JennLH81 Member

Interested!

Yes...I'm probably eating between 1500-2000 calories depending on the day. 1500 was my base and then I usually eat 3/4 of my exercise calories. I feel like I couldn't work out at the level I do and only eat the 1500 calories?!?! I'm drinking between 90-120oz. of water a day and workout for between 30m-1 hour. I rely on my…

Definitely not just exercising to lose weight....more so exercising to eat....LOL. But in reality with the purchase of my Peloton I LOVE exercising so it really it for enjoyment. I actually look forward to it. Talk to me about deficit....I let MFP calculate that for me right? I had it set for 1lb. a week but just adjusted…

I wish I had done that at the start. Honestly, my clothes don't feel really different. That's the frustrating part. I thought it would show up somewhere....LOL

I'm 5'7" so I think 150 is totally doable. It might even been on the heavier side of my range. When you say revisit my calories/macros, what would make sense to adjust? I'm confused how I could be eating at maintenance when I have calories left?!

Having the same issue here! Wondering if it’s an OS update glitch?!

Are you earning calories for separate exercise logged that includes those steps? I know when I run it subtracts my step calories, but adds my run calories if that makes sense!

I spin 2-3 times a week, take a Body Pump (weights class) 1-2 times a week, and then do cardio/core on the non-class, gym days!! I found early on I really needed the variety!

Thanks for all the positive words! Exactly what I needed for the last pesky pounds! Anyone have luck jump starting? Mixing things up?

Thanks for all the positive feedback. Certainly does wonders for my motivation!

72 days, 25 lbs. down and still going strong!

Yep! All kinds of glitches....not syncing with FitBit, newsfeed not available, page not loading, different numbers between site and ap, etc.

WOW!!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to do clearly explain the whole calorie thing! I think I get it now. I do manually enter all exercise, except regular walking and strength training into MFP. I will take your advice and override the number to be 50% of what it estimates. I should then eat ALL my green calories!

Plus strength training which I don't log. Arms, legs, or core....alternating days

I've been using the Running for Weight Loss ap, taking spin classes, aqua aerobics, group classes. I give it 110% when I'm at the gym!

So do I eat all the "green" calories that it says? Once it gets past the line into the diagonal bar, do I stop?! And what is the whole purpose of the "net calories" thing? Should I be paying attention to that?

I have a scale and have been using it to weigh some items. Even if I weighed EVERYTHING that wouldn't solve my dilemma on how many calories I should be eating....

Thanks for all the feedback. It certainly has helped me understand the connection between the two. I'm not surprised at the number of calories burned from the gym as I was in an intense, 60 minute spinning class. Given that I'm trying to lose the weight, thus not skinny, it was certainly productive. I guess I'm still…