Am I the only one who feels like the finally had that "AHA" moment? I am super anxious and excited about this! I cannot wait for the reset to be over so I can get back on track!

I feel the same way! Terrified but hoping it will work...

Same.. still incredibly nervous, especially since Im eating 2800 cals a day, so Im freaking out that its a s#it load of food. Plus Ive struggled the last few days to get to that number because ive been so busy.. and I dont want just total crap just to get in the cals either..
Im two days away from deciding whether to weigh myself or not.. and Im terrified if what it might show.

The scale might not say what you hope during the reset. I am actually trying to take this as PROOF that THIS IS why my body has not been shedding weight the past year with all the crazy exercise and diet stratedgies I have thrown at it. I am eating between 2500 and 2700... trying to edge up a little higher, but it's been hard. I have a bodybugg, so I am using that to figure my TDEE as it takes day by day daily burn info. I was still about 150-200 cals under TDEE this week...but I DID see a bit of a gain. I think it proves my body has been in conservation, flashing red warning mode....it makes more sense then anything else....so In feeding my poor body, I really think this is going to help it wake up... I already determined that as long as I get my planned workouts in this week, I need to go to at least 2800 to hit TDEE.... so I'm with ya girl! We can do this!!! Even a little gain, as long as we tell ourselves it has a purpose, is worth it if it gets our bodies working properly... but sheeshta... part of me is furious at all the medical professionals who pounded into me, to eat lower lower lower ....mostly around 1700-1800, which is LOWER them my BMR of 1847, without one stitch of exercise. :noway: ( and, alas...since that wasn't working... on top of that I actually was eating quite a bit LOWER then that quite often as I thought that must be why I wasn;t losing as I should have been..)

Nutritionist, weight loss clinic doctors, primary etc. etc. etc. I had even asked them about BMR from some reading a year or so ago, but they pretty much dismissed it. Every one of them was saying eat lower then that. No Thyroid issues, etc, etc...so all they could tell me was that *some people just don't lose as quickly* I was working out 2-3 hours a day some days, sometimes hitting over 4000 on my bodybugg...and just punishing my body. It really makes sense that this is likely why I've had all the trouble! :frown: Three years into this, and practically this whole past year of crazy hard work wasted! GRRRRR. :explode:

Seems like many of you are weighing often. I thought we were supposed to stay away from the scale--or was I looking in a different thread?

I am super bummed out this week. Week 5 at eating to TDEE. I am just not getting there. I am always about 300 low. My clothes are all tight. I went to disneyland over the weekend and look horrible in the pictures.

Thank god there is this thread. I started to think I was crazy that I need to eat 2700 cal a day. My fit bit thing says I`m burning about 2900 every day. On the disneyland day my TdEE was 3400. All that walking around. I am trying to exercise less so I don`t have to eat as much. I sooo want this to be over. I am really hating it. I think my cut will be so easy.

I am wondering how I ever became fat? And I am so active, how did I stay there?

Nothing makes sense today. do I quit? No way! I`ve come this far. This has to work. I do hope all of you stick it out too.

I`m just tired of being fat!!

Hey Guys, I hope through this if you haven't started lifting that you consider doing so....the toning of the muscles will be a nice bonus when you start your cut. And please don't start cut at 20%....I would start with a 10% personally and then another 5% after plateauing. If you lose too fast you lose muscle too....that is a big no no. We want to lose fat....not muscle.