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saundraxo
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Can anyone tell me if its bad if my net cals are 200+? I tried looking and reading around and Im not getting it. Im trying to lose weight - thank you!
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Mine said 150 carbs daily, I ate 100 because I am doing low carb. MFP does it for you on the logging page2
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Ive noticed - i read net calories are supposed to be in the negatives if you want to lose weight but im not sure if i read that correctly0
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Ive noticed - i read net calories are supposed to be in the negatives if you want to lose weight but im not sure if i read that correctly
NOOOOOOOOOO!
Your net calories should be at or below the calorie goal that MFP has given you. And that number will be AT LEAST 1200.
A net calorie count of 0 is equivalent to not eating anything at all. Sure, you'll lose weight fast. And hair. And energy. And vital functions...18 -
Can anyone tell me if its bad if my net cals are 200+? I tried looking and reading around and Im not getting it. Im trying to lose weight - thank you!
You have to eat the minimums and "net" calories as stated above.
If you are speaking about the MFP daily goals, that is a different story. Then the settings you used for weight loss come into the picture, and the rate of loss desired dictates the calorie goals. If you set up MFP for your desired weight loss rate, you don't need to put any goals into the negative numbers. Say it tells you to eat 1800 calories a day, and your settings are to lose 1 lb per week. You could eat 1800 calories each day, and you will lose about 1 lb a week.
BUT to lose a pound a week is a 500 calorie daily deficit, already accounted for by MFP. If you went over on your eating slightly and went "in the red" that simply indicates calories above your set goal. So in this example if your goal is a pound a week, but you went "in the red" by 250 calories daily, you still wouldn't gain weight. You would simply lose about 1/2 pound a week as opposed to the set goal of 1 pound a week.
Net vs gross calories = calories eaten vs calories burned
Everyone needs positive net calories to survive, even if we are being total couch potatoes. The calories eaten is simply tracking food intake properly. The calories burned is BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) which is the calories burned at rest just to keep our bodies functioning, plus all additional calories from any movement, regardless of whether that is basic daily functions or an ultra marathon.
MFP does all the math for you. If you can track intake and exercise properly just use the settings and do your best to hit the recommended goals. It will work. But also keep in mind that weight loss is not instant or linear, and fluctuations are normal. This is even more normal for females due to TOM hormone changes. Some lose weight on a fairly flat line, some will stall and then see periods of quick loss. But long term if you stick to the plan it works.7 -
robertw486 wrote: »Can anyone tell me if its bad if my net cals are 200+? I tried looking and reading around and Im not getting it. Im trying to lose weight - thank you!
You have to eat the minimums and "net" calories as stated above.
If you are speaking about the MFP daily goals, that is a different story. Then the settings you used for weight loss come into the picture, and the rate of loss desired dictates the calorie goals. If you set up MFP for your desired weight loss rate, you don't need to put any goals into the negative numbers. Say it tells you to eat 1800 calories a day, and your settings are to lose 1 lb per week. You could eat 1800 calories each day, and you will lose about 1 lb a week.
BUT to lose a pound a week is a 500 calorie daily deficit, already accounted for by MFP. If you went over on your eating slightly and went "in the red" that simply indicates calories above your set goal. So in this example if your goal is a pound a week, but you went "in the red" by 250 calories daily, you still wouldn't gain weight. You would simply lose about 1/2 pound a week as opposed to the set goal of 1 pound a week.
Net vs gross calories = calories eaten vs calories burned
Everyone needs positive net calories to survive, even if we are being total couch potatoes. The calories eaten is simply tracking food intake properly. The calories burned is BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) which is the calories burned at rest just to keep our bodies functioning, plus all additional calories from any movement, regardless of whether that is basic daily functions or an ultra marathon.
MFP does all the math for you. If you can track intake and exercise properly just use the settings and do your best to hit the recommended goals. It will work. But also keep in mind that weight loss is not instant or linear, and fluctuations are normal. This is even more normal for females due to TOM hormone changes. Some lose weight on a fairly flat line, some will stall and then see periods of quick loss. But long term if you stick to the plan it works.
So if my numbers are in the green Im okay? I know yesterday It said it gave me 1500 cals and i walked off around 900 i believe and it equaled out to 1500 idk this doesnt make sense to me i hate it0 -
Try not to make it too complicated.
