nickyrobinson Member

Get a black coffee and add cream. Tall Nonfat Latte: 100 calories Tall Nonfat Cappucino: 90 calories Tall Coffee + 1 Tbsp half and half: 5 + 20 = 25 calories

The iPhone will give you weekly calories, but I am not aware of any way to do it on the web site.

Maybe you should switch to .5 lb/week? I started out there, and only recently switched to 1 lb/week.

Maybe it's just me, but I find egg whites completely tasteless and therefore pointless. If I eat an egg, it's the whole thing.

I'm a big believer in taking it slow. I turned off sodium tracking the first week because always being over drove me crazy, and I wasn't ready to deal with it. After 2 months, I turned it back on and am paying (at least some) attention to it. And now, iron (I know I am always on the edge of anemic, so I should eat more...…

I would seriously consider switching to 1 lb/week. You are less likely to feel deprived. It's probably only a couple hundred calories more (I think someone ran your calculation at 1320?) but every little bit helps, especially when you are starting. Good luck!

Make sure you are only set to lose 0.5 lb/week, which will give you a small calorie deficit of 250 calories.

I guess I am confused as to why you care about the *absolutely* precise relationship between carbs/fat/protein and calories? You have all 4 numbers.

Go read this thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/552430-devil-s-advocate-1200-calories-for-petite-short-women It's good for some petite women (and probably a few men) with low BMR's.

I found this here: http://www.caloriesperhour.com/tutorial_gram.php If you check a food label you may find that the total number of calories listed doesn't match the number you arrive at using the 4-9-4 method described above. The reason for the discrepancy may be that the figure for carbohydrates includes insoluble fiber,…

The simplest way: - You can figure your BMR with the BMR tool under Tools - You can figure your TDEE by switching your goals to "Maintain my current weight" and look at the calories.

You said you are eating around you BMR, but didn't mention if you were eating your exercise calories. There's a lot of controversy about this, but a number of people with no (or stalled) weight loss have found that doing it helps get the weight loss moving. There are some forum links I can give you. Let me go dig them up.

Thanks, that's really good data to have! I am still a poor enough skater that I feel it just standing there and balancing on my skates for 45 minutes. I'll be very curious to see if I can notice a difference with 17 less pounds (I haven't played since I started this... stupid wrist.)

It looks to me like you set your activity level to sedentary, not lightly active. At lightly active you should be at more like 1800. Also, you might try dropping to 1.5 lb/week. That's a more reasonable pace.

BMR is the calories you burn if you literally don't get out of bed, being used by your organs doing their living thing. Your maintenance level is your BMR, plus the calories you expend in your normal daily activity (getting up and dressed, working your job, cooking dinner, etc), plus any explicit exercise you do. VERY…

You're a big dude at 6'7". Just to exist in a coma (your BMR, or basal metabolic rate), you need more than 2700 calories. So 2500 calories as a daily target is more than reasonable. Believe it or not, you really need to eat more. If you really aren't hungry at the end of the day, start adding some more calorie dense foods…

The main reason MFP comes up with 1200 so much is that 1200 is the minimum MFP will allow, and so many people try to set to lose 2 lb/week. Unless your maintenance (i.e. TDEE) is more than 1200 calories, you are going to get 1200 calories as the guide to eat. Examples: Maintenance: 2400 2 lb/week loss: -1000 Total: 1400…

With only 16 pounds to lose, I would set MFP to have you lose only .5 lb/week. That will probably have you higher than 1200 calories. Yes, you can dig into the numbers, but this may be all you need. When I triedit with your numbers and sedentary, I get 1350 calories.

yep, I log it. It's good to do it, because I can tell how I am doing on a weekly basis. Some days a little over, other days a little under. Too much of EITHER over or under's not great.

Will do the best I can to help... But you might want to go read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/538381-in-place-of-a-road-map I've put your numbers into the MFP calculators, and this is what I've found... Data in: Current Weight: 150 Goal Weight: 125 Height: 5'5" Gender: Female Date of Birth: 1988 (Age 24)…

A couple of thoughts that might help: - As long as you are eating below your TDEE, you will lose weight. Even if it's only 100 calories less, that's a pound a month. - Losing weight is not a sprint. Slow and steady wins, because you are more likely to keep it off in the long run. Good luck!

What lbs per week weight loss do you have set and how many calories are set for you to eat each day?

sleepytexan: I would make one correction to your post. You said: Not exactly. The deficit MFP sets is not from BMR but from TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure). MFP calculates TDEE as a multiplier to BMR based on your activity level. This is, effectively, your maintenance level. For example, using my stats: Height: 5'9"…

I was talking to my acupuncturist about intermittent fasting, and he sent me this link: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting-weight-loss/#more-27872 Also, he mentioned that he personally does an intermittent fast once or twice a week, where he abstains from food in the Jewish manner, i.e. from sundown to sundown. Then it…

Go read this for an explanation of eating exercise calories: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

Spanakopita with reasonable calories... thank you!

Ask if they have a nutrition chart. Not all small places do. But the more people ask, the more likely they are to eventually have one.

- Try eating a slightly heavier breakfast and lunch. Trying to do it at the end of the day can seem like too much pressure. - Try eating just a little more (4 oz of meat, not just 3) - Add a mid-afternoon snack: a handful of almonds or some greek yogurt - Throw some sunflower seeds or a few slices of avocado on your salad…

Nope, it's not "dangerous". But depending on what your calorie level is, you might want to eat back a few more calories . It looks like you are eating back less than half (200-300) of what you are burning. Hunger is not always a reliable guide, unfortunately. (As many of us who eat too much, know to our peril.)

I noticed in another thread, saraht23 said: