Ok, I've been using fitday for some time and did realize that the suggested calories for my "lifestyle" seemed excessive. I read a few threads that suggested setting lifestlye to sedentary which I did, and it does seem more accurate that way. However, when you all figure your deficit, are you adding in exercise time to fitday and THEN figuring your deficit or are you just going with the basic numbers with no exercise?
According to my deficits, (which includes exercise) I should be losing more than I actually am. However, I have been doing a lot more weight training the past couple of months so I'm not sure if it's just muscle weight or if I need to adjust my calories. My clothes do fit better since adding in the weight training and it's not like I'm NOT losing weight, it's just slower than I have expected.
My calories are set between 1500 - 1800. I am usually around 1600 except on Sundays when I actually cook breakfast and dinner for the family, then I usually hit around 1700-1800. I do tae bo or turbo jam for about an hour a day 5-6 days a week
and sometimes I even get in a morning walk for a couple of miles, so I know I burn quite a bit of calories.
Any opinions? I sure would appreciate it! I feel like I need to adjust something but not quite sure what
Thanks,
Joyce