I have been using the Lose it! app for some time. Combined with a few others it has become an invaluable tool in my weight loss struggle. Now, my story is a long one that I will not bore you with. Suffice it to say that I had a series of strange cardiac events in October last year that lead to the discovery of heart disease, and my doctors all told me that I had a simple choice, change my lifestyle or die. Now, I know all doctors everywhere say that as a matter of course, but in my case it was literal.
Just for reference, I am male. 53 years old and 5'11". I have other issues that prevent me from doing core and upper bodywork. They are being addressed, but it will be a while.
I made some significant changes, including cold turkey quit smoking, and equally as tough I started to cut out bad carbs and unnecessary fats in my diet. I structured a diet that fit my tastes and tried to stay as healthy as possible. I started to exercise daily. Mostly walking at first, but I fixed my bike and started riding. As soon as I felt strong enough I started doing weekend hikes at a local preserve and running from time to time. It made a huge difference. When I recorded my first weight for this process I was just at 263. As of my weigh-in this morning I am 224.2.
I'm happy to go into specifics about my medical issues and how I reached this point if anyone is interested. Frankly, mine is a story of "if I can do it, you sure as hell can."
Overall, I am very happy with my success to this point, but there is something that concerns me. I'm hoping someone here can address this issue.
I have the app set to lose 2 lbs a week and have kept it there. I have Runkeeper set up to record all my exercise activity and Google fit monitoring my steps. I ride 20-60 miles a week and walk between 8-12 miles. I hike on Sundays, and that goes for 2.5- 6 miles depending on how I feel. So, my average day has an exercise calorie burn of between 300 and 900+ per day. I do not normally eat those calories back. I eat to my app budget and that's it. I do go over a few calories from time to time, but I allow my exercise totals to go into my deficit.
Is this healthy? Should I be eating those burned calories back? In the last 2 weeks I have lost nearly 8 pounds. This has me a bit concerned.
Should I slow down a bit?
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