Increasing Calories - What to expect & why you need patience...
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4 weeks in and I'm up 5lbs, no inch loss worth talking about :frown:
My BF is down slightly according to my scales at home, but I'm not 100% convinced of their accuracy!
I do believe that upping my cals is best for me in the long run, it's just really hard seeing the scales go back up again :sad:0 -
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4 weeks in and I'm up 5lbs, no inch loss worth talking about :frown:
My BF is down slightly according to my scales at home, but I'm not 100% convinced of their accuracy!
I do believe that upping my cals is best for me in the long run, it's just really hard seeing the scales go back up again :sad:
Hey lady, if you would open your diary, I would be more than happy to take a look.0 -
Great post this!0
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4 weeks in and I'm up 5lbs, no inch loss worth talking about :frown:
My BF is down slightly according to my scales at home, but I'm not 100% convinced of their accuracy!
I do believe that upping my cals is best for me in the long run, it's just really hard seeing the scales go back up again :sad:
Hey lady, if you would open your diary, I would be more than happy to take a look.
Have just made it public.
On a more positive note I'm seeing a loss this morning
Thanks for taking the time, I'd appreciate any feedback you can give :flowerforyou: but I would like to stick to low-carb
I haven't really started strength training yet, but my copy of NROLFW should be arriving any day now!0 -
4 weeks in and I'm up 5lbs, no inch loss worth talking about :frown:
My BF is down slightly according to my scales at home, but I'm not 100% convinced of their accuracy!
I do believe that upping my cals is best for me in the long run, it's just really hard seeing the scales go back up again :sad:
Hey lady, if you would open your diary, I would be more than happy to take a look.
Have just made it public.
On a more positive note I'm seeing a loss this morning
Thanks for taking the time, I'd appreciate any feedback you can give :flowerforyou: but I would like to stick to low-carb
I haven't really started strength training yet, but my copy of NROLFW should be arriving any day now!
Ok, I won't say a word about the low carb...I will let you read the book. He goes over beautifully the importance of all the macros. Otherwise, you are doing great on the protein...just stick with it:-)0 -
Thanks for having a look Lucia - it's much appreciated!! :flowerforyou:0
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Great post, thanks so much for sharing!!0
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What great post! Thanks for taking the time to write and post this message! Much appreciated!0
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I had to share on the patience part..I joined this group 5 weeks ago. I was sitting around 1400 cals before I started. Then I increased up to about 1500 cals.. and nothing was happening. I finally jumped to 1800 cals, which was my BMR, hoping to finally see some movement.. Alas, I still was seeing gains.. The mental frustration that I went through over this 4 week period was insane. If it weren't for Lucia who walked me through my weekly rants about the scale, and telling me to keep faith, I probably would have resorted back to 1400 cals again. This last week I finally bit the bullet and jumped up to my Cut value, an additional 600 cals more than my BMR and what I was eating a day..
And guess what?? The scale dropped an amazing 3.8 pounds! Never in my life have I ever gotten a loss that big in a single week, even when I did weight watchers and was at my heaviest. Believe me, the frustration over gaining for a few weeks will disappear completely when you come out the other end eating more, feeling better and finally seeing susatainable losses. If I can lose this much weight in a single week eating as much as I have been, you can be certain I will not eat 1400 cals again.
Have faith. It has been proven time and time again that we need to fuel our bodies. Let go of the "diet/starvation" mentality and start treating your body how you want to treat it for life.1 -
I had to share on the patience part..I joined this group 5 weeks ago. I was sitting around 1400 cals before I started. Then I increased up to about 1500 cals.. and nothing was happening. I finally jumped to 1800 cals, which was my BMR, hoping to finally see some movement.. Alas, I still was seeing gains.. The mental frustration that I went through over this 4 week period was insane. If it weren't for Lucia who walked me through my weekly rants about the scale, and telling me to keep faith, I probably would have resorted back to 1400 cals again. This last week I finally bit the bullet and jumped up to my Cut value, an additional 600 cals more than my BMR and what I was eating a day..
