@Dutchess_III So now it’s 1400 to lose instead of 1200 to maintain? What happened there?
I’ve encountered a lot of people that complain, “I’m tracking everything I eat, eating x calories per day, and not losing.” The main reasons are:
1.) Inconsistent logging. The “I eat 1500 calories per day Monday-Friday and then I might go just a little nuts on weekends; I’m not losing, so 1500 must be my maintenance calories,” thing. Or, “I logged for two weeks and then basically are the same thing every week, so I stopped logging.”
2.) Inaccurate logging. For the most accurate calorie count, solids should be weighed and liquids should be measured; using measuring cups for solids is very inaccurate. No eyeballing portions. Realizing that 4 oz cooked chicken is very different from 4 oz raw chicken. These are small mistakes that can add up to a lot of calories unaccounted for over time.
3.) Overestimating calorie burns. This is where people think jogging for an hour means they can have a 800-calorie dessert after dinner and it won’t “count.”
**I’m not suggesting everyone should count calories as closely as I choose to, but it’s what it takes to truly know how much you’re actually eating.
This thread is making me hungry for the steak tacos I’ll be stuffing my face with in about an hour.