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I was referring to this thread where the OP says that no one should be eating 1,200 calories to lose weight and you need to eat more. That’s bs. The closer you are to your goal the closer you need to be to 1,200 calories a day to lose weight. And even then it’s going to come off very slowly.
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This is so very helpful. I can see how I won’t be able to lose more than 1/2 to 1 lb (max) a week unless I completely starve myself. I did go from not working out for months to working out like a fiend so hopefully some is muscle weight. Does anyone know how long it takes to get past that initial water retention for the…
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Well I was kidding when I said I was going to eat whatever I wanted. I don’t plan on doing that. I guess I just wanted to know why the tracker wasn’t working. As noted, I tracked it in the NHI tracker and it tells you what you should be losing every week based on age, height, activity and calories. It’s way off.
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1,500 calories would be maintenance for me. I need to eat 1,200 calories or lower to lose weight (and even then it’s very tough). I’m almost 46 and 5’4 and weigh 132. I have a desk job but workout 6 days a week. It gets very hard the older you get. I don’t think this is accurate to say we all need to eat more. I’ve tried…
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Thank you everyone. I do have a scale and measure and weigh everything at home. I eat out once a week so that of course is an estimate but I try to use the largest calorie count for what the food says and even then I add a couple hundred calories to the meal just in case. I guess I’m just frustrated as I’m a numbers person…
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I calculate it based on the package or look up the food based on MFP. I realize it can be off which is why I was thinking of getting my calories closer to 1,000 per day, per the tracker, as in reality it may actually be 1,200 due to errors. I also was just going to ignore exercise calories and not add them back. I guess I…
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I haven't lost anything in the past two weeks so I don't really think the first three pounds count for much as it was probably water weight.
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Also, MFP tells me every day that in 5 weeks, I will weigh 118-120 lbs! What a friggin joke! I will be lucky if I weigh 130 lbs in 5 weeks at the rate I am going.