And guess what?? The scale dropped an amazing 3.8 pounds! Never in my life have I ever gotten a loss that big in a single week, even when I did weight watchers and was at my heaviest. Believe me, the frustration over gaining for a few weeks will disappear completely when you come out the other end eating more, feeling better and finally seeing susatainable losses. If I can lose this much weight in a single week eating as much as I have been, you can be certain I will not eat 1400 cals again.
Have faith. It has been proven time and time again that we need to fuel our bodies. Let go of the "diet/starvation" mentality and start treating your body how you want to treat it for life.
Thank you so much for sharing! That was a very encouraging post!0 -
I had to share on the patience part..I joined this group 5 weeks ago. I was sitting around 1400 cals before I started. Then I increased up to about 1500 cals.. and nothing was happening. I finally jumped to 1800 cals, which was my BMR, hoping to finally see some movement.. Alas, I still was seeing gains.. The mental frustration that I went through over this 4 week period was insane. If it weren't for Lucia who walked me through my weekly rants about the scale, and telling me to keep faith, I probably would have resorted back to 1400 cals again. This last week I finally bit the bullet and jumped up to my Cut value, an additional 600 cals more than my BMR and what I was eating a day..
And guess what?? The scale dropped an amazing 3.8 pounds! Never in my life have I ever gotten a loss that big in a single week, even when I did weight watchers and was at my heaviest. Believe me, the frustration over gaining for a few weeks will disappear completely when you come out the other end eating more, feeling better and finally seeing susatainable losses. If I can lose this much weight in a single week eating as much as I have been, you can be certain I will not eat 1400 cals again.
Have faith. It has been proven time and time again that we need to fuel our bodies. Let go of the "diet/starvation" mentality and start treating your body how you want to treat it for life.
Thanks for this. I'm in week 8 of gradually increasing and seeing no success. Your post gives me hope. :happy:0 -
I had to share on the patience part..I joined this group 5 weeks ago. I was sitting around 1400 cals before I started. Then I increased up to about 1500 cals.. and nothing was happening. I finally jumped to 1800 cals, which was my BMR, hoping to finally see some movement.. Alas, I still was seeing gains.. The mental frustration that I went through over this 4 week period was insane. If it weren't for Lucia who walked me through my weekly rants about the scale, and telling me to keep faith, I probably would have resorted back to 1400 cals again. This last week I finally bit the bullet and jumped up to my Cut value, an additional 600 cals more than my BMR and what I was eating a day..
And guess what?? The scale dropped an amazing 3.8 pounds! Never in my life have I ever gotten a loss that big in a single week, even when I did weight watchers and was at my heaviest. Believe me, the frustration over gaining for a few weeks will disappear completely when you come out the other end eating more, feeling better and finally seeing susatainable losses. If I can lose this much weight in a single week eating as much as I have been, you can be certain I will not eat 1400 cals again.
Have faith. It has been proven time and time again that we need to fuel our bodies. Let go of the "diet/starvation" mentality and start treating your body how you want to treat it for life.
Thanks for this. I'm in week 8 of gradually increasing and seeing no success. Your post gives me hope. :happy:
Stop with the graduals.. go right to your Cut value.. honestly, that is what finally made the weight start to drop for me. Just do it.. its like a bandaid, it only hurts for a second:)0 -
I had to share on the patience part..I joined this group 5 weeks ago. I was sitting around 1400 cals before I started. Then I increased up to about 1500 cals.. and nothing was happening. I finally jumped to 1800 cals, which was my BMR, hoping to finally see some movement.. Alas, I still was seeing gains.. The mental frustration that I went through over this 4 week period was insane. If it weren't for Lucia who walked me through my weekly rants about the scale, and telling me to keep faith, I probably would have resorted back to 1400 cals again. This last week I finally bit the bullet and jumped up to my Cut value, an additional 600 cals more than my BMR and what I was eating a day..
