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    1200 or 2000?! Help!

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    • Posts: 1,349 Member
      Your weight gain may also be down to your cycle. It can be possible to gain up to 7lb just before you start your period due to water retention. If you are near the end of your cycle it may be that.
    • Posts: 675 Member
      2000 likely over your average TDEE... hence why you'd gain. weight loss/gain is mostly due to calorie intake (outside of any medical issues).
    • Posts: 7,237 Member
      2000 likely over your average TDEE... hence why you'd gain. weight loss/gain is mostly due to calorie intake (outside of any medical issues).

      Her TDEE is nearly 2300, which is why the nutritionist set her at 2000.
    • Posts: 28 Member
      just an update.. I've stopped following what the nutritionist was giving me.. I am following 1400-1500 calories.. paleo (80/20) and feel amazing.. and finally have a difference on the scale! SO that just goes to show.. not every nutritionist is right ;) lol
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      just an update.. I've stopped following what the nutritionist was giving me.. I am following 1400-1500 calories.. paleo (80/20) and feel amazing.. and finally have a difference on the scale! SO that just goes to show.. not every nutritionist is right ;) lol

      No they're not all right, but 1400-1500 just seems too little for a 23yo with a TDEE of 2300, even though I agree that 2000 was probably too much.
    • Posts: 34 Member
      That's where I am too... I just can't base my life on the scale. I am eating above my BMR and on really hard workout days I eat more. I am weighing once a week just to track my BMR but I am going to be measuring and checking out how my clothes fit.
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