Set your weight loss goal to 1 or 2 lbs per week (depending on how much you have to lose) Eat the calories MFP gives you. If you do any purposeful excercise (that is extra to your normal days activities) eat back at least half of the extra calories earned. Do this for 4-6 weeks and see where your weight is then. If you are not losing at the rate you set then come back to us and let us see your diary and we should be able to give you more advice.
Let MFP do the math. Dont worry too much at this stage about your macros just concentrate on hitting your calorie goal. You should not eat under 1200 as this is the minimum a woman needs to get proper nutrition.
Keep going you will get the hang of it. Read the stickies at the top of the forum pages for new members these will tell you how to get started and explain how MFP works.
Hope this helps.5 -
The final number (the one that is green or red) where it says "remaining" should be as close as possible to zero at the end of the day.
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manderson27 wrote: »Try not to make it too complicated.
Set your weight loss goal to 1 or 2 lbs per week (depending on how much you have to lose) Eat the calories MFP gives you. If you do any purposeful excercise (that is extra to your normal days activities) eat back at least half of the extra calories earned. Do this for 4-6 weeks and see where your weight is then. If you are not losing at the rate you set then come back to us and let us see your diary and we should be able to give you more advice.
Let MFP do the math. Dont worry too much at this stage about your macros just concentrate on hitting your calorie goal. You should not eat under 1200 as this is the minimum a woman needs to get proper nutrition.
Keep going you will get the hang of it. Read the stickies at the top of the forum pages for new members these will tell you how to get started and explain how MFP works.
Hope this helps.
@manderson27 the problem is im not hungry enough to eat all those calories. I set it up for 2lbs a week even though i know its not realistic IMO and its giving me 1300 a day. I eat less than 1000 but it adds it back up with walking at work and treadmill. Its back up to 1800 bc i synced my steps from work. I had a salad today abd a slim fast for breakfast and will have 1 for dinner. I dont get too hungry to just wanna eat all that
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Redordeadhead wrote: »The final number (the one that is green or red) where it says "remaining" should be as close as possible to zero at the end of the day.
@Redordeadhead Well then I must be doing it all wrong then ðŸ˜
I had 1300 to start
Logged in my steps from work/rough est on cals and my remaining shot up to 1800 ðŸ˜ðŸ˜0 -
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Ok so using this photo as your example, that 1830cal are how many calories you have remaining to eat today. Your regular goal is 1300, then you ate 590cal which would have left you with 710cal more to eat for the day. But then you or your fitbit or whathaveyou added 1123 exercise calories to your 710cal remaining, leaving you with 1830cal to eat today.
There's no benefit to under-eating. If you don't have much of an appetite choose foods that are calorie dense and low volume. Nuts for example are great for this. What you basically want to do is have that number of cals remaining to hit as close to zero as possible.8 -
Start with your calorie goal of 1330.
Then subtract the 590 you've eaten, which leaves you at 740.
Then add the 1123 you've exercised, which leaves you at 1863. This is the amount of food you should eat now that you've done all that exercise.
If, for instance, you want to eat back half of your exercise calories, it works out to be (740 + 562 = 1302) calories left to be eaten.2 -
Are you a mail carrier? If you normally walk a lot for work, 1330 is way too low of a calorie goal. And I don't get how you are supposedly not hungry, eat salad and slimfast, and walk a ton, and you need MFP to lose weight? Something doesn't quite make sense.1
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luckycleo777 wrote: »Are you a mail carrier? If you normally walk a lot for work, 1330 is way too low of a calorie goal. And I don't get how you are supposedly not hungry, eat salad and slimfast, and walk a ton, and you need MFP to lose weight? Something doesn't quite make sense.
@luckycleo I work for amazon. So im in and out my truck walking to and from at least 200 times a day. Wirh whatever package 20 to 60lbs etc per depending. I think my loss of appetite really just comes from anxiety. Ive had it all my life and ill attempt to eat then get anxious and just lose my appetite. I mean idk what else to say lol1 -
MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »Today
Ok so using this photo as your example, that 1830cal are how many calories you have remaining to eat today. Your regular goal is 1300, then you ate 590cal which would have left you with 710cal more to eat for the day. But then you or your fitbit or whathaveyou added 1123 exercise calories to your 710cal remaining, leaving you with 1830cal to eat today.
