TimothyFish Member

If that's all, I should be able to knock it out by the end of the day.

Anytime you lose weight your calorie needs reduce. If you lose too quickly then you tend to lose more muscle, so they drop even more. But exercise increases your calorie needs and also helps to build muscle. But it isn't having low calorie needs that makes it hard to maintain your weight. You gain weight because you eat…

In that situation your body reacts like it would if you ate 1500 calories and you burned 750 calories with exercise. Presumably, your maintenance level is 2,000 calories, so this is deficit of 1,250 calories. So, it is sort of like if you only ate 750 calories and yet it isn't. If you had only eaten 750 calories and didn't…

At your weight and activity, you could be eating more than 2,000 calories and still lose 2 pounds per week. The fact that you aren't losing is an indication that you are recording fewer calories than what you are actually consuming. Your portion sizes are off, or you are reading the labels wrong or something.

Can someone explain to me what "*kitten*" means? I keep seeing it but it never seems to fit the context and it doesn't show up in the slang dictionaries.

You might also be surprised to find out that two fruits of the same type and having the same weight can vary significantly in how many calories they have.

My goal is to burn 300,000 calories on a bicycle this year, but my plan is not to lose weight while doing it.

Both BMR and TDEE are impacted by body composition and can vary day by day, though TDEE varies more than BMR. Most of the time when people use these terms they are referring to an estimate given to them by some tool. MFP attempts to take some of the estimation out of it by including actual calorie burns for exercise. But…

At 300 lbs, the 1000 calorie workouts don't surprise me. If you're looking to fuel your workouts then the timing of when and what you eat matters. Without exceeding your calorie goals you should eat 30 to 60 grams of carbs per hour starting 2 hours before your workout and during the workout. Don't exceed 60 grams of carbs…

"No, try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." - Yoda

There's really no reason why the OP needs to share that information. My recommendation to the OP is to step on the scale to get her current weight. It seems like she is saying she doesn't know what she weighs or what she needs to lose. A person should weigh in at least once a week. If you know your weight then you know…

I've never weighed it myself, but undigested food accounts for between 10 and 30 pounds of our weight. So, yes, there are times when a bowel movement can result in large weight losses. This is why it is important to weigh at the same time and under similar conditions each time you weigh. Usually it is best to weigh in the…

Think about how many pounds overweigh you are and then consider what it would be like if you carried an equal number of pounds of weights around with you all day. You would expect to burn more calories. You don't notice the extra weight from fat so much because you added it gradually and because it is evenly distributed,…

Our bodies are designed to give us clues that help us maintain our current weight. It is when we ignore the clues and eat to excess that we gain weight. Of course, you can track your calories for if you like, but that gets old after a while. I find it easier to just trust that most of the time I won't overeat, but weigh…

Actually, they don't. Fat cells release fat when the body needs energy. Muscle develops when they are strained and there is sufficient protein to rebuild them. You can have a lack of energy and have sufficient protein at the same time, but you have to get the balance just right or the excess protein will be stored as fat…

Here's the thing, you can choose to be in the 5% or in the 95%. The choice is completely up to you. Keeping the weight off requires some self-accountability. I weigh weekly (bi-weekly occasionally) to make sure my weight is staying within my range. I exercise regularly. I don't do "cheat days" and on feast days I try to…

If you are fatigued, go to bed.

I probably lost 20 lbs before anyone noticed. I've been at my current weight for probably a year or two and I still have people who come up to me and say, "You've lost some weight, haven't you?" Most people really don't pay much attention to what other people look like. Sometimes they just happen to notice something that…

I have my own version of the cookie diet. We have a place downtown that sells fresh baked cookies. It is a 15 mile bicycle ride from my house. You can have a cookie (or a few) but you have to ride your bicycle to get there.

I find it easier if every day is a new day. For that matter, I kind of like making every meal a new day. But effectively, when we lose weight we are averaging out our calories over a year or more. We eat at a deficit to make up for the many days of eating at a surplus. Just keep in mind that the longer the period you use…

I give everything three weeks. There's only so much water your body will hang onto, barring a medical condition, so even if you don't stop retaining water, a calorie deficit will result in a net loss after about three weeks.

It sounds to me like you are doing fine. Don't go below 1,500 on a regular basis, but if you aren't hungry then 1,500 isn't hurting you.

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None will get it exactly right because what one person considers light activity is different than what another person considers light activity. Pick one and then adjust your intake up or down based on whether you are gaining or losing weight over a month or so.

Six hours is more than plenty for me, but if you aren't getting enough sleep them maybe you need to go to bed sooner.

All I can say is that you need to trust the math.

When I first saw people talking about using smaller plates my thought was, "there's no way that can work," but after I bought a set of 9" plates and tried it, I found that it really does help.

It can take a couple of days to digest food, so "next day" weight gains are due to what is in your gut, not what is stored as fat or muscle. I don't mess with Fitbit. The only device I have synced is a Garmin Edge. I tend to think that all day activity trackers are more to make people feel like they are exercising by…

I doubt that the low calorie amount is the issue. All the charts are based on non-disabled people. When you are forced to sit all day, you aren't going to burn as many calories as someone who can walk around.

As long as you don't overdo it, exercise is good for many things, including reducing water retention. One of the reasons professional cyclists go for a short ride on rest days is to help prevent them from gaining weight due to water retention.