Making adjustments
Danielle_2013
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Have you had to adjust your calories, fitness level or diet doing "eat more, weigh less"?
Okay.. I've bought into the concept and have been doing this for nearly 2 months. While the scale is slowly, very slowly trending downwards, it is extremely slow and frustrating. Sometimes nonexistent.
If I was 20 pounds away from my goal, I'd get it. But I'm 267 and have LOTS of weight to shed. Thought it would go a little faster to be honest! I actually expected to be losing about 1-2 pounds a week. Unrealistic?
Any suggestions? Should I go to a 20% cut? Or?
My BMI is 1967, TDEE 2705 and daily calories for 15% cut are 2300. I chose 1-3 hours a week of light exercise in the calculator. Perhaps this is too low?
I am noticing increased strength from doing weights, but feel almost like I'm getting bigger as the fat on top of the muscle doesn't seem to be going away. I go to the gym about 3-4 times a week and do about 30 minutes of cardio and then weights. Other days I walk and keep active, but with a desk job I didn't think it was all that much.
Any advice is definitely appreciated - and/or stories of how you've had to make adjustments with this.
Okay.. I've bought into the concept and have been doing this for nearly 2 months. While the scale is slowly, very slowly trending downwards, it is extremely slow and frustrating. Sometimes nonexistent.
If I was 20 pounds away from my goal, I'd get it. But I'm 267 and have LOTS of weight to shed. Thought it would go a little faster to be honest! I actually expected to be losing about 1-2 pounds a week. Unrealistic?
Any suggestions? Should I go to a 20% cut? Or?
My BMI is 1967, TDEE 2705 and daily calories for 15% cut are 2300. I chose 1-3 hours a week of light exercise in the calculator. Perhaps this is too low?
I am noticing increased strength from doing weights, but feel almost like I'm getting bigger as the fat on top of the muscle doesn't seem to be going away. I go to the gym about 3-4 times a week and do about 30 minutes of cardio and then weights. Other days I walk and keep active, but with a desk job I didn't think it was all that much.
Any advice is definitely appreciated - and/or stories of how you've had to make adjustments with this.
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