Hesitant to eat more: TDEE..and lifting?

If you were to increase your calories and it didn't have the desired effect you would put on fat - but only 1 lb/week if you add 500 calories. So it's worth the chance if you're stalled for over a month.

Edit: Your diary is open now, thanks. Protein tends to be too low in my opinion - at least hit your target. Less carb, more protein. Some of the entries don't correctly allocate protein so although the calories are OK check on the protein too.

Oh, okay I get it .

@iron- I'm not so focused on the scale number, as I am body fat percentage. Will I continue to lose body fat if I follow this paired with TDEE?

That is something none of us can give you a time estimate on, but you will lose body fat, yes. If you're losing weight and retaining as much of your muscle as possible, that weight will come more from fat, so your fat:muscle ratio decreases, and thusly, bodyfat percentage falls.

I don't know what vegetarians do about protein, that's one reason I am not one as it seems a fairly futile idea.

You better find a vegetarian group of friends on here and learn from them. Cheese springs to mind, and eggs, but they're about 70 fat to 30 protein. So whey proteins and the like may be the way to go - protein shakes ??

If you have 100 lbs of LBM then you want to be eating 80g of protein to get 0.8 g per lb. Go to http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_custom and dial in the required protein level to get a target of 80g.

80g of P is 320 calories which would be 16% of 2000 for example. You may be overestimating your TDEE too, what's your body weight ? Spotted it - Katch McArdle puts your BMR at 1360 so let's say TDEE is 2000. http://www.calculatorpro.com/calculator/katch-mcardle-bmr-calculator/ with 48% body fat.

Suggest you try a vegetarian group for low cost veg protein ideas.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/search?utf8=✓&phrase=vegetarian

http://www.nomeatathlete.com/vegetarian-protein/ gives some info on protein foods (scroll down)

Body bi vi protein shakes. 7 carbs, 1 fat, 12 protein, and 5 fiber. I know it's 40 bucks a month, but well worth it.

You do not eat even close to 1800. Many days you were under 1000 and only now you are at 1400. You need to incorporate more fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet and cut on bread and processed food. Eat more salad, and eat regular foods, not the lowfat/nonfat peanut butter/mayo.

Are you in college? Is there free membership there, or do you have a gym membership, or do you exercise at home? What is your weight/height? What exercises do you do?

I'm not in college, but I do go to the gym. I'm in the 190s (not too sure where I'm at) and I'm 5'4

I mentioned that I struggled with reaching my limits. My mom just happens to buy a lot of the low fat stuff. I go to the gym 3x a week. I have a 5min warm up on a bike, then I lift for 45 mins to an hour.

You should set it to 1740, that's your TDEE-25%, http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
Get something like Skippy's crunchy peanut butter, not the smooth and not the honey one. 2 tb is 190 calories. Eat green salad with lemon or vinegar and olive oil for dressing. 1 apple daily or another fruit so it will become a daily routine. Can you eat eggs? Hard boil a dozen and leave them in the fridge to eat as snack. Get Greek yogurt, Fage has better taste, or Dannon regular and add olive oil and salt and pepper for savory, or add honey and walnuts (small quantities of walnuts/honey/oil) to eat for sweet.

You should also incorporate more cardio. Do 20 min HITT after weights, or walk in an incline, or take a class if your gym offers and are included in the membership.

Might want to redo the sweet potato, black bean, onion etc lunch recipe. Input the items individually and it will provide nutrients. Right now it's a popular input item and it's throwing the big picture off.

You can get lots of protein as a vegetarian. I don't eat meat and I'm lactose intolerant, and here's how I get my protein in a typical day:

-Protein powder - whey and hemp varieties (technically whey is dairy but it doesn't aggravate my lactose problem) - around 40 g. per day - in a breakfast smoothie and as a postworkout drink at night.
-seitan, tempeh, tofu - 20 g. per day (look up recipes for these online or ask me for cookbook recommendations... seitan is wheat-based and very "meaty" textured, and if you're worried about getting too much soy, and you can tolerate wheat, seitan is awesome. Tempeh is soy-based, as is tofu, obviously. I love tempeh the best. I blacken it in a skillet w/ spices and put it on salad)
-Think Thin bars - 20 g. per day (I tend to eat one per day as a snack)
-Beans, lentils etc. - 10 g. per day, depending (I eat beans almost every day, but not every day)
-Eggs - 10 g. per day, depending (I don't eat eggs every day)
-Misc protein from veggies, fruits, whole grains (it adds up!) - 10 g. per day

As you can see, I supplement w/ protein powder and a Think Thin bar every day to get my protein to almost 30% of my calories. If I weren't lactose intolerant, I'd use Greek yogurt too.

Good luck!

Edited to add: The powder and bars I eat are "processed food" so I try to offset that with lots of veggies and fruit, and by sticking to whole grains for carbs.