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Personal Trainer seemed to understand my approach just fine, gave me a big stamp of approval and said that I ate better than he did
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See ya all next week for the next weigh in , I guess.
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I use a Garmin Forerunner 235 for HR tracking and calorie burn
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Well, I am down 5.2 pounds
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But if I am netting 125 , thats way under 1200 calories ( the typical calorie intake for weight loss)
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I didnt want different approaches , I just wanted to know if my approach would work
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Lets see; when MFP completes my day it completes it off of my info entered. So, its taking into account the 3000 calories I have consumed and the 2800 calories I have burned through exercise and bmr...
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I actually fail to see your side, sorry.
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I am very active as a runner and a cyclist.
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I add my daily burn ( my bmr plus my exercise calories ) Its not my goal to net 3000 calories. I eat 3000 calories for the day. Thats it. So, thats 3000 - whatever I burn Thats my thinking.
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I add them to see what I havr burned in a day
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I dont eat back my exercise calories
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Not eating back exercise calories
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No, I am only eating 3000
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I am not using MFP's calorie suggestions
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I added in 1300 calories burned for my BMR
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I run and cycle
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I run a 21:50 5K, I dont know if thats fast
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I call it a PR when I run it twice. Running it twice really confirms it for me.
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Huge fan of plyometrics
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Training to run a 18 min 5K
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Oh, I should add that I am not following any sort of strict diet. In fact, strict diets are an absolute trigger and trap for me,so I will just be eating clean. I also have the tendency of focusing on weight loss ( where its not needed) which often causes me to restrict my calories into a binge, so I have my calories set at…
