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  • No, I'm sure she only tested BMR. Cause it was after she gave me my number did she ask about my workouts, and how active I was and then gave me the calorie number to eat that was below my BMR. I just think while she was very knowledgeable on the nutrition aspect, she's behind the times, or is just a slave to eating next to…
  • OMG! I was just going to ask about being hungrier than usual. I'm up to 2000-2100 cals a day and I sometimes feel like I'm starving. Down a little in weight this week, so something is working!
  • To be honest, I'm very lazy lol, so my TDEE is not as high as one would think. I work at a small hospital, often in their 2 bed ICU, which had 5 steps between the nurses station and the doors of the rooms. So not as much walking as one would think there. And unless I'm at Crossfit, or lifting, I tend to sit, esp in the…
  • I'm trying to. Been enjoying peanut butter and cashews so much! So nice to be able to eat them without worry.
  • I'm bumping up my calories as well. 1900 and going up in Feb to 2000. Its so freeing to eat food! And have more energy!
  • Thanks for the welcome! This next week I'm bumping up to 1900 calories. I'm finding getting to eat so much more food makes me full! LOL! So moving up 100-200 calories every week to two gets me use to the extra food and I feel not so stuffed. I can already tell my workouts are getting better. I've got a little more energy…
  • Kind of made a new thread already, but I'll say HI here too. I'm Rhonda. Night shift nurse, and I'm tired of trying to live on 1500 or fewer calories a day. I'm 5'2" tall, and around 183lbs. Excited to get started and start seeing some positive changes in my body.
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