I like using FitDay for this purpose, although I had to figure out how to set it by trial and error, as Amanda said.
It gives my daily calorie burn at a sedentary level as 1,485 cals., plus digestion (yes, digesting food burns calories) puts my daily burn at 1,650 cals. If I do any exercise, I add that to the Activity Log.
I'm using the downloaded version of FitDay, btw.
To lose a pound a week, I'd need to eat 500 cals less than I burn per day, or intake of 1,150. As you can see, I need to exercise in order to keep my intake above 1,200. Or, I could simply be happy with less than a pound a week.
Sometimes it's almost impossible to lose more than 2 pounds a week--you'd have to eat too little to make it.
In the last 3 weeks I've eaten an average of 1,500 cals a day and burned an average of 1,850. That means a deficit of 350 cals per day, average. So, in 21 days I would lose 2 pounds, and actually I've dropped 3. I think some of that is water weight, but who knows.
Don't worry about resting metabolic rate. If you aren't eating enough calories, your body turns to its reserves, and hopefully, mostly the fat you've stored.
Jay
Last edited by JayEll; 10-29-2007 at 05:42 PM.
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