Grr struggling with weekend binges?
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My weekends are calorie filled too. Alcohol is usually my main problem. What has helped me is not having the stuff in the house. It's hard to binge when the stuff isn't in the house. I'm not going to go out & get it.0
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So you're just doing your usual ignoring of all the good advice you get and carrying on with the behaviour that has you deeply unsatisfied with your aesthetic results so far and your behaviour whilst doing the thing you've repeatedly been advised not to do.
Okay then. I don't know why you even bother posting threads?1 -
VintageFeline wrote: »So you're just doing your usual ignoring of all the good advice you get and carrying on with the behaviour that has you deeply unsatisfied with your aesthetic results so far and your behaviour whilst doing the thing you've repeatedly been advised not to do.
Okay then. I don't know why you even bother posting threads?
If you bothered to actually read the thread you would notice I eat on average 1800 cals per day on average over a week. Exactly what another post suggested.0 -
dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »So you're just doing your usual ignoring of all the good advice you get and carrying on with the behaviour that has you deeply unsatisfied with your aesthetic results so far and your behaviour whilst doing the thing you've repeatedly been advised not to do.
Okay then. I don't know why you even bother posting threads?
If you bothered to actually read the thread you would notice I eat on average 1800 cals per day on average over a week. Exactly what another post suggested.
What's your TDEE? You were advised to go for a small deficit of 250 calories per day.0 -
2080 is my tdeeVintageFeline wrote: »dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »So you're just doing your usual ignoring of all the good advice you get and carrying on with the behaviour that has you deeply unsatisfied with your aesthetic results so far and your behaviour whilst doing the thing you've repeatedly been advised not to do.
Okay then. I don't know why you even bother posting threads?
If you bothered to actually read the thread you would notice I eat on average 1800 cals per day on average over a week. Exactly what another post suggested.
What's your TDEE? You were advised to go for a small deficit of 250 calories per day.
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dave_in_ni wrote: »
2080 is my tdeeVintageFeline wrote: »dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »So you're just doing your usual ignoring of all the good advice you get and carrying on with the behaviour that has you deeply unsatisfied with your aesthetic results so far and your behaviour whilst doing the thing you've repeatedly been advised not to do.
Okay then. I don't know why you even bother posting threads?
If you bothered to actually read the thread you would notice I eat on average 1800 cals per day on average over a week. Exactly what another post suggested.
What's your TDEE? You were advised to go for a small deficit of 250 calories per day.
Huh, that's lower than what mine will be at goal. What's you current weight and height? Activity level?0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »dave_in_ni wrote: »
2080 is my tdeeVintageFeline wrote: »dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »So you're just doing your usual ignoring of all the good advice you get and carrying on with the behaviour that has you deeply unsatisfied with your aesthetic results so far and your behaviour whilst doing the thing you've repeatedly been advised not to do.
Okay then. I don't know why you even bother posting threads?
If you bothered to actually read the thread you would notice I eat on average 1800 cals per day on average over a week. Exactly what another post suggested.
What's your TDEE? You were advised to go for a small deficit of 250 calories per day.
Huh, that's lower than what mine will be at goal. What's you current weight and height? Activity level?
Yes. How did you come up with that as your TDEE? Your TDEE is the full number of calories that you can eat to maintain. Not MFP's maintenance number (which doesn't include exercise.)
Through trial and error, I know that my TDEE varies between 2250 and 2450 depending on time of year due to changes in activity. I'm a 40 yo woman who is 30 pounds lighter and 9" shorter than you. Your TDEE should not be lower than mine. But maybe it is since you cut in such a steep deficit, adaptive thermogenesis and all.0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »dave_in_ni wrote: »
2080 is my tdeeVintageFeline wrote: »dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »So you're just doing your usual ignoring of all the good advice you get and carrying on with the behaviour that has you deeply unsatisfied with your aesthetic results so far and your behaviour whilst doing the thing you've repeatedly been advised not to do.
Okay then. I don't know why you even bother posting threads?
If you bothered to actually read the thread you would notice I eat on average 1800 cals per day on average over a week. Exactly what another post suggested.
What's your TDEE? You were advised to go for a small deficit of 250 calories per day.
Huh, that's lower than what mine will be at goal. What's you current weight and height? Activity level?