There's no benefit to under-eating. If you don't have much of an appetite choose foods that are calorie dense and low volume. Nuts for example are great for this. What you basically want to do is have that number of cals remaining to hit as close to zero as possible.
@michellesilverleaf Ill have to google foods like that then and maybe see if i can load up or make like snack packs or something!0 -
But this wasnt always so. I gained the weight prior to work. So now im just now trying to make it work. At one point i was eating more but it wasnt always healthh crap sadly lol0
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But this wasnt always so. I gained the weight prior to work. So now im just now trying to make it work. At one point i was eating more but it wasnt always healthh crap sadly lol
You might find some ideas here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
Pages 1-3 are sort of general thoughts, pages 4-5 are recipes, pages 5-7 are pictures of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson posing in front of food, and pages 7+ are more recipes and links to meal plans where I can find them.
But when you're drastically under fueling your body (assuming good logging, etc) what's wrong with including some of the "less healthy" stuff? Your body needs certain nutrients in food and it will get them from broccoli or potato chips or almonds or ice cream. As long as nothing is crowding out the nutrient dense choices and you're getting adequate nutrition (enough fats, protein, vitamins, etc), then eat the foods you like to get your calories up.3 -
diannethegeek wrote: »But this wasnt always so. I gained the weight prior to work. So now im just now trying to make it work. At one point i was eating more but it wasnt always healthh crap sadly lol
You might find some ideas here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
Pages 1-3 are sort of general thoughts, pages 4-5 are recipes, pages 5-7 are pictures of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson posing in front of food, and pages 7+ are more recipes and links to meal plans where I can find them.
But when you're drastically under fueling your body (assuming good logging, etc) what's wrong with including some of the "less healthy" stuff? Your body needs certain nutrients in food and it will get them from broccoli or potato chips or almonds or ice cream. As long as nothing is crowding out the nutrient dense choices and you're getting adequate nutrition (enough fats, protein, vitamins, etc), then eat the foods you like to get your calories up.
@diannethegeek thank you - and i just mean like im a big french fry hoe and ill deff at that. Last month I lost 8lbs bc i was on a subway bet lmao i won.
But its not that I do this on purpose? My nerves just consume me and I lose the appetite. The slim fast shakes work well for the morning bur i want to switch to alkamind protein shakes and get more protein.
Since i drive a lot for work i cant find the time to eat until after 5pm anyway. If i eat lunch imma be miserable and NOT want to work. Story of muh liffffe0 -
The remaining figure should be a positive number when you’re add calories expended during exercise. It’s about calories in and out basically. Have a watch of this it’ll explain why. Good luck. https://www.facebook.com/JamesSmithPT/videos/1281921188579494?s=100004980691310&v=e&sfns=mo0
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All the advice given here is useful. However, it is difficult to give specific advice without knowing your details.
The bottom line is: Yes! If your calories are in the green you are okay.
IMHO, If you are in and out of a van all day delivering packages for Amazon, I would say that you are already doing a fair amount of exercise, so you would need enough extra calories to fuel this, otherwise it will draw on the body's reserves to fuel itself, whether that be fat cells or muscle cells.
Warning: The figures in MFP database are a guideline. They tend to be on the generous side.
One other point.
You said you synced your steps from work.
If you are have MFP synced with Fitbit or some other tracker, then your work steps will automatically be synced to MFP. If you also enter that exercise on MFP, you may be getting a double exercise calorie allowance for those steps.
This would skew your calories left number, (the green figure). To combat this, when you enter your work hours into MFP, adjust the calorie burn figure to a nominal figure, say 10, and this avoids the double entry from syncing your steps.
Good luck with your weight loss journey.0 -
diannethegeek wrote: »But this wasnt always so. I gained the weight prior to work. So now im just now trying to make it work. At one point i was eating more but it wasnt always healthh crap sadly lol
You might find some ideas here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
Pages 1-3 are sort of general thoughts, pages 4-5 are recipes, pages 5-7 are pictures of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson posing in front of food, and pages 7+ are more recipes and links to meal plans where I can find them.
But when you're drastically under fueling your body (assuming good logging, etc) what's wrong with including some of the "less healthy" stuff? Your body needs certain nutrients in food and it will get them from broccoli or potato chips or almonds or ice cream. As long as nothing is crowding out the nutrient dense choices and you're getting adequate nutrition (enough fats, protein, vitamins, etc), then eat the foods you like to get your calories up.
