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At your current weight, you may be okay eating so little. 1900 calories without exercise is you in a deficit. If you picked to lose 2 lbs/week, that is a 1,000 cal deficit/day This app/site has you lose your goal amount of weight with no exercise, so when you exercise, you should eat some back or risk not fueling your…
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You realize this thread was last updated in 2014 before your comment? zombie thread
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every day would have to be like that day for it to work. It is just math, if you were in a deficit on that day of 750 cals, your 5-week loss would be 7.5 lbs. (750*7days*5 weeks)/3,500 cals/lb
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when you start or increase training, your muscles will retail water for protection and to help repair. It is possible to gain several pounds of water weight, which could mask a fat loss of a few pounds. Don't give up, stick with it and eventually you will retain less water and the fat loss will show on the scale
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how much are you looking to lose, and why a short time frame? In general, you should be aiming to lose 0.5 lbs per week if you have 10 or less lbs to lose, 1 lb if you have 11to 30lbs, 1.5 from 30-49, 2lbs/week >=50lbs to lose. Losing too fast can result in a larger % of your loss coming from muscle, it is important to…
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Did you get extra calories from logging exercise? If so, then many of the steps would have been included in that, so this is an adjustment above and beyond exercise. Or, are you set as active or very active, as that would assume a lot of steps in your base caloric goal.
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maybe rice is a bad example, as there isn't much space between grains, but with pasta it can be way off, depending on the shape of the pasta. It is still always advisable to weigh. You can tare your scale with the measuring cup, scoop your food, put it back on the scale to get weight. It doesn't take much extra time.
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If you are not gaining on 3,000 cals, increase them by 250/day to 3250, if after 4 weeks you are still not gaining, increase them by another 100/day, rinse and repeat. when it comes to the amount of fat and protein, it is less important in a bulk to get x grams of protein, provided you are getting the minimum you need,…
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Measuring could be off by 0-25% versus weighing. Weighing food is the most accurate way to ensure you know what you are consuming. 1 cup of rice one day may weigh more than the other, depending on how loose you pack it.
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Not sure what type of watch you have, but my Garmin will add exercise, and calories to MFP, but also daily adjustments, which are usually negative on days I exercise. If you are set up to allow negative adjustments on MFP, then you are probably not double counting.
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Depends. exercise is more important if your goal is fitness related. If your goal is weight-related (gain or loss), then diet is more effective.
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90 grams or protein only has 360 calories, so it shouldn't be too hard to get the rest of your cals in. Though, if you are eating maintenance, you should be fine with 75 grams or so, at your weight. If you are in a deficit, then the 90 grams would be more important to maintain muscle mass
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You are correct that they are bigginger programs, but you can do them for well over 3-4 months. In fact, they are probably best to do long term until you stop making progress after a few deloads. For most this will be much closer to a year or more, if you were a true beginner when starting. then you can move on to…
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lower protein won't affect how much weight you lose, but not getting adequate protein while in a deficit (losing weight) will lead to a higher % of your loss coming from lean muscle, as opposed to the fat you want to lose. 1200 cals is also quite low, If you earn exercise calories, eat those back too. If you can't eat…
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Big thing here, I see cups and tablespoons as serving sizes. I would change your measuring to grams, not oz or cups or tablespoons, more granular. a half cup measured may weigh more than a half cup says on a package. weighing in grams is by far the most accurate way.
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pretty sure he is talking about 1,000 cals remaining not a goal of 1,000. if your goal was 1,500 and you burned 800 from exercise, your goal is now 2,300. I would suggest you eat most of the cals but if you have 100-200 remaning no problem, as you may have over estimated your caloric burn or under estimated amount you ate…
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diet is more important than working out. But you can try fitting workouts in in the morning or lunch time.
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If you are doing 1200 and exercising, eat back most of what you burn from exercsie to ensure you are fueled and can recover
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If you were not tracking on MFP, how do you know how many calories you were eating? I suggest setting your goal here to lose 1 lb per week, track exercise, eat what it says, and adjust after 3-4 weeks if not meeting expectations.
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With so little left to lose, you should be aiming to lose 0.5 to 0.75 lbs per week. faster will lead to a larger % of your weight loss coming from muscle, not just fat.
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just be carefully... losing too fast will result in a larger % of your loss coming from lean muscle than if you lost at a slower rate. unless you are more than 100lbs over weight, you should not aim to lose more than 2 lbs/week. as you lost that rate of loss should slow to 0.5 lbs/week for the final 10 or so lbs
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The site you are on... My Fitness Pal
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Greath job, and now that you are closer to your goal, you may want to add resistance training, so more of your loss comes from fat, and less from muscle. when losing you lose fat and lean body mass, to maximize fat loss you want a proper deficit (with amount you have left to lose 0.5 or 1lb/week maximum), get adequate…
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Go with the flow... change the thing you have the power to change, and accept the things that you cant
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So with social distancing and being cold in many climates and many things closed... what are people doing for dates for the next little while?
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Cheap Gas, less CO2 being produced, saving on eating out as much, etc.
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Wow, what did you do to lose so much so fast... please also keep in mind at your weight loss more than 1-1.5 lbs/week is not advised as a large % of your loss will end up being muscle, not just the fat you want to lose. fat cannot metabolize as fast as you have been losing. most of that initial loss is also probably water,…
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