maths professor, please

yevasdottir
yevasdottir Posts: 23 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Am I doing my sums correctly? Here's what I think:
My daily chart tells me I have eaten x amount of calories.

My BMR and lifestyle calorie requirements, per day, are z

My calories earned this day (= burned up)by exercise are y

Add together y + z

If x is greater than (y+z) - then I have overeaten for this day

If x is less than (y+z) - then I am in calorie deficit and – hooray! – will lose an ounce or two‼

Just my luck that there will be a maths professor somewhere on this site who will tell me I've got this all wrong.

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  • quietlywinning
    quietlywinning Posts: 889 Member
    Why bother with all the math when the site figures it up for you? I've been losing weight consistently for nearly 5 months and the only math I have had to understand is > and <.
  • pnieuw
    pnieuw Posts: 473
    Am I doing my sums correctly? Here's what I think:
    My daily chart tells me I have eaten x amount of calories.

    My BMR and lifestyle calorie requirements, per day, are z

    My calories earned this day (= burned up)by exercise are y

    Add together y + z

    If x is greater than (y+z) - then I have overeaten for this day

    If x is less than (y+z) - then I am in calorie deficit and – hooray! – will lose an ounce or two‼

    Just my luck that there will be a maths professor somewhere on this site who will tell me I've got this all wrong.

    You are correct. If calories burned by lifestyle + calories burned by exercise > what I ate = losing weight.
  • LTSally
    LTSally Posts: 5
    On here, if you say your goal is to lose 2 pound a week, those 2 pounds are already included in you calorie allotments. If you're under your calories, technically you'll lose more than that.
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