This opened up my eyes today . . .

dragonfly74

Laceylala... Thanks for that advice. I think I'll give that a try and see how it goes. One thing is for sure... I'm not giving up!

Dragonfly74... Thanks so much for posting that information. it's a good read and I found it easy to understand.

You are so welcome. It still is finding out what works for us as individuals. I know what used to work for me isn't any longer so I knew I needed to "mix things up."

We should all keep posting and see how we do over the next several weeks!

Laceylala

Got on the scale last night at the gym....I am pretty dern sure I finally lost some weight! I will check again tonigth when I go. This is like week two of eating back some or most of my work out calories.

I changed *edit FOUR* things two weeks ago:
1. I both logged and watched what I ate last weekend.
2. ate back at least 1/2 my exercise cals
3. Increased my protein by like 25+ grams
4. changed my workout routine. I started adding in some running/walking on the treadmill and changed my weights routine completely

Next week my goal is to start cutting sugars out more. I don' t want to do the Southbeach diet, but I do want to cut out more sugar and see if that helps. I've done the first two weeks of that diet before and I lost back fat and stomach fat like crazy..so trying to find something similar that I can live with more easily.

I'm going to Ontario for at least a week for work in May and I would LOVE to weigh quite a bit less than I do now. It always helps with the customers to look good, sad to say.

h3ktlk

So i guess my big question is.. mfp tells me to consume 1550 cals plus my exercise to loose at a 2lb rate and my From Normal Daily Activity is 2550 cals per day.. the shape up site says Your resting metabolic rate is 2034 Calories per day is 1550 the right amount?

so thats what confused me on this post...


lol

idk if i made sense sorry if i didnt

Laceylala

So i guess my big question is.. mfp tells me to consume 1550 cals plus my exercise to loose at a 2lb rate and my From Normal Daily Activity is 2550 cals per day.. the shape up site says Your resting metabolic rate is 2034 Calories per day is 1550 the right amount?

so thats what confused me on this post...


lol

idk if i made sense sorry if i didnt

Think of it this way, If you eat 1550 a day, then burn 500 at the gym and eat them back, you'd be at 2050 total cals that day of food eaten right? So you'd hit that RMR number anyways.
So to simplify things, go with what the MFP number gives you and eat at least 50% of your exercise calories back on top of that and I think you will be just fine.

h3ktlk

Thank you

lvfunandfit

dragonfly74 --- I was in your boat for months! Stuck and unable to move the scale. When I paid attention to my BMR and calories and started eating back most, if not all of my exercise calories I have lost .8-1.2 lbs a week! I'm FINALLY back into my pre preggo clothes (size 4/6!!!!) and 3 lbs shy of my pre pregnancy weight. I set my new goal to be 5lbs lighter and I am not focusing so much on the scale now. I'm going to have my body fat tested once a month and go with that number. I know you'll reach your goal! It takes so long, but it is attainable! Those last 15 pounds are super frustrating!!! Especially when you are working hard to get them off! Sounds like you have a good plan and that you are totally motivated!!! You go!!

dragonfly74

dragonfly74 --- I was in your boat for months! Stuck and unable to move the scale. When I paid attention to my BMR and calories and started eating back most, if not all of my exercise calories I have lost .8-1.2 lbs a week! I'm FINALLY back into my pre preggo clothes (size 4/6!!!!) and 3 lbs shy of my pre pregnancy weight. I set my new goal to be 5lbs lighter and I am not focusing so much on the scale now. I'm going to have my body fat tested once a month and go with that number. I know you'll reach your goal! It takes so long, but it is attainable! Those last 15 pounds are super frustrating!!! Especially when you are working hard to get them off! Sounds like you have a good plan and that you are totally motivated!!! You go!!

Oh thanks so much! I am so frustrated! I am currently 140 and would love to get to 125 and I know I can because I got there after my second child was born. My youngest is 17 months and I am 6 lbs less than my pre-pregnancy weight but was too heavy to begin with when I got pregnant with him :blushing: .

Thanks for your encouraging words and great job on your weight loss.

lvfunandfit

dragonfly74 --- I was in your boat for months! Stuck and unable to move the scale. When I paid attention to my BMR and calories and started eating back most, if not all of my exercise calories I have lost .8-1.2 lbs a week! I'm FINALLY back into my pre preggo clothes (size 4/6!!!!) and 3 lbs shy of my pre pregnancy weight. I set my new goal to be 5lbs lighter and I am not focusing so much on the scale now. I'm going to have my body fat tested once a month and go with that number. I know you'll reach your goal! It takes so long, but it is attainable! Those last 15 pounds are super frustrating!!! Especially when you are working hard to get them off! Sounds like you have a good plan and that you are totally motivated!!! You go!!

Oh thanks so much! I am so frustrated! I am currently 140 and would love to get to 125 and I know I can because I got there after my second child was born. My youngest is 17 months and I am 6 lbs less than my pre-pregnancy weight but was too heavy to begin with when I got pregnant with him :blushing: .

Thanks for your encouraging words and great job on your weight loss.

You are welcome. Just to give you an idea of how long it took me... I weighed 149 in May of 2009 and FINALLY, last week I was 128. My pre preggo weight was 125 (with 18% body fat). I'm at 128 and about 21% body fat (according to my scale-not totally accurate). It took a LONG time. Like it was explained by a previous poster, those last 10-15 lbs do take a long time. When I started eating more and pushing myself harder during workouts, I finally began to see a difference. Pregnancy does a number on our bodies.... Take it one day at a time!