I read an article that in 1988 the monetary value of a housewife was quite high. You need to calculate in such jobs as: cook, house cleaning, laundry, dietitian, child psychology, shopping needs, ect. The figure they came up with is just over $48,000 a year. It has probably doubled by now. So I think any one who has a career taking care of the home and family should not feel guilty for taking some mental therapy time/needs.

saranharm wrote: »

I'm never sure how much time can pass between reps to still be considered a set. What's the difference between 2 with a rest and 2 sets of singles? Just pondering. I lift because I enjoy. I will consider a powerlifting meet at some point, but its a little tough with logistics. So, no need to get too fancy.

I would be surprised to get a new PR this go around. Hopefully last week was my only off week and I can feel stronger this week. But some of it may just be the fact that I can't always see the kind of growth that I saw during the first part of the year. My new years goal was to deadlift over 200#, I beat that in march. Then I increased this summer to 250#. Sweet, already halfway to my next goal. But it will most likely take me longer than 6 months. It just has to slow down at some point. And I need to deal with that. Probably need some new intermittent goals. Especially in areas I tend to avoid.

Plus, I am in a 10% deficit. My strength phase next time will line up with a tdee break.

2-5 sec pause for breathing still makes it a set, even resetting the hands perhaps is still short enough.

A set rest for heavy lifting is 2-4 min, longer side of range for leg muscles, and that's actual resting. Some throw some cardio in there or other lifts - in which case the main lift is being hampered in performance.

Continuing progression will indeed slow down.
Initial big increases were huge part form improvements, and complete muscle usage (CNS - Central Nervous System).
After that is completed, advancement will slow as new muscle growth is required, and things that weren't as important as a beginner now are a bigger deal to keep seeing improvement.

Which means great job still seeing increases. Doing it right!

Well, there is indeed the "arggghhhh" factor to just get it done and fast.

That's why it's anaerobic, doesn't absolutely require oxygen for the muscles - though the brain does.

Just wanted to make sure you didn't lose your core lock breathing at the top.

Week 2.
Hello Team working on TDEE 1900 (although my fitbit alone gives me a much lower TDEE)
I just wanted to give you some figures for my SECOND week to see if I'm on the right track and what my intentions are for the THIRD week which starts today.
Started at 178lbs. After week 2ND week 177lbs (ALTHOUGH IT DID GO UP 1LB THEN CAME DOWN 2 making me 1lb less)
Cal. 1250 per day. SECOND week had Average1288 cal per day
Man. and fitbit burn. Average 2090 (Fitbit only without me adding 1622).
Carbs 40%-41% protein.28%. – 30% fat 27%-30% after SECOND week.( AVERAGES)

I am also using resistance bands for 10 minutes a day ( I don't have weights and also have a back problem). I do cardio each day too. Decreased cardio from 30 minutes on static bike to 15 minutes on static bike. Have increased the strength of the resistance band yesterday.

Starting today week 3. aim for 1350 calories per day.

Please can you advise if this seems ok or that I am not getting it right.

Looking forward to hearing your views and thanks for your help

Thank you Carol

Thank you Saranharm

@haybales may give the singing a miss don't want to scare the neighbours!!!!!! Interesting didn't realise all these intricacies to a reset?

heybales wrote: »

Well, not necessarily intricacies, as it's just not a reset until you are eating at maintenance - and considering you aren't there yet, you aren't resetting yet.

So doing calmer cardio means you burn less and TDEE is less - meaning you can reach it faster/easier.
May also mean less stress to body to make it easier to recover from what you do that can provide the most bang for your time/effort.

And yeah - you don't try to sing while doing it - that's just a gauge to the right pace - you are only requiring enough oxygen for the workout that you have enough to sing, as opposed to next level up only able to have brief conversation, compared to next level up only gasped words, and next level no speaking.

Some might do less cardio, but then make it so intense that's it's actually more stressful. Wrong direction right now.
Later - sure, good valid workout.

Thank you @ haybales

Can I just ask something. Every day for the past almost two weeks my fitbit registered 1621 everyday for calories burned(this is without any burn I have added in) I'm amazed that it is the same number each day. Does this mean this is my TDEE and isn't that very low???? confused.

dejavuohlala wrote: »

heybales wrote: »

@dejavuohlala - Are you sure the Fitbit is working correctly - are steps showing up?
Do you have a Fitbit you can view the stats on to confirm?

Because that sounds like BMR level they use if no steps are seen.

@jerilynconn - be aware that for squats and deads - weight on the body and weight on the bar are mutually inclusive.

That's why some people that say they get stronger in a diet aren't.
"I lost 20 lbs and increased my squat by 15 lbs during same time."

Well - bad news - that's a loss of 5 lbs of strength actually. Should have been 20lb increase to maintain strength.

@haybayles yes steps are showing up and the figures are the same on the dashboard ?????? Is this a very low TDEE? Why could that be??

Some more info @ haybales I'm worried I may not have settings correct on MFP, my goals are set at lose 1lb per week and ' not very active' for my activity level, my Fitbit is synced to MFP so is this why my TDEE is so low????? On the Fitbit ??

dejavuohlala wrote: »

heybales wrote: »

@dejavuohlala - Are you sure the Fitbit is working correctly - are steps showing up?
Do you have a Fitbit you can view the stats on to confirm?

Because that sounds like BMR level they use if no steps are seen.

@jerilynconn - be aware that for squats and deads - weight on the body and weight on the bar are mutually inclusive.

That's why some people that say they get stronger in a diet aren't.
"I lost 20 lbs and increased my squat by 15 lbs during same time."

Well - bad news - that's a loss of 5 lbs of strength actually. Should have been 20lb increase to maintain strength.

@haybayles yes steps are showing up and the figures are the same on the dashboard ?????? Is this a very low TDEE? Why could that be??

I'm worried I may not have settings correct on MFP, my goals are set at lose 1lb per week and ' not very active' for my activity level, my Fitbit is synced to MFP so is this why my TDEE is so low????? On the Fitbit ??

Confirm your Fitbit settings are correct, your device is using as math your BMR as foundation to calorie burn. All non-moving time in fact is given BMR level burn (which is actually underestimated when awake by decent amount).
BMR is also used as factor for the steps and stride length, which gives distance with time makes pace, which with BMR gives very good estimate of moving calorie burn for many activities that are step based.

So if you got settings wrong - that can create low BMR and low TDEE. And this would be shown on device since that is where the math starts.

If you are doing the average weekly TDEE method (same amount eaten daily) - you do NOT want to sync Fitbit with MFP, as it will screw up your manually set eating goal.
When manually set - your selection of activity level and weight loss goal is immaterial to any math. Only with Fitbit synced does it matter. And only on the MFP side, none of that effects the Fitbit side.

If you are doing the average weekly TDEE method, you should also NOT log any exercise, merely make a wall post about your workouts.

You use your Fitbit then (confirmed properly setup) to give you a better estimate of your TDEE from your weekly emailed reports. You may have to manually enter exercise on Fitbit depending on model used and workouts done - because it can be inaccurate on mostly weight lifting, but others too just depending.