Hi mike,

I want to say thanks for the kindness.

You are going to think I am crazy. I don`t work out. I just walk every where. I use a pedometer, which actually doesn`t measure sitting or standing or lifting. I`m a teacher and I do a lot of running around with small kids. I average 5 km a day. On the weekend I have my own kids to run around after. I love taking walks. I love hiking. That`s something we have in common right? i am always active with my family. I don`t watch t.v. and rarely sit down during the day.

I was working out too but I stopped doing that when I saw how many calories I was burning.

I am eating 2700 a day. At 183 lbs and 5'9" is that really not enough? I was at 2400 but started adding my pedometer calories instead of just going by the fat2fit target. I never counted my incidental exercise before in my targets but now I make sure to always try to net my BMR. I probably should eat a little more since the fit bit type thing doesn`t measure everything.

I live in Japan. I eat at home every day. I eat out about once a week. I have on average 5 different veggies with every meal. Except breakfast. But I even eat veggies with breakfast about 3 times a week. I eat rice or bread with meals. I drink wine about 2 glasses a day with about 2 or three days a week off. I eat meat and sometimes make my own protein bars. I don`t open my diary because eating all those different veggies and home cooked foods is a nightmare to log. Luckily after years of calorie counting I have memorized most of the calories in things. If not, I just look it up. I think I am as accurate as possible.

When I was starving myself during the week to keep my weight down I binged and drank too much. Since upping my calories I haven`t once. I can always stay within my calorie allotment, it`s easy. I always have to eat some nuts or cheese at night to get my calories to the right level.

I will weigh myself again this Thursday. But from my clothes I know I am not back to 183. I am still up from 5 weeks ago. I just need more time huh?

Hi again Mike,

I am attempting a metabolism reset. I was eating 2500 for the first 4 weeks. I only upped my cal to 2700 in the last week. I gained 5 lb the first week. And then after TOM was up 2 more at 3 weeks in. So I`m up 7lbs total in 5 weeks. Actually I am 37 years old.

I usually take one 40 min fast walk a day. Other is incidental, but to the store and to work so I am not walking slow.

I also thought that it would be more accurate because it actually measures the steps I`m taking . I sometimes use the CardioTrainer on my phone and it always registers double the steps my pedometer thingy does.
So that is definitly something to think about. That I am eating too much I mean. I actually stopped lifting, A. because I kinda hate it, and B because my burns seemed so high that since the pedometer doesn`t measure it I thought I`d have to eat too much.

I am due to weigh in tomorrow. I`m going to wait till then. Just to keep me on my schedule and stop my obsessive scale behavior. Once a week has been a negative enough experience. My clothes tell enough of a story anyway. I know it won`t be good. I`ll keep my negativity off the forums till tomorrow. But I will also know my problem.

I`ve only been eating at 2700 for a week so not too much damage done. Besides in a reset it is better to go over on your calories. If I gain I`ll just go back to 2500 till the end of the reset.

Thanks again for your response.
Good luck to you and let`s be friends. I`ll send you a request.

Thank you! That was very informative and makes me feel a whole lot better about the fluctuations that I've been seeing on the scale.

Hey Thanks for the information. MFP is new to me and my friend keeps telling me I don't eat enough. I have a lot of weight to loose and I think this forum will help me a lot. I'm lucky if I eat twice a day. I have it in my head, if I eat I will gain more weight and I can't do that. I know I have to get healthy for myself and my 2 boys. I lost my husband 1 1/2 years ago to cancer at the age of 39.