considering myself lucky

Wow, that is impressive, and definitely lucky you!
I've had my limit at 1200 since starting counting calories and joining mfp. And my acitivity on sedentary (even though i'm moving at least 2+ hours / day). And even when burning 1k+ calories from the exercise I log, I barely ate 200-400 of them back, and not even every time. But just a while ago, I've changed my weight loss goals, and am gonna change some other things too.
So now I can eat about 1450 calories / day, and I feel lucky just to be at that much for the base intake (excluding eating any back from exercise!)
You're certain to succeed in continuing to lose weight or any other goals you set, especially after being down 53 pounds so far! Congratulations

Quick Edit: Part of the reason I increased my daily calories from 1200 to1400+ is that I can feel my body passing breaking point. 4 strength workouts / week along with 1.5-4+ hours walking / day. And that's not counting any core training that I don't log. MFP say i've burnt 5740 cals from exercise so far this week. I probably didn't even eat 1500 of those back - and was already at a 750+ deficit to begin with. A 15 min core exercise I did on monday, my abs still hadn't recovered by thursday - that's how bad my recovery is in my body

Way to go on your loss!

zap5 wrote: »

thanks guys! yeah im 6'4, 217 lbs so thats why my tdee is so high, but overall i dont think its going to drop under 3000 for many years to come, thankfully.
most of the time im between 1600-2000, which still isnt enough (mfp says i should have 2500 min per day) but i definitely dont ever get hungry during my eating hours (i do intermittent fasting)
for anyone whos stalled, i highly recommend intermittent fasting, in the two months that ive incorporated it into my diet i've lost about 20ish pounds, and i dont think i ever restrict myself from any food, i simply eat whatever i want in my caloric limits

I do the same - eat what i want in my calorie limit (which is quite difficult and still limits some things, since its such a small calorie limit haha) - as i'm thinking again, i'm gonna change my goals to 0.5/week loss, after one week of the 1lb/week loss.
But just a quick question - why intermittent fasting? I know that its eating all your calorie limit in a few hours (i assume like 4-6 hours or smoehting?) and most your fasting then coming from sleeping (8+ hours generally) + the morning and afternoon then or something?
But why do you recommend it? Or what makes it better, is what i'm trying to decide on if i was to try it? Would you not have lost those same 20 pounds in 2 months, just by eating the same calories, even if they were spread throughout the day?

Spyer116 wrote: »

zap5 wrote: »

thanks guys! yeah im 6'4, 217 lbs so thats why my tdee is so high, but overall i dont think its going to drop under 3000 for many years to come, thankfully.
most of the time im between 1600-2000, which still isnt enough (mfp says i should have 2500 min per day) but i definitely dont ever get hungry during my eating hours (i do intermittent fasting)
for anyone whos stalled, i highly recommend intermittent fasting, in the two months that ive incorporated it into my diet i've lost about 20ish pounds, and i dont think i ever restrict myself from any food, i simply eat whatever i want in my caloric limits

I do the same - eat what i want in my calorie limit (which is quite difficult and still limits some things, since its such a small calorie limit haha) - as i'm thinking again, i'm gonna change my goals to 0.5/week loss, after one week of the 1lb/week loss.
But just a quick question - why intermittent fasting? I know that its eating all your calorie limit in a few hours (i assume like 4-6 hours or smoehting?) and most your fasting then coming from sleeping (8+ hours generally) + the morning and afternoon then or something?
But why do you recommend it? Or what makes it better, is what i'm trying to decide on if i was to try it? Would you not have lost those same 20 pounds in 2 months, just by eating the same calories, even if they were spread throughout the day?

I'm kind of liking IF because it makes it easier for me to hit my calorie goals, not because I'm losing more on the same number of calories. (I'm not.)

I am, however, looking more and more forward to eating at TDEE -- 3300-3500, depending on the calculator -- and even a little higher once I get to a low enough body fat to shoot for adding muscle.

zap5 wrote: »

how much weight do you have left to go? for myself i still have around 50lbs or so, or 24% BF, so im trying to lose about 13-18 pounds more of body fat while maintaining the most lbm i can.
well it depends, the standard of most practiced time is 16 hour fast 8 hour eating window, so for example i would stop eating at 8pm on friday night, and saturday afternoon 12pm i would begin eating again. for myself, the hours work very well, often times i go 18,20, 21 hours fast, you get used to it pretty fast. the whole reason behind it is apparently fasting for longer lets your body digest the food, so youre now running on your fat storage rather than glycogen obtained from eating carbs beforehand. it also is supposed to help maintain the most lbm. i don't know if i would have lost 20 pounds in 2 months without it, but i can say that this is the first time i have done it, and i feel as if the pounds are just melting off. so far out of the 53 lost, 36 have been fat and 17 muscle.
i dont know if i answered your question i may have just rambled a lot haha

My current goal is to lose about 9 more pounds. I've lost between 30-33 pounds so far. I'm 5'4 in height. And started at around 182, give or take. Am now 149. How did you measure pounds lost in pure fat, and in lbm? , I have no equipment or methods of measuring body fat %. But I estimate that i'm 20-21%-ish.
It does seem interesting, I - for the most part - do eat a low(er) carb diet though. And higher in protein. But its flexible. I still eat treats and stuff a few tmies a week, or most days even, once I stay in my calorie limit. I'm almost completely cut out potatoes. I've limited bread and cereal-type stuff. But far from whatever diets try to make you eat like 0-20 grams or whatever. Although looking at recent ratios, I think i'll try bring carbs back down to 100g, or at least no more than 150g at most. So my body's use of glycogen, shouldn't be "too" high i'm hoping. But I think I will try out the IF, and see how it goes.
Its not too different anyway from what times I normally eat in. Just means i'll be wating a few hours after getting up before eating. And cut out that 9-10pm snack (a little chocolate, or box of berries or something similar) that I have a few times a week. Haha.
And do you do any cardio or strength training during that fasting period (like in the mornings, or late at night?) That's probably the main question I have regarding it.