confused with FitDay - Weight Loss Message Board

hip2hip · 09-13-2005, 03:57 PM

Hi

Was just about ready to give up earlier, but persevering! Briefly noticed a post referring to ******.com and have entered details. But I don't understand where I can see the amount of calories to set so I can achieve my goal of losing 2lbs a week, and am puzzled by the Activities page ... when it says total calories burned, which includes basal, lifestyle and activities ... I understand basal as being what you burn off if you just sit still?

My basal is 1703, lifestyle is 734 (sedentary), and an hour on the exercise bike would be 420 + half an hour of weights would be 70 calories off. So if I eat 1600 in actual food, how do all these other figures fit in, without me going too low again in calories, and to achieve 2 lb a week loss? Need to lose weight before surgery.

I'm obviously really confused with all these different figures! and would really appreciate someone's wisdom on how they've worked the figures out and succeeded in losing weight.

Thanks, Cat

hip2hip · 09-13-2005, 06:02 PM

no probs, sussed it!

Lenin · 09-14-2005, 07:46 AM

Cat,

If you're doing an hour on the stationary bike and a half hour on the weights you are NOT sedentary.

The ****** numbers are complete nonsense, save your time. Just eat the 1600 calories and do the 1.5 hour workout for a month and ascertain for yourself how much weight you lose. If not fast enough, or not at all...go to 1400 calories; if too fast, go to 1700!
There is no substitute for personal experience.

And I repeat, those ****** calculations are preposterous...everybody comes up with super high numbers for maintenance and then is amazed their bodies don't respond the way ****** says. Also don't believe the calories on a Lifecycler...always too optimistic (Hey, a high number sells more expensive bikes!

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hip2hip · 09-14-2005, 08:20 AM

I was asking how to nutritionally work out exactly what calories to eat and what calories to burn off. I've spent months trying to test out what's right, and I don't have time to keep doing that .... I have surgery coming up, that is very delayed already (not due to weight).

It doesn't help at all that every idea and resource is just knocked down. Encouragement just doesn't seem to feature much on this board. All everyone can do is do what feels right for them and works for them. My bike's very cheap indeed, so I doubt they were onto a huge marketing con when I paid my pennies for it! and every single site (including ******) I looked at came out with the parallel amount of calories, the same as my bike registers.

I'll get on with doing what feels right for me, as every nutrition site I found since posting said the same way of working out the calorie/exercise balance, so I've worked out my amounts, and am relieved to know what to do and now to get on with gradually losing the weight, as well as get on with other things too!