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Ok, friends, I need opinions. I am struggling GREATLY with this internal debate on the amount of calories I should be consuming in a day. Yesterday, if you look at my food log, I ate 32 points. I am allowed 25 points, 28 after my workout. So I was four points over. I made HEALTHY decisions. I didn't overeat, I worked out, and I didn't eat after 8pm. I ate snacks like almonds and hard boiled eggs instead of sugary granola bars processed 100 calorie cakes (which i'm not dissing, I just don't like all that processed stuff...)
Now, here's the dilemma. Even though I was over my points by 4, I only ate at 82% of my RDI and burned over 1000 calories more than I consumed. Which should I be following? I know that WW is obviously a successful tool, but I also already lost the bulk of my weight a few years ago...so part of me doesn't think it's really working anymore. Also, after my workout I am STARVING and always end up going over points anyway..
I asked my trainer at the gym, and she said to use the RDI, but she also said that I should only be burning 500 calories more than I consume. Which doesn't work for me because I burn so many calories, I end up eating just to eat. You know?
What are your thoughts/opinions? I feel like this is a constant battle for me and since I just made a bet with my family, I want to be using the most effective tool as far as this weight loss goes.
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1647 kcal
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Tłusz: 45,83g | Białk: 67,05g | Węglo: 250,82g.
Śniadanie: cinnamon rasin bagel, whipped cream cheese, hard boiled egg. Lunch: 100 calorie pack almonds, apple, southwestern vegetable light progresso soup. Obiad: dessert pizza, cicis pizza. Przekąski/Inne: latte lite. więcej...
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2364 kcal
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Ćwiczenie:
Stanie - 1 godzina, Siedzenie - 7 godziny, Praca w Biurze Siedząca - 2 godziny, Prowadzenie Pojazdu - 2 godziny, Odpoczywanie - 4 godziny, Spanie - 8 godziny. więcej...
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A few thoughts. I hear you. But I think that if you pay too much attention to all this calorie stuff you will drive yourself insane. The only way to get a real sense of how many calories you are burning is to strap on a heart rate monitor and keep it going all day. I don't trust the calories burned thing on FS at all. It's based on very subjective factors. Do you have a heart rate monitor? You can get a decent cheap one .It will give you a more accurate view of how many cals you're burning at the gym. SEcondly. I agree that when I stick to my points my cals seem VERY low. Third, there was a recent study done that showed that after exercise people are driven to eat MORE calories than they need. It's a survival mechanism. So hunger after working out isn't always going to give you an accurate picture of what your'e body needs. I wlil send you the link in a PM. It might help. Or it might just confuse you more. :( Sorry. This cal stuff makes my head hurt, too.
28 sty 10 przez użytkownika: beets_yum
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**what *your* body needs. {Sorry. OCD.}
28 sty 10 przez użytkownika: beets_yum
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Oh, meant also to ask what is prompting you to try to figure this out? I see your weight chart but I don't know all of the particulars of what you've been doing lately. Really the best thing is just try to eat some more (like maybe stick to 1300 or whatever it was when you ate 5 points over) and see what happens!
28 sty 10 przez użytkownika: beets_yum
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That's true, I should just stick to something and see if it works. I just get stressed out when I feel like I did "badly" and overate in a day. Maybe I'll stick to the 32 points when I workout and see how that does for me. Thanks for the input! :)
Oh, also, I'm going to look for a monitor online. I want one I just don't want to spend a lot of money. Do the monitors tell you your calories burned or just your heartrate?
28 sty 10 przez użytkownika: closertofate13
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The monitor gives you calories burned based on age, weight, and heart rate. The machines have less info to work with. THe machines are just MAKING AN EDUCATED GUESS based on a few factors. The monitor/watch isn't 100% accurate either--but it will be MUCH closer to the real number. You wear a watch and after the workout the watch displays cals burned, etc. They run from super simple to super fancy and everything in between. Google "consumer reports heart rate monitors" and you'll get some ideas.
28 sty 10 przez użytkownika: beets_yum
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For what it's worth, I have been training for a half marathon and spent a lot of time trying to figure that out too, without too much success. Beets and I had a lot of discussions trying to figure out how to figure out exactly how many activity points to give for activity that was certainly moderate but not sure exactly where it fell in the "moderate" range. I ended up going with one activity point for each 100 calories burned (by exercise only, not other activity), and making sure to eat that within 24 hours of exercise. I also realized that when I did a better job of eating high-protein filling foods after exercise, I wasn't really *that* ravenous. I think it's easy to fall into the "I'll burn it off" mindset and eat too much. Bottom line--experiment and see what works for you. I don't know how long you've been doing WW, but I'd suggest giving it a shot and see how you do before you change plans. Good luck!
28 sty 10 przez użytkownika: erikag
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I've been on WW for 4 years, off and on. I lost 30 pounds 3 years ago and kept it off. I've been trying to lose these last 15 pounds for years, so I guess that's why I'm searching for something that works well.
28 sty 10 przez użytkownika: closertofate13
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