts anyway, everyone always thinks they should pick sedentary, and everyone wants the fastest possible weight loss. It is a trifecta perfectly designed to hit the lowest number MFP will give a woman.
Even if I believed in calorie restriction as a way to lose weight and keep it off (which I absolutely don't), I would set a goal of 1600-1700 for you. And that is probably still a bit low, depending on your real activity levels.
But, really, 1200 is almost certainly too low. I hate that number. I hate it with a passion only reserved for it and 2000 calories/day (which is a story for another day).
Thanks fitgoat I've read a lot on her about the 1200 cal. Is there another site that can calculate my age/weight and recommend how many cals I should be on .. Thanks 0 -
The average woman, your weight and age, is burning 2,450 calories a day. According to a doubly-labeled water calculation from a study that I don't have on hand.
I know how sketchy that sounds. This TDEE assumes a normal amount of activity. If you exercise more, it will be higher, and if you are really immobile it would be lower.
I know of very few online calculators that will give you numbers in that range. I think it is reasonable to assume that's close. I am very anti-calorie counting/restriction. But, if I was going to go that way, I would probably do the following.
Setting a goal of 1600-1900 calories a day will give you a predicted weight loss of 1.1 to 1.7 pounds a week. This is reasonable. I would eat within that range of calories every day and also weigh in every day. Record your scale weight and calories every day, but then ignore it. Do that for a full 5 weeks without changing anything. No tweaks.
At the end of the 5 weeks do the following:- Average the first 7 days of weight. {start}
- Average the last 7 days of weight. {end}
- Average all the calories from the whole 5 weeks. {calories}
- Then do the following: ( {end} - {start} * 3500 / ( 7 * 4 ) + {calories}
Those steps will get you a better TDEE number than any online calculator can. It will be your TDEE and not a guess from an online calculator that uses population norms and outdated formulas. This uses some of the same bad assumptions that always exist (1 lb=3500 calories, for example), but it's better than most. You should still be losing weight during this time. You will be eating enough that you shouldn't be slowing down your metabolism, although restriction always slows it down somewhat.
Yes, it takes 5 weeks. Yes, it takes daily weights. In theory you could skip weeks 2-4, but that usually leads to forgetting on week 5. Yes, you need to log your food as carefully as possible. If you then want to make adjustments raise or lower calories, you could make it at that time.7
