Newbie group member and reseter
NewEffie
Posts: 16 Member
Hello everyone! I’m not new to MFP, but I am new to the community. I’m so happy to have found this group, as I’m sure to be relying on its support through my reset. 
I’ve previously lost 21 pounds with the help of MFP. Since returning to the site a month ago with the same approach, I have yet to lose an ounce. I did some research here on the forums, acquired new information on TDEE and BMR, and came to the conclusion that I wasn’t losing weight because my caloric intake was too low. The adjustment has brought me to consume 355 more calories per day than previously. I plan to continue my normal activities with the increase, avoid the scale for a while, and hope for the best.
Can anyone else share a similar experience? If so, how long did it take before your weight loss resumed? I'm entirely unsure what to expect and any advice would be wonderful. Thanks!
I’ve previously lost 21 pounds with the help of MFP. Since returning to the site a month ago with the same approach, I have yet to lose an ounce. I did some research here on the forums, acquired new information on TDEE and BMR, and came to the conclusion that I wasn’t losing weight because my caloric intake was too low. The adjustment has brought me to consume 355 more calories per day than previously. I plan to continue my normal activities with the increase, avoid the scale for a while, and hope for the best.
Can anyone else share a similar experience? If so, how long did it take before your weight loss resumed? I'm entirely unsure what to expect and any advice would be wonderful. Thanks!
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I think most people started out just like you have (having previous weight loss success, followed by stalling out or plateauing...)
Is that increase in calories taking you up to a cut or TDEE? Although it will take longer, the best way to start is to do a full metabolism reset and eat at TDEE for about 8 weeks. This will get your metabolism revved up and "re-trained" as to what "normal" is. Then, after this re-set process, you will be ready to take a moderate 10 - 15% cut.
Sounds like you have done your research, but make sure you have read the threads stickied to the top of the EM2WL forum - tons of valuable info there.
To quote Kiki (31prvrbs):
*Some people see results in a week or two, some need 4-6 weeks or more for things to completely balance out. Know this going in, and prepare to be in it for the long haul. The first 2 weeks are usually the mental aspect of eating more and convincing your mind/body that you are on the right track despite scale fluctuations. Following weeks, may become easier as far as the eating aspect goes, but be prepared for discouragement if the scale is still not moving. This is normal, and not the time to run for the hills. Often times a person needs to eat in a hypercaloric (surplus) or eucaloric (maintenance) state for some time before their body believes that they are not "crying wolf."0 -
That 355 increase in calories actually brings me up to a 20% cut. Wow, so the recommendation for a true reset is to eat at TDEE for about 8 weeks, which would be a 744 calorie increase for me. Eek. Though those numbers scare me, it would make more sense to approach it that way first and then start a cut by 10% and increase from there as needed. Thank you so much for the reply, I believe I will be taking your advice. One more question, during the initial reset is it customary to discontinue working out as well?0
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Just continue your regular workouts as you have been doing. If you have calculated your TDEE correctly with your activity/excercise then that takes into account already.0
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Ok, great. Thanks for the info!
I lied, I do have one more question. When you eat at TDEE, do you log your workout calories and make up what you burned or do you not log because the activity is already factored in?0 -
You can log it, but it will add calories to your food diary, but I ignore them and just work on hitting TDEE since it includes the activity. Lately I am not logging my lifting, and just using MFP for tracking my food.0
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That 355 increase in calories actually brings me up to a 20% cut. Wow, so the recommendation for a true reset is to eat at TDEE for about 8 weeks, which would be a 744 calorie increase for me. Eek. Though those numbers scare me, it would make more sense to approach it that way first and then start a cut by 10% and increase from there as needed. Thank you so much for the reply, I believe I will be taking your advice. One more question, during the initial reset is it customary to discontinue working out as well?
Great job deciding to do the reset! You need to be mentally ready and not in a hurry, but it is definitely the way to go. You want to "train" your metabolism of what your true TDEE is and start out as high as possible *before* starting that cut. And yes, start with 10 or 15%, not 20.
Keep up your exercise (since that was used when figuring your TDEE) and if you log it into MFP, just change the calories burned to "1" so it doesn't mess up your calorie goal (or more importantly, the macros...)0 -
Great tips. Thanks to the both of you for the info! 0
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Great tips. Thanks to the both of you for the info!
You are going to do great!0