And guess what?? The scale dropped an amazing 3.8 pounds! Never in my life have I ever gotten a loss that big in a single week, even when I did weight watchers and was at my heaviest. Believe me, the frustration over gaining for a few weeks will disappear completely when you come out the other end eating more, feeling better and finally seeing susatainable losses. If I can lose this much weight in a single week eating as much as I have been, you can be certain I will not eat 1400 cals again.
Have faith. It has been proven time and time again that we need to fuel our bodies. Let go of the "diet/starvation" mentality and start treating your body how you want to treat it for life.
Thanks for this. I'm in week 8 of gradually increasing and seeing no success. Your post gives me hope. :happy:
Stop with the graduals.. go right to your Cut value.. honestly, that is what finally made the weight start to drop for me. Just do it.. its like a bandaid, it only hurts for a second:)
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Well, if I figured TDEE correctly, last month I averaged about 100 calories per day under the 20% cut and I lost 1/10# :sad: :sad:
On the upside, I never figured I could eat this much and not gain!!!0 -
I had to share on the patience part..I joined this group 5 weeks ago. I was sitting around 1400 cals before I started. Then I increased up to about 1500 cals.. and nothing was happening. I finally jumped to 1800 cals, which was my BMR, hoping to finally see some movement.. Alas, I still was seeing gains.. The mental frustration that I went through over this 4 week period was insane. If it weren't for Lucia who walked me through my weekly rants about the scale, and telling me to keep faith, I probably would have resorted back to 1400 cals again. This last week I finally bit the bullet and jumped up to my Cut value, an additional 600 cals more than my BMR and what I was eating a day..
And guess what?? The scale dropped an amazing 3.8 pounds! Never in my life have I ever gotten a loss that big in a single week, even when I did weight watchers and was at my heaviest. Believe me, the frustration over gaining for a few weeks will disappear completely when you come out the other end eating more, feeling better and finally seeing susatainable losses. If I can lose this much weight in a single week eating as much as I have been, you can be certain I will not eat 1400 cals again.
Have faith. It has been proven time and time again that we need to fuel our bodies. Let go of the "diet/starvation" mentality and start treating your body how you want to treat it for life.
Thanks for this. I'm in week 8 of gradually increasing and seeing no success. Your post gives me hope. :happy:
Stop with the graduals.. go right to your Cut value.. honestly, that is what finally made the weight start to drop for me. Just do it.. its like a bandaid, it only hurts for a second:)
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Well, if I figured TDEE correctly, last month I averaged about 100 calories per day under the 20% cut and I lost 1/10# :sad: :sad:
On the upside, I never figured I could eat this much and not gain!!!
LOL...sounds to me, that maybe you need to go to tdee - 15%:-)0 -
LOL...sounds to me, that maybe you need to go to tdee - 15%:-)
Yep, made that change yesterday and I'm stuffed. :sick: Giving it a month and will reevaluate.
Thanks for your guidance!!!0 -
LOL...sounds to me, that maybe you need to go to tdee - 15%:-)
Yep, made that change yesterday and I'm stuffed. :sick: Giving it a month and will reevaluate.
Thanks for your guidance!!!
LOL. Congrats on ripping the bandaid, lol. The stuffed feeling should subside grab a good digestive enzyme in the meantime, lol...0 -
LOL...sounds to me, that maybe you need to go to tdee - 15%:-)
Yep, made that change yesterday and I'm stuffed. :sick: Giving it a month and will reevaluate.
Thanks for your guidance!!!
LOL. Congrats on ripping the bandaid, lol. The stuffed feeling should subside grab a good digestive enzyme in the meantime, lol...
Just got my papaya enzyme. Do you follow the directions, and take two w/ water before every meal, or is there another routine to follow?0 -
Just got my papaya enzyme. Do you follow the directions, and take two w/ water before every meal, or is there another routine to follow?
Just take as directed is fine. The last ones I had were actually chewable...0