-16lbs in 81 days. (with pictures!)

lustingforfitness

Did you figure out your TDEE by using a fitbit or some other method?

https://www.google.com/search?q=tdee+calculators&oq=tdee+calculators&sugexp=chrome,mod=0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I just googled TDEE calculators, inputed my data into 5-6 different ones and took the mean of all of them. Same with BMR.

gnat45

Great job!

lustingforfitness

How do I edit the original post? I meant to edit it it, not make a new one. My bad!

Amb_er100

Thanks for the support, ladies!

Awesome job!! How many calories were you eating to get to your this point to far?

I was eating 1200 calories for the first couple weeks because I didn't know any better, but once I did my research and figured out my BMR/TDEE I upped that to 1500 a day plus my exercise calories. I felt so much better after upping my calories, seriously.

what do you mean by 1500 calories + exercise calories?do you eat back your exercise calories? Btw you look great,i'm just like you were day 1 more or less and i want to get the same body.Any device?

JustANumber85

so what do you do for your exercise?

Good Job BTW!

hollyk57

Wow - you look awesome. Sadly, 16 pounds down on me might make one of my eyebrows look thinner, that's about it. But on you - it's amazing! Great work

sam308lbs

terrific work!! you should be so proud of yourself!

lustingforfitness

what do you mean by 1500 calories + exercise calories?do you eat back your exercise calories? Btw you look great,i'm just like you were day 1 more or less and i want to get the same body.Any device?

Yes, I try to eat back my exercise calories, at least some of them. It depends on how hungry I am. But I always try to eat around 1400+ at LEAST because that's where my BMR is. And thank you! I suggest you calculate your BMR and try to always eat at least that.

As for what exercises I was doing, I did the 30 Day Shred for a month of this, bike riding, weight lifting, circuit training, etc. Now I just run and run and run and lift weights afterwards.

Deipneus

Excellent job. Not only do you look great but you obviously did it in a healthy way. I like that you upped your calories instead of trying to starve yourself. I've found that some people argue against eating back exercise calories but it makes sense to me. Congratulations.

fitnwhole

Awesome to see someone with these results. I just joined the EM2WL Group (Eat More 2 Weigh Less). They are firm believers in eating at 15% less than TDEE. My BMR is 1570 and my TDEE is 2100 (at 20% off for weight loss). I just increased my calories yesterday from 1200 to 1500 and I plan to eat my exercise calories as well. I tell you what I feel sated not like I'm punishing my body. People look for quick fixes...I've been there and done that so now I'm taking it slow. 16lbs in 81 days is a nice and steady weight loss.

You look great! Keep it up:)

Cathymic2004

Wow - you look awesome. Sadly, 16 pounds down on me might make one of my eyebrows look thinner, that's about it. But on you - it's amazing! Great work

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ I agree with u on that....I've lost 13 but u can't tell that much...but I'm excited