@diannethegeek thank you - and i just mean like im a big french fry hoe and ill deff at that. Last month I lost 8lbs bc i was on a subway bet lmao i won.
But its not that I do this on purpose? My nerves just consume me and I lose the appetite. The slim fast shakes work well for the morning bur i want to switch to alkamind protein shakes and get more protein.
Since i drive a lot for work i cant find the time to eat until after 5pm anyway. If i eat lunch imma be miserable and NOT want to work. Story of muh liffffe
If you have trouble eating a lot... drink a lot of your calories. I can make smoothies that have 800-1000 calories each easy. Since you are drinking the SlimFast you might be able to make something you like that is calorie dense.
Anything easy to eat "on the run" will help as well. Protein bars, fruits, small portion snacks, etc. I'm similar in not wanting to eat much when work is physical, but if you can sneak in a couple hundred calories now and then in small portions it does help.
I'd also track your actual weight loss for a while, the main reason being to verify the accuracy of your step counter. Your calorie adjustments seem on the high side. I'm a 200 lb guy and only burn 35-40 calories a mile walking. In your case the packages might add some calorie burn, but unless you're going quite a distance with each package probably not much really.
But as quoted above, if you are under fueling, it will catch up with you.2 -
robertw486 wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »But this wasnt always so. I gained the weight prior to work. So now im just now trying to make it work. At one point i was eating more but it wasnt always healthh crap sadly lol
You might find some ideas here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
Pages 1-3 are sort of general thoughts, pages 4-5 are recipes, pages 5-7 are pictures of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson posing in front of food, and pages 7+ are more recipes and links to meal plans where I can find them.
But when you're drastically under fueling your body (assuming good logging, etc) what's wrong with including some of the "less healthy" stuff? Your body needs certain nutrients in food and it will get them from broccoli or potato chips or almonds or ice cream. As long as nothing is crowding out the nutrient dense choices and you're getting adequate nutrition (enough fats, protein, vitamins, etc), then eat the foods you like to get your calories up.
@diannethegeek thank you - and i just mean like im a big french fry hoe and ill deff at that. Last month I lost 8lbs bc i was on a subway bet lmao i won.
But its not that I do this on purpose? My nerves just consume me and I lose the appetite. The slim fast shakes work well for the morning bur i want to switch to alkamind protein shakes and get more protein.
Since i drive a lot for work i cant find the time to eat until after 5pm anyway. If i eat lunch imma be miserable and NOT want to work. Story of muh liffffe
If you have trouble eating a lot... drink a lot of your calories. I can make smoothies that have 800-1000 calories each easy. Since you are drinking the SlimFast you might be able to make something you like that is calorie dense.
Anything easy to eat "on the run" will help as well. Protein bars, fruits, small portion snacks, etc. I'm similar in not wanting to eat much when work is physical, but if you can sneak in a couple hundred calories now and then in small portions it does help.
I'd also track your actual weight loss for a while, the main reason being to verify the accuracy of your step counter. Your calorie adjustments seem on the high side. I'm a 200 lb guy and only burn 35-40 calories a mile walking. In your case the packages might add some calorie burn, but unless you're going quite a distance with each package probably not much really.
But as quoted above, if you are under fueling, it will catch up with you.
@robertw486 Yeah I guess i can drink the calories - i can consume drinks like no other. Eating it is just the issue i suppose
Ehh its like 40 to 50 steps per house to and from and the packages vary. As for tracking my scale isnt correct it says im 10lbs heavier than i actually am Thats why i just started measuring myself
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robertw486 wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »But this wasnt always so. I gained the weight prior to work. So now im just now trying to make it work. At one point i was eating more but it wasnt always healthh crap sadly lol
You might find some ideas here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
Pages 1-3 are sort of general thoughts, pages 4-5 are recipes, pages 5-7 are pictures of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson posing in front of food, and pages 7+ are more recipes and links to meal plans where I can find them.
But when you're drastically under fueling your body (assuming good logging, etc) what's wrong with including some of the "less healthy" stuff? Your body needs certain nutrients in food and it will get them from broccoli or potato chips or almonds or ice cream. As long as nothing is crowding out the nutrient dense choices and you're getting adequate nutrition (enough fats, protein, vitamins, etc), then eat the foods you like to get your calories up.
