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you have gained 4inches around the waist or total?

you should notice a change in your measurements in the first week or two. Remember even though you upped your calories you should still be at a deficit and you should still lose fat. even if the scale doesn't show it you are losing. thats why measurments are the way to go.

The easiest way is the measurements on this sitehttp://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/ go with the military body fat calculator. Calipers are good if you are lean and or close to goal weight(and done by a very experienced tester), if you are really overweight then they are not advised (per the personal trainer that does…

I lost several pounds the first week but this week has leveled out and added a little, but I have had a ton of carbs so I think it's water weight.

a fat pound and a muscle pound are not the same thing. Fat is light so it takes alot of it to make 1 lb. Muscle is dense and so it takes alot less to make a lb. fat=3500 for 1lb, muscle=somewhere around 600 to 800 calories to make 1lb(estimating off of nutrition packs). If you are doing as you say and clothes are fitting…

You have to remember that most of that is water and muscle weight not fat loss. Even if a person stopped eating for 4 days they could not lose 8lbs of fat. Remember 1lb of fat =3500 calories. So if you have a person that burns a total of say 2000 calories per day and they stop eating for 4 days that is only 4x2000=8000…

This is correct, I was reading some comments from people saying they purchased it and it does not work in their country. Kinda dumb but nothing we can really do about it.

Hi, check this site out http://www.self.com/calculatorsprograms/calculators/ Just select your exercise and it will give you an estimate of calories burned based you your weight and duration. Also I notice today you added 692 calories from exercise. That is alot, can you say what you did to earn that and I could probably…

I see, that makes sense now. And yes I am also a chocohaulic. I believe you can have anything you wish as long as it is in moderation. Your plan sounds good, although I noticed you are doing a ton of cardio over the last couple days. Try not to overdo that, as it really wont help you after a certain point. Burning 1000…

I beleive unless you are training for a competition such as a marathon you should limit your cardio to 30mins 3x a week if high intensity like running/hiit training. Or 60mins 3x a week for low intensity like walking. I think this is one of the biggest misconceptions among us dieters, that we have to kill ourselves with…

Your diary says your daily goal is 2700, is that correct? I didn't see any exercise added to it. As far as losing before you started working out that could just be a coincidence, such as you hit a plateau at the same time you started working out. Or you gained weight(not fat) from working out, which is a good thing…

Just remember fast weight loss=fast regain. If you lose it fast you have like a 90% chance of regaining that weight and more over time. But if you lose it slowly which is alot more healthy you give your body time to get used to the healthier weight and it will not fight you to regain. Studies have shown people that lose…

With the amount of your physical activity I wouldnt be surprised that you may still not be eating enough. You could eat at your 2300 for a month or so and see how that goes. You could always adjust that up a little after you see your reaction to the increase. I am not sure what you were eating prior so I have no scale of…

If your workout is more then usual and you burn alot more calories you should eat back enough to get your net at least above your bmr. Not sure what that is.

All I have to say is it's NOT rocket science. Eat less then you burn even just 15% less and you will lose FAT.

studies have shown it's not the amount of feedings, but the amount of food that increases your metabolism. The size of a meal affects the thermic effect which is how much your body burns to digest a meal. The larger the meal the more TEF. Alot of people think eating more often increases metabolism, it does not, it''s…

I wouldn't worry to much about the 3.5lbs I am sure it is carbs and water weight. Have you been doing measurments? That would help you see any difference in fat vs scale weight. I do both but I would not really go by the scale as it varies daily. For me I can jump 5lbs in one day up and down. If your calculations are…

This is a good thing, obviously it means your body is burning alot more calories due to your high intake. This is a good thing, it means you will more likely burn fat rather then muscle when running a calorie deficit. You should also notice other things increasing such as bowel movements, and the need to keep moving during…

Congrats

ya that's what I have been doing, but I think I'm just going to eat my average, getting tired of going back and forth and since I am getting pretty accurate results of my daily burn I can just average it out. So my daily average tdee is 3250 so I'll set my cut at 2750 which is just about 15% less.

It's really hard to actually answer your question because you are jumping all over the place. But from what I can tell you are basically asking why should someone eat back exercise calories if they go below their bmr ie net bmr. Well the simple reason is if you have to big of a deficit you end up slowing the metabolism and…

That's good, it's a sign your metabolism is increasing which makes you hungry more. I can eat a large meal and in 2 hours be hungry again lol.

Doing cardio twice a day is alot unless you're training for a competition of some sort. It's pretty common for people that want to lose weight to go overboard with the cardio. I beleive your tdee is probably higher then you're estimating with so much cardio in your week. You should definitely get into weight lifting as it…

Let me ask you this since i'm confused by your question. If your bmr is 1500 and you burned 1500 on a long workout would you consider that healthy if you didn't eat those calories back and netted zero for the day?

Ya the 3months/30lb mark seems to be where alot of people plateau. Must be something to that.

What I do is eat yesterday's calories today. Because I will not know exactly how much my TDEE is until the end of the night and I like to be a little more accurate and I use my BMF. So say yesterday I burned 3000cal today I would eat -15% of that. Does that make sense? And this is just an example as I know most dont do…

Thats a good reason to use it. I do the same with the steps on the bmf, if my steps are low I will get out or on a treadmill and make sure I get em that day. The only issue I have with the fitbit is it does not know how hard you are working. If you have 2 of the exact same people walking on a treadmill at the same speed…

thanks! and yes I know of a couple spikers that have come to this group.

I used to think it was under estimating. Becuase when I would work my butt off on the stair stepper it would say I burnt half of what the machine says. But I think it's pretty accurate and I wasnt burning as much as I thought I was on the machines. But when I run I burn more then the machine says. Overall I would say yes…

I just started the c25k and I beleive it says you should take off days in between. I know when I was younger I could do alot of things and not have pain. Now if I run to much to fast I will get shin splints. If you are not overweight maybe you wont have the same issues?