@BurdsNest wrote:
@yes, yes VeganBadass_CO, it's so much to remember. Although I love my classes and workouts, I believe I'm @ a maintenace level. I am 5'3", 56yrs young, 130pds. Trying desperately to loss 3-5pds. (have been there before).
Yes, when I run on the treadmill 2miles I will burn usually over 200 calories. My classes are only 45 minutes, and I can burn (depending if it's a cardio or a strength training class) as little as 165 for strength training, and up to 315 for a cardio.
My caloric intake (I follow WW and usuallly a 1500 calorie meal plan) I would say.....well let's put it this way, depending on the day, I'm never close to my calories out. I'm going to look up the Harris Benedict Equation so that I can calculate just how much caloric out do I need to have to lose 3-5pds. My average out I know is always over 2000, usually 2500 a night depending on the day.
I'll keep you posted. Thanks again for the info.
SIncerely,
Workin it out
http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
Realize that this is estimating from 5 rough levels based on you selecting the right level, and it does NOT take in to account any increased daily activity, only exercise.
But I'm not sure why you need to do this.
Guess what is giving you the same information on infinite level basis rather than 5 rough levels?
Your Fitbit.
And for last 3-5 lbs, 1000 cal deficit has totally stressed out your body, that is way too extreme.
You should be at 250 cal deficit at this point.
Of course, if you aren't losing on 1500, and that is an accurately logged 1500 - then you have already slowed your body down from the stress of that aggressive deficit, neither your Fitbit, nor that TDEE table, will be a good estimate anymore of what you burn.
They are doing math based on a healthy body burning full steam.
Yours isn't anymore - your maintenance is 1500 calories, it could be much more it sounds like.
So you can keep eating less and less and eventually you will lose weight, fat and muscle mass. Exercise won't have nearly the positive effect it could, body will be max stressed out. Several functions will slow down, you could lose hair or nails/skin get bad. And eating level and/or exercise level will be extremes to get any loss.
Maintenance will suck because it'll be so low. If you can eat that way without stressing about food, great.
Or.
Get your body healthy, burning what it could burn.
Eat about 100 more than current level daily, a week or 2 at a time. Then increase another 100.
Work your way up to what Fitbit estimates you could be burning, and eventually you will be burning that much.
Then take a reasonable deficit of 250 cal to lose the final weight.
How long have you been eating at this level already with no changes?
Will some additional weeks really be bad then?
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