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same caloric intake for 8 mths and now gaining

giag09
giag09 Posts: 203 Member
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hey all i was 132 back in may 2012 and now i am 144 weight gain due to stress possibly i have been diagnosed with a anxiety disorder ( mom to 2 boys and a firefighter wife) i have been eating 1750-1850 calories a day for about 8 mths and now am gaining weight i lift and do some cardio i am active.....

should i increase my calories ?

28 yo female
5 2 1/2
144.7
tdee = 2229
-15% =1895

thats right about what i have been eating for like 8 months i just dont know what to do bathing suit season is around the corner!
should i increase?

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  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    hey all i was 132 back in may 2012 and now i am 144 weight gain due to stress possibly i have been diagnosed with a anxiety disorder ( mom to 2 boys and a firefighter wife) i have been eating 1750-1850 calories a day for about 8 mths and now am gaining weight i lift and do some cardio i am active.....

    should i increase my calories ?

    28 yo female
    5 2 1/2
    144.7
    tdee = 2229
    -15% =1895

    thats right about what i have been eating for like 8 months i just dont know what to do bathing suit season is around the corner!
    should i increase?

    Well, you don't increase if you've already been gaining, because you can't gain during a deficit, except water weight, and that's only so much.

    Now, if you had increased calories from eating very low and there was no weight loss there, and you started eating 500 calories more, sure some gain for a bit.

    What was the basis of your TDEE figure, Harris BMR at 1445?

    The more accurate Mifflin is about 100 less - 1348.

    TDEE level of Moderately Active (if that's correct) based on more accurate BMR is 2089, with deficit 1776.

    If your bodyfat estimate is 38% or higher, your Katch BMR is even 100 less, 1249, TDEE 1936, and with deficit 1646.

    So depending on how accurate your BMR, your TDEE and eating goal estimate could be inflated by 200 calories.

    And your activity level could be off - exercise 3-5 hrs weekly at jogging or better pace or similar cardio, or lifting heavy?

    If you've been gaining, your TDEE is of course not 2229, because you have no deficit and no loss for awhile.
    Unless you have food logging problems and don't have accurate calorie counts there.

    Use this to see where you should be, or at least use best estimated figures.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/813720-spreadsheet-bmr-tdee-deficit-macro-calcs-hrm-zones

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