Starting a cut in a week...and appreciation for all of you!

wa_tracy

So...I've done 2 weeks of a reset and am going to do one more and then start a cut. I know I know many of you are shaking your heads saying I should do a full 8 weeks, however, never was I at a plateau before I joined all of you, and I just feel it's time for me. I'm no longer having to force all my TDEE calories down. I'm doing well to get them all in, in a healthy way. My plan is once a month to go back to eating TDEE for a week to keep my body regulated.

But also, I just wanted to say how happy I am that I found this community. I was so miserable before eating only 12-1300 calories a day. MISERABLE! I knew in the back of my head that it wasn't something I could maintain long term and wondered why I even do it when I was bound to fail...again (It's been a long road of losing and gaining and losing and gaining for me.) But now, I look forward to eating. I don't feel guilty about eating. I'm trying my best to eat nutritional foods. I make protein a priority after a workout and am feeling a huge difference in my body. And I don't get down on myself if I want to have a treat b/c I know that for the majority of time, I am eating very well. Such a huge mind shift for me. I've made the lifestyle change, and I'm never turning back!

Noor13

Best of luck to you. Hope the weight will fall off now:)
It's goof to take breaks and at at TDEE in between.

juliebeannn

i'm in the same boat as you. i've been eating at full TDEE since memorial day (plus most of may, i was eating somewhere between bmr and tdee).

i'm starting my cut on 7/1. the first 10 days of the reset was really hard b/c i was feeling really heavy and bloated, but once i started looking more closely at my macros and my sodium intake, my body adjusted and is loving every last calorie it gets. hehe.

i plan on bumping back up to full TDEE every 6 weeks.

are you doing a 10% or 15% cut?

since i only have 15ish lbs left, i think 10% is recommended but i'm not sure what i'll do yet.