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Well, I've made it eating close to TDEE AND not weighing for 13 days and I'm about to lose my mind from fear. I know that today (day 1 of TOM) is always my lightest day of the month and June 30 (ovulation) is historically my heaviest. :sad: I will admit I've enjoyed the freedom from having my daily mood set by a piece of…

Nice work and how brave you are!!! I would have jumped ship with a 5# gain. Enjoy your reward for a job well done.

"Like" - still hoping it will work for me in time. :noway:

Judging by your ticker, you already did!!!:love: :love:

Thanks! I order my latte's without foam and they rarely get it right. This way it will be right all the time.:love:

I have to agree with OP on this one! I've vowed not to get on the scale for the month of June while starting a reset. The first few days I felt miserable and out of control, now 7 days in I feel free and relaxed about the whole thing. The bloat is going away and I'm feeling stronger and more positive than usual. The scale…

Interesting that I found this thread today. I started reset Monday and I'm ready to jump ship. Yesterday I was down a bit and feeling secure in my decision and today BAM up to a number I haven't seen in years. :explode: My first thought was "I knew it was too good to be true that I could eat normal amounts of food!!!!" I'd…

Maybe you could try eating at Active for a while and if you gain or don't lose, bump down to Moderate. Here is the best BF calculator I've found. I had my measured with a hydrostatic test and it matched the results on the military BF calculator almost exactly. http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/mbf/

I had the same trainer experience. I had a hydrostatic BF test and the oxygen metabolism test done. My BMR (technically RMR since I wasn't asleep when they test it) was 1613 :noway: :noway: :noway: which is 14% higher than it should be..........YAY ME!! By his calculations 1613 (BMR) + 483 (his calculation for daily…

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Let my clarify my answer to stating I have no idea what I'm doing. :tongue: That said, if I start seeing a regular gain, I know I'm eating a bit too much so I will back off about 100 calories until I level out. I've been eating really close to cut for 13 weeks now and my weight has gone up about 1#. I'm trying to increase…

I'm