The "Olivia Method" - the cool new way to set up your MFP go
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I will give this a try...it is however suggesting I up my calorie intake for the day...makes me slightly nervous....0
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BMR: 1424
Maintenance Calories:1851
Weight today:150
Goal Weight 1450 -
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I will give this a try...it is however suggesting I up my calorie intake for the day...makes me slightly nervous....
Me too, but I will try too as I've been stuck for the last 4 weeks. Somethings got to give!0 -
Ok, I think I will try this for a bit and see how it goes. I'm only a few lbs from my goal and hopefully this will help me get there.0
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Will read later.0
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still not quite sure I understand.
If my stats are:
BMR: 1260
TDEE: 1640
How much should I be eating? I set my goal at 1600 cals and I am averaging about that per day and then burning 400+ through exercise 6 days per week.
The number left at the end of the day for me is about average 400 cals. I only need to lose about 15lbs. Is this correct? Have 400 cals left over and the reality should be about a .5lb weightloss per week? you can have a look at my diary for clarification...0 -
Just to make sure I understand this correctly.
My BMR= 1639
My TDEE= 2040
1639+1000-2040= 599
I set my calorie goal to 2040 and I need to burn at least to 599, and not eat under 1639. If I exercise more than 599 I need to eat the difference to make my remaining calories for each day to show closer to 1,000 but not under 500.
Please let me know if I have this right.
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bump for after work; when I can get my slide rule out and crunch the numbers.0
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bump for later.....thanks very informative!0
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For all the 'hurting' brains - it's just a different way to look at it. If you set MFP goal to lose 2 pounds a week then eat your daily calorie allowance and any calories you burn for exercise (not necessarily all in one day but just shoot to be at an average of 0- over or under for the week in total calories). The way Olivia is explaining is just a difference for motivation- set the goal to be what you need to maintain and then if you post a 7000 calorie deficit for the week (3500 calories = 1 pound) then you should lose 2 pounds. Obviously for some- seeing a large green deficit is more of a motivator.
In my opinion it's easier to set MFP for your true goal (weight loss per week) and shoot for even at the end of the week. But it's all about whatever works best for you!0 -
The number we are choosing to maintain....is the number we are now, or the number we want to be?0
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Just to make sure I understand this correctly.
My BMR= 1639
My TDEE= 2040
1639+1000-2040= 599
I set my calorie goal to 2040 and I need to burn at least to 599, and not eat under 1639. If I exercise more than 599 I need to eat the difference to make my remaining calories for each day to show closer to 1,000 but not under 500.
Please let me know if I have this right.
Thanks
You nailed it!0 -
The number we are choosing to maintain....is the number we are now, or the number we want to be?
Now, you will need to periodically recalculate as you lose weight to assure you are not eating too many calories.0 -
For all the 'hurting' brains - it's just a different way to look at it. If you set MFP goal to lose 2 pounds a week then eat your daily calorie allowance and any calories you burn for exercise (not necessarily all in one day but just shoot to be at an average of 0- over or under for the week in total calories). The way Olivia is explaining is just a difference for motivation- set the goal to be what you need to maintain and then if you post a 7000 calorie deficit for the week (3500 calories = 1 pound) then you should lose 2 pounds. Obviously for some- seeing a large green deficit is more of a motivator.
In my opinion it's easier to set MFP for your true goal (weight loss per week) and shoot for even at the end of the week. But it's all about whatever works best for you!
Not totally. I shouldn't be eating less than my BMR regardless. It's what my body needs to sustain life efficiently. MFP had me at 1200 calories regardless of how much I wanted to lose because it just won't go any lower unless you manually override it. If I wasn't exercising, I wasn't eating enough to be healthy. My body fought back by not losing weight. Now that I eat enough food based on my BMR, I've dropped weight despite days of no activity.0 -
still not quite sure I understand.
If my stats are:
BMR: 1260
TDEE: 1640
How much should I be eating? I set my goal at 1600 cals and I am averaging about that per day and then burning 400+ through exercise 6 days per week.
The number left at the end of the day for me is about average 400 cals. I only need to lose about 15lbs. Is this correct? Have 400 cals left over and the reality should be about a .5lb weightloss per week? you can have a look at my diary for clarification...
You would go to MY HOME-->GOALS-->Change goals-->Custom....then enter 1640 for your caloric intake. This is the number your body needs to maintain current weight. Now the trick is that you don't eat 1640 calories, you eat 1260. (If you have been eating 1600+ calories, you may not like this plan much). THat is the deficity you have created from what your body needs to survive versus what your body needs to maintain. It's how many calories that will be contributed to the amount of weight loss for the week. 1000 a day equals 2 pounds loss, 500 a day is a 1 pound loss. But if you want to achieve a 2 pound loss you will have to burn 620 calories a day to accomplish that. Do not eat those 620 calories back. Only eat calories back if you go OVER 620 calories. You don't ever want that green number to be above 1,000.0 -
Gonna try this soon...thanks!0
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