Playing with the Loseit! app Part 1

So i got my bf to download loseit! or his iphone

I wanted to see what kind of factors go into making some ones budget, or if it was all static or random, and also to see what factors would change my calorie budget. So i entered in all my stats on his exactly the same.

Start weight: 135.4
Current weight: 127
Goal weight: 120
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5
Age: 23
Plan: Lose 1 pound per week

Which gave me a calorie budget of 1,433 per day

And once i reach my GW (goal weight), it gives me a budget of 1,887 per day to maintain.

Currently 10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

(P.S. I know my height is actually 5'4, but all this was written before i found out i was shorter then i thought. :p)

So then I started changing things.

Changing the start weight did nothing so long as your current weight remained the same.
Changing the current weight changed your daily budget.
Changing the goal weight did nothing so long as you wanted to lose weight.

Then i played with the other things. Now keep in mind NOTHING has been changed other then what is said. Weight, Height, Gender, and Age all stay the same unless said so.

GENDER
My non existent twin brother
The male version of me = daily budget of 1,674
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

HEIGHT
Bean Pole
The 7 foot 11inch version of me = daily budget of 2,124
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

Mini Me
The 3 foot version of me = daily budget of 766
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

WEIGHT
300lb version of my = daily budget of 2,570
10min of moderate walking burns 55 calories

50lb version of me = daily budget of 927
10min of moderate walking burns 9 calories

AGE
Baby
The new born me at 127 pounds 5'5 (ouch) version of me = daily budget of 1,590
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories
(that's right i was a walking new born )

Child
5 year old version of me = daily budget of 1,526
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

Kid
10 year old version of me = daily budget of 1,569
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

Teen
15 year old version of me = daily budget of 1,490
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

Woman
30 year old version of me = daily budget of 1,383
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

Over the Hill
50 year old version of me = daily budget of 1,241
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

Retired
65 year old version of me = daily budget of 1,146
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

Granny
80 year old version of me = daily budget of 1,027
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

Nursing Home
90 year old version of me = daily budget of 955
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

Death Bed/Under the Hill
100 year old version of me = daily budget of 884
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

GENDER & HEIGHT
Tall Guy
7 foot 11inch, male version of me = daily budget of 2,364
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

Short Guy
3 foot, male version of me = daily budget of 1,006
10min of moderate walking burns 23 calories

HEIGHT & WEIGHT
'Beach Ball'
3 foot 300lb version of me = daily budget of 1,902
10min of moderate walking burns 55 calories

'Amazon Barbarian'
7 foot 11inch 300lb version of me = daily budget of 3,260
10min of moderate walking burns 55 calories

“I win at hide and seek because you can't see me if I turn sideways”
7foot 11inch 2 pound version of me = daily budget of 1,302
10min of moderate walking burns 0 calories
15-40min of moderate walking burns 1 calorie
45min of moderate walking burns 2 calories

'Mystical Garden Sprite'
3 foot 2 pound version of me was so magical she could starve and lose weight; but if she wanted to maintain 2 pounds she had to eat 444cals per day.
10min of moderate walking burns unknown amount, because when i when to the log page, the budget was 1,433
Mystical Garden Sprite had to have a budget at least over 0 for the budget not to reset, so I had to giver her 3inches to her height

3 foot 3inch 2 pound version of me = daily budget of 13
10min of moderate walking burns 0 calories
15-40min of moderate walking burns 1 calorie
45min of moderate walking burns 2 calories


'Is this what i would weigh on the moon?'
Just out of pure curiosity i tried to put my GW to zero pounds (same 5'5 height). It at least wouldn't allow that, but I could still put it 1lb. Then out of curiosity I wanted to see what the calorie budget would be if I weighed only 2 pounds. The budget was 612cals to get to be 1 pound, then with a maintenance of 1,105cals to stay at one pound. (going up by 493cals).

10min of moderate walking burns 0 calories
15-40min of moderate walking burns 1 calorie
45min of moderate walking burns 2 calories

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What is learned for the loseit! app:
Starting Weight and Goal Weight, do not effect your calorie budget
Age, Weight, Height, and Gender all effect your calorie budget
Age, Height, and Gender, do not effect how many calories you burn.
Only Weight effects how many calories you burn.

Which is basically how it really is in reality, give or take a few metabolism factors, which lose it allows you to compensate for. Such as age, i don't think an old granny has as high of a metabolism as a 27 year old young man. thus I would believe they burn different amounts of calories.

So this was me just playing with the lose it app using extremes to see what would happen. Hope this was interesting and you enjoyed!

Stay tuned for part 2! Which explores extreme weights, such as morbidly obese, and anorexic and talks about them plus my thought process; while making the changes, in detail.

Very interesting Cemetery! Crappy that I can't use my age as an excuse lol