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Here's the straight story. While it may be difficult to hear, from your short post I conclude you lack commitment. I don't know how many pounds you want to lose and how long it took you to get to your current weight; but, if it's a significant amount you have your habits to overcome. And, to overcome them wll take…
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1200 is the nutritional minimum that MFP allocates to "insure" the daily intake nutrients are provided for health. For those of us who are/were significantly overweight, our bodies have sufficient stores of energy in the form of the FAT we have succeeded in storing. While it will provide us with enegy to power us, it…
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Yes, on the presumption that your BMR and TDEE are accurate, consume 1415 calories/day and you should loose 1 pound/week. The TDEE you cite is 256 higher than your BMR because of the activity you decribed in the TDEE calculator. With no additonal exercise, the 500 cal/day deficit will produce, over the long run, a 3500…
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Yeah, I'm an engineer as well. TDEE is simply another way of stating BMR + the energy requirement associated with your lifestyle. So, when you START with a TDEE Value, you arrive at BMR by "backing out" the activity level you used to calculate the TDEE. The "back-out" % would vary depending on the way you characterized the…
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Your BMR looks about right. Add in 600 exercise calories and you get yourself up to the range you cited TO STAY AT 325. But, to lose 2 pounds a week, you need a 1000 calorie per day deficit. So if you do your exercise EVERY DAY you can eat 2400-2500 calories per day. You'll need a 7000 calorie per week deficit to…
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Yes, I see. As I said in earlier posts, the beauty of the MFP application is that it warns us to not go below 1200 calories beause inadequate nutriton is a real risk and far greater health threat than being overweight. Your 1810 calorie requirement is about right for your weight and you would be appropriately dubbed by the…
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Actually, Graciecny, you've got my head hurting. If 1000 cal/day deficit would get to to 720 cal./day, Your maintenance intake would be 1720 cal/day. Unless you are 3 feet tall, you can't possibly be obese. 1720 calories per day will not sustain obesity in an average height individual, male or female. Of course if you are…
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I can help but disagree with you.. The entire endeavor of weight loss is a combination of psychology and biology. As long as a person is providing for their adequate nutrition and energy requirements (assuming there are no underlying medical issues), there is no reason why a 2# per week loss rate is unhealthy. In the…
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My Starting Weight: 300 Big Ones My Current Weight: 239 and my Goal: 220. I'm 6' 2". I have a large frame and large (not spindly) French-Canadian legs. No one would guess that I was lugging around the poundage I was. Incidentally, if ever you want to really get a psychological boost related to your progress, just visualize…
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You have a choice. Set a faster pace by cutting, say, 7000 calories a week out of your caloric requirement to maintain your current weight. If you do that, you'll lose 2 pounds a week - a safe weight loss rate. It's also a rate that sustains your commitment by showing a noticable monthly loss. When you're overweight, it's…
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I enjoy one of two different breakfasts every morning between around 8 AM. 4-5 days a week I have an omelet made from 1 cup of Kirkland (Costco) egg substitutes, an abudance of onions, green pepper and 1/2 roma tomato. I laso add to it a slice of Kirkland lean sliced ham. Cooked with Pam. It provides a filling and…
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I absolutely agree. I cannot believe a normal adult would have a problem consuming at least 1200 calories a day. To my way of thinking such an inability would definitely linked to an eating disorder. I can accept that a person who managed to become legitamately overweight would struggle to get to 1200 calories. GMAB. A…
