Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
Were you eating differently because you're tracking? (The quantum problem.)
That's a pretty big deficit.
Pro tip: When you're on the "what I ate in my meals" page, there's a button at the top with an icon like a pie chart. Click it to get a list of your nutrients for the day, how much protein and carbs and fat you ate In here, you can change from viewing "today" to "this week" and get a better idea of how things stand overall.
Some days you wind up with an unsustainably large deficit, and averaging it across a week is kind of like smoothing your power output on the bike.
Well yes and no. My diet wasn't fundamentally different. But I definitely did not grab the random things throughout the day that I normally do. Snacks we've got at work, midnight snack at home just because, 2nd beer.
And yea a 1000 calorie deficit is at the upper end of anything I think I would like to sustain.
Hrmm but wait. I think it is likely more than that. I've got the app set up to schedule a 1lb per week loss...so I assume a deficit is already accounted for at zero calories remaining for the day on the app?
edit: yea i did notice the pie chart yesterday. I think that HAS made me change my diet a bit. I've been pacing 150 grams of protein yesterday and today...I KNOW that is far more than I normally eat.