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Old 06-18-2010, 04:44 AM   #6 (permalink)
cjohnson728
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Yeah, I think I put seated with some movement as my activity level in FitDay.

I tried to do a 500 calorie deficit from what FitDay said under total activities minus what I loaded into FitDay for food. I just did 500 for one pound a week because as a shorter person I don't burn that many calories daily to begin with, so more than a 500 calorie cut would take me below 1200 or so. Say, for example, under the activities tab, if my activities (sleep, exercise, and lifestyle) added up to, say, 1875 calories burned, I would try to have about 1375 calories eaten in my food log. But if you are bigger and/or younger and burning 2500 calories according to FitDay, you can go for more of a loss...if you are eating 1500 calories a day, for example, and burning 2500, then you would be losing about 2 pounds per week.

I hope this makes sense. I'm having a hard time explaining it .
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