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Any Success Pics for doing this program

Keffinger22
Keffinger22 Posts: 100 Member
edited January 1 in Social Groups
Hi,

Does any one have any success pics for doing this program or if not can you tell me how much you left after completing the 90 days :) Also 1200cals seems awfully low, did anyone eat more then that and still had success?

-Kimberly

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  • RellaBelle
    RellaBelle Posts: 70 Member
    Id like to see success pics too. MFP originally had my cals at 12something but I had my weekly weight loss goal at 2 lbs per week. I switched it to 1 1/2 lbs a week and it upped my cals to 1580. I've only been eating like this for about 3 days so Im not sure about how well it is working so far. I will say I havent gained weight like I thought I would. Ill know for sure Monday morning.
  • Keffinger22
    Keffinger22 Posts: 100 Member
    Thanks! That totally helps to motivate me!!! I think I will start at 1560 cals and then work my way down :)
  • myfitnessval
    myfitnessval Posts: 687 Member
    Thanks! That totally helps to motivate me!!! I think I will start at 1560 cals and then work my way down :)

    you got that backwards. lol you dont want to dip below your BMR. i made that mistake and while i lost a ton of weight, i also lost a ton of hair! it just now starting to level off now that i've been eating at or above BMR for 2 months.
  • Keffinger22
    Keffinger22 Posts: 100 Member
    oh ok. Thanks! I think there is a BMR tool on MFP I will see what that says and start from there!! Thanks, the dvds hopefully will be here by Friday so I can start!!
  • sweetd_cali
    sweetd_cali Posts: 323 Member
    I just posted results pics from the end of Phase 2 at my blog - http://tiktok9.blogspot.com.
  • Keffinger22
    Keffinger22 Posts: 100 Member
    you look awesome sweetd_cali!!!! I can't wait to get mine in the mail! I read in your blog that you don't do the diet. How are you doing your diet?
  • sweetd_cali
    sweetd_cali Posts: 323 Member
    Knobles, I started off doing the meal plan but it just wasn't sustainable for my lifestyle and family demands. Honestly I just don't eat or buy a lot of the ingredients involved. I was using my BMR calories (1450) as my goal, but constantly felt like I was hungry, especially after workouts.I have been plateauing weight-wise all of Phase 2.

    Now I've started Phase 3, I've been reading up on Eat More to Weigh Less, whose main idea is if you have a smaller calorie eaten to burned deficit, it will be a more sustainable weight lostt. This program uses the BMR and TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) numbers to set a more realistic (for me, long term) calorie goal. My calorie goal is now 20% less than my TDEE (aka my cut rate) at 1685. I won't "eat" my exercise calories, since it's a given I'll do it and that's built in to my cut rate.
  • mayday1969
    mayday1969 Posts: 123 Member
    Search for the "Graduates" thread on here... There are several of us that posted there before it dropped off...
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