July/August weight loss thread

[AnnieBikes]

130 again today!

[skinimini]

Actually, I could log on with both links today. Makes absolutely no sense.

[DirtDiva]

Starting weight 66.0kg, goal weight 64.0kg.

[Possegal]

Actually, I could log on with both links today. Makes absolutely no sense.

When I was researching that issue, it seemed like a lot of people were having that problem, sometimes worked, sometimes didn't. All sorts of blame and excuses but none that were 100% always to blame. Did seem like Google knew about it though. So who knows. Just glad you were able to get in one way or the other.

[Reesha]

I'm trying to calculate my caloric needs based on my activity level. Let me know if you think this is high or low!

On Livestrong.com at the Plate they have a calculator. I can't decide if I'm very active or extremely active-- I do exercise almost every day... typically a 20 mile + bike ride, a 3 mile run or stair sprints.

But anyway, I'm 5'6'', 158 lbs and it's telling me that in order to lose a pound a week as an extremely active person I can eat almost 3000 calories. Or to lose a pound a week as a very active person it's about 2400. That seems kind of high. Could it be that I haven't been losing that much weight because I haven't been eating enough? (1500 net calories including making up for calories burned by activity)

[Possegal]

I really don't know much about what level of calories anyone should be taking in (though I agree those numbers seem high). But I do know that it is not uncommon for people to plateau because of not getting ENOUGH calories. Seems sort of counterintuitive, but it isn't really when you understand the body's way of conserving energy stores. So although I have no idea about you specifically, I did want to add in that it is possible that someone isn't losing weight due to not eating enough. (enough of the right things of course, if only I was not losing due to not eating enough Reese cups and Mt Dew.)

[Veronica]

I think it's high. When I plugged in my numbers it said I needed 2551 calories to maintain my weight. That's about 900 more than I eat/day.

They do suggest you use a lower activity level and then track your exercise separately. That might be more accurate.

Veronica

[Reesha]

Yeah... that's what I thought!

Although, I think I wasn't getting enough protein before for the amount of exercise I was doing and made a grocery trip specifically to get protein (tuna, fat free cottage cheese, chicken breast and eggs!) so I always have it around!

I think it's weird that on the Daily Plate when you enter in your exercise it subtracts it from the calories you've already consumed so you have to ingest the same amount of calories you just burned to reach your total. I mean they must have some kind of sound reasoning behind it, but I wish someone would explain why, you know? It seems weird. If it tells you you need 1600 calories a day at a certain activity level, and then you add your activity for the day (let's say you burned 350 calories) and it's saying now you need 1950 calories... does that not seem counter intuitive?