TIRED..PLATEAUD...SCALE NOT MOVING !!!FOUND MY ANSWER !!!!

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  • angleu
    angleu Posts: 140 Member
    Today I net 176 calories.... My BMR is 1340. Obviously I have a huge gap, haha.
    I just have issues netting higher, I eat until I'm full and then I stop. I can't seem to find a way to eat more/higher calories (I love fruits and veggies, which are pretty low calorie) but right now my weight is plateauing..

    What kind of exercises are you doing to burn so many calories a day (looked like 1200-1400 most days)?? I looked at your diary and I can't help but to think you are eating good and looks like enough but you are burning soooo much. I can't help but to think you might be over doing it on the exercise.
  • stephr2014
    stephr2014 Posts: 311 Member
    *BUMP*
    I just started this yesterday! nervouse and excited at the same time :noway:
  • brayla1
    brayla1 Posts: 142 Member
    I'm going to give this a whirl....I'll let ya'll know my progress! thanks for all the brilliant posts!
  • Reinventing_Me
    Reinventing_Me Posts: 1,053 Member
    bump to read later
  • Sanvita58
    Sanvita58 Posts: 122 Member
    I have plateaued for almost 6 months and then gained weight..now I am going to Net 1800 as my BRM is 1380 and TDEE is 2023. It was so difficult to eat 1700 cal after having an average net of 1300....will give this try for a month...
  • sel254
    sel254 Posts: 273 Member
    Bump for later :)
  • tuffytuffy1
    tuffytuffy1 Posts: 920 Member
    It works, people! Just try increasing your calories a couple hundred per day if you are on the 1200 day plan and see what happens. I eat about 1500 plus exercise calories and I am FINALLY LOSING. I barely lost anything on the 1250 per day MFP had me set at. I swear to you, I was a disbeliever too; weren't all of us told that you had to starve to lose weight? Basically 1200 per day is what I probably ate using Weight Watchers points. I would lose, but when I couldn't sustain that starvation, I would gain it all back. I eat between 1500 and 2000 calories a day and I am losing and changing my body shape with heavy lifting. Please try it, you will not be sorry!
  • jhamby5579
    jhamby5579 Posts: 14 Member
    bump
  • pnut80
    pnut80 Posts: 77 Member
    i have plateaued about a month ago and i am tryin to get thru it. i have been thinking maybe i havent been eating enough but i am soooo afraid to try this cause ive worked so hard to get this 17 lbs off! but i dont know what else to do. i just dont completely understand this whole tdee figure...15% of this and 50% of that...its so confusing! is there something somewhere that i can plug all my info in and it tells me exactly how many cals to eat a day? i am mathematically challenged lol obviously
  • dslynn8
    dslynn8 Posts: 21
    Bump........
  • joeykat16
    joeykat16 Posts: 81 Member
    bump
  • FHOLMESVAN
    FHOLMESVAN Posts: 24
    BUMP
  • Tangerine16
    Tangerine16 Posts: 44 Member
    This seems to be working for me, too.

    Up until a month ago, I'd lost 23lbs by eating on average 1200 cals. Suddenly became much hungrier and felt I needed to eat at tdee (about 1450). Weight stayed steady for a couple of weeks.

    Last week decided to go up to 1800 (want to go up as far as possible and still maintain, because it's miserable trying to live on 1200 cals!)

    Over this week, my weight has fluctuated within one pound only.

    Eating more seems to be working.

    In a while I'll take the number down again and hopefully lose the last 7lbs.

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  • jenbroussard71
    jenbroussard71 Posts: 277 Member
    bump
  • ThinkThin85
    ThinkThin85 Posts: 140 Member
    Thanks for the info
  • piper4596
    piper4596 Posts: 52 Member
    Bumping for later. I feel like a complete idiot because I don't understand how many calories I really should be eating, but I will read it later when I can really focus my full attention to it. I'm tired of feeling so dang hungry at 1250 calories. I barely made it through my workout last night (low energy) and I know it was because I didn't have enough fuel in my body to get me through.
  • cheeky1095
    cheeky1095 Posts: 83 Member
    BUMP
  • ClassicPearl
    ClassicPearl Posts: 141 Member
    When I got on MFP.com, I started at 1200 calories for a few weeks and lost some weight. Then, upped to 1300, lost some weight, then 1470, lost some weight and just recently, last week only lost 1 pound (I usually lose 2.5 pounds a week). So, now I'm going to up it to 1550 and see what happens!
  • SexyCook
    SexyCook Posts: 2,249 Member
    I LOVE IT!!!!! Very inspiring story!
  • nichole325
    nichole325 Posts: 244 Member
    I'm netting like less than 1200 right now and I feel satisfied everyday but I did Plateau for a while. I think I really need to up my calories though.
  • dnnmccloud
    dnnmccloud Posts: 124 Member
    Absolutley!
  • Luella70
    Luella70 Posts: 31 Member
    Bumping this! :)
  • skinnykimmy2013
    skinnykimmy2013 Posts: 37
    this blog have me thinking i was doing everuthing wrong ..this is soo soo very helpful im about to order my body media i want to know here im at and exactly what to do as this is a lifetime journey not just for a month are when i reach my goal.

    thank you thank youi
  • patty43ck
    patty43ck Posts: 248 Member
    BUMP! Thanks for posting this. Have been doing 1200 and it has started to make me grumpy. Need to make sure I am eating the right stuff though. Is there a guide for eating (like times of day or when to eat certain foods)? My BMR is 1527 and my TeDee is 2367. Subtract the 15% and I get roughly 2000.
  • marjen002
    marjen002 Posts: 112
    After reading this thread, and doing some more research, I feel like my eyes are finally open. I have been gaining and losing the same few pounds for a while now and could not figure out why.

    I'm often hungry throughout the day but was afraid of increasing calories again...I had started at 1200, increased to 1300, and was recently between 1450-1500, so I couldn't conceive of increasing it anymore and still plan on losing weight, right?

    But then I read this thread and took a look at me Net Calorie report for the past 30 days and was surprised at what I saw. I have been netting about 1000 calories per day, some days a lot less!

    Now that I know my (approx) BMR is 1521 & my TDEE is 1927, I have re-calculated my calorie goals. If I have this correctly, my new calorie goal is 1638 and I need to ensure that I do not eat below my BMR of 1521. Does that sound about right?

    I have only done this for two days, but I am very much enjoying not being hungry. :) Plus, I figure I wasn't consistently losing weight anymore, so what's the harm?
  • tmpayton
    tmpayton Posts: 148 Member
    BUMP!
  • 010Elle010
    010Elle010 Posts: 56 Member
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  • KeriD
    KeriD Posts: 324
    This is very awesome and wonderful that it is working for you!

    I am going to look into this ... thank you for sharing! :flowerforyou:
  • Now0rNever
    Now0rNever Posts: 69 Member
    bump until i can figure out how to do this i will try it lol
  • 1234getgoing
    1234getgoing Posts: 36
    That whole idea of your body going into starvation mode, if you did not consume enough calories just blew my mind. It is so true though! The less calories I consumed the less I lost. I have found my perfect calorie intake now, and combined with excersize I am actually losing for the first time in 4 years! I have found my balance. Thanks for the post!

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