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cogirl3 posted 21 weeks ago.
Yes this sounds about right for calories. It depends on how much peanut butter and jelly you put on your sandwiches, how much pasta you ate, etc. Are you estimating your portion sizes correctly when you put them in fitday? I have used that program alot and I think it is great, but it will pick a serving size for you and you need to make sure that is the correct one.
Yes you should lose weight on this plan if you can sustain it. I would recommend adding some more fruits and vegetables to your diet as these are very filling and low in calories. Excellent for weight loss.
Good luck!
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jsk85 posted 21 weeks ago.
1200 calorie deficit per day gives you 8400/week. That comes to a little less than 2.5lbs/week if my recollection is correct (1 lb fat=3500 cal). So, that puts you at 15lbs lost in 6 weeks. That'd be mid-march, well ahead of schedule.
I'm no nutritionist, but I'd recommend upping the intake some so the deficit is more in the 800-1000 range. It will be easier to maintain less deficit over a longer time and will give you that much more energy to improve your workouts. I don't have anything right in front of me to reference this info, I'm just going from memory so I hope that this is correct.
Consistency is the key...good luck
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bgreinke posted 21 weeks ago.
I'm with jsk85. going to more than 1000 calorie per day deficit AND training is a good way to get your body to slow it's metabolism to KEEP YOU from losing weight. It'll think you're starving and cut your metabolism to stave off what it thinks is coming. With training, I would probably stick closer to a 500 cal per deficit. That puts you at about 1 lb/wk which should get you pretty close to 15 lbs by May.
I've used fitday a ton and love it, but I second what cogirl3 said, if you don't get your portions right, the esimates will be off. I use a lot of custom foods, especially for things like sandwiches since it's never going to be that close to knowing what kind of ingedients you use. Good luck, I think you're on the right track.
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TriSooner posted 21 weeks ago.
bgreinke wrote:
This is a good rule to follow. As has been stated, any more and your body puts the breaks on fat loss because it thinks it is starving.
stick closer to a 500 cal per deficit
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lkkowski posted 21 weeks ago.
IMO I would not trust the RMR calculations. I had my RMR tested at a sports clinic and it came out to be 1109. Those RMR calculators tell me it would be closer to 2000.
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jsk85 posted 21 weeks ago.
yeah, I used fitday a couple years ago to track my weightloss for a rowing team and my issue with it was it definately seemed to inflate RMR. I would enter your info into that calculation to make it seem you are as sedentary as possible since it seems to overestimate calorie burn by a longshot
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lately I've been focusing on how much ive been eating in order to drop some excess weight. through calculators I determained my RMR to be around 2,100 calories a day. I've been using fitday and it told me I took in 1,900 calories yesterday. does this sound right? it sounds a little low considering i burned another 1,000 calories through excercise. yesterday I ate:
- bowl of whole weat cheerios with skim milk @ 6:30
-a banana @ 10:30
-2 peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches @ 1
-a cliff bar during a long bike ride @ 4
-a bowl of pasta with red sauce @ 6
now that I think about it it sounds about right but I feel this is more then enough to sustain me during the day. if I continue to consume this much will I lose the weight? Im aiming for around 15 pounds by may.
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