Am I doing this right? (Eat more to weigh less)

Calichick94

I'm a newbie ( 19 year old female) and I'm still a bit hesitant about the whole concept of eating more to weigh less. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it and I've been reading all these forums for the past two days, but I'm convinced.

Basically my BMR is 1530 and my TDEE is 2104 cal ( low activity and -15% would be 1788 ) and for moderate activity ( TDEE 2372 and -15 would be 2016 cal) and I understand I have to do a reset since my metabolism has been all over the place for the past 4 months. I'm increasing my consumption gradually.

And when I eat at maintaince level, do I stay there for 4-12 weeks AFTER it stablizes ? Or do I eat UNTIL it stablizes then I do my cut? Just a bit confused.

My question is during this process can I still JUST continue the exercise I do or do I HAVE to incorpotate strength training? I have two 5 pound weights that I use maybe twice a week.

Also, do I do the same routine when I'm doing the reset AND when I start the cut? Or should it differ after I start the -15% cut?

Any suggestions on what to do for strength training?

My exercise routine consists of a lot of cardio. I do 20-30 min of interval running/walking on the treadmill on 0% incline and I go back and forth from 8.5 speed to 3.5-4.0 speed. I burn 200 cal doing that.

After that, 10 min sessions using incline intervals ; 4.0 speed for 5% incline for 5 min, 6.0 speed for 2% incline for 3 min, 7.0 speed for 2% incline for 1 min and 3.0 speed for 10% incline for 1 min. I do this 2 or 3 times and I lburn 500-600 cal. I'll be exercising 2-3 times a week, about 20-30 min. The whole routine takes me 50-60 min.

Would that be considered moderate acitivty? I used the scooby calculater. I'm also a university student so there is a fair amount of walking that is done on campus. I'm just not 100% sure if all that would be low or moderate activity. I'm assuming it's moderate, is that correct?


Basically, am I on the right track with my calories and exercise? I'm just worried that my numbers are off.

Thanks a bunch!

Morninglory81

2-3 hrs exersizes a week is considered lite activity, 3-5 is moderate. It looks like you fit lite activity unless your job involves a lot of walking around than I would use moderate.