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A gigantic "a ha" today! I got a Jawbone UP, a 24 hour wearable bracelet that is a pedometer and somehow knows when you walk, sleep, move, etc. Super cool little device. After several days using it, the UP claims I am burning about 1800 calories TOTAL per day with my activity level. It calculates my every move and it knows my weight, my height, my age and my gender. It also knows how much I'm moving and for how long.
Therefore, I realized, with horror, that this site, much as I LOVE IT, has been vastly overestimating my activity level and my calories burned for things like existing, sleeping and resting, etc. It's been overestimating by something like 1000 calories per day which explains why I wasn't losing weight at 1800 calories per day because - guess why? That's all I'm burning, folks! I thought I was burning 2800 and had a net loss of 1000, when in fact, I was only burning 1800 and eating 1800 was keeping me flat!
So when I got all "drastic" and went down to 1000 calories per day and "suddenly" lost several pounds in a week, it made total sense. I was finally eating less than my body needed and the math suddenly "worked".
MYSTERY SOLVED.
Sadly, while you CAN adjust your RDI (calories in) here on this site to anything you want, you CANNOT adjust your calories out. It simply says that someone at my weight expends XX calories per day existing. But if I'm a 5'4" overweight, sedentary female, vs. a 6'6" male lumberjack in Saskatoon, then I'm willing to wager the calories burned for that same 238 pounds just "existing" would be vastly different.
Hence, starting this week, I will now no longer bother entering my activities here since the calories out and sadly bogus (for me, that is - for others, they may be very accurate).
I will also keep my calorie intake low until I can increase my activity level and therefore take in a few more calories while still being able to lose weight. Even a pound a week is progress, though with 100 pounds to lose, I'd like to see closer to 1.5-2 pounds a week so it doesn't take 2-3 years to get there.
Thanks to all those who helped me solve the mystery, especially my friend in the great white north.
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238.5 lb
Lost so far: 41.5 lb.
Still to go: 89.5 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 02 February 2014:
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1052 kcal
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Fat: 16.88g | Prot: 46.99g | Carb: 208.98g.
Breakfast: Pineapple, Pears, Watermelon, Bananas. Lunch: Low Sodium Chicken Broth (Canned), Kikkoman Teriyaki Sauce, Minced Garlic, Onions, Aqua Star Raw Scallops, InnovAsian Cuisine Chicken Fried Rice. Dinner: Fusia Pork Pot Stickers. Snacks/Other: Lifesavers Sugar Free Lifesavers, Kellogg's Special K Protein Meal Bar - Chocolate Peanut Butter. more...
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2635 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Resting - 16 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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gaining 3.5 lb a week
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