Ok, this is worked out using this calculator https://legionathletics.com/how-many-calories-should-i-eat/
http://imgur.com/a/CSqFo
I am 6ft 175lbs or so.
TDEE is 2082
Cut is 1666
Bulk 22900 -
When you were eating 1500 calories per day, what were your weekly losses in the last 6 weeks on average?0
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I'm not sure of that calculator, it's saying your LBM is 63lbs?
Scoobys has you at 2500 per day TDEE (I guessed your age at 30 though). However, you have enough of your own data at this point to not need a calculator. How many times a week do you lift? Do you know how many steps you get just in day to day life on average?
Just as a reference point. I'm 5'5, female, 34, 170lbs, about 29% body fat (but that's just a guesstimate) and my current TDEE is in the 2200 range. I am sedentary outside of purposeful exercise.0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »When you were eating 1500 calories per day, what were your weekly losses in the last 6 weeks on average?
I've been at maintenance all summer, I have to go right back to the start of the year, I think you can view my weight reports? Roughly 1kg per week which is 2.2lbs0 -
dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »When you were eating 1500 calories per day, what were your weekly losses in the last 6 weeks on average?
I've been at maintenance all summer, I have to go right back to the start of the year, I think you can view my weight reports? Roughly 1kg per week which is 2.2lbs
If you were eating 1500kcal/day, without extra kcal on the weekends, and losing ~2lbs/week, your TDEE was around 2500kcal/day.0 -
Okay, if you maintained well what were you eating at or were you not tracking?
So more than 1000 per day deficit to get you 2.2lbs per week. Which would make your TDEE more like 2500 (maybe more for that 0.2lbs) which seems far more sensible and in line with Scoobys. If that is the case then your cut would be at more like 2250 per day and nowhere near 1800.0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »I'm not sure of that calculator, it's saying your LBM is 63lbs?
Scoobys has you at 2500 per day TDEE (I guessed your age at 30 though). However, you have enough of your own data at this point to not need a calculator. How many times a week do you lift? Do you know how many steps you get just in day to day life on average?
Just as a reference point. I'm 5'5, female, 34, 170lbs, about 29% body fat (but that's just a guesstimate) and my current TDEE is in the 2200 range. I am sedentary outside of purposeful exercise.
I lift 5-6 times per week, Each session is roughly 30 mins and consists of 5-6 exercises, 5 reps x 3 sets. Looking at the Apple health app it tells me my average daily steps are 10,6650 -
dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »I'm not sure of that calculator, it's saying your LBM is 63lbs?
Scoobys has you at 2500 per day TDEE (I guessed your age at 30 though). However, you have enough of your own data at this point to not need a calculator. How many times a week do you lift? Do you know how many steps you get just in day to day life on average?
Just as a reference point. I'm 5'5, female, 34, 170lbs, about 29% body fat (but that's just a guesstimate) and my current TDEE is in the 2200 range. I am sedentary outside of purposeful exercise.
I lift 5-6 times per week, Each session is roughly 30 mins and consists of 5-6 exercises, 5 reps x 3 sets. Looking at the Apple health app it tells me my average daily steps are 10,665
See my reply above. As suspected, the TDEE calculator you used isn't accurate. Use your own readily available data. You're classed as active here on MFP with 10'000 steps per day. Plus your lifting. You need to be eating more than 1800 per day really. you're going to end up exacerbating the skinny fat issues you're having if you carry on as low as you are.1 -
VintageFeline wrote: »dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »I'm not sure of that calculator, it's saying your LBM is 63lbs?
Scoobys has you at 2500 per day TDEE (I guessed your age at 30 though). However, you have enough of your own data at this point to not need a calculator. How many times a week do you lift? Do you know how many steps you get just in day to day life on average?
Just as a reference point. I'm 5'5, female, 34, 170lbs, about 29% body fat (but that's just a guesstimate) and my current TDEE is in the 2200 range. I am sedentary outside of purposeful exercise.
I lift 5-6 times per week, Each session is roughly 30 mins and consists of 5-6 exercises, 5 reps x 3 sets. Looking at the Apple health app it tells me my average daily steps are 10,665
See my reply above. As suspected, the TDEE calculator you used isn't accurate. Use your own readily available data. You're classed as active here on MFP with 10'000 steps per day. Plus your lifting. You need to be eating more than 1800 per day really. you're going to end up exacerbating the skinny fat issues you're having if you carry on as low as you are.
