1.5 million calories in 775 days.

Thanks for answering the drinking question!

What is your weight set up at home? And how did you come up with the 1350-1500 before adding back exercise calories...RMR?

Thanks!

I got my weights at Sears. It was a cheap barbell, bar and weight set for about $100, then I added more weight as needed, then added a new bar when I couldn't fit any more plates on the one that came with the set.

In retrospect, I would have been better off having more patience and checking Craiglists, flea markets, yard sales, etc. for used equipment, but any listing I saw was either far away or the photos looked like they were taking in Buffalo Bill's basement. :noway:

At first, I did what everyone else does when they join here: list themselves as sedentary and select 2 pounds a week, and like everyone else, I got 1200 calories. I did at least always eat my exercise calories. After a few weeks, I noticed that by the math, the most I could lose was 1.3 pounds a week, and that the only time I lost 2 pounds was when I had a stomach flu. And I was paying attention on the forums, noticing that less people had problems at slightly higher calorie goals, so I switched it to lightly active and one pound a week, and got 1350-ish calories. When I got closer to my goal weight, I switched it to .5 pounds a week and got about 1500.

As it turns out, MFP suggestions plus exercise calories ended up being close (within 100-200 calories) of what TDEE-based calculations would be. Since MFP just goes by average person of my age, height and weight, and the TDEE calculations go by body fat percentage, that accounts for the minor discrepancies.