HELP.......STUCK!!

I know it sounds insane but you are not eating enough. Go to fat 2 fit and use the calculators provided to get your BMR (what you burn just by breathing). You should be eating those NO MATTER what! If you dont, you will lose weight at first but it wont last for long. Since you are doing a lot of physical activity too, you'll need to make sure you dont get calorie deficient. Make sure you know your TDEE (it depends on the amount of exercise you do daily). Its safe to cut 500 calories so you will lose 1 lb a week. So if it says your BMR is 1450 and your activity level is very active allowing you 2380 daily calories, its ok to cut 500 from that and eat 1880. Always eat your BMR + at a minimum 200 more. I know it sounds crazy but to lose more, you have to eat more. Good luck

So I just did this and my moderately active BMR is 2227. Are you saying I should cut 500 from that making my net calories per day around 1727? Look at my diary I only net about 1200 per day. I am not sure what foods to even add to get that higher calorie amount...suggestions? I have been stuck for 3 weeks now and getting pretty discouraged!!

Kimsimm hit the nail on the head. Dont add sugar or pork bacon. Eat clean. Remember you are what you eat. If you wanted to add more calories, a tbsp of peanut butter would do the job and give you protein. I eat the pb2 in regular and in chocolate and its delightful! If you calculated your TDEE (2227) then remember that already takes into account calories you would burn exercising. You would be on the path to lose 1 lb a week if you ate 1727 a day with moderate exercise. Just be sure to not go below your BMR (Harris-Benedict Formula from the fat 2 fit site). You dont want to lose muscle, you want your muscle to eat your fat. So you need to feed your muscles, lean and green.

I know it sounds insane but you are not eating enough. Go to fat 2 fit and use the calculators provided to get your BMR (what you burn just by breathing). You should be eating those NO MATTER what! If you dont, you will lose weight at first but it wont last for long. Since you are doing a lot of physical activity too, you'll need to make sure you dont get calorie deficient. Make sure you know your TDEE (it depends on the amount of exercise you do daily). Its safe to cut 500 calories so you will lose 1 lb a week. So if it says your BMR is 1450 and your activity level is very active allowing you 2380 daily calories, its ok to cut 500 from that and eat 1880. Always eat your BMR + at a minimum 200 more. I know it sounds crazy but to lose more, you have to eat more. Good luck

So I just did this and my moderately active BMR is 2227. Are you saying I should cut 500 from that making my net calories per day around 1727? Look at my diary I only net about 1200 per day. I am not sure what foods to even add to get that higher calorie amount...suggestions? I have been stuck for 3 weeks now and getting pretty discouraged!!

Kimsimm hit the nail on the head. Dont add sugar or pork bacon. Eat clean. Remember you are what you eat. If you wanted to add more calories, a tbsp of peanut butter would do the job and give you protein. I eat the pb2 in regular and in chocolate and its delightful! If you calculated your TDEE (2227) then remember that already takes into account calories you would burn exercising. You would be on the path to lose 1 lb a week if you ate 1727 a day with moderate exercise. Just be sure to not go below your BMR (Harris-Benedict Formula from the fat 2 fit site). You dont want to lose muscle, you want your muscle to eat your fat. So you need to feed your muscles, lean and green.

Ok so the TDEE is the number at the bottom where you consider your activity right? When you say do not eat below your BMR that is the number they give you before excercise right? Do you watch your fat and carbs? Do you just trust this or do you wear a heart rate monitor? Do you work out everyday or take days off? Sorry for so many questions... I am completely comitted to this journey! I WILL figure out what works for me.

Yea the TDEE is the one that considers the activity. BMR is the number you get first (Harris Benedict). I dont watch fat and carbs as much as some people do. You have to find what works for you. I do wear a heart rate monitor when I workout just so I can track my workouts. Some days if I dont do as difficult as a workout, Ill adjust my calories accordingly. I usually do some sort of workout everyday. I do Insanity, walk/run with my dogs, mow the yard, ride my bike or play sports. It just depends, but I cant stand to not do some sort of activity everyday. Its almost like an addiction lol, I just feel so good after a hard workout. But I do have days where I go easier, you have to let your body recover. I recommend Insanity to everyone, I loved it and Im still incorporating the workouts in my weekly exercises. I have the pdf copy of the nutrition guide if you want me to send it to you. It has some awesome recipes and really breaks down the calorie intake, BMR and TDEE. You can do it and your right you have to do what works for you (everyone is different)! Just remember, dont just depend of the scale for your progress. Measurements are the best way to track progress.

Well I was eating back my excercise calories and not losing, so i thought i would try just the 1200 cals, it worked awesome last week, i lost 2 lbs, but this wekk when i jumped on the scale i was up a lb and almost screamed..........felt like flinging that dam scale out the window and watching it smash into a zillion little peices!! LOL This slow progress is really jacking with my psychy!! I will try, eating more and im going to give up fruit completly this week............we shall see.....