TDEE - 20% and the dreaded plateau!

aplhabetacheesecake

TDEE and me DO NOT GET ALONG! lol I stalled for a good year due to not knowing my total daily energy expenditure. MY life is crazy, and I too am crazy! mom of 2, work full time as a nurse, a looooove to run and be fit but I am also a part time graduate student and when papers are due I have complete sedentary days.
When the paper is done I RUN hardcore!!
WHen the weather is nice, I walk on my lunches-but not in the rain.....

I got a fitbit, and low and behold no wonder eating at what scooby or any other TDEE calculator said was my TDEE was no where near.
On a good work day I burn 2700 easily
on a work and run day 3200 easily
on a sendarty work on my paper all damn day kindsa day, im lucky if i hit 1900.

so you can see how varied that is, so was my eating and trying x amount of calories for 2 weeks and it never ever worked.

Now fitbit + MFP I have progress!!

ChrysalisCove

Have you picked a realistic target weight or are you trying to become TOO thin?

Yes, my target weight is directly in the middle of my healthy weight range. I'm not trying to get to the low end or anything! Very realistic goals!

Have you entered your measurements into a body fat percentage calculator recently? Just because a weight is in the healthy range for your height does not necessarily mean it is going to provide your body / frame with an adequate amount of body fat. For example, I am 5'3" with a lean body mass of 107lbs. 107lbs is in the normal weight range for someone my height, but obviously having 0% body fat isn't good, lol! Turns out my body really isn't built to go below about 130lbs.

cricket_77

because if she truely was eating that big of a deficet she would be losing weigh regardless at least 2lbs a week...and I often find people aren't honest with themselves let alone strangers on the internet. Never mind Online calculators are estimates...

As well in her profile she states she has gained muscle which is not possible eating at a deficet, along with a few other things in her profile that just don't ring valid to me...ie 22% BF lost...okay.

weight loss is calories in being less than calories out...period and if you aren't losing weight it is as simple as not being in a deficet and adding more food to that is counter intuitive.

I totally agree. Someone who is wanting help, but refusing to open their dairy...kinda makes me go hmmm.

I don't really blame her for not wanting to open her diary.... I think she should provide information from her diary (stats like cals in, sodium, protein, carbs, fats, sugar, etc) but I totally respect her right to "privacy". How about ask her for that stuff instead if you really want to provide input? OP? Stats from the diary please

Because a good part of the time when someone opens their diary you can see that they do not log every day. They often SAY that they are logging every day, but when you look at their diary, there are days missied, quick calories, added, etc. Also, you can sometimes get a good idea if they are weighing/measuring accurately by looking at their diary. You can see if they are or are not getting enough protein. It provides a much better picture rather than the OP saying...I log everything, I eat "X" number of calories and I'm not losing. What should I do different. I think it's necessary in order to fully assess what's going on in the OP's situation.

SezxyStef

because if she truely was eating that big of a deficet she would be losing weigh regardless at least 2lbs a week...and I often find people aren't honest with themselves let alone strangers on the internet. Never mind Online calculators are estimates...

As well in her profile she states she has gained muscle which is not possible eating at a deficet, along with a few other things in her profile that just don't ring valid to me...ie 22% BF lost...okay.

weight loss is calories in being less than calories out...period and if you aren't losing weight it is as simple as not being in a deficet and adding more food to that is counter intuitive.

I totally agree. Someone who is wanting help, but refusing to open their dairy...kinda makes me go hmmm.

I don't really blame her for not wanting to open her diary.... I think she should provide information from her diary (stats like cals in, sodium, protein, carbs, fats, sugar, etc) but I totally respect her right to "privacy". How about ask her for that stuff instead if you really want to provide input? OP? Stats from the diary please

Because a good part of the time when someone opens their diary you can see that they do not log every day. They often SAY that they are logging every day, but when you look at their diary, there are days missied, quick calories, added, etc. Also, you can sometimes get a good idea if they are weighing/measuring accurately by looking at their diary. You can see if they are or are not getting enough protein. It provides a much better picture rather than the OP saying...I log everything, I eat "X" number of calories and I'm not losing. What should I do different. I think it's necessary in order to fully assess what's going on in the OP's situation.

exactly this...and to add sometimes the entries used are just wrong...ie 4oz of chicken with 120 calories...Yah no.

There are many factors that go into logging accurately...and without seeing the logging no one can really help we are all just shooting in the dark...

My feelings are if someone really wants help or has nothing to hide they don't hide their diary...but that's just me being blunt too.