Weight loss does not seem to follow my calculations
I have been tracking my calorie intake and expenditure for 18 months.
I am maintaining my weight and getting stronger, which I assume means increased muscle and less fat. However my fat loss (by visual inspection) does not appear to be anywhere close to my predictions. IE I should have lost far more fat than I have seen.
I have assumed:
Body fat is 7500 calories per kilo.
Machines give an accurate estimate of calories burnt.
Food gives an accurate count of calories contained stated on the packet.
I have not included Basal Rate of Metabolism, it is effectively zero in my model.
And yet I am losing far less fat that I should be.
Is there something I am missing? How can my predictions be so badly wrong?
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Food packaging is based on averages it is more or less right sometimes you'll get more calories, sometimes less.
Most of your calories are spent on maintaining your body's functions. (About 3/4 in fact)
You would have to be doing some incredibly hard exercise to lose weight through exercise alone.
The most likely thing is your not tracking your calories as well as you think you are. Your brain needs about 500 calories, so it's not surprising the organ makes you think you're tracking calories properly.
Rather than tracking calories, the next time your full measure fixed amounts in cups/jugs and be strict about the serving portions you measured when you were full. Write them down.
Don't measure calories it's a terrible idea for your mental health.
Getting Basal or Resting Metabolic Rate Measurement will explain most of it. Please go to nearby laboratory and ask for it, they will explain what to do for the test and you will have accurate number for your Metabolism. I believe your BM is getting slower and you almost reached your plateau. Try different combinations of training such as intervals and for weight lifting 1 MR will help you get the next level and weight losing will start again. Diversify your training :-)Keep up the good work.
Your assumption #2 is wrong. Typical fitness trackers have an error of between 30% and 90% when estimating calorie burn, and exercise machines don't do any better.
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