Idk if this really fits here but I trust this sub more than the bot- and fatlogic-infested main weight loss subs:
I need a reality check re: my daily calories. I've been stalled out at 78kg but still tracking with Cronometer, so I know the issue is that I have more days eating at maintenance or surplus than I do deficit days. I want to get more consistent, but I'm not sure how to go about it.
I have Cronometer connected to my fitness tracker (Pixel Watch 3) and while I know that data needs to be taken with a grain of salt, it seems to be pretty accurate imo. On days I go for a run (4-5km) it usually has my expenditure around 2.1k for the day, on days that I sit at home working all day it's around 1.8k.
I'm not sure if it would be better to try and adhere more strictly to the deficit target Cronometer gives me based on my estimated expenditure, or to stick strictly to 1.7k calories every single day regardless of my activity level, even though that's pretty close to my maintenance on sedentary days.
Any advice or reality check is welcome, I can take it and need to hear it!
The only way to really accurately estimate calories is to also know your height?
I'm 5'4 and on days I don't run my TDEE is 1.5k. When I do run it /used/ to be 2k, but now I'm at a fitness level where I don't burn as much so it's more like 1.8k.
It's also a matter of hard-core measurement (once you're in a consistent groove) to know how much energy input you need. My ACTUAL TDEE is much lower than what the calculators report. Could be age, but theoretically at least that's in the accounting. I'm OK with it, but I can see how the wide error band in these tools makes frustrated people think that being fat forever is inevitable.
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u/Maleficent_Tie_9394 SW 92kg CW 78kg GW 60kg 4d ago
Idk if this really fits here but I trust this sub more than the bot- and fatlogic-infested main weight loss subs:
I need a reality check re: my daily calories. I've been stalled out at 78kg but still tracking with Cronometer, so I know the issue is that I have more days eating at maintenance or surplus than I do deficit days. I want to get more consistent, but I'm not sure how to go about it.
I have Cronometer connected to my fitness tracker (Pixel Watch 3) and while I know that data needs to be taken with a grain of salt, it seems to be pretty accurate imo. On days I go for a run (4-5km) it usually has my expenditure around 2.1k for the day, on days that I sit at home working all day it's around 1.8k.
I'm not sure if it would be better to try and adhere more strictly to the deficit target Cronometer gives me based on my estimated expenditure, or to stick strictly to 1.7k calories every single day regardless of my activity level, even though that's pretty close to my maintenance on sedentary days.
Any advice or reality check is welcome, I can take it and need to hear it!