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Mister Vee

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I guess i just really understand how it works yet but what im concerned about is this...

on the activitie key this comes up



Calories Burned Today
cals % total
Total: 4226
Basal: 2109 50%
Lifestyle: 2104 50%
Activities: 13 0

is about the basal and lifestyle... is it saying i burn over 4,000 a day? how is that so? I marked down that I work construction... but just doesnt make sense to me. If you could help me out that would be great.
 
Current stats would be really helpful..

like height/age/weight/gender

but if you put down that you worked construction it's going to assume that you haul your behind around all day... ad don't stop - which could easily account for a high level of calories burned in a day as opposed to sitting your butt in a chair behind a computer all day.
 
I think fitday overstates the 'Lifestyle' calories.
I have a seated office job and it added almost 1000 calories on top of my BMR.
I reduced my Lifestyle option to "Sedentary" and I think it gives a better reflection of actual calories burned per day.
 
Fitday comes out all right with me - I have no opinion as to whether either the basal or the lifestyle or the activity calories are accurate, but the total calories burned it gives me less the total calories consumed it gives me have agreed with the deficits I'd calculate based on actual weight loss.

I have mine set on seated work, and I add any extraordinary exercise I do, but not normal stuff. I have a normal desk job that takes me up and down a flight of stairs a couple times a day. "Seated work, some movement" I'd think of as something like a forklift operator, where you sit down much of the time but have a fair amount of physical activity regardless.
 
4,000 calories sounds like a lot. I have a body bugg which is supposed to accurately record the calories I burn during the day. I don't know if the numbers are absolutely correct, but it gives me a comparison from one day to the next. Last week I burned 3,600 calories on a day that I spent working around my little farm non-stop. I thought I was going to drop dead from exhaustion at the end of that day and I'm in ok shape these days.

But of course, my BMR is 400 calories less than yours, so 4,000 might not be as big of a stretch for you. But I do think you would literally need to be hauling stuff around for 8 hours a day for that to be accurate.
 
maleficent said:
Current stats would be really helpful..

like height/age/weight/gender

but if you put down that you worked construction it's going to assume that you haul your behind around all day... ad don't stop - which could easily account for a high level of calories burned in a day as opposed to sitting your butt in a chair behind a computer all day.
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5'8
age : 24
weight: 211
gender: male

I do bust my ass for a good part of the day, but I kinda agree that 4000 seems a little to much.
 
according to :

You have a BMR of 2080.93

that's the calories you'd need were you to never get out of bed

Factoring in the harris benedict formula

Harris Benedict Formula
To determine your total daily calorie needs, multiply your BMR by the appropriate activity factor, as follows:
If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2
If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375
If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55
If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725
If you are extra active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.9
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That might give you a better number to shoot for... go somewhere between moderately active and very active...

BUT keep in mind that there is no one size fits all number for people -everyone is coming into this from a different place.. and you need to figure out what works best for your body..

BUT as has been stated her countless times you want to go with a high a calorie level as you can - and still lose weight - as when your weight drops -you're calories will drop accordingly and you want to make sure you've got room to drop them
 
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