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Are you using a food scale to measure your portion sizes? Making sure that you are using accurate entries from the database? You may be eating more than you think without realizing it. Now that you are down 45 pounds (congrats!) you don't have much room for error as you did in the beginning.
It might be a good idea to set your diary to public so we can take a look and see if logging errors are the issue.
Yes I use a scale0 -
jrollings2001 wrote: »
So your BMR are the basic caloric requirements your body needs to maintain function (brain, heart, hormones, etc.). I wouldn't recommend eating less than this. Your TDEE is the amount of calories you expend in a day given your activities (exercise, work). If you were to maintain these calories you would be in maintenance. Typically it is recommended 20% reduction in TDEE for weight loss. Hope this helps!
Thank u I finally got the my fitness pal to say over 1400 calories by doing half a pound a week thank u so much that is about 20% of my tdee0 -
jrollings2001 wrote: »jrollings2001 wrote: »
So your BMR are the basic caloric requirements your body needs to maintain function (brain, heart, hormones, etc.). I wouldn't recommend eating less than this. Your TDEE is the amount of calories you expend in a day given your activities (exercise, work). If you were to maintain these calories you would be in maintenance. Typically it is recommended 20% reduction in TDEE for weight loss. Hope this helps!
Thank u I finally got the my fitness pal to say over 1400 calories by doing half a pound a week thank u so much that is about 20% reduction of my tdee
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jrollings2001 wrote: »jrollings2001 wrote: »
So your BMR are the basic caloric requirements your body needs to maintain function (brain, heart, hormones, etc.). I wouldn't recommend eating less than this. Your TDEE is the amount of calories you expend in a day given your activities (exercise, work). If you were to maintain these calories you would be in maintenance. Typically it is recommended 20% reduction in TDEE for weight loss. Hope this helps!
Thank u I finally got the my fitness pal to say over 1400 calories by doing half a pound a week thank u so much that is about 20% of my tdee
No problem! hope this helps move the scale again
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Oh man, sometimes there is scary advice in here. (I did not read every comment, only about the first 10). Here are my thoughts:
Those recommending that you know your BMR and TDEE are those you should be listening to. These data points are critical for taking control of your weight loss and not just going on autopilot toward metabolic adaptation that can lead to terrible results.
The process you should follow is this:
(1) (NOTE: The below assumes that you are exercising 3-6 times a week, including both weights/resistance training and 1.5-2 hours of cardio per week - I prefer HIIT cardio for a lot of reasons I won't spell out here.)
(2) Know your TDEE. Use the calculator here: http://www.muscleforlife.com/macronutrient-calculator/
(3) Cut by eating 20-25% of your TDEE. Once weight loss stalls, drop calories by 100 per day to see if that gets the scale moving again. Keep that for a week. If the scale is still not moving, drop another 100 per day.
(4) Continue the above process until you are eating at your BMR. Use this BMR calculator which is important because it takes into account your lean body mass: http://www.muscleforlife.com/bmr-calculator/
(5) Once you are eating at or near your BMR (for a week or so, I can't go longer I'm too hungry), begin reverse dieting. SLOWLY. Read these articles on reverse dieting: http://bodytransformationfitness.com/reverse-dieting-reversing-metabolic-damage/ and http://www.muscleforlife.com/reverse-diet/
(6) Once you reverse diet back to where you are eating at your average TDEE and can maintain that without gaining fat, you can start cutting again.
Good luck!0 -
WilsonFilson wrote: »Oh man, sometimes there is scary advice in here. (I did not read every comment, only about the first 10). Here are my thoughts:
Those recommending that you know your BMR and TDEE are those you should be listening to. These data points are critical for taking control of your weight loss and not just going on autopilot toward metabolic adaptation that can lead to terrible results.
The process you should follow is this:
(1) (NOTE: The below assumes that you are exercising 3-6 times a week, including both weights/resistance training and 1.5-2 hours of cardio per week - I prefer HIIT cardio for a lot of reasons I won't spell out here.)
(2) Know your TDEE. Use the calculator here: http://www.muscleforlife.com/macronutrient-calculator/
(3) Cut by eating 20-25% of your TDEE. Once weight loss stalls, drop calories by 100 per day to see if that gets the scale moving again. Keep that for a week. If the scale is still not moving, drop another 100 per day.
(4) Continue the above process until you are eating at your BMR. Use this BMR calculator which is important because it takes into account your lean body mass: http://www.muscleforlife.com/bmr-calculator/
(5) Once you are eating at or near your BMR (for a week or so, I can't go longer I'm too hungry), begin reverse dieting. SLOWLY. Read these articles on reverse dieting: http://bodytransformationfitness.com/reverse-dieting-reversing-metabolic-damage/ and http://www.muscleforlife.com/reverse-diet/
(6) Once you reverse diet back to where you are eating at your average TDEE and can maintain that without gaining fat, you can start cutting again.
Good luck!
Thank u so much u and cathipa are lifesavers!0
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