BMR, need advice!

BioShocked89

I'm now on Day 2 Level 2 of the 30DS, and I've started to become much more hungry in about the last 5 days of it. This is the only exercise I will do all day, although every other day I will walk or play tennis for an hour with my friend.

I'm also about to start a new job where I will be pretty active (Party City, in Halloween mode) but I haven't started it yet.

Since I don't have a heart monitor, when I log my exercise calories I only count half of them as the actual amount of calories burned. That way, if I have burned off more there's room for error. However, like I said, I've been feeling more hungry. Yesterday for example, I burned 663 calories total. Since my calories are set at 1700 per day + (cut in half) 330 exercise calories= 2000 calories to eat.

I had a big dinner and felt full, then half an hour later, I felt like I hadn't had dinner at all! I ended up consuming 3,305 calories yesterday.

I drink only water, and sometimes 8 oz of 1% milk after the 30DS, so I don't think it's a "not enough water" problem.

I just looked up my BMR and it says 2176. ( I am a 5'6 female at 302 lbs) So I get that I need to eat at least that much. I also need to reset my active range on here as well. What should I set it to? Should I consider myself very active because I do the 30DS every day? Or moderately active?

Very active would be: 3754 calories per day according to the Harris Benedict Equation. Which seems RIDICULOUSLY high.
Moderately active would be:3372 calories. As you see like yesterday I was just shy of at 3,305 calories.

I've lost fat, and I noticed that even though I was overeating these past five days, I lost more this week. A difference of a 0.2 lb loss compared to yesterday's 0.8 lb loss.

I am so freaking lost. Please help, I apologize for the long read.

BioShocked89

Anyone, anyone? Please?

peuglow

Play around with the higher allowance for a few weeks. If you keep losing, it's working! If you stop losing, adjust your calories again.

DaniJeanine

I don't know what 30DS is lol but what do your MFP calculations say when you input your stats? I would not use the numbers for moderate or highly active unless you are DEF working out that much. I believe most people set their level to sedentary or moderate just to be on the safe side.

BioShocked89

30DS is Jillian Micheals 30 Day Shred.

2hobbit1

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

follow the thread - you are probably moderately active and at your current size can safely take a 30% cut from TDEE

The fact that you actually lost more weight at the higher calorie level on your "refeed"day shows that you can eat at a higher level.
If your afraid to jump up and allow for a short bounce on the scale as you adjust you just increase your cals by 100-200 a week.