I have been doing it wrong

jimboodee2

Hi there

Two weeks ago I entered my details to scooby calculator and I must have misread it as I entered 1519 calories into my settings. I double checked just there as I was reading a post with people at the same height being on much higher calories than me. I thought that my 1519 was alot because I could not remember the last time I ate that much... so so I now have a further 200 to use.. the thought is daunting - my PT has said not to count calories just eat right , portion sizes etc but i need a guide but 1727 is a scary thought ...annoyed with my self that I had put in the wrong figure. I have a fair bit to lose. I do 3 weight sessions a week at the gym. Although I want to increase with some classes in-between. I have looked at the progress stories and all are so amazing just need to change my frame of mind.

So in my 2 weeks I have not lost a thing although I do see the inches coming away but thats with the weights.

All I have to say to myself is DOH

Akimajuktuq

No it's not scary to eat enough. What is scary is what happens after prolonged under-eating. Even though I was eating VERY healthy foods for my first year and a half here I was under-eating (at 1600 calories). The result was more metabolic damage (I'm diabetic), slowed metabolism, and muscle loss (ie I weighed less on the scale but had more fat). I have spent all of 2014 struggling and trying to recover. I gained 25 pounds while doing so (yeah, maybe I didn't do that right, but I had a lot of damage to repair!) and here I am on the right path again, but eating an amount more appropriate to my needs. I don't care one bit how long the fat loss takes because the way I eat now is sustainable and allow ideal health.

The inches are fat loss -exactly what you want. Get rid of the body weight scale if it's going to discourage you.

jimboodee2

Great thanks well done for being back on track ... Just getting used to it I know I will and will be. the scales are now ditched.