HELP! Reset question

maruby95

Hi All,

I'm 3 weeks into a reset, eating 1800. I'm 5'3" about 108 lbs, and about 19% BF. With moderate activity, Scooby gives me 1900 and with heavy activity 2100. But I also have a FitBit, and my average burn over the past month has been 1800, so I decided to use that as my TDEE. I have been lifting heavy 3 days a week, until this week when I started a split routine, so now I am lifting 4 days a week, about 40 min. each. I also do about 4-5 hours of cardio a week (mostly walking with some running).

Interestingly, while I have had some serious fatigue this past week, I haven't experienced the typical hunger that seems to hit people on a reset. In fact, I'm still struggling to get all my calories in and I often feel full and bloated. I have gained about 2-3 lbs total and my BF has stayed about the same. My measurement are up about an inch or so (mostly in my abdomen- I think from the bloating).

So my question is: could my lack of hunger indicate that I need to up my calories? I know by Scooby's numbers I should, but my Fitbit says otherwise. Not sure which to trust, and I really don't want to mess my reset up.

Thoughts??

Really appreciate any input!!

heybales

Shouldn't feel hungry if eating anywhere near TDEE.

You'll find once you take your deficit, shouldn't be really hungry there either.

If weight gain has stopped, and you are maintaining, then you indeed found your TDEE for this level of activity.

The FitBit will indeed be really off for weight lifting, as arm movement has no bearing on math for movement is it trying to do.

You might find your normal FitBit TDEE on a rest day with no exercise, add the MFP calorie burn for weight lifting (which is low and actually pretty good estimate) for the lifting days.
FitBit I'd trust to be closer on the walking and running days.

Now see how the avg ends up for weekly activity down to daily avg.

maruby95

Thank HeyBales! That is a good suggestion. However, I do already add in my lifting time. I just add it manually using the MFP numbers, whihc I agree are pretty good. When I have used my HRM to test them, they come out pretty close.

So I think the FitBit is probably pretty actuate.

Thanks for the info on hunger. I guess I got the imporession from other posts that increased hunger was a good sign of metabolism revving back up. Safe to say I've done VERY low cals for a VERY long time. So, I guess I wasn't sure what to expect.

heybales

Thank HeyBales! That is a good suggestion. However, I do already add in my lifting time. I just add it manually using the MFP numbers, whihc I agree are pretty good. When I have used my HRM to test them, they come out pretty close.

So I think the FitBit is probably pretty actuate.

Thanks for the info on hunger. I guess I got the imporession from other posts that increased hunger was a good sign of metabolism revving back up. Safe to say I've done VERY low cals for a VERY long time. So, I guess I wasn't sure what to expect.

Usually you would get some at the beginning, but 3 weeks in I could see no more increase to the hunger.
And depending on well you body responds, like slowly, it may not come as some sudden hunger, but just slowly creeping up which you've been eating enough already, so not really getting that effect.