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I have one! :) I have a Polar FT4 and it's helped me out a lot. Thanks so much!
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That's a great idea! I hope upping my calories works, because of course eating even more is kinda scary, but I've heard nothing but great things about following your TDEE
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That makes a lot of sense! Thank you!
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Do you use MFP to track your calories? I can just manually set the amount of calories I want to consume a day but it really throws me off after a workout when it says I've earned X amount of calories and all the numbers change. Should I still log my exercise even if my TDEE takes it into account?
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This seems to be the ultimate culprit so far!
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That's great to know! As I said earlier, since I'm new to all of this I've just been following what MFP has set up for me so it would've taken me a little longer to figure all that out. I've been eating a lot more carbs than protein and fats (good carbs like fruits whole grains etc.) so I wonder what my results would be…
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Thank you, very helpful! Maybe I've been eating more without really realizing it, because when MFP tells me "you've earned an extra 417 calories!" I make sure to eat another 417 to not be under 1,200, and I sometimes risk going OVER the limit. But according to the replies on here, it seems like I won't have to live that…
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So, I should be eating back my calories? I was starting to think that because I've been eating them back, I've been maintaining my weight rather than losing.
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Thank you very much!
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Thank you! :)
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Really? That's good to know. Thank you. That's just what I've gathered through researching online, but it's so hard to tell what's real and what's myth!
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I agree, but eating too little delays results as well so that's why I was asking if 1,200 cals a day is too little. I shouldn't be eating less than that though
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Forgot to mention that I use a heart rate monitor (Polar FT4) and it's helped so much, I DEFINITELY used to overestimate my calories. Thank you for that, that makes me feel a lot better. :)
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Thank you! I've actually been weighing my food for a week now, I didn't have a food scale before. Maybe it'll start helping. Changing my settings to lightly active only upped my calories by 90, we'll see!
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Thank you so much, I think I needed to see that haha. I love working out so consistency isn't an issue but my patience definitely is. I'm also paranoid that I'm not doing things the right way, but I think I should give it more time and see what works for me!
