What to do?

Tiggermummy

I have been on MFP just over a year and the weightloss has been ok but I have got stuck.

I had myself set at sendatary level as i do spend a fair amount of time sitting a computer but I do also spend a few hours on my feet so I logged my speed walking and cycling. And as I had 80+ lbs to loose set my goals at -2lb/week thinking that would be resonable.
I have come a long way almost half way to my intial goal but although I have push, pulled and tweaked nothing is working
I had lost and gained the same 5lbs since last september.

So having done some research and reading I discovered I was eating below my BMR - didn't realise that to start so I upped the calories to take that into account.
I have also purchased and use a fitbit and I do a heck of a lot more than I thought I did, its rare for me to go under 12000 steps a day on a normal week 13-16000 is becoming the norm, Since getting the fbit the only exercise I log is cycling as it doesn't register that very well, although its not a huge amount I do it every week day.

So I am trying to sort out if I am still under eating or am I now over-eating.
I except that where I get my calories is not always the best, but it is my life and I don't need the stress, once I have worked out the calories I will look at changing the quality of those cals in the future.

I have looked at 3 different websites and the average BMR from their figures = 1549 - as I understand it, I should be eating this as a minimum net calorie figure.
Across the same 3 sites I have worked out my TDEE average as 2350 - based on active (1.55) levels.

And reducing that by 15% to get my target net calorie goal of 1997

I am pretty good at drinking between 6-8 glasses of water, I do drink a fair amount of coffee as well but almost all is decaf.
I have always aimed in the past to eat back about 75% of my exercise cals but with the fitbit adjustments I try for 50-75%
in err of inaccuracies.
I feel better in myself than I did two months ago I kept falling asleep early evenings, but some nights I am starting to feel very hungry which I never did before.
I work full time, I commute into london every day with eldest daughter (5) and have another girl (3) as well as studying for the first half of a degree and also having to sort out my mum's estate as she passed away last year.
I know I have a fair amount on my plate, but is my maths wrong or am I missing something else.

I think it has been about 4-6 weeks of eating at a higher rate.

Thoughts.....

Tiggermummy

Bumping for feedback.....

hiker282

Grab a buttefuinger! Oh, that just sounds dirty.

mdebbie1026

Sorry I am not much in the math department with all of this but I say hang in there and eventually the weight will start falling off again.

Sorry to hear about your mum, I know that is a tough experience.

CONGRATULATIONS! On your beautiful little girls. With inspiration like that you WILL make your goal.


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ladyraven68

What does the fitbit say is your daily calorie burn?

mallory3411

If you are eating according to you TDEE don't eat your exercise calories back (that is assuming you did the multiplier for active and not sedetary).