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Hi all. My daughter has decided to follow the NHS 12 week plan but when she puts her details in it doesn't give her a range of calories to work from. Does anyone know why this is?

Thanks in advance.

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IndigoBlue61

It could be that she is already at what the NHS consider a Healthy BMI Morgancando 😊

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Morgancando in reply to IndigoBlue61

I think that must be why. She’s at the top end of the green zone apparently. But she’s always been tiny and this is the heaviest she’s been. I think I’ll advise her to go to 1,400 till she’s happy then to maintain. Thanks for your help. 👍

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IndigoBlue61 in reply to Morgancando

Very sensible plan 😊. If she is really hungry she can eat a little more, her rate of weight loss will be a good indicator 😊

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Morgancando in reply to IndigoBlue61

Yes I'll let her know.

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Pineapple27

At the weekend I attended an event that I helped to organise around healthy diet / weight loss / exercise, etc.

We had a brilliant dietician there (also a personal trainer) who said she doesn't use BMI. Instead she uses waist measurement to assess whether someone is a "healthy weight" as follows:

•Individual needs

•BMI not relevant

•Weight is just a number

•Waist measurements

Men Women

>94cms (37ins) At risk >80cm (31.5in) At risk

>102cm (40in) High risk >88cm (34in) High Risk

Interesting huh?

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Morgancando in reply to Pineapple27

Yes that is very interesting. Are those measurements the same for both men and women? It seems I'm at high risk in that case.

Thanks for that information Pineapple27 .

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Pineapple27 in reply to Morgancando

Sorry, the way the site has formatted (or reformatted!) the text has meant it doesn't look very clear. Let's try again:

MEN >94cms (37ins) At risk >102cms (40ins) High risk

WOMEN >80cms (31.5ins) At risk >88cms (34ins) High risk

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Morgancando in reply to Pineapple27

Thanks for clarifying Pineapple.

Sounds like a very interesting and informative event. You were in my hometown too. I should have invited you over for a cuppa. Lol😊

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Pineapple27 in reply to Morgancando

I could have invited you to the hotel to join in a stretch session :-)

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Morgancando in reply to Pineapple27

That would have been lovely! Maybe next time.

Tiggerr profile image
Tiggerr

You could try put a slightly bigger weight into the calculator until it takes her over the 'healthy range' and then it will give you a calorie range that's close to her current requirements.

in reply to Tiggerr

I was going to suggest the same thing :)

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