Calorie counting

[alford]

Hi everyone

I am a new member to this forum.

I have just checked my BMI, and the calories I need to lose weight.

Believe it or not for the last two weeks I have been eating less calories than recommended with a good amount of exercise and still put on weight. any suggestions?

should the lower calorie figure on the BMI calculator be a minimum?

[fibronfedup]

Hi depends on the site you are using some of them tell you the calories needed to fuel a body at a certain bmi point. I used one today to check my bmi and it gave me a range from 1670cal to 2150cals. Up til the point i have always eaten 1400cals per day but since being more active i have increased them slightly i now allow myself between 1300 and 1500cals. Obviously i dont know what the site said but could be the calories used overall not what you need to lose weight if that makes sense?

[GoogleMe]

Sometimes it takes a while for weight loss to get started. The only other time I've worked on losing weight I started with my husband. In the first four weeks, he lost lots, I lost not a thing. But who was the one who two years later was a healthy weight?

It may be worth looking at how accurate your recording is - are you weighing and measuring? And if you are actually putting weight on, and it continues, it may be worth seeing your GP.

[gingernut49]

You need to work out your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) as your intake might still be too high. thefastdiet.co.uk/how-many-... Miine is only around 1400 so I wouldn't lose weight on the NHS plan.

I lost the three stone I needed to in six months on the 5:2 Diet after watching Michael Mosley's excellent Horizon programme in 2012, "Eat, Fast and Live Longer" tinyurl.com/qzgo7tq or tinyurl.com/a8ppjl7 and went from a size 16 to a size 10 by eating 500 calories two non-consecutive days a week. I've been maintaining my weight loss since April 2013 by just fasting one day a week - in the past I piled the weight back on as soon as I finished 'dieting'. I'd very much recommend you read Kate Harrison's book, "The 5:2 Diet" (tinyurl.com/qe6mz4u) - it really does work and it will save you a fortune (towards your smaller clothes!).

I'd also recommend a free app for your phone called MyFitnessPal. Counting calories is very important so you can see how much you're eating and therefore eat mindfully rather than mindlessly. There are excellent videos in the Help section on the app that show you how it works - there's even a barcode reader to scan in branded foods.

It's important you don't eat more than your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) on non-fasting days. You can work that out here thefastdiet.co.uk/how-many-.... If yours works out at more than 2000 then aim at 2000 on non-fasting days.

Here I am in the Daily Mail on 7th January tinyurl.com/m7rqecq. The other two ladies’ stories are inspiring!

Here Michael Mosley answers many questions on it dailymail.co.uk/health/arti...

This little video explains more youtu.be/W9Aj6hRYg4A(Not working as expected?)

[nhs2015]

1400 calories a day. No more. Three meals and snacks in between. Make sure you keep a record of everything you eat and work out the calories. I sometime make mistakes, like my darling husband may grill chicken thighs and cover it with one spoon of olive oil before grilling. it took me a while to wake up to it and add on 111c to my meal! it is easy to forget or make a mistake in the count. Don't give up. You will get there.

[teresahg]

Hi there-

Are you drinking enough water? And if you're working out- you may not be eating enough calories....and your body's response is hoarding cals as it feels as if you're starving it. Hmmm just ideas- hope it all goes well for you-