Have done the BMR and TDEE and I'm GAINING WEIGHT

I think you mean if she gained 10 lb of fat, not weight.

I'm conversing with the OP regarding the contention that she has "gained 10 pounds."

Telling the OP that she's doing it wrong because she couldn't possibly have gained 10 lbs of weight is just your assumption. Weight is not always fat.

as others have noted, if you're doing TDEE method then you dont eat back your calories. I've recent;y started doing this and am seeing progress again.

What i do is account for 6 hours/week of exercise in my TDEE. When I log workouts I put them in as 1 calorie burned. Anything more than 6 hours i count as additional calories burned not accounted for in my TDEE. i'm finding this way easier for me since i'm essentially eating the same amount of calories each day and not left with any surprises

I have a desk job but I roller skate (roller derby)

Are you new at derby or have you changed your diet recently? I was vegetarian, then went to eating meat (without raising my calories) towards the end of my Fresh Meat training and I gained 10 pounds in 3 weeks. Probably water, fat AND muscle, but still... 10 pounds! Gak!

If you're accurate with your food measurements and you really only eat 1600-1700 per day, then I'd say your body needed the weight to do the derby better. I PERSONALLY as a derby girl set my BMR/TDEE as "sedentary" but then log exercise on top of that. And I eat back calories I "earn" thru derby practice. Most of the girls on the team who weren't obese to begin with have gained (muscle) weight. And the only way they've been successful at losing it after they've joined the team has been by adding running on non-derby days.

just back from an ankle break.

I'm just back from an injury, too. Started back on Jan. 8. If you're eating more whole/high quality proteins now, to _ME_ it makes sense that you might build some new muscle (as well as the water/glycogen stores that go along with that) when you get back to practice. Derby builds core and leg muscles like what. So your body is just getting used to practice again and all the awesome high quality/complete proteins you're feeding it.

My BMR/TDEE isn't too far off of yours (though I'm a couple inches taller). My current plan/system is to NET between 1500-1800 on the day after derby practice/bouts (since I'm usually hungry the days after practice, not the days of, and since I don't wanna skate on a full stomach -- just makes me puke after endurance drills or jamming) and NET 1200-1500 on all other days. *Hopefully* keeping my NET calories at an average of 1500 per day for the week (since our BMR is 1450 or so, and we DEFINITELY don't want to lose muscle, we HAVE to NET more than our BMR every single day, on average). So my ACTUAL calories eaten are between 1500-2500 each day. I've lost a pound per week this month. If I stall out with weight loss, I'll drop it to 1400 NET on average.

EDIT to add that 160 lbs on a derby girl isn't the same as 160 lbs on an average person. BMI charts don't accurately indicate our "fitness" levels. So rock your awesome body on your booty blocks and add some endurance on off days if you aren't losing fat fast enough.

eat fewer carbs and more protein

^^^^^THIS.I kept gaining on my TDEE until i switched my macros to 40(C):30(P):30(F) and really made sure i get all of my protein in and any cut in calories really comes from carbs and little fat.Overdoing carbs will make you gain weight light crazy-i did put on a good 20 pounds with that in a period of 6 months,but i was working on my metabolism reset(eating at TDEE) so i wasnt much worried,now im concentrating on losing body fat-now the inches are going down.

Macros make a huge difference for me too

Be very careful with the member reported calorie counts. I have found wild discrepancies in the counts. Sometimes as much as twice for the same amount and type of food.If in doubt go for the higher count!!

Why don't you get a very accurate bodyfat measurement and use that to calculate using Katch-McArdle? That way you know you are getting the most accurate TDEE you can (using these equations). Also get an RMR test to determine your true BMR. If you are very flabby like me - a disproprortionate amount of body fat, I bet your BMR will be lower than the standard calculation suggests.

I'd like to add, that after 12 months of eating 1200 calories and started my reset with the TDEE method, eating DOUBLE that, I was bloated as HELL for a few weeks. When I did my cut, I started losing again. It could be your body in shock after eating so little before!

Me too! U need to be patient