Dannilee2013 Member

Sticking to my calories even with 60% carbs is not a problem for me. I have 3 meals a day and a treat at night. I have never really been one for snacking. I have increased my protein over the last few weeks and the weight loss has kicked in again after months of not moving.

If you search leslie sansone on YouTube you will see some great walk at home workouts.

Pastrami, salad and relish Tuna, low calorie mayo and sweetcorn. Turkey rashers and a fried egg (with 1 cal spray oil) Reduced fat cheddar cheese and branston pickle I recently make the Fakeaway Doner Kebab recipe (if you google it you'll find it), was lovely.

Well I have set my own goal to 1750 per day, that combined with the exercise seems to be working well for me, so will try that for another week and tweak if I need to.

Looks like I am going to have to aim to be under my target on exercise days so I can save some calories back for the 2 days a week I am unable to fit in any exercise.

I was reading it wrong, so what it is showing me is yesterday I burned 1654 calories and then it is taking 500 off, which left me only 1154 to eat :(

Correction it was 1154 not 1218. That is on the Fitbit dashboard. (The tile with the knife and fork) it says 1852/1154 - 698 Over

Okay Thanks :) I was shocked by yesterday I was unable to exercise and it says I burned 1218 calories, that is below my BMR, how is that even possible?

Thanks. Ye I agree the food diary is nowhere near as good as MFP. I read somewhere (can't remember now) someone saying they don't trust fitbits accuracy 100% because when you move your arms it can sometimes count them as steps. Now I get that if your main focus is steps but if you are focusing on calories in v out, surely…

Thanks for the explanations. What I was really asking those is are there any negatives to using fitbit on it's own?

Thanks can you just clarify the above? At the moment I am just using the fitbit and have it set at -500 calorie deficit a day. I kick it into exercise mode when I do my daily walks and just stick to the target calories it gives me. Currently I have been losing eat 1750 calories a day. That is walking around 35-40 miles…

Hi But how does it allow you to track more accurately? Surely two different sets of number is confusing, at least that is what I am finding. Do you eat what FB tells you or do you eat what MFP tells you!

Thanks Thanks, I only want to get to 10st, that is my goal. I understand why some may want to go much lower but I am actually in a size 8-10 at my current weight and when people ask my weight they don't believe me. I've actually heard people saying she is too skinny, or she has taken it too far she's tiny (SO annoying).…

Well as what I am doing is working for me I will stick with it, if I feel I need to eat more on more intense workout days I will. At least calculating my TDEE, minus 20% has shown me that I should still be able to eat around 200-300 more calories a day if I need to and still lose.

But surely that has a lot to do with the speed or walking and the number and incline of hills. I could undertand your comment if I was guestimating but I am using a Miolink HRM and Garmin which is calculating my calories burned based on my personal data i.e age, height and weight. I do believe it is pretty accurate because…

Well I can only speak from personal experience, and for me whenever I have eaten my TDEE and burned the 500+ calories solely from exercise I have never lost and have often gained. I know my calorie burn is accurate because I wear a Miolink HRM connected to a Garmin Edge 1000 and I upload as a walk to Strava. I know many…

Hi Thank you to everyone for your advise and comments. To answer some of your questions: 900 Calories Is A Lot Of Exercise - That was walking over 8 miles, briskly and including hills. I use a Miolink HRM, Garmin Edge 1000 and upload to strava as a walk. I always do this when walking so I can accurately track my calories…

I do know there is a difference between BMR and TDEE, however as mentioned because of all the exercise I do, in order to net my BMR each day I would need to eat over my TDEE most days. This is the part that confuses me, even more so when people are saying you should eat under your TDEE. Please can someone explain in simple…

I am not eating below my BMR, it is just my exercise takes me under. In order for me to net my BMR today I would need to eat 2339, which is above me TDEE. This is very confusing, well for me it is :)

I'm 5"5, 11st 2lb

I am not on a low carb diet, but I have always found that eating carbs at night stops me from losing. Even though I am within my daily calories. May not be the same for everyone but it keeps the weight on me. The moment I swap to low carb or protein at night (having the same calories), I lose again.

Before I joined MFP, I had already lost a huge amount of weight by counting my calories, I hadn't a clue how many carbs, fats or proteins I was eating per day. All I knew was my calories.

I have actually been having some reduced fat vanilla ice cream with a fruit bagel or a banana. Lovely but fancy a change. I love porridge but being high in carbs I tend to stick to having that for breakfast.

Great information, can I ask how you calculate your TDEE? I mean I have tried many online calculators but the numbers they throw out are all different and some by several hundred. I know they are only an estimate but which would you say is the most accurate?

Thanks, I currently weight 11st 2lb, so going off what you are saying I should be aiming for 1.2lb a week loss. That would be around a 750 deficit a day? Many places/people say you can come to that deficit by cutting back on your calories alone, by exercise alone or a combination of both. Others say it is best to get the…

Thank you very informative :smile: I could never do low carb. Can I ask how or what calculator you use to find your TDEE? I have tried loads online and they all throw out different numbers, I understand that they can never be 100% accurate but which one is the best? Thanks again D

Thanks I actually have been hitting the 2lb a week loss for the last 2 weeks, after hitting a plateau which latested over 6 months. For the last 2 week I have been eating 1750 calories a day and walking 5-6 miles a day and have lost almost 5lb. I feel fine, no hunger, moodiness etc. But I don't want to lose muscle mass.…