Just wanting to make sure I'm not about to mess up.
cajuntank
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I had started dieting back in September of 2012 and initially lost a lot of weight. I was not counting calories per say, just eating cleaner. Calorie-wise, I probably was getting no more than 1300-1500 per day, but I was also not exercising much.
Since January, I signed up with MFP, started doing StrongLifts, and am following the TDEE- cut methodology. I have a lot more weight to lose and based on the information I get back from muliple websites (ie... Scooby, Fat2Fit, FitnessFrog, etc...), I should be eating around 2800 (averaging the numbers from the sites) for a 20% cut or 2650 for a 25% cut based on my numbers currently. I have been eating at only 2500 for at least 8 weeks and am losing no more than about 1lb a week average, which I am not scoffing at by no means, it's just I think I should be eating more based on information gleaned.
Provide your stats (height/weight/age/bodyfat% if you know it/etc)
5'11" / 254lbs/ 41/ around 33% (based only on doing the measurement method...neck, wrist, waist, hips, thigh, forearm, calve)
What's your current gross intake of calories, on average?
2500, but just upped it to 2700 this week to test my methodology madness
What's your current average intake of protein, carbs, and fats, in grams? (GRAMS, not percent!)
203g protein / 270g carbs / 90g fat
Do you use a food scale and measure everything?
about 70% of the time as I do eat out a lot due to work issues, but am careful on places that report nutrition info or I can easily tell based on things like salads, etc... as much as possible.
Do you track all of your intake, daily? (Everything?)
Yes, even a little OCD about it as I also track sodium content since I have mild high blood pressure
Do you take cheat days or days off?
Not planned per say, but I will splurge on a meal, but still log it.
How much weight have you lost so far and over what time period?
Since September of 2012, I have lost 79lbs; however, in the last 90 days, I've only been able to average .93lbs/week
Describe your activity (exercise and non exercise) and did you change that activity withing the last couple of months?
StrongLifts since January as well as walking around 45-60 minutes 2-3 times a week till this week. I am now into some heavy weights (for me) as I started off with an approximation of my 1RM for the program and now in week 14 of the program. By the time I do the workout along with my modification to it with additional lighter weight back-off sets, I am putting in 2 hours of workout time per day, 3 days a week, so I have stopped the extra walking to aid in overall recovery till I have more information.
How long have you been stalled and if it is not a complete stall please be very specific as to how much you have lost over the stalled period.
Not a complete stall, but based on information gleaned, I should be eating a lot more and losing a little more due to current amount of weight I still can lose
Are you breastfeeding?
Only when my wife lets me :-)
Do you have thyroid issues/risks or PCOS?
No
On a side note, my FitBit scale was acting weird a few weeks ago, so I switched to a digital scale that reported me less by 2lbs. I have been using that scale now for the past couple of weeks and logged my weight loss again based on this new scale so I will continue on for consistency's sake. Just in case you saw that I lost 2-4 lbs all of a sudden in my history, that's why.
Since January, I signed up with MFP, started doing StrongLifts, and am following the TDEE- cut methodology. I have a lot more weight to lose and based on the information I get back from muliple websites (ie... Scooby, Fat2Fit, FitnessFrog, etc...), I should be eating around 2800 (averaging the numbers from the sites) for a 20% cut or 2650 for a 25% cut based on my numbers currently. I have been eating at only 2500 for at least 8 weeks and am losing no more than about 1lb a week average, which I am not scoffing at by no means, it's just I think I should be eating more based on information gleaned.
Provide your stats (height/weight/age/bodyfat% if you know it/etc)
5'11" / 254lbs/ 41/ around 33% (based only on doing the measurement method...neck, wrist, waist, hips, thigh, forearm, calve)
What's your current gross intake of calories, on average?
2500, but just upped it to 2700 this week to test my methodology madness
What's your current average intake of protein, carbs, and fats, in grams? (GRAMS, not percent!)
203g protein / 270g carbs / 90g fat
Do you use a food scale and measure everything?
about 70% of the time as I do eat out a lot due to work issues, but am careful on places that report nutrition info or I can easily tell based on things like salads, etc... as much as possible.
Do you track all of your intake, daily? (Everything?)
Yes, even a little OCD about it as I also track sodium content since I have mild high blood pressure
Do you take cheat days or days off?
Not planned per say, but I will splurge on a meal, but still log it.
How much weight have you lost so far and over what time period?
Since September of 2012, I have lost 79lbs; however, in the last 90 days, I've only been able to average .93lbs/week
Describe your activity (exercise and non exercise) and did you change that activity withing the last couple of months?
StrongLifts since January as well as walking around 45-60 minutes 2-3 times a week till this week. I am now into some heavy weights (for me) as I started off with an approximation of my 1RM for the program and now in week 14 of the program. By the time I do the workout along with my modification to it with additional lighter weight back-off sets, I am putting in 2 hours of workout time per day, 3 days a week, so I have stopped the extra walking to aid in overall recovery till I have more information.
How long have you been stalled and if it is not a complete stall please be very specific as to how much you have lost over the stalled period.
Not a complete stall, but based on information gleaned, I should be eating a lot more and losing a little more due to current amount of weight I still can lose
Are you breastfeeding?
Only when my wife lets me :-)
Do you have thyroid issues/risks or PCOS?
No
On a side note, my FitBit scale was acting weird a few weeks ago, so I switched to a digital scale that reported me less by 2lbs. I have been using that scale now for the past couple of weeks and logged my weight loss again based on this new scale so I will continue on for consistency's sake. Just in case you saw that I lost 2-4 lbs all of a sudden in my history, that's why.
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Not pushing you for any comments as I know y'all are busy and have lives as well, but just wanted to update a change of heart/thinking from more information read. I will be dropping back down to 2500 calories a day and regular add-in of walking for my non workout days. After taking a mental health-check of diet, exercise, etc... I found where I was miscalculating the calories in my everyday breakfast smoothie. So if I was wrong on that, I am going to take a serious look again at my other normal day to day intake for a while. So as of today, my goals and diary settings are back to that of me eating 2500/day (250g carbs/ 83g fat/ 188g protein) and I will see where that leads me in the next two weeks.
If y'all have anything to add, I am by all means, still open to new information.
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Not pushing you for any comments as I know y'all are busy and have lives as well, but just wanted to update a change of heart/thinking from more information read. I will be dropping back down to 2500 calories a day and regular add-in of walking for my non workout days. After taking a mental health-check of diet, exercise, etc... I found where I was miscalculating the calories in my everyday breakfast smoothie. So if I was wrong on that, I am going to take a serious look again at my other normal day to day intake for a while. So as of today, my goals and diary settings are back to that of me eating 2500/day (250g carbs/ 83g fat/ 188g protein) and I will see where that leads me in the next two weeks.
If y'all have anything to add, I am by all means, still open to new information.
Thanks.
I think the slight reduction in cals along with the correction of calorie miscalculation (I'm making the assumption you were eating slightly more than you thought), and the extra activity are all good decisions here.
Sorry we didn't get back to you, but I'd really suggest sticking to what you just laid out, and giving us a shout in a week to two weeks with an update to see if these changes, collectively, do the trick.0 -
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