@diannethegeek thank you - and i just mean like im a big french fry hoe and ill deff at that. Last month I lost 8lbs bc i was on a subway bet lmao i won.
But its not that I do this on purpose? My nerves just consume me and I lose the appetite. The slim fast shakes work well for the morning bur i want to switch to alkamind protein shakes and get more protein.
Since i drive a lot for work i cant find the time to eat until after 5pm anyway. If i eat lunch imma be miserable and NOT want to work. Story of muh liffffe
If you have trouble eating a lot... drink a lot of your calories. I can make smoothies that have 800-1000 calories each easy. Since you are drinking the SlimFast you might be able to make something you like that is calorie dense.
Anything easy to eat "on the run" will help as well. Protein bars, fruits, small portion snacks, etc. I'm similar in not wanting to eat much when work is physical, but if you can sneak in a couple hundred calories now and then in small portions it does help.
I'd also track your actual weight loss for a while, the main reason being to verify the accuracy of your step counter. Your calorie adjustments seem on the high side. I'm a 200 lb guy and only burn 35-40 calories a mile walking. In your case the packages might add some calorie burn, but unless you're going quite a distance with each package probably not much really.
But as quoted above, if you are under fueling, it will catch up with you.
@robertw486 Yeah I guess i can drink the calories - i can consume drinks like no other. Eating it is just the issue i suppose
Ehh its like 40 to 50 steps per house to and from and the packages vary. As for tracking my scale isnt correct it says im 10lbs heavier than i actually am Thats why i just started measuring myself
This is stressful
How do you know what weight you 'actually' are?1 -
robertw486 wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »But this wasnt always so. I gained the weight prior to work. So now im just now trying to make it work. At one point i was eating more but it wasnt always healthh crap sadly lol
You might find some ideas here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
Pages 1-3 are sort of general thoughts, pages 4-5 are recipes, pages 5-7 are pictures of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson posing in front of food, and pages 7+ are more recipes and links to meal plans where I can find them.
But when you're drastically under fueling your body (assuming good logging, etc) what's wrong with including some of the "less healthy" stuff? Your body needs certain nutrients in food and it will get them from broccoli or potato chips or almonds or ice cream. As long as nothing is crowding out the nutrient dense choices and you're getting adequate nutrition (enough fats, protein, vitamins, etc), then eat the foods you like to get your calories up.
@diannethegeek thank you - and i just mean like im a big french fry hoe and ill deff at that. Last month I lost 8lbs bc i was on a subway bet lmao i won.
But its not that I do this on purpose? My nerves just consume me and I lose the appetite. The slim fast shakes work well for the morning bur i want to switch to alkamind protein shakes and get more protein.
Since i drive a lot for work i cant find the time to eat until after 5pm anyway. If i eat lunch imma be miserable and NOT want to work. Story of muh liffffe
If you have trouble eating a lot... drink a lot of your calories. I can make smoothies that have 800-1000 calories each easy. Since you are drinking the SlimFast you might be able to make something you like that is calorie dense.
Anything easy to eat "on the run" will help as well. Protein bars, fruits, small portion snacks, etc. I'm similar in not wanting to eat much when work is physical, but if you can sneak in a couple hundred calories now and then in small portions it does help.
I'd also track your actual weight loss for a while, the main reason being to verify the accuracy of your step counter. Your calorie adjustments seem on the high side. I'm a 200 lb guy and only burn 35-40 calories a mile walking. In your case the packages might add some calorie burn, but unless you're going quite a distance with each package probably not much really.
But as quoted above, if you are under fueling, it will catch up with you.
@robertw486 Yeah I guess i can drink the calories - i can consume drinks like no other. Eating it is just the issue i suppose
Ehh its like 40 to 50 steps per house to and from and the packages vary. As for tracking my scale isnt correct it says im 10lbs heavier than i actually am Thats why i just started measuring myself
This is stressful
Don't let it be stressful. As it stands (or walks in your case) you have the desire to lose some weight, not a very strong appetite, and an active job. For most people that's a recipe for success.
As for measuring vs weight, weight is the sure way to know if things are working to put and keep you in a calorie deficit. From the sounds of things your scale might not be consistent with another (better?) scale, but if it's consistent that doesn't really matter. Measurements tell another story and can be important to many, especially if already in a healthy weight range and more concerned with a certain appearance and/or body composition changes.
But in any case, don't let it be stressful, or make it any harder than it has to be.
