"Healthy Body Calculator

Don't really like it, but thanks for posting the link.
it says that calorie intake should be 1,200 cal, NO! More like 1,800 for me.
it also makes you put at least 20 % of calories from fat. Some people don't eat a lot of fat. So how accurate can this be?
 
busy91 said:
Don't really like it, but thanks for posting the link.
it says that calorie intake should be 1,200 cal, NO! More like 1,800 for me.
it also makes you put at least 20 % of calories from fat. Some people don't eat a lot of fat. So how accurate can this be?
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I found another BMR calculator that says i should be eating almost 4000 calories with my activity level. I don't think ANYONE comes close to eating that much unless they have McDonalds for all 3 meals plus snacks.
 
Gator said:
I found another BMR calculator that says i should be eating almost 4000 calories with my activity level. I don't think ANYONE comes close to eating that much unless they have McDonalds for all 3 meals plus snacks.
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Micahael Phelps :"According to the NY Post, the Olympic swimming sensation eats... 12,000 calories per day."




And stop with that McDonalds crap. I could easier eat 4000 calories at home than I could at McDonalds.
 
Gator said:
I found another BMR calculator that says i should be eating almost 4000 calories with my activity level. I don't think ANYONE comes close to eating that much unless they have McDonalds for all 3 meals plus snacks.
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WOOHA! That's a lot of calories.
Although I think you can clear 4000 with just one well super sized McDonald's meal plus 4 apple pies. :)
 
maleficent said:
fatty fatty 2 x 4 - can't fit thru the kitchen door... :)

ya knowhow silly that riddle is - if fatty couldn't fit thru the kitchen door, he wouldn't be fatty :D
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Maybe the problem is that fatty can't get back out the kitchen door after that midnight binge. :smilielol5:
 
:rant:This link suggested that I should only eat 1200 calories per day and will lose 2lbs weekly! Grrr...that's what I was doing for the past 6 months, and I only GAINED moderately or stayed the same!!! Very frustrating! Thank heavens for Exceedingly Patient St. Steve, who told me to up my calories! This link was moderately frustrating considering how many of you found the link to be spot on...:reddevil:

ABBA
 
They're not taking into consideration exercise and just subtracting 500 calories a day from food to lose a pound a week, 1000 a day to lose 2 lbs a week, i.e., it recommended I eat 1250 a day, 400 calories below my resting metabolic rate. Nobody should ever eat below their Resting Metabolic Rate, which sends your body into starvation mode and actually sends the signal to burn muscle and hoarde fat.
 
Fat Cat said:
They're not taking into consideration exercise and just subtracting 500 calories a day from food to lose a pound a week, 1000 a day to lose 2 lbs a week, i.e., it recommended I eat 1250 a day, 400 calories below my resting metabolic rate. Nobody should ever eat below their Resting Metabolic Rate, which sends your body into starvation mode and actually sends the signal to burn muscle and hoarde fat.
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Oh yeah?

How about that.
 
LowFatMilk said:
Oh yeah?

How about that.
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Starvation mode is the reason people get stuck on a plateau and the reason a lot of people end up yo-yo dieting. If you eat below a certain level for too long (that level being the RMR - resting metabolic rate - of your body), your brain sends out a chemical signal that you are in a famine. Your body literally starts burning muscle up in addition to a smaller amount of fat because muscle is what raises our metabolism. When you've reached your "goal" and quit dieting you've effectively got a slower metabolism because your body has been burning, proportionately, WAY more muscle than fat. Consequently, the weight piles back on once you go back to eating your old ways again.

A person cannot starve themselves and lose weight long term, it's virtually doomed to failure unless they're willing to spend the rest of their lives on a diet.
 
i think low fat milk was being sarcastic... like, Really? you dont say... most of us are pretty aware of that basic concept at this point...
 
Fat Cat said:
Starvation mode is the reason people get stuck on a plateau and the reason a lot of people end up yo-yo dieting. If you eat below a certain level for too long (that level being the RMR - resting metabolic rate - of your body), your brain sends out a chemical signal that you are in a famine. Your body literally starts burning muscle up in addition to a smaller amount of fat because muscle is what raises our metabolism. When you've reached your "goal" and quit dieting you've effectively got a slower metabolism because your body has been burning, proportionately, WAY more muscle than fat. Consequently, the weight piles back on once you go back to eating your old ways again.

A person cannot starve themselves and lose weight long term, it's virtually doomed to failure unless they're willing to spend the rest of their lives on a diet.
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MotherOf2 is correct. I wasn't really inquiring, I was just being a jerk.
 
:waving:Thanks, Fat Cat! I appreciate that you would take the time to answer my post. The info that you shared is important, even though lots of us are already familiar with it. Enjoy the WLF, and best wishes on your WL journey! :auto:

Cheers
ABBA
 
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