SO FRUSTRATED AND JUST ABOUT TO GIVE UP

joyfuldutchgirl

just want to thank everyone who has posted here. it's been really helpful ('specially the calorie counter website) as i've been trying to figure out how many calories i should or should not eat. and it really helps to know the numbers behind gaining or losing one pound.

jaxandmaksmom

thanks you all are awesome!!!! sooo i have been trying to figure this out and here is my game plan..

I am figuring out my BMR ( funny thing is when i go to diffrent sites i get diffrent numbers each time lol gonna get an average and work with that.)
and from what i understand simply..

BMR is what i need to eat to "survie"
then my TDEE is what i eat to stay the same with NO exericise.
soooooo
my goal is to take 500- 1000 calories off my TDEE and not go below my BMR...

and stick with that number...

I am going to look at my exercise calories as my opps(bonues) calories earned... if i get 500 extra calories a day by working out and i go over my set limit... well they come from my opps calories...

I think this is right... anyone want to add anything???


Again.. thank you all very much for getting me through a very hard day.. everytime i was about to say F*** it and eat that ice cream i got a notification of someone posting here... lol kismit(sp) if i do say so myself..

dehliahopp

thanks you all are awesome!!!! sooo i have been trying to figure this out and here is my game plan..

I am figuring out my BMR ( funny thing is when i go to diffrent sites i get diffrent numbers each time lol gonna get an average and work with that.)
and from what i understand simply..

BMR is what i need to eat to "survie"
then my TDEE is what i eat to stay the same with NO exericise.
soooooo
my goal is to take 500- 1000 calories off my TDEE and not go below my BMR...

and stick with that number...

I am going to look at my exercise calories as my opps(bonues) calories earned... if i get 500 extra calories a day by working out and i go over my set limit... well they come from my opps calories...

I think this is right... anyone want to add anything???


Again.. thank you all very much for getting me through a very hard day.. everytime i was about to say F*** it and eat that ice cream i got a notification of someone posting here... lol kismit(sp) if i do say so myself..

that sounds like a great plan to me! just make sure you log everyday and accurately, even if you take a biteful of something, so if you plateau or stop losing, you'll be able to take a look at your diary and notice the little things.

also, find your target heart rate (usually about .6-.8 of maximum. to find maximum, 220 - [your age] and mulitply by .6 or .75 or .8 depending on how hard you want to work out). make sure you exercise within your heart rate to burn fat. and try interval training, where you do cycles of really fast/hard sprints and 1-2 minutes of rest.

good luck girly, and never ever give up!

jaxandmaksmom

I picked a number...1770 (average of the three sites i looked at for what i should do...) using my exercise calories for my just in case i go over bonuses.....IM DOWN 2 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU ALL FOR UR ADVICE AND HELP