Okay folks, I'm starting to wonder about if I'm doing this right. I'm seeing a lot of people who are saying that they're struggling to eat their calorie goals for day as they increase to their projected TDEE. I decided to "rip the bandaid off" and just jump up to that amount. I was deprived too long. The scale has been increasing steadily for a few months because I switched from a standing/walking job to an office job before starting this, so the thought of it going up a little more doesn't bother me so much. I think of it as a bulk because I do lift very heavy things and put them back down.

It seems like everyone is really struggling to eat more, and I'm sitting here with a massive bowl of stir fry steak and veggies, and fully plan to eat an entire cantaloupe to myself after. I have no problems eating that much. If anything, I'm still kinda hungry at the end of the day. I had a "cheat day" and easily ate 500cal over my projected TDEE of 2700. Am I alone? Anyone else have such a voracious appetite that they still were hungry after jumping up?