oat_bran Member

I go to bed closer to midnight and have mu last meal an hour or so before bed. The thing is, even after I sync my fitbit the next day, it still tells me I should have eaten more, like, hundreds of calories more. To explain, my goal deficit is 250 cals. On days where my intake is, say, 2000 and TDEE according to fitbit is…

My activity level is actually nowhere near "sedentary". Most days it's "moderately active" or "very active". I average 17-20k steps per day and my average TDEE weekly TDEE is 2300-2500 compared to 1600 sedentary. Though my activity level also varies from day today. But I was told to put my activity level to sedentary and…

How did you manage to sync the two so that it shows you the correct amount to eat? What kind of activity level did you enter on mfp? Did you allow for negative adjustments? I can't seem to sync the two correctly. I put my activity level as sedentary so that all of my activity would be counted by my fitbit but it seems to…

The problem for me is that I also feel so much hungrier on days that I am less active as counterintuitively as it sounds. I guess, part of it is due to me having more time to notice that I'm hungry when I'm.doing nothing but most importantly exercise, especially cardio blunds hunger while I exercise and for a while…

This is a good question. Both about me avoiding sweets and the "hunger" vs. "cravings" part. I *think* that I generally avoid sweets (and junk food in general) because I prefer whole foods. I genuinely enjoy healthy foods and I feel better eating them knowing that I'm nourishing my body. Junk foods feel like a waste of…

Yeah, when I got my first fitbit I was shocked how much a difference there can be between a sedentary day and a fairly active day, even if there's no "formal" exercise involved. It could be as much as a 1000 calorie difference. Which is an important thing to keep in mind for everybody trying to get or stay fit. But there's…

Thank you for your advice. Even though this hunger feels very physical, I've wondering how much of its intensity could be due to my perception of it which could of course be linked to my ED history. I currently have no access to counselling due to my insurance situation, but I'm planning to try it once it's sorted out,…

That's what I've been trying to do, but somehow I still can't hit the target deficit which is already small without a lot of exercise on top of that. But then again, maybe lowering the level of activity will result in lower hunger levels after a while. I guess I have to make myself have rest days and cut down a little on…

I think it's easier to put in the effort to exercise than to resist the urges. Which is why I've been choosing to exercise instead of eating less all this time. But when I think about all the time I spend exercising... So yeah, it seems like a no win situation. Yeah, you summarized it pretty accurately. I do realize it's…

Thanks for the "tips", I guess... but most of them have very little to do with my post 1) please go read the end of my first post 2) I said cardio is more efficient at burning calories which is true; also saying straight training is more efficient at burning fat is an oversimplification. Calorie deficit is the pretty much…

Yeah, I am definitely am obsessive with my fitbit and the number it gives me. I know that. But at the same time, fitbit also helped me a lot with recovery in the past. When I started wearing it I realized just how many calories I am actually burning and I now I feel okay eating much more than the "recommended" amount for…

The adjustments are not correct. I haven't managed to make it work. MFP always tells me to eat more than the targeted deficit of 250-300 allows for. If you want to know my estimated deficit here's an expert from my CICO tracking spreadsheet. As you can see, my average deficit is around 300 calories (though last month was…

Thank you so much for the advice! I guess I really needed to hear someone else say it to me. Sorry if it's a silly question but what qualifies as a rest day? Do I have to be more or less sedentary or just avoid intentional exercise or any other strenuous activity? Can I still have a high NEAT due to walking a lot and…

Yup, that's what I've been thinking. I suspect that an issue is also part due to me being used to eat about the same amount everyday which corresponds to a high activity level. So I feel hungry if I eat less, but to eat more I exercise. Which probably makes me hungry to keep up eating the same amount. It's a chicken and…

Thank you so much for taking your time to give such substantial advice! The hunger issue, I've been struggling with this for a very long time and have tried pretty much everything: experimenting with macros, volume, timing etc. I've found what works best for me but still on the many days, the hunger stays a big issue. It…

Ok, but how do you know that the size of particular cherries that you eat corresponds to the size of cherries in the entry created by someone else? Maybe I'm overthinking here but MFP is full of posts that says "weigh everything, don't "guestimate" anything, count every lick or don't be surprised if you're not losing…

I see. In this case, your formulation was confusing to me. If you said, "the entries you find for fruits and veggies that have parts that are usually discarded that don't specify whether the item should be weighed with this parts or not show nutritional value only for the edible part", then I would understand what you…

Thank you! This is great news!!

I think you have misunderstood my question. Cherries and other fruit vary significantly by size. Depending on how many you eat the difference can be significant. Yeah, I think that's what I'll try to do. I forgot about the USDA. Though some things are still unspecified there. Pistachios, for example. It just says dry,…

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I tried your tip - I didn't even had to have over 1k cal meal, I had a big 900-1000cal burger a couple of times and it did the trick! I was full for many hours and even after I got hungry again I could be satisfied with a smaller then usual meal. However what is interesting is that I…

I haven't tried making nut butter with the pulp before, but from my previous experiences the dried pulp is very different from the ground-up almonds. It appears much much drier. Which is why I think a lot of the fat goes into the milk while a lot of the fiber content stays in the pulp. So I really doubt you can make nut…

Hmm, this is interesting. I was actually planning to use the pulp instead of throwing it away, but I didn't realize that that should even out the results over time. I think I'll just go with subtracting the pump weight to figure out how much almonds stayed in the milk and then just use the dried pulp counting it as…

Home-made almond milk is much MUCH cheaper and I get to control the almond to water ratio and what and how much of other ingredients I put in there. And I know it would vary depending on the almond to water ratio etc. which is why I want to know how to calculate the nutritional content, not the content itself.

I don't want to start a new topic, but would love to hear from more people. There are days where I am really considering going off the pill just to see if this could be causing me to have an increased appetite but I am also really afraid of rebound acne and the rerun of super painful periods. So I would like to weigh the…

Thank you! I think I've seen people around here talk about You Are Your Own Gym program. I'll look it up again, it sounds like something I should be able to do at home. Yeah, I also care much less about how I look now as I'm nearing 30, but still it's not easy. But I'm working on it!

But I spent an entire day on this and had lots of video tutorials, spreadsheets made by others and your instructions to guide me! :) Excel is a pretty important skill in any case and I'm happy that you inspired me to try to learn it!

Yes, exactly! Eating often doesn't help at all on these days and especially eating high volumes of low cal foods only makes me feel bloated. It's sooo frustrating! But it's nice to know I'm not alone with this! I tried to see if there's a correlation between what I eat and my macro levels etc. But there doesn't seem to be…

Hey, I just wanted to thank you again for taking your time to explain everything. I used your instructions as guide lines and also watched a few tutorials on youtube and managed to make a spreadsheet EXACTLY like I wanted! I made a screenshoot where I entered numbers already as an example just to brag a little because I'm…