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Weight loss: Am I doing it wrong?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,422 ✭✭✭✭StringerBell


    Being honest OP it sounds like your doing fine, just stick to it now and the weight will come off gradually and sustainably.

    All the different websites, diets etc it really does all boil down to creating a calorie deficit and staying patient.

    Continue to exercise, continue to eat clean the majority of the time and drink plenty of water. No need to do anything extreme, if you'd be interested in it have a look around the locality and see is there a sport you could take up such as Muay Thai/Boxing to aid you.

    Well done and keep it going

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭Blue4u


    Maybe I ain't mixing it up enough :-) tastes awful to me.

    My cousin is all into home remedy stuff, she swears by the stuff so I am taking it once a day, normally in morning at 6-7



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭Blue4u


    Sorry I am not sure if I got it correct. The weight loss app is telling me to hit 1433 calories per day

    Should I try and hit that as close as close as possible, so yesterday was 1291 or is that too low?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,783 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    By proven, I meant peer reviewed science.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 735 ✭✭✭MangleBadger


    It doesn't really matter. Focus on the bigger picture. No calculator will tell you your exact calorie burn per day. It is just a ballpark figure. But that is ok.

    For example if the calculator tells you that you burn 2500 calories per day. Take that figure, subtract say 500 calories for a normal deficit. 2000 is now your daily calorie goal. Some days you may burn 2200-2800 depending on exercise etc. Some days you may eat 1900 calories and others 2100. As long as you average around 2000 you are good. Eat 2000 calories a day for 1-2 weeks consistently and see how your weight trends. If your weight is moving in the right direction continue as you are, if you are not losing weight quickly enough the calorie calculator was probably off a little. Subtract 100 calories from 2000 and try again.

    In your example if the app is telling you 1433, and you are eating that and losing weight than fantastic. Change nothing and continue. If you eat 1291 1 day that is fine. It is 1 day. 1433 is not a magic number that you have to hit exactly.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭BKWDR


    Firstly, until you said you were male i would've thought the 1400kcal target you were female.

    All things being equal, to me 1400 seems excessively low.

    I had a metabolic test carried out, id be of similar stats to you and to EXIST my body uses 2347kcal a day.

    I used myfitnesspal to count calories over the week. My weekly target was 16,429. My aim per week was to come under that to have a calories deficit that week. And over time , 5 months i did that and lost a couple stone. Count everything, wine, chocolate, its only as good as how honest you are.

    I also ran 2 -3 times a week but i didnt factor that into anything , that's just bonus territory. Dont rely on your gadgets to tell you anything accurate. If your watch says you burned 1000kcal running, do nothing, dont eat them back, just forget about it and refuel and scan those kcals using MFP

    The running and weights will build muscle which burns more kcal and will benefit you but the diet and measuring that is where you will benefit from change



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭Blue4u


    Thanks everyone for the advice, I am just wondering what is the best calorie counter app? I had been using Nutra Check but then it bombed me out looking for 50 quid.

    I am wondering should I invest or is another one available for free or cheaper? Thanks



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,783 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    My Fitness Pal is what I use. Great that you can save meals (great for me as a creature of habit!) and recipes - you can enter all the ingredients, and how many portions and it divides it, again great if you batch cook/ cook for the household. You can scan barcodes too (but do check if it looks off!).



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭Blue4u


    Do you use the paid version or that available free?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,783 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    I've used both. I currently pay, but used it for years free.



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