OK but how do my weekend binges work in with that? I don't have a clue really how many calories I eat at the weekends but its enough for me to gain a little weight on a Monday morning.0 -
dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »I'm not sure of that calculator, it's saying your LBM is 63lbs?
Scoobys has you at 2500 per day TDEE (I guessed your age at 30 though). However, you have enough of your own data at this point to not need a calculator. How many times a week do you lift? Do you know how many steps you get just in day to day life on average?
Just as a reference point. I'm 5'5, female, 34, 170lbs, about 29% body fat (but that's just a guesstimate) and my current TDEE is in the 2200 range. I am sedentary outside of purposeful exercise.
I lift 5-6 times per week, Each session is roughly 30 mins and consists of 5-6 exercises, 5 reps x 3 sets. Looking at the Apple health app it tells me my average daily steps are 10,665
See my reply above. As suspected, the TDEE calculator you used isn't accurate. Use your own readily available data. You're classed as active here on MFP with 10'000 steps per day. Plus your lifting. You need to be eating more than 1800 per day really. you're going to end up exacerbating the skinny fat issues you're having if you carry on as low as you are.
OK but how do my weekend binges work in with that? I don't have a clue really how many calories I eat at the weekends but its enough for me to gain a little weight on a Monday morning.
The uptick in weight that you see on Monday mornings is usually water retention due to salty foods and/or alcohol.
Which is why I like to weigh on Fridays.0 -
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »dave_in_ni wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »I'm not sure of that calculator, it's saying your LBM is 63lbs?
Scoobys has you at 2500 per day TDEE (I guessed your age at 30 though). However, you have enough of your own data at this point to not need a calculator. How many times a week do you lift? Do you know how many steps you get just in day to day life on average?
Just as a reference point. I'm 5'5, female, 34, 170lbs, about 29% body fat (but that's just a guesstimate) and my current TDEE is in the 2200 range. I am sedentary outside of purposeful exercise.
I lift 5-6 times per week, Each session is roughly 30 mins and consists of 5-6 exercises, 5 reps x 3 sets. Looking at the Apple health app it tells me my average daily steps are 10,665
See my reply above. As suspected, the TDEE calculator you used isn't accurate. Use your own readily available data. You're classed as active here on MFP with 10'000 steps per day. Plus your lifting. You need to be eating more than 1800 per day really. you're going to end up exacerbating the skinny fat issues you're having if you carry on as low as you are.
OK but how do my weekend binges work in with that? I don't have a clue really how many calories I eat at the weekends but its enough for me to gain a little weight on a Monday morning.
The uptick in weight that you see on Monday mornings is usually water retention due to salty foods and/or alcohol.
Which is why I like to weigh on Fridays.
Could be, its usually gone on a Tuesday/Wednesday1 -
Can people stop being so judgemental? He is asking for help. As someone that struggled with eating disorders in the past, doing a one-two day binge on the weekend. You can have all of the best advise in the world, but it is still very hard to control. For me, I notice that my weekend bingeing does not matter how much I am eating during the week. It is solely reliant on what mindset I am in and if there are people to keep me accountable for my progress. For example, if I am out with friends, I make sure they know my goals so if there is some peer pressure, I can point back to m goals. I also try to make sure one person that I am close to (an has my best interested at heart) knows everything I am eating and when. Especially on the weekends! You need to not be embarrassed about sharing your binges. It happens and you can concur it! You have made it this far!2
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You said earlier that with your weekend binges you're eating a weekly average of 1800 calories.
How do you know that if you aren't tracking?
You should start tracking the weekend eating as best you can. Every beer, every slice of pizza, every bag of M&Ms. If you're out at a restaurant or pub, estimate as best you can. Just get an idea of how much you're eating. You may be surprised that it isn't as bad as you think it is.
It may also be helpful for you to continue eating a little bit less during the week to save calories for splurging on the weekends. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, if it works for you, as long as you're eating on average a deficit over time. I would still advise you to track your weekend eating, though, since it's nice to know how many calories you're consuming, and it gives you a bit more control.1
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