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Do look at your calorie burns for sport again. Given your calorie goal you don't seem to be too heavy. To calculate how much calories you burn walking you use 0.3*weight in lbs*distance walked in miles.
So for the sake of it I just use 200lbs weight.
To burn 900kcal walking you'd need to walk 15 miles.
Torn burn 900kcal when walking and you are 170lbs you'd need to walk 17.6 miles.
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robertw486 wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »But this wasnt always so. I gained the weight prior to work. So now im just now trying to make it work. At one point i was eating more but it wasnt always healthh crap sadly lol
You might find some ideas here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
Pages 1-3 are sort of general thoughts, pages 4-5 are recipes, pages 5-7 are pictures of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson posing in front of food, and pages 7+ are more recipes and links to meal plans where I can find them.
But when you're drastically under fueling your body (assuming good logging, etc) what's wrong with including some of the "less healthy" stuff? Your body needs certain nutrients in food and it will get them from broccoli or potato chips or almonds or ice cream. As long as nothing is crowding out the nutrient dense choices and you're getting adequate nutrition (enough fats, protein, vitamins, etc), then eat the foods you like to get your calories up.
@diannethegeek thank you - and i just mean like im a big french fry hoe and ill deff at that. Last month I lost 8lbs bc i was on a subway bet lmao i won.
But its not that I do this on purpose? My nerves just consume me and I lose the appetite. The slim fast shakes work well for the morning bur i want to switch to alkamind protein shakes and get more protein.
Since i drive a lot for work i cant find the time to eat until after 5pm anyway. If i eat lunch imma be miserable and NOT want to work. Story of muh liffffe
If you have trouble eating a lot... drink a lot of your calories. I can make smoothies that have 800-1000 calories each easy. Since you are drinking the SlimFast you might be able to make something you like that is calorie dense.
Anything easy to eat "on the run" will help as well. Protein bars, fruits, small portion snacks, etc. I'm similar in not wanting to eat much when work is physical, but if you can sneak in a couple hundred calories now and then in small portions it does help.
I'd also track your actual weight loss for a while, the main reason being to verify the accuracy of your step counter. Your calorie adjustments seem on the high side. I'm a 200 lb guy and only burn 35-40 calories a mile walking. In your case the packages might add some calorie burn, but unless you're going quite a distance with each package probably not much really.
But as quoted above, if you are under fueling, it will catch up with you.
@robertw486 Yeah I guess i can drink the calories - i can consume drinks like no other. Eating it is just the issue i suppose
Ehh its like 40 to 50 steps per house to and from and the packages vary. As for tracking my scale isnt correct it says im 10lbs heavier than i actually am Thats why i just started measuring myself
This is stressful
How do you know what weight you 'actually' are?
@robertw486 i suppose i dont. A doctor weighed me0 -
Do look at your calorie burns for sport again. Given your calorie goal you don't seem to be too heavy. To calculate how much calories you burn walking you use 0.3*weight in lbs*distance walked in miles.
So for the sake of it I just use 200lbs weight.
To burn 900kcal walking you'd need to walk 15 miles.
Torn burn 900kcal when walking and you are 170lbs you'd need to walk 17.6 miles.
@yirara do multiply it times my weight?0 -
According to my "dr" i should be 100lbs because i am 4"11 but when i was 160lbs my bones were popping out my mom said my face sunk in too. I cant for the life of me get under 160 and i want 150 but i can handle160 and just tone up and I am 181 currently i guess depending on bloat and other circumstances0
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It sounds like you and your mother are so used to how people look when they’re overweight, that the normal/healthy weight range looks weird to you. You’re meant to be able to see someone’s bone structure.
But I can certainly see why getting inside your healthy weight range would be a struggle; at 4’11 you must have a very low calorie requirement! So good luck with at least getting down to 160
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It sounds like you and your mother are so used to how people look when they’re overweight, that the normal/healthy weight range looks weird to you. You’re meant to be able to see someone’s bone structure.
But I can certainly see why getting inside your healthy weight range would be a struggle; at 4’11 you must have a very low calorie requirement! So good luck with at least getting down to 160
@ceiswyn You are probably right but I dont like too many bones showing. Like my collar bone is when ive hit my limit lol. Mfp says if i want to lose 2lbs a week i need 1300 ish cals but i keep burning it off and it keeps going back up so theres no winning0
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