@Heybales wrote:
@rowan wrote:
I'm lost with all these numbers so I'll just tell you what my fitbit said for yesterday at the end of the day (when i said i wouldn't be able to eat 3000 calories in the day, I meant that my calories left was 1500 and I had already eaten 1500, not that i had 3000 calories left..) okay so..
Calories burnt: 3258
steps: 24,105
miles:10.08
active minutes:120
calories eaten: 1,307
calories left: 1,451
I don't really get why it matters anymore as all I wanted was a possible solution to why I would have gained 1 pound, I know i'm dieting well and exercising so that should logically equal weightloss, since everyone has said water weight then I'm guessing that's what it is!
Oh, I knew what you meant exactly, the only question was if you had a deficit weight loss plan so that Fitbit was giving you less to eat than you burned.
So you have asked Fitbit to put a 500 cal deficit in from what you burn to what you eat.
Burned 3258.
Ate 1307, left to eat 1451 = 2758
3258-2758 = 500 deficit
If you met goal eating level, you'd lose 1 lb weekly. And that may indeed be reasonable for the amount you have to lose, like if 10 - 25 lbs.
But you appear to think bigger is better, and an almost 2000 calorie deficit is better. (1451 + 500 = 1951)
Sorry to inform you - you are NOT dieting well - at all.
If you do that on a regular basis, missing your eating goal by about 1500 calories, and the 500 Fitbit already made your eating less than you burn - then you should be losing 4 lbs weely.
I'm going to bet you are are no where near 4 lbs weekly. I'll bet not even 2 lbs weekly.
And even if you've been close, did you know average dieter loses 20% muscle mass in their weight loss attempt, unless they do 3 specific things? And reasonable deficit and enough protein isn't being met, Fitbit's recommendation isn't high enough. Ony thing left is workouts lifting?
Why?
You have changed the equation. You have probably screwed up Fitbit's estimate of what you burn, which for a healthy body is going to be within 10% easy.
Because you have slowed your metabolism down if this has been a regular occurence. No wonder you binged ate - your body was screaming out for some relief.
You might think bigger deficit is better, when it's not.
If you truly think bigger is better - why don't you stop eating and just lose the weight?
Whatever reasons you think of, there are likely more you don't know about that are happening anyway, even though a tad slower.
Here's what you are doing to yourself if this has been a regular way of doing things for awhile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i_cmltmQ6A
I know it started out as to why you gained some weight from exercise - but your claim of control and knowing it all and doing it right just raises red flags with those of us that have seen that all too many times from ones that really don't know, but they sure believe they do.
Take it for what's it's worth. Look me up in several months if you have issues later.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting the link on the HBO Documentary, The Quest to Understand the Biology of Weight Loss (HBO: The Weight of the Nation). I retired three years ago and gradually witnessed my small frame expand out of control. I got my fitbit about a week ago and I am impressed with the concept of tying calories out vs. in into one database and I was surprised at how few calories I was burning each day. Weight maintenance is not new to me; I have always been an active participant in healthy living. Switching from go, go, go to little or no routine has made me realize how retirement can wreak havoc on the metabolism if you let it. The documentary is an excellent explanation of how our bodies react and counter-react to lifestyle changes. I have bookmarked the entire series and plan to continue my research. Your comment is concise and well written, bravo!
“A person who resolves to begin regular morning exercises usually does so not because he already has physical fitness but in order to get something he does not have. Once one has something he can be anxious to keep it; previous to that, he is anxious to get it.”
