Feeling Flabby Again... WTF???

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  • vcancel
    vcancel Posts: 96 Member
    Have you recalculated your TDEE since losing 30 lbs?

    I didn't calculate it for the first time until a couple of weeks ago. :)

    So you switched to TDEE-20% a few weeks ago? Is that correct?

    Yes, up til then I was eating what MFP said to eat and I was so tired almost to the point that I couldn't finish my workouts, moody and felt awful. Since doing the TDEE calculation, I've been running over a 5K almost daily and sleeping better, etc.

    With an increase of about 400 calories per day it's normal to put on a few pounds of water weight or it may appear that you are on a plateau. You need to give your body some time to adjust and you will start losing again. Ignore my suggestion to increase and then decrease calories. Stick to what you're doing and reassess after a solid month of TDEE-20%. Take your measurements and take pictures and do that again in a month.
    When I first switched to TDEE-20% I gained a pound and kept it on for a month. After about three weeks of not losing I took my measurements. I measured again 2 weeks later and had lost 5 inches. Then I lost that pound. Two days later I lost another pound. A week later I lost another pound. It worked! It just took a month for my body to adjust and to see it on the scale. That's when I started focusing more on my measuring tape. Just keep doing what you're doing and enjoy eating more and feeling better.

    Thank you for your post. This gives me some much needed hope. The first two weeks I think I screwed it up because I was still eating some of my exercise calories back not knowing that with TDEE-20%, you're not supposed to so I think I'm on the right track with that now but my patience is wearing thin. I still allow myself to go over a little on my friday night "date" nights out with my husband but only 100-200 calories. I thank you so much for the time you spent talking to me.. Hugs to you!!

    Thank you everyone!

    ... I'm still hoping for the whoosh...

    ... still hoping... :)

    PS - If anyone is looking for the TDEE calculator, here is a link... http://www.cordianet.com/calculator.htm
  • vcancel
    vcancel Posts: 96 Member


    I forgot to add that with TDEE-20% inch loss is success just as pound loss is. Your goal size and goal weight may not meet in the middle. You may reach your goal size 10 lbs heavier than your goal weight when lifting weights and eating TDEE-20%. Keep in mind that no one but you knows how much you weigh. It's only part of the equation.

    Yes, I've thought of that. At my thinnest ever as an adult I was 147 and wore a size 10. Now still over 200 I'm in a 12. That's saying a lot for working out!! LOL

    One more question though... did you do your TDEE calulations based on the age and height calculator or the body fat percentage calculator?

    The numbers are quite different.
  • sunglasses_and_ocean_waves
    sunglasses_and_ocean_waves Posts: 2,757 Member
    Take pics of your progress. I stopped weighing myself, and frankly this time of year I have no idea what size I am. I probably gained 5 pounds over the summer.

    You're gonna have days when you feel fat, especially around your period. You just have to give yourself permission to be imperfect and keep at it. You're doing the right thins,. You just need patience.
  • bunbunzee44
    bunbunzee44 Posts: 592 Member
    deffinitely take pics and measurements of yourself! you might not notice it and the scale might not move a lot, but I'm sure there are things happening in your body. :)
  • vcancel
    vcancel Posts: 96 Member
    Yes I do need patience. A lot more patience. LOL

    I know good things are happening in my body and I know there is more to this than the scale so I'm going to measure myself and see how the numbers differ next month...

    One good thing that did happen recently? I went for my annual work physical. Last August my blood pressure was 145 over 101. Two weeks ago, I went for my physical and it was 108 over 70!!! Amazing!!! :)
  • CantStopWontStop92
    CantStopWontStop92 Posts: 165 Member
    Probably just a mental thing, don't fret:) You've seen a lot of success so maybe you're getting a bit ahead of yourself...? Perhaps? I know there are just those squishy days too. Those are the worst, just looking at my thighs sometimes I go "oh jeez I'm turning into the Pilsbury dough boy" which is often followed by my sister going "blubblubblub" and poking my thighs. So cheer up buttercup, you're doing just fine. Pretty sure this happens to everyone:)
  • vcancel
    vcancel Posts: 96 Member
    Just found this calculator and like it much better...

    http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/
  • vcancel
    vcancel Posts: 96 Member
    Probably just a mental thing, don't fret:) You've seen a lot of success so maybe you're getting a bit ahead of yourself...? Perhaps? I know there are just those squishy days too. Those are the worst, just looking at my thighs sometimes I go "oh jeez I'm turning into the Pilsbury dough boy" which is often followed by my sister going "blubblubblub" and poking my thighs. So cheer up buttercup, you're doing just fine. Pretty sure this happens to everyone:)

    Thanks sweetie... if someone poked my thighs and went blubblubblub I'd cry. Then again I don't have a sister so maybe I wouldn't. Maybe it's just what sisters do... LOL
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    The main issue with TDEE calculators is that exercise alone does not a TDEE make, lol. I mean I walk 5 miles in average every day and do weight training twice a week but my activity level is apparently closer to lightly active anyway (even though technically I exercise every day).

    But I'm 157 lbs and eating 1650 a day, so I can't see how you can't lose at 1855, especially if you're weighing everything (one tip though, don't use measuring spoons and cups unless it's liquid or something that you can't weigh). I'm guessing your body is adjusting to eating more and it might take a few more weeks before you start losing again... don't give up.

    For what it's worth, I don't lose regularly either though. I stall for 3 weeks then lose all the weight in 7 or 10 days (I lost 3 lbs in 3 days this week). So stalls are normal to an extent.

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