reset
itgeekwoman
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I know it's the wrong time to worry about the weight gain, but here goes. I've been 1200 cals forever and I started a reset about 1 month ago. Perfect time right, .. eat a bit more over the holidays, keep working out and all should be fine. I realized that I would put some weight on. My mistake was forgetting to eat healthy all of the time. I had been on such a low intake that once I would allow myself extra calories, empty ones seemed less evil.
Here I am, after lifting heavy on Thursday morning I"m up a total of 15 lbs since I started. Yes I'm a bit bummed, but I know that there is fluid retention and that I ate Thanksgiving dinner 2x.
Today I got up, made my breakfast (full of protein) and am heading to the gym for a super workout of HIIT with weight super sets. Although I don't want to gain more weight, I can say that my clothes fit me about the same as they have in the past. I've put on some belly again, but otherwise I'm the same size in my clothes.
Why do numbers matter so much? For the record I had put my scale away for a month, but i pulled it out because i wasn't being honest with myself and holding myself accountable for the chocolate and other things that I felt were ok to eat because they were in my calorie range.
thanks for listening. I hope I'm going to be able to do this right!
Here I am, after lifting heavy on Thursday morning I"m up a total of 15 lbs since I started. Yes I'm a bit bummed, but I know that there is fluid retention and that I ate Thanksgiving dinner 2x.
Today I got up, made my breakfast (full of protein) and am heading to the gym for a super workout of HIIT with weight super sets. Although I don't want to gain more weight, I can say that my clothes fit me about the same as they have in the past. I've put on some belly again, but otherwise I'm the same size in my clothes.
Why do numbers matter so much? For the record I had put my scale away for a month, but i pulled it out because i wasn't being honest with myself and holding myself accountable for the chocolate and other things that I felt were ok to eat because they were in my calorie range.
thanks for listening. I hope I'm going to be able to do this right!
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Well done - you will get there and like you the last couple of weeks I've been eating empty calories rather than cleanly and will be kicking my butt to get back on track.
Keep going it will all come together at some point.0 -
It is great that your clothes still fit the same, even though you are 15 lbs up!
I gained about the same amount when resetting.
Just keep doing what you do-you are on the right track.
And-put your scale away. Go by how your clothes fit, how you feel.
The scale is a liar-I just step n the scale occasionally.0 -
I decided I had to use the scale to help keep me honest with my intake. Healthy calories only. I can tell when I eat wheats and corn and oats.. as well as dairy .. I get all bloated. I'm down now to just 10 lbs over when I started without dieting.. just cutting all the empty calories out and adding much more protein.
Part of my problem was that I had eaten such a strict diet for the last 10 months that when I finally could eat other foods, I went a bit nutty!!
I do enjoy this much more because I can eat walnuts and cashews more often. I really just want to make it through the holidays eating as well as possible, but enjoying life in the mean time.
This next month consists of my wedding anniversary, Christmas, my birthday, then NYE. All in about 2 weeks span!!!! Ah this will be a great opportunity to reset in a healthy way and then start my cut in January getting prepared to slim down for the cruise.
I hope this works as I hope it will.0 -
Good luck0
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Very interesting thread.
18
female
Asian decent
4" 10"
sedentary
current weight: 42kg
goal weight: 41kg
goal weight BMR (scooby): 1234.5
goal weight TDEE (scooby): 1475
I just started my EM2WL journey this week after discovering that my daily caloric intake was dangerously low. At my lowest point, I was only eating about 700 calories a day. I decided I needed a change once I noticed I got very cold easily, my nails turned purple, my hair start falling out, I haven't had my TOM in months... I just constantly felt tried and irritable.
This is the last day of my first week since increasing my calories by 200/day giving me a total of 900 calories. I know it's still much lower than my goal weight TDEE but I'm just not comfortable making the full increase to 1475 calories over night.
Tomorrow is the start of week 2. I plan to increase by another 100/day giving me a total of 1000 calories a day.
I plan on slowly increasing to my goal weight TDEE so do you think my method of increasing by 100-200calories/day every week is the right way to go?
for example...
In the first week, I increased from 700cal daily intake to 900cal daily intake
In the second week I'll increase from 900cal daily intake to 1000cal daily intake
In the fourth week I'll increase from 1000cal daily intake to 1200cal daily intake
In the sixth week I'll increase from 1200cal daily intake to 1400cal daily intake
I also plan on eating consistently at my goal weight TDEE for another 8 weeks after my 8 week 'increasing phase'.
After my second phase should I eat at a 5% cut of my goal weight TDEE or just stick to eating my goal weight TDEE?
Is a cut phase even necessary since I will be eating at my goal weight TDEE so I would be expected to eat this amount to maintain my goal weight...
Sorry for asking too many questions ><
It would be great if you could give me some advice, support, tips or any other necessary information about increasing calories.
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