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algrant33
algrant33
Joined July 2011
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Start Weight
295.0 lb
Lost so far:
19.0 lb
Current Weight
314.0 lb
Performance:
gaining 0.1 lb a week
Goal Weight
210.0 lb
Still to go:
104.0 lb
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Fitocracy Invites?
I'm looking to join Fitocracy.com, that website has more of an "exercise-challenge" focus, which is more interesting to me than the "diet-challenge" focus here on FatSecret. I want to try them both to see what I'm missing.
Anybody have an invite code?
posted
30 Aug 2011, 18:32
Is my RDI accurate??
I'd be concerned about the 1100-1200 cal/day food intake... that's hard to sustain for a sedentary person, let alone someone running 3/4 of a 5K daily.
posted
13 Jul 2011, 18:34
Is my RDI accurate??
That I don't know. You're right to question it, though. You should be aware that the metabolic rates figured on here are best guesses curve-fitted to the middle 50% of the population and are in no way exact. They're CLOSE for MOST people--which makes numbers like "1657 calories expended" a little misleading. The only thing you REALLY know is that your calorie expenditure is somewhere in the 1600s-1700s for the day. (The more often you run, the longer you can expect to be operating above your basal metabolic rate -- free weight loss! 2-a-days are really effective.) And really, that's exact enough for most purposes.
Clear as mud, I hope...bottom line is I'm not sure what you're seeing, or what has changed, and I'm pretty new to tracking my stuff on this website, so maybe someone else is more qualified.
Also--if you're in a situation where you have health insurance, it absolutely wouldn't hurt to see a nutritionist.
posted
13 Jul 2011, 18:32
Is my RDI accurate??
You run 2 1/2 miles a day? 1800 Cal/day is appropriate. A quick way to check is to go to the Exercise calendar and enter in your daily exercise regimen. To lose a pound a week, you need a calorie deficit of 3500 cal/wk or 500 cal/day. Your Exercise calendar will tell you how many calories/day you use...subtract 500 and that's the maximum calories per day you can eat.
Make sense?
posted
13 Jul 2011, 18:02
Protein shakes...to drink or not to drink?
Hooray--flamewar!
Keep it simple, for the average dieter.
If you're lifting weights at the gym, you want your body to build muscle. Protein powders are an excellent--and, more importantly, convenient--source of post-workout protein.
Many people's diets are low in overall protein anyway, this is one way to kick the protein content up a notch. As long as you take away from the fat side, you're doing fine.
Don't try to live on them.
Don't try to get too complicated with their effects. Those that have advanced degrees in nutrition science and kinesthesiology probably didn't start out 150 lbs overweight.
Use them as a high-convenience, high-protein, low-fat and low-carb food source, to realign your macronutrient pie to something a little easier to manage.
posted
13 Jul 2011, 17:49
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