SO FRUSTRATED AND JUST ABOUT TO GIVE UP

Have you been eating 1450 calories and losing?

i was eating more than that because i was at 1700 and then MFP changed it suddenly down to 1450.. i dont get how i ( i am high ends of 200s) can only be at 1450.. when others like me are up near 1800... it is such a mess of confuesion and i am having a totally pissy day... I just want to know what i am supposed to do to lose weight.. do i eat at 1400 or do i eat more..

I am so tired of do this no do that no do this..

This situation is why in the past i have said ahh screw it and just went back to lying about being ok.... I am tired of telling people i am happy as a bbw and happy with myself.. IM NOT HAPPY i want to lose the weight i want to make a diffrence in my future...

My guess is that the people you see who are supposed to have 1800 went with a plan to just lose a pound a week. That's recommended for people who don't have all that much they need to lose.

I need to lose around 90, so I went with a 2 pound per week calculation. It has me at 1300 calories on days when I don't log any physical activity.

i was eating more than that because i was at 1700 and then MFP changed it suddenly down to 1450.. i dont get how i ( i am high ends of 200s) can only be at 1450.. when others like me are up near 1800... it is such a mess of confuesion and i am having a totally pissy day... I just want to know what i am supposed to do to lose weight.. do i eat at 1400 or do i eat more..

I am so tired of do this no do that no do this..

This situation is why in the past i have said ahh screw it and just went back to lying about being ok.... I am tired of telling people i am happy as a bbw and happy with myself.. IM NOT HAPPY i want to lose the weight i want to make a diffrence in my future...

My guess is that the people you see who are supposed to have 1800 went with a plan to just lose a pound a week. That's recommended for people who don't have all that much they need to lose.

I need to lose around 90, so I went with a 2 pound per week calculation. It has me at 1300 calories on days when I don't log any physical activity.

ok ya.. but the thing with that is if you do my BMR thingie on the military body calculator it says i should eat a min of 1499 a day.. and i am only doing 1450 (before workouts)

and then do i eat the workout calories back or dont i ..

i am at the point right now where i am stuck at the same 3-4 pounds coming and going.. and all of sudden in two days i have GAINED 2 pounds.. which is impossible i work out 30 on ellipitcal every day and do 30 day shred.. how is it at 280ish pounds while working out i am not dropping weight..

i dont get it..

If you can, I would consult with a nutritionist and personal trainer. With the info from MFP on what you've been doing, they could formulate a custom plan that should do the trick.

Let me see if I can explain this as I see it anyway. There are two ways to look at weight loss.

MFP gives you a calorie deficit via the food you eat only, that is why they tell you to eat back your exercise calories. Thing of it as earned calories. The downside to that is that without a heart rate monitor to keep track of calories burned you could inadvertently eat back more calories than you burn. Additionally, I had a professional BMR test done and my BMR was tested a lot higher than the one that MFP calculators gave me. This method works best for people who are not consistent with exercise and/or just beginning to incorporate exercise into their lives.

The other way to look at weight loss is to take your BMR and times it by your TDEE (TDEE is basically your weekly exercise level) and you eat approximately 15-20% less than that amount every single day (even on your rest days).

(Copied the following from a blog I wrote about this)

Sedentary - 1.2 (little of no exercise, desk job)

Lightly Active - 1.375 (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk)


Moderately Active - 1.55 (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk

Very Active - 1.725 (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk

Extremely Active - 1.9 (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2x days)

The downside to this method is that if you are not consistently working out at the rate you set your TDEE at, you will eat too much. The upside to this is you are not trying to stuff all those extra calories in your mouth the day you exercise them off but instead get a daily increase. This is my preferred method and after an initial 2 lbs gain the first 2 weeks I am now losing again.

If you eat below your BMR for month on end, your metabolism will slow down and you will initially gain a bit as your body gets used to the extra food but trust me it will even out. You need to give it 4-6 full weeks before freaking out.

You can also use the calculator at http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/ Fill out the information, it will give you your BMR and you choose the level of exercise you do. Take that amount and minus anything between 15-20% off that and eat it every single day. So basically you eat the amount of calories between your BMR and your TDEE.

I hope this helps. Please try to be patient, it is a slow path but you must be consistent and you can't give up. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message.

Edited to clarify, the amount of calories you eat is BMR x TDEE - 15-20% every day

Striker is right on the money. People complicate it so much. At the end of the day it's calories in vs calories out. Eat 1500 calories, DON'T count exercise at all. weigh yourself once a week at the same time preferably first thing in the morning.

If you are not losing weight, cut calories by 300 and try that for a week. If you are not losing weight, you are eating too many calories. Count everything. Keep protein high to minimize losing muscle.

Once you lose weight, you will need to adjust your calories again as you need less as you weigh less. Don't give up! Just make some small adjustments.

ok so what about the theroy everyone blasts over here that if i am not eating enough calories i am going to not lose etc etc

Find out what works for you and your body. It is different for everyone. For example if your daily calorie goal is 1800 to lose and you burn 800 calories in your workout, then you have only really eaten 1000 for the day. Which for some people that is low. So a lot of people will eat the 800 back they have burned if they are losing weight at 1800.

For me, I dont eat back my calories but I also dont do a lot of work out when I am trying to lose weight, because my body just does not work that way. I will not lose weight. I have to be close to my goal weight and focusing on maintenance to do a lot of workout and eat back my calories I burned.

I hope this helped! And dont give up!

Look at the thread started by the Original Epic, this is dealt with multiple times on that thread. I hope this helps.

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Give me your stats and i will try to dumb it down for you.

Height:
Weight:
Age:
Level of activity throughout the day without your work outs: