justinrunner Member

Just double checked, it all looks right to me. Maybe it's because I'm so small? 5'8" / 141 lb so they're categorizing me as a woman??? :open_mouth:

No I didn't try maintain weight, I put in lose 1lb per week and it showed a goal of 1,500 calories per day. I just assumed that that meant my standard number was 2,000. Since it takes 3,500 calories lost to shed a pound, divided by 7 days in a week is 500 calories per day to lose.

Yeah that was using MFP, I put in my age / height / weight and that's what it came up for me. The catch is I put in the most sedentary lifestyle, as when I'm not running I'm sitting on a computer all day at work. I figured my exercising doesn't factor into that, as I'm gaining calories when I actually do exercise. Does…

I am! I do glute and hip strengthening exercises once/week, just using body weight and resistance bands. I also hit the hex bar deadlift twice/week, as that supposedly is a really big bang for your buck with runners. I should mention that I'm not including those workouts in myfitnesspal yet, as they're very short and…

As for a pound equating to a minute, it's basically assuming a 2-3 second in pace per mile, which is generally what studies have found. However you're right, if I'm canabolizing muscle then that will certainly not be the case! I feel like I still have some fat on me, as I'm not as thin as a lot of the other runners I'm…

After inputting my info, it said I'd normally want to eat 2,000 calories per day. So with the goal of losing 1lb per week it's down to 1,500 calories per day. I run 2-3 hours per day (auto-synced over from Strava, very cool!), so it allows me to eat an additional 1,600-2,400 calories. It probably sounds like a lot though,…

You might be right that 1lb/week might not be appropriate. I'm already lean (5'8" / 141lbs) but want to get the weight down before my Fall marathon, as each pound equates to roughly a minute gained/lost over the entire 26.2. I'm 10 weeks out and want to lose 6 pounds, so 1lb/week is the only way to hit that goal and still…

I guess the article had it wrong then. Sounds like it's too good to be true, and I'll have to suffer through this... If losing 1lb/week were easy, no one would be overweight, right?

So it counts against you when you consume it (towards your daily allowance), but how do we factor in how many calories it takes to digest it? It seems like our formula (daily allowance + exercise - consumed) doesn't factor this in...