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It does take your deficit off before giving you your calories, I think that's what you're asking. You then add on your exercise & can eat those (or most commonly a portion of those) calories back too! Only caveat being that there's a minimum of 1200 calories for women & 1500 for men. So it won't take you below that but tbh…
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I think it's because mfp has also calculated the calories you will use in normal life (& takes the deficit from this). At the moment you're not burning extra Fitbit shows all calories you burn (including those from basic functions like breathing). Mfp will only add extra calories from the Fitbit when the fitbit's…
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With Fitbit (like a lot of this stuff) it's a bit of trial & error. How much are you aiming to lose per week & are you roughly losing that amount over time? If not eat less extra calories back & if you're losing more than your goal you'll be fine to eat more. I started off eating back half of the additional calories from…
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As people have said before you're a lovely weight for your height. If you're unhappy with your body composition you might want to research recomp - I'm not an expert but I believe this is where you eat at maintenance & do a progressive resistance exercise program to reduce body fat %. One last thing, given your medical…
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Starvation mode is a complete myth in the way it's commonly used on the forum. OP you are losing weight, 2 pounds in 3 weeks seems healthy progress. Congratulations! How much have you got to lose in total? If you really think it should be more, I'd make sure your food logging is correct first of all. Are you using a scale…
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Thanks for replies & good advice. I'm going to try to up my calories gradually (extra 100 per day) and see how I go. It's weird but I'm actually more nervous about maintaining than I was about losing. Not sure I know how but at least there's lots of help here!
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I may be wrong but I think fitness frog is a TDEE calculator, this factors your exercise into its calculation already. (This is why it's higher). Mfp is the neat method, just general activity level but not including exercise. So with mfp you enter exercise separately on days you do it and eat some/ all of the calories back…
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Like others have said it's fine to weigh daily if you want to. I'd definitely be consistent about time & clothing etc though & get an app which allows you to see the trends. For example in the last 7 days I've lost 1.8lbs and regained 0.4, if it was a different time of the month those figures might be reversed. I don't…
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Again, these are machine & mfp estimates. They're calculated based on height & weight but not everyone with those stats is the same & as such they're not necessarily accurate for you and can't be taken as 100% correct. My experience (& I think a lot of people's here) is that they are overestimated quite a lot. If you're…
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I don't thinking people are saying that you're lying about thinking you're burning 1000 calories. What they're asking is how you're coming up with that number? If it's gym machines / mfp calculations these can be really over estimated. So if you eat back all your exercise calories you might be wiping out your deficit. Most…
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I think I've worked out what it's doing for me .... Maybe you too OP? All the calculation does is add / subtract the difference in your estimated Fitbit burn and your mfp burn. This is great if mfp allows you the full deficit but not if it doesn't e.g as it would take you below 1200. For example for me; I want to lose…
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Funnily enough I was wondering this just a bit ago. Mine is the same, at the moment (according to mfp) my charge hr is assuming I will burn 1500 for the entire day, based on 900 ish burned up to now. However, the calorie adjustment on mfp has given me an extra 100 Cals. This takes my intake to 1300 & reduces my deficit to…
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I'm hypothyroid and have lost just over 17lbs so far. So it's definitely doable, I'm also finding that mfp estimations of how many calories I need / burn are not too far off either
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I think when you get close to goal you have less of a deficit to play with so it becomes even more important to be accurate with logging your intake. For me this has meant weighing all solids in grams, not trusting the weights of pre-packed items eg bars and weighing them too & also making sure the food entries I use in…
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Superb advert for lifting weights right there!!! Amazing job, you're looking fab!
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38yrs old and 5ft 0 SW - 129 CW - 112 GW - 107 (then a range from 107 - 112) Almost there!
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I would agree with the other posters who said a dr is your best source for advice like this. There is a forum here for gaining weight. It may be you can get some good advice there on increasing your calories while alleviating bloating.
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A total of 1200 calories can be perfectly healthy to lose for some, particularly shorter girls who are very sedentary. That being said, from everything you've told us on this thread I wouldn't suggest this to you. Recomp is definitely the way to go. I think it's also help getting your focus off the scale, as you'll get…
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I've logged in on my pc & I get it now I can see the calculation :)
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Thankyou April for letting me know! Feel reassured that I'm not going daft. Thanks to everyone else for trying to explain how it works .... My brain is not maths inclined at the best of times.
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Ok this is weird the fit bit adjustment says; Fitbit calories burned 0 Mfp calories burned 0 Calorie adjustment 588 I'm wondering if I've done something wrong when linking them up?
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Sorry it deleted part of my post for some reason! Thanks for the explanations & especially group link. I'm still a bit confused but hoping it will sink in when I'm less tired.
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It's 20:20hrs here & I'll be off to bed in a couple of hours (very rock and roll I know
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Hi, sorry to be a downer but you gained that amount over 4 years & it's unlikely you can lose it healthily in 4 months. Think about it this way you may not be a goal in August but you'll be much further along than if you'd done nothing! I agree with the posters above. Set a moderate deficit, learn about logging accurately…
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Since you're at a healthy weight, have you considered recomping? Reducing body fat while maintaining weight. There are a couple of good threads on it over on the maintaining forum.
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Sorry if this sounds basic but are you sure the entries are using are accurate? Some of the ones on the database are off by loads due to user keying errors. Don't use generic homemade entries unless you've built the recipe yourself as you can't tell if the same ingredients / amounts are used. As others have said above make…
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Maybe take a week or so and weigh everything (even pre-packaged items -it was amazing to me how much these vary!) For example with your porridge; Weigh the oats / porridge mix in grams Measure the liquid in ml (measuring jug / cups) Weigh the banana / any other additions Promise it doesn't take any more time & can be…
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Hi, I don't post often it just wanted to say I don't think anyone was trying to insult you. This is a massively common thread on these boards and inaccurate logging seems to be the number 1 reason for stalls .... It has been for me too! I've made all the mistakes- -Using cups & spoons for solids -Using generic database…
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It's really brilliant you're so active but for me the key is sustainability. Is this level of activity something you really enjoy & plan to do forever? Or is it just to get to the finish line I.e. Your goal weight? If it's just the temporary thing that might make maintenance more tricky & cause yo-yoing in the long term.
