BMR and TDEE????? Help????? Serious Platuea!!!

norabeth

I have been on My Fitness Pal since the beginning of January 2012 religiously. I try to workout 3-5 days a week using ChaLean Extreme and Turbo Jam and walking my dogs (depending on Texas heat). I get my heart rate up between 110-150 doing cardio and CE.
SW 250LBs:explode: :explode:
waist 45 in
hips 48.5 in
arms 14 3/4in
thighs 28 in
My CW is 235lb at 5'9 with about 40% body fat :explode: :mad: :grumble:
waist 43 in
hips 45 in
arms 14.5 in
thighs 26 in
My GW is 190ish :happy: :flowerforyou: with a waist less than 30 inch

My problem is that I have not lost any weight this year. I have lost inches with heavy lifting( using ChaLean EXtreme) and gained a few back when I stopped per the advice of a trainer :mad:

I have been trying to eat back my exercise calories and staying within my calorie range. I cannot eat below 1600 because I feel so wiped out and cannot function. I have been reading posts about eating your TDEE to lose weight and not eating below your BMR. I went to the Fat2FitRadio website and found out my BMR is 1754 and ;that if I eat my skinny calories using the range of moderate workout 3-5 days a week that I should eat about 2500 calories a day.

Has anyone had success using this formula???
My food dairy is open. Please don't judge me too hard on the last week since my father died.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks in advance

fiveohmike

Come check out all the stickies in our group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/3817-eat-more-to-weigh-less

It will help you along your way

HMVOL7409

I second reading the above thread and joining the group. But yes, I had success in finally getting to my UG after using TDEE. I would much rather be here than at 1200 again.

AKosky585

Check out the group Eat More to Weigh Less... it has so much useful information! I'm in my 6th week and beginning to have some success

tpittsley77

I am currently eating 2000 cals a day which is 15% below tdee and I am losing regularly. And enjoying being able to actually eat!

fiveohmike

I am currently eating 2000 cals a day which is 15% below tdee and I am losing regularly. And enjoying being able to actually eat!

Its so nice aint it?

amnski

I am currently eating 2000 cals a day which is 15% below tdee and I am losing regularly. And enjoying being able to actually eat!

I wish more people would see this and understand that you can lose weight and eat. Congrats on the weight loss! And I am a huge advocate of strength training and eating clean, healthy foods to lose weight and inches