Need a TDEE partner or at least TDEE advice/ guidance.

linabinaboo
linabinaboo Posts: 23
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm 5'2 and 124lb. I want to lose 10lb.
I want to not be controlled by calorie/ macro counting.
It doesn't work for me. I've screwed up my metabolism so bad over the years that I can eat as low as 600 calories a day and not lose weight. I currently eat anywhere from 900-1600 calories a day. I want to be able to eat MORE though without killing myself with exercise. Idk. I think all together, TDEE would be a really good thing for me to do.
I don't know where to begin though, and I'm afraid of it.
So many people say that they've gained MORE weight doing TDEE, and I don't want to GAIN I want to LOSE.

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  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    Eat TDEE for 2 weeks. Ignore the scale. Do not check weight.

    You will gain weight back, most of it will be water, some of it will be fat. Once your body gets used to the normal intake, certain biological functions will be restored to normal (namely hormones). From there, you can resume weight loss via a caloric deficit.

    It is scary sure, but taking a step back to take three forward is not a bad idea.
  • cedarghost
    cedarghost Posts: 621 Member
    You are at a healthy weight. Why do you want to lose more? Do you just want to tone? If so, that may not be a matter of losing weight, but more a matter of re-composition.

    But you also state that you want to be able to eat more and exercise less. If you want toning, it is going to take exercise. Specifically lifting weights would probably be the most helpful to you.

    My suggestion is start lifting and do a metabolism reset. You will need to eat at your TDEE for about 8 weeks. Then switch to a slight (maybe 10% deficit).

    Your TDEE should be somewhere around 1900 if you lift a few days a week for 30 minutes to an hour, but can vary depending on how active you are during the day. So find a calculator, find your TDEE and eat at or slightly below it and be consistent with your diet and exercise. You may see an initial weight gain but you will lose that after a while.

    If you are too scared to stick with a diet reset because you fear gaining weight, no one can help you but yourself.
  • gingerveg
    gingerveg Posts: 748 Member
    You are at a healthy weight. Why do you want to lose more? Do you just want to tone? If so, that may not be a matter of losing weight, but more a matter of re-composition.

    Hey person posting above me^ please don't take offense but....gah, she's 5'2" depending on bone structure she could easily be 110lb and still look great! She is only looking to reach 114lbs--a perfectly reasonable goal for a smaller woman. I am taller at 5'4" and while small framed, I have been a very healthy 115lb before (no jiggle-- all muscle).

    OP I'm guessing you are rather new here. It seems to me that those of us who are smaller have a harder time getting decent advice from the forums since it feels like the majority of folks on MFP are taller/bigger people. I am 5'4", 119 lbs and my ultimate goal is 115lb (lowest), but I'm more concerned with strength and flexibility than the scale. My TDEE is a little over 1700 (but I'm also 39 y/o). I currently eat 1400 net and I am losing weight. I do a lot of things including lifting (not a ton of lifting but I do it). Your TDEE will depend on your age, height, weight, and BF% you can get a decent idea of what it might be by calculating your BMR here: http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/ I started at net 1200 and eating back all my exercise calories, then moved my calories up. Now I don't eat all my exercise calories but I try to net 1400. Find somewhere to start and stick with it for a month and then if it doesn't work just move calories up or down. Don't let this place scare you. Some people will suggest starting higher then dropping calories (because YOU WILL DIE if you eat less than 1200 calories!!) Ha, really you shouldn't net less than 1200 but people do seem obsessed with that here, others will say do it the other way around. My suggestion is to do whatever you can maintain. Good luck!
  • cedarghost
    cedarghost Posts: 621 Member
    You are at a healthy weight. Why do you want to lose more? Do you just want to tone? If so, that may not be a matter of losing weight, but more a matter of re-composition.

    Hey person posting above me^ please don't take offense but....gah, she's 5'2" depending on bone structure she could easily be 110lb and still look great! She is only looking to reach 114lbs--a perfectly reasonable goal for a smaller woman. I am taller at 5'4" and while small framed, I have been a very healthy 115lb before (no jiggle-- all muscle).

    No offense taken. My point was that some people get stuck on weight when it is not always the key factor to determining best appearance.
    To the OP, take a look at this: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/
    Maybe that will better explain what I was trying to say. It shows a girl who "thought" she needed to be smaller, compares her progress through photos at 117 pounds all the way up to 142 pounds and she DEFINITELY looks better at 142.

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