Back again, sorry!
elleryjones
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Okay, so I sat down and reviewed my progress since starting to eat more. It looks like I was about 10 pounds thinner last November and December, which is when I was going by the stupid MFP goal of 1200 per day plus eating exercise calories. I was probably averaging around 1400 in those days. I started eating more February 3 at 138 lbs and have, um, basically stayed at that weight (given a few lb fluctuations up and back to that).
I think I've figured out that the reason I feel so huge is because I can't fit into the pants I was wearing in December because I enjoyed the holidays a lot and then apparently I ate a lot in January.
Last calculated body fat was 24.9%.
I've been gradually increasing calories to my TDEE (somewhere in the 2100 range). Do I keep increasing until I gain and that's how I know I've gone over my TDEE? Or can I start to do a cut?
I'm so sorry to be a pest but it's practically summer here, I live by the beach, and I am soooooo not ready to put on a bathing suit yet. Help!
I think I've figured out that the reason I feel so huge is because I can't fit into the pants I was wearing in December because I enjoyed the holidays a lot and then apparently I ate a lot in January.
Last calculated body fat was 24.9%.
I've been gradually increasing calories to my TDEE (somewhere in the 2100 range). Do I keep increasing until I gain and that's how I know I've gone over my TDEE? Or can I start to do a cut?
I'm so sorry to be a pest but it's practically summer here, I live by the beach, and I am soooooo not ready to put on a bathing suit yet. Help!
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I'm right there with you! I am still trying to figure my food out, so frustrating. I feel like I'm working my butt off, but not seeing results0
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bump! :-)0
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clarifying - it's not stupid to do 1200 + exercise calories. It's stupid that I was thinking 1200 was my own personal goal as decided by lots of little elves working at MFP who did hundreds of calculations and then came up with a magic number that was my very own.
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If you can handle it, the very best thing you could do right now is carry on increasing until you gain (heybales usually says increase 250 cals every 2 weeks, if you see a 1lb gain on the scale over the 2 weeks then you have reached your TDEE).
The reason to do this is to ensure that you have absolutely and completely raised your TDEE as much as you can, at this moment in time, it will make your cut better as you are cutting from a known and true TDEE.
Are you lifting? If you're not... START! The inches will come off much quicker than the weight and you will feel awesome at the beach a lot quicker!
Steph x
ETA: If you absolutely can't handle it, then by all means start a small cut (10% probably given your current weight is already in the good range), but make sure you come back for a TDEE diet break for either 1 week every 3-4 weeks, or 2 weeks every 8 weeks.0
