How many calories a day are you on? - Page 3

WantingABubba · Apr 3rd, 2012, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by threebirds

Wow wanting, 26lb is great. :-)
Good luck ladies x

Is this to me, hun?

threebirds · Apr 3rd, 2012, 16:55 PM

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Originally Posted by WantingABubba

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Originally Posted by threebirds

Wow wanting, 26lb is great. :-)
Good luck ladies x

Is this to me, hun?

Oops shoulda said it was to Wanting2010. Wantingabubba great start to your weightloss. Sorry for confusion gals x

ILoveYouZandT · Apr 4th, 2012, 00:56 AM

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Originally Posted by WantingABubba

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I'm really REALLY new to this whole calorie thing. Myfitnesspal tells me I can have 1400, so I will go with that. And apparently with exercise I burn around 400, but I seem to eat that back... O_o

I just started watching what I eat Tuesday last week, hence "really REALLY new" lol. I played with my eating quite a bit, one day last week I consumed under 1000 calories, and the day after that I consumed only around 600-700 calories... I figured out this probably wasn't a good idea? I was so hungry the whole day. So now I've upped it. =D

Hoping to shed some weight, we'll see how it goes.

Always make sure you eat back most/all of your exercise calories, and don't eat below 1200 cals. Not good for you!

Have you calculated your BMR and TDEE?

Also, are you joined to MFP? They'll usually do all the numbers for you.

Try eating 1700 cals and see how you feel.

ETA - Oh, and get yourself a heart rate monitor. Both MFP and exercise machines overestimate calorie burn, but HRM are much more accurate. I picked up a good one for £12.99! Lemme know if you want the link.

Thank you! I definitely didn't feel good doing that, I felt so woozy and just so hungry all day. I'm doing about 1900 calories right now, I feel like this is too much?! I am signed up for MFP, how off do you think they are on calories burnt during exercise? I've been relying on this thing! Ugghh. I've lost a pound so far, and I will weigh in again on Monday, so we'll see how it's working out. Today I consumed just under 1400, and had 533 left over because I did more exercise than expected. I hope it's not really really off.

Thanks for the suggestion about the HRM. I'll look into on ASAP! I'm actually in Canada, so I'll just pop in somewhere local.

What's TDEE? BMR is about 1779, so should I aim to for about that?

kate1984 · Apr 4th, 2012, 15:32 PM

Ive only had 600 cals today, hoping for a loss this week

happyjen · Apr 7th, 2012, 12:32 PM

I'm on 1300 a day. A low gi diet does help but it's not easy. I do go over but that's usually at weekends as I use these as my treat period where I'm more relaxed about what I eat.

Regular exercise is a must though, just controlling my diet was not enough to shed my baby fat so I'm on the exercise bike about 3 times a week when the my little one is sleeping and use resistance bands to tone up.

WantingABubba · Apr 14th, 2012, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by kate1984

Ive only had 600 cals today, hoping for a loss this week

600 cals is not healthy

WantingABubba · Apr 14th, 2012, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ILoveYouZandT

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Originally Posted by WantingABubba

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Originally Posted by ILoveYouZandT

I'm really REALLY new to this whole calorie thing. Myfitnesspal tells me I can have 1400, so I will go with that. And apparently with exercise I burn around 400, but I seem to eat that back... O_o

I just started watching what I eat Tuesday last week, hence "really REALLY new" lol. I played with my eating quite a bit, one day last week I consumed under 1000 calories, and the day after that I consumed only around 600-700 calories... I figured out this probably wasn't a good idea? I was so hungry the whole day. So now I've upped it. =D

Hoping to shed some weight, we'll see how it goes.

Always make sure you eat back most/all of your exercise calories, and don't eat below 1200 cals. Not good for you!

Have you calculated your BMR and TDEE?

Also, are you joined to MFP? They'll usually do all the numbers for you.

Try eating 1700 cals and see how you feel.

ETA - Oh, and get yourself a heart rate monitor. Both MFP and exercise machines overestimate calorie burn, but HRM are much more accurate. I picked up a good one for £12.99! Lemme know if you want the link.

Thank you! I definitely didn't feel good doing that, I felt so woozy and just so hungry all day. I'm doing about 1900 calories right now, I feel like this is too much?! I am signed up for MFP, how off do you think they are on calories burnt during exercise? I've been relying on this thing! Ugghh. I've lost a pound so far, and I will weigh in again on Monday, so we'll see how it's working out. Today I consumed just under 1400, and had 533 left over because I did more exercise than expected. I hope it's not really really off.

Thanks for the suggestion about the HRM. I'll look into on ASAP! I'm actually in Canada, so I'll just pop in somewhere local.

What's TDEE? BMR is about 1779, so should I aim to for about that?

Of course you would, hun. The other day, I only had 1,000 or so calories because I was so heartbroken over OH that I would feel sick when I ate, but I was also so hungry!

And don't worry, I also felt worried about the cals when I first started, but it was fine and I am losing. You'll relax soon, don't worry. However, they are very off on the exercise, hence why I would suggest a HRM.

Your TDEE should be on MFP, if you click on goals. You can also find online calculators :-)

Sorry for my late reply, and HTH!

WantingABubba · Apr 14th, 2012, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by threebirds

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Originally Posted by WantingABubba

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Originally Posted by threebirds

Wow wanting, 26lb is great. :-)
Good luck ladies x

Is this to me, hun?

Oops shoulda said it was to Wanting2010. Wantingabubba great start to your weightloss. Sorry for confusion gals x

that's okay x

veganmama · Apr 14th, 2012, 16:07 PM

i feel best eating around 1200

but ive been bored lately so i think ive been eating around 2000 lol

Apr 4th, 2012, 15:32 PM	#24
kate1984 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 1,755	Ive only had 600 cals today, hoping for a loss this week

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Apr 7th, 2012, 12:32 PM	#25
happyjen Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 20	I'm on 1300 a day. A low gi diet does help but it's not easy. I do go over but that's usually at weekends as I use these as my treat period where I'm more relaxed about what I eat. Regular exercise is a must though, just controlling my diet was not enough to shed my baby fat so I'm on the exercise bike about 3 times a week when the my little one is sleeping and use resistance bands to tone up.

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veganmama Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,784	i feel best eating around 1200 but ive been bored lately so i think ive been eating around 2000 lol

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