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Eating 1500 calories a day, exercising and still not losing
I have been eating less than 1500 calories a day and exercising but I still dont appear to be losing. Feel free to check my diary. I pretty much eat oatmeal and fruit maybe some toast with it for breakfast and then in the late afternoon or evening eat a cooked meal usually consisting of rice, vegetables and pulse. I…
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What to do - suggestions?
I am 47 years old 6ft 1 (really 0.5 inches) 196 lbs BMR 1833 TDEE 2521 lightly active Average Gross calories is around 2100 In the past week my macros were in grams – 2923 for carbs 528 for protein 330 for fat I am a vegan in my eating habits and explains the macro profile which may seem unusual (not in this group) I use a…
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Help - not losing - must be doing something wrong !!
I do not have this diet thing down yet and need advice.. I am 47 years old 6ft 1 (really 0.5 inches) 198 lbs BMR 1833 TDEE 2521 lightly active Average Gross calories is around 2100 I have been netting in the past week 1700 or so as I have been struggling to eat all my exercise calories back - I always eat above BMR In the…
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Not really losing - gaining now - with weights - help?
Listen - I do not have this thing down yet and need advice.. Bmr is 1894 TDEE is 2936 MFP set to 1970 Need to lose about 14 pounds maybe 20. Want to be lean. Usually gross 2000+ sometimes net BMR but recently netting 1600 - even with exercise not managing well to eat enough to cover the exercise calories. Usually burning…
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Which is better BMR+ or TDEE- ?
I eat above BMR net whilst others eat a percentage from TDEE to create the caloric deficit. I like doing it this way as it appears to give me more control over how I manage my eating. If I exercise more I eat more, if I just eat a bit more I can make sure I am below my TDEE etc. Out of interest which one is 'better' ? Or…
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Help! 1102 calories to eat : going to skate 6 miles in a w
Finally got the idea that I am not eating enough calories. Took me a while to understand this. So I upped my net calories to 2000. I was netting less than 1500 and exercising with no weight change. I am not looking at scales at the moment not do I mind as long as I am doing the right things. I feel good and look better. My…
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MFP
Ok - based on many suggestions I am going to up my calories. I decided to let MFP decided what that target calories should be for my weight, height and target weight. However it does not appear to work? Does it not work sometimes? I even changed my target weight to something ridiculous but the target calories did not…
