Should I Stop Lifting until I Lose Fat????
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JessaLee0324 wrote: »@SideSteel - I'm goingto keep it simple as you suggested. This week I am going to work on keeping my calories around 20% below TDEE (which I have been majorly under estimating ... says scoobysworkshop calc). I started a new lifting program this week also, so I'm going to keep aware of my body and adjsut accordingly. Thanks for the help.
@heybales - Never in a million years would I have thought I burn 2450 calories on days that I hit 10,000 steps. Fitbit tells me I do....and unless I am REALLY mucking up on my logging....I eat nowhere near that. Why am I gaining then???????
@Caged_Heat - I LOVE wine. I love it so much that I can NEVER have just one glass. I have to have at a minimum, half the bottle. I switched to Pino Grigio because it's lighter.....but still. I'm trying to increase the days I go without alcohol at all right now. Daily is just not working for my waistline
I am having one problem. CHEESE and sausage. How on earth do you measure cheese???? I'm sure I'm going waaaaay over the calories I think with the cheese and sausage I've been eating. But they are helping keep hunger/fatigue at bay.
Don't use Scooby to estimate your TDEE from 5 rough levels when you have a device intended to give you infinite levels daily.
Now, perhaps you do want a single daily goal, in which case you'll need to unsync accounts, and manually log any non-step based exercise in Fitbit directly to get a best estimate of TDEE every 2 weeks, to adjust your eating level.
Now, which Fitbit device?
Because the HRM versions will inflate calories from lifting time. Non-HRM versions will deflate based on steps.
So manually log Weights on Fitbit.
All calories is per gram, not cups and spoons.
You don't measure cheese or any solids for that matter - you weigh them.
Why gaining?
How fast in how much time?
Likely water weight the few times you've attempted to eat more.0 -
Dude was like "cut the cheese" and I lold0
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In the end you might be doing everything right and still have to accept that you will be hungry.
I've corm to the conclusion that for short middle aged women, this is very much the truth. (47, 5'2.5" 131 lbs here).
Yes more protein REALLY REALLY helps! As does fewer processed foods. But the constant grind of having such a small calorie goal/window of error gets old, and while I may eat well 80% of the time! there will always be a celebration, a crisis, an event, a holiday, or whatever, where food is a big part of the deal. After 5 YEARS of this now, and truly understanding that this is how I will eat forever, except actually I will eat less as the years go by, and this can be tough mentally.
Which is why I am struggling with whether it is worth it to try to get to a weight that many websites, charts, calculators, etc tell me is ideal. (Fat2fit, based on current bodyfat, gives me a goal of 124 lbs. and that is the best one! The other charts suggest 104-115ish with a small frame. I got down to 112 lbs, but couldn't maintain that without felling starved at MAINTENANCE or doing a huge amount of cardio daily.)
For any younger folks out there: oh how I wish I had built muscle mass when I was younger and it was easier!!! START AS EARLY AS YOU CAN! (As a teen/young adult, I didn't even get the benefit of building much muscle from even daily activity because I was so tiny! I was right around 100 lbs up until my late 20's!)
This thread has been very informative, and I hope for more answers/help for OP and the rest of us. But I suspect it will be tough choices any way around.0 -
Following this thread. I started doing Stronglifts more then a year and a half ago. Like you, I was ravenous and eating more but was making strength gains. However, I also gained 8 pounds over that time and had to size up in clothing. Since the new year I've started logging and am really trying to make sure I don't over eat which is SO HARD. Reading this thread I've realized that I really need to make a concerted effort to meet my protein goals. I had a bod pod analysis which put me at 26% body fat so now my focus is to try to get my body fat percentage down and not so much my weight. Looks like I need to start weighing my cheese also >.>0
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I just looked at your diary for the first time, and I really do think that you would feel more satisfied with more protein and veggies, which would help you cut down on the extra snacking when hungry. A lot of people would recommend weighing everything to get a more accurate calorie count, but you may find that adding some lean protein and veggies naturally allows you to eat a little bit less, putting you into a deficit without having to be @nal about everything.0
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I slow-cook boneless chicken on Sunday, microwave a couple of sweet potatos and a bag of steamed brocolli flourettes. I eat that three times a week packed in tupperware for lunch at work. Chicken: 3.5 ounces, SP: 1/2 cup Brocolli: 1 cup. Only 228 calories, 25g carbs 4g fat and 35g protein. I love it.really do think that you would feel more satisfied with more protein and veggies, which would help you cut down on the extra snacking when hungry0 -
Thanks for all the advice everyone.
Last week ended up being a great week for me. I took your advice and ate more protein. It helped BIG TIME. I felt great AND my hunger levels were under control.
The biggest thing for me was rethinking calorie intake. Eating a bit more but still staying in a small deficit really helped. I never felt like I over ate (except for the burger basket I ate Saturday night) and I never felt like I was going to die of starvation -- not once.
My lifting workouts were extremely effective (I was sore for two days after each one) but I didn't feel like I was going to die. I just felt like I was doing everything right. Whew!!!
I ended up eating at about 6% below TDEE for the week. I was down .8lbs from last Monday. But I think that had to do with water retention, etc.
This week I am going to try and do the same and see what happens.0 -
I LOVE this explanation. Thanks0
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