Calculating TDEE
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bmeadows380 wrote: »As for the depression, all I can do there is wait it out; "this too shall pass."
It does sound, based on your description, that depression (and possibly thyroid issues; I don't know much about thyroid) may be playing a good sized role in how you're feeling! Hopefully things will improve soon, right?!?!
Sleep is an issue. For a fact, the majority of my "unwanted" over-eating episodes are associated with being up (usually involuntarily) for way longer than I would have preferred. Then I get "wired/tired/but not willing to go to bed" and eat...
I offload the "counting" to Fitbit. They use some weird kitten formula for "resting" hr and the resting HR doesn't even always match between app and web page. But, for me at least, there is definitely a correlation between deficit/surplus and HR change and usually obvious/substantial changes show on the scale within a couple of days1 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »As for the depression, all I can do there is wait it out; "this too shall pass."
It does sound, based on your description, that depression (and possibly thyroid issues; I don't know much about thyroid) may be playing a good sized role in how you're feeling! Hopefully things will improve soon, right?!?!
Sleep is an issue. For a fact, the majority of my "unwanted" over-eating episodes are associated with being up (usually involuntarily) for way longer than I would have preferred. Then I get "wired/tired/but not willing to go to bed" and eat...
I offload the "counting" to Fitbit. They use some weird kitten formula for "resting" hr and the resting HR doesn't even always match between app and web page. But, for me at least, there is definitely a correlation between deficit/surplus and HR change and usually obvious/substantial changes show on the scale within a couple of days
oh yeah, I notice a big increase in snack craving and brain hunger on days where my total sleep is 4 hours or less. Not to mention brain fog.
And then there's the danger in 14 hour plus phone conversations with the best friend that last to 6 am (on a weekend so I could sleep in the next day at least!) Snacking was a big problem then, too. though I did mitigate some of it by counting some of it towards the next day
(and no, we don't do that very often, but sometimes we get to talking and lose track of time - don't ask what we have to talk about that long - it would take too long to explain lol)
Though on the plus side, when I'm talking to her on the phone, I am constantly moving, circling the house, going from room to room. I'll sit down for a bit only to pop up and start pacing around again. I can get 5,000 steps in easily just by talking on the phone. So talking on the phone is a great way for me to increase my NEAT for the day. Now I just need more people to talk to on the phone
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One of my early decisions was to try and pace during most phone calls. I still, occasionally, catch myself pace and munch... but I mostly manage to pace inside, or circle around the outside of the house, or make a lot of calls during dog walks... unless I need to plonk myself in front of a screen... which cuts out the pacing!!!
I was more "accurate" when I was losing vs maintaining. And I sure do employ various "tricks" for (brain) hamster management during maintenance (f.e. I am set at a ~350 deficit just so that I can be red most of the time because MFP ain't gonna tell me what to do--right?!?!)
That said I am often up till 3/4am and do go for walks after midnight (i.e. right now I have 11,000 steps for the day, but 7,500 were from before I went to bed last night). So, yes, I did move food equal to my pre-bedtime positive exercise adjustment into my "post midnight and before bed" slot for today. Bonus point is that most of it WAS actually eaten post midnight, but it wouldn't have stopped me from balancing over consecutive days and assuming I wasn't creating an over-restriction for the next day.1
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