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That's indeed what happened MissJay75 :) That calculator is giving me about 1800 calories as a TDEE. I always assumed it was around that, and during the weightloss period, I ate about 1400-1600 calories, so I should have lost weight. I clearly didn't. Last year I went from 51 to about 47 kg in 6 months. Nice and slow. But…
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Thank you for that explanation. I completely understand the whole water retention thing, though, as stated before. That is not the issue. The issue is that I gained -more- back. I weighed 49kg when I started and went back down to 48 (clearly water, but perhaps also some weight). I was happy with that weight and started…
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Water retention or not, I am still puzzled by a 2kg gain. I mean, I ate at a deficit for over a month. So if my glycogen was restored to normal levels, I still should have ended up below my starting weight, right? And yes, I can see a difference of 2kg. I look a bit more squishy than I like...Meh, I don't understand any of…
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Thank you both for the replies. 14000 cals a week is not what I'm eating. That's what I should have been eating -extra- in order to gain two whole kilograms In fact, I just did some calculations. In the last 6 weeks I have been eating on average 1600 calories a day. Still, I have gained 2kg in the last two weeks, in which…
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A combination, really. Most calculators say I need about 1800 to maintain with my current activity level. This seems a little in concordance with the amount I need to lose as much as I did (around 1400-1500).
