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Wow, @empressichel , these posts are RIGHT on point - and thorough! More for me to digest.............and all very, very helpful. Thank you!

Read through again, @heybales and think I get what you are saying on all of it. I also don't believe I am at my full potential with TDEE. I am going to "hang out" at 1500 for a bit longer and then I will make the leap to 1650 and maybe the full 1700. I see now how my body IS already burning more after re-reading what you…

Thanks, guys...................to answer the question about HITT, I do NOT like it at all. Just thought it would help boost the metabolism in addition to the 2x a week strength training. It is 20 minutes of altered 60 min intervals - going from as hard as I can to a slower pace. I don't know if that truly meets the…

@heybales - YES, the test was RMR (thanks to you, I now know the difference between BMR and RMR:))) , but when she gave me the results, there was "RMR" on one column, then "TDEE" in another - which was the RMR PLUS an estimate of my daily activities PLUS any exercise AVERAGED over the week - so three numbers were factored…

@beverlyriley900 , your posts - and all of the responses that come with it - are so helpful to me! So much of what you and @ibtmas share is so pertinent to my situation. I like what @empressichel said about "eating at maintenance while hitting protein and strength training will do wonders for body recomposition" - this is…

ALL GREAT WORDS OF WISDOM, I need to let them soak in. I think I am going to save these posts and keep referring back. What has been so hard for me is up until the last 2 years, I never had to worry about my weight. It's just a foreign thing for me :(( Hopefully I will eventually get there mentally. Thanks for your…

Wow, another testament that the process works. Hearing this gives me hope. It really has been so scary. I am also a 'check the box' type of the person and when something LOGICAL yields no results, I am thrown into a state of panic and confusion. Thanks for keeping me sane - and sharing an example that shows I am not the…

@empressichel thank you! I read everything you shared................it all makes sense logically. Psychologically I just question if I was ready. It all makes perfect sense, just having trouble mentally adjusting. I have never had to worry about weight until the last year, so it's all new territory for me. I meant to say…

Forgot to say...............my TDEE should be 1700 per the calculator; my ideal weight which I held for 20+ years was 124. I started the changes with a starting weight of 134. My BMI is 21 and BF 25-26%, if that helps anyone in figuring out what is going on. I am so frustrated, I want to curl up in a ball and just sit in…

@beverlyriley900 , she is going to be WONDERFUL! Unlike others in the past who have said "eat less, move more," she calculated my TDEE which was pretty much the same TDEE as the online estimate I used, which is GREAT - she is NOT encouraging me to eat less, but MORE - cannot wait to get started with her! I see her next…

That's great @ibtmas ! You are similar to me with your calorie levels...............I had been at 1300-1350'ish for YEARS and am trying to get to 2,000. So far, I am at 1500, but have gained 1.8 pounds after a month. Not sure whether to keep it at 1500 for a while or exactly what to do, BUT...............I have added…

Hello, everyone................I am at the one-month mark of eating around 1500 calories (was previously around 1300-1350 FOR YEARS) - working my way up to my TDEE of 2000. I have gained 1.8 pounds in the last month due to the increase in calories. Do I continue a few more weeks of 1500 before bumping it up again? Also, am…

This is sooo helpful, Haybales..........doing to read it through and process for a while and then read again. this is all new to me so sometimes I have to think it through. I am very motivated and excited and it's my second full week. I know that isn't very long, but I stuck with my "other" fitness regime for 25 years, so…

Thank you, @haybales! This helps tremendously. I do think on the days I do the group strength training classes I will bump it up to 1600. I FEEL hungrier on those days anyways! I actually went this morning and after breakfast and a mid-morning snack (spreading my calories out just like in the case study), I am already…

Meant to say, 900 calories and gaining?!?!? That gives me hope.................if YOU can get it up from that low, than surely I can get it up from 1200. I felt so hopeless. Honestly. If you were that low and are now at 3,000 - that is a HUGE inspiration to me. Wow.

So glad it isn't just me. Just feels like 1200 is NOTHING. It's scary, but I've been eating 1450-1500 for a few weeks now, and added a new weight training routine with a coach (which is HARD stuff! but I need it so bad - have neglected strength training for years). I would be over the moon if I could eat somewhere in the…

YES :((( It is miserable. I have managed to eat 1450 for the last 2 weeks (some days even 1500!) and going to try to continue that for a full two months. Definitely going to try not to let it get to obsessive level, but do want to be able to eat normally - for sure.

OMG! I clicked on the link and have been reading through it.....................there was this statement..."This explains why suddenly you may find yourself gaining weight while doing hours of cardio and eating 1,200 calories or less a day … your body has adapted! "...............ME to a "t"!!! I absolutely feel like 1200…

@heybales , I was hoping you would reply back! I have read several of your posts and what you say always resonates with me - and of course it is evident that you are very knowledgeable like so many other friends on this board. I enrolled in some group strength training coaching sessions. Went three times this week - OUCH!…

Hi, @haybales - what is on the printout she gave me says RMR actual is 960 + 190 for routine daily activity = 1150 actual calories burned (estimated for my height of 5 6" and 130 pound weight is 1240 RMR + 250 for 1490 day total), so she said I am under the estimate by 20%. Yes, I did the test as you described after an…

Thanks!! I am going to keep with the 1450-1500. My increase has only been about 1 1/2, but some days it is only a pound. I had one day where it went back to 0 gain, so who knows..............I'm going to try and stick it out with 1450-1500 for another few weeks and went to do my first strength training class yesterday (can…

Thank you, @empressichel ! I appreciate that feedback. Lots of choices and just a little unsure! I am so ready to get moving on this :)).

Thank you, @heybales and @TerezaToledo . I definitely feel SOMETHING when I am eating - HUNGER, first of all, and second, just feeling revved up and "warm" for lack of a better word. Glad to know that it is probably what I think it is! :)) I am eating between 1450 and 1500 and have gained about a pound now, though some…

YES, it felt very different eating THAT many calories! I am finding that with these small increases (50-100) and ZERO exercise (wayyy different than my lengthy cardio from before) that my body just seems HUNGRY all of the time. I am sure it is because it needs the food. As weird as it is to say, I almost can "feel" my…

YES, you are right..................I will probably be back down to the 1500 (see my comment to scaryann about the conference and how I wound up so high! :))) I thought I read somewhere that occasional 'big' spikes in calories can actually HELP the metabolic process??? Can't remember where I saw it, but it sure can't hurt…

YES! "Work in Progress"..................I like that!!! I KNEW in theory that I would eventually be up to 1700 or 1800, but when the rubber met the road and I actually ATE that much one day, it freaked me out! I WANT to be able to eat at that level ALL of the time, which is why I am trying this EM2WL…

Congrats on your successes!! That is WONDERFUL! :)))))))))))))))))) This inspires me so much :))).

YES, I am already struggling to add more so I figured I would be struggling even more if I had to add back in more because of cardio.................I definitely am going to do the slow approach and just see how it goes. I don't think I would have the courage to do it if I hadn't read so many of the experiences here and…

WOWWWW, what an accomplishment! From 500 to 2000 in that lengthy time period? Congrats! I have been struggling to get 1500, but today when I logged what I ate, I had almost 1800 and am starting to feel really hungry again.............i think my body is craving food, I really do. I haven't gained anything so far and I am…

Beverly and Sarah - I replied to you both earlier and it's not on here...............GRRRR!!! At any rate...........yes, going to try to start increasing SLOWLY, and didn't really think about it, Beverly Riley, an extra couple of hundred calories really aren't THAT much...............hmmmm.................I just know that…