Burning 2000 calories a day

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I have downloaded the livestrong application for iphone 'myplate' and entered my daily (mon-fri) intake & exercise. It is showing consumed calories 2074 and 1937 burned!
I eat heathily - eggs, shredded wheat, porride, fruit. Salad & chicken with fruit for lunch and something like 2x chicken breast, rice and brocolli for dinner with a couple of bananas and eggs as snacks plus a 'treat' like a snickers

Exercise I swim 30 mins crawl in the morning and indoor rock climb at night usually for 2 hours (i put 1 hour 30 on the app) plus walk about an hour a day.

Water intake is ~4.5 litres a day

The app is showing I still need to eat 2200 calories a day to maintain my weight (73kg / 172cm height)

Are these sort of apps correct or just rubbish?
 
They're a guide. Better of working it out and manually inputting, people and apps also often over estimate basic activity level. Most of us are extremely inactive most of the day, sitting behind computers/TVs etc.

This thread has several methods to calculate your basic requirements.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18299646&highlight=metabolic

This site has info on exercise calorie usage, but it again is a guide not accurate.
https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/

When I was calorie tracking and need to get back to it, I used to at maximum half the extra it said, they all seem to vastly overestimate.
 
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Your BMR doesn't seem to have been included in your calculations going by the level of exercise you are doing (2.5 hours of swimming and rock climbing and an hour of walking everyday) The app is probably including this.
 
I do sit at a desk all day though (apart for lunch time walk for ~30 mins)

Thats a great thread Steedie posted. Damn, my urine has looked like the colour of gravy before! (Post festival a few years back) interesting how I did have mild hallucinations. Not good but I have learnt my lesson - remember to drink water!
 
The best way is to record accurately the calories you eat on a daily basis, and record how much you weigh regularly. The look at the trend Weight goes up = too many calories, Weight goes down = too few calories. The calculators on the whole are pretty poor especially with when it is exercise that isn't cycling/swimming/running where you cannot enter a distance/time. My guess would be simply its under calculated your calories eaten and majorly over estimated the calorific requirements of your rock climbing.
 
Entropy - yes, that seems like a better way of calculating

begbie - yep, I seem to constantly lose weight throughout the week then usually at weekends put a chunk of it back on. I can go from 12 stone sunday night back to 11.5 by friday. Usually down to alcohol intake with a meal out and takeaway. Probably isnt the healthiest but still
 
Guest2 said:
Entropy - yes, that seems like a better way of calculating

begbie - yep, I seem to constantly lose weight throughout the week then usually at weekends put a chunk of it back on. I can go from 12 stone sunday night back to 11.5 by friday. Usually down to alcohol intake with a meal out and takeaway. Probably isnt the healthiest but still
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I assume your not calculating your alcohol and takeaway then?

If not, it's nearly pointless tracking at all.

Weigh yourself once a week, under the same conditions will give you a more accurate results.
 
Guest2 said:
Entropy - yes, that seems like a better way of calculating

begbie - yep, I seem to constantly lose weight throughout the week then usually at weekends put a chunk of it back on. I can go from 12 stone sunday night back to 11.5 by friday. Usually down to alcohol intake with a meal out and takeaway. Probably isnt the healthiest but still
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You have a fairly low carb diet through the week and load up at the weekend, carbs increase the amount of water you hold onto, this is all you are seeing.

The difference between Friday and Friday is probably far more meaningful. Preferably first thing in the morning, after ablutions and before eating or drinking anything.
 
I weigh myself every week on a Thursday evening at work in the same clothes without my boots on, pockets empty and I even take my watch off to make the conditions exactly the same every week, I've lost 11kg since the end of May and it's consistently coming off, I don't track my food I just ensure I eat the right food and I make sure I have my two meals (I work nights) I have my hot meal at my first break and my lunch is usually cereal.

I also change what I eat on a fortnightly basis, I try not to take too much on through the week too but I cycle to work and back so that makes a huge difference.
 
I often burn about 2000 kcal in a day but I've usually done 35+ miles of cycling at a fast pace and a weights session. I would imagine based on what you've described your exercise as you're burning 1000 or more but 2000 does sound a little high.
 
Begbie said:
Weigh yourself once a week, under the same conditions will give you a more accurate results.
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Just wanted to chime in with my two cents.

In my opinion weighing once weekly is normally sufficient but it doesn't take in to account fluctuations in weight caused by recent food choices or moved meal times etc. For example if I eat a lot of high sodium food the day before weigh in day, despite having been on a downward weight trend in the week, my weight spikes up for a few days and then recovers. But looking at only two points in time doesn't take in the bigger picture.

I prefer to use a moving average calculated on the last 7 days and then compare that over the course of the week or two a particular set day.

For example:

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This month I have actually maintained weight (trying to slowly gain) but comparing any two points in isolation doesn't really give a good enough overview to begin making adjustments.
 
That's quite interesting. I may have to start logging my weight in a similar way. At the moment I just weigh on Saturday mornings and usually Friday nights are ones where I go out drinking and/or eat take away/meals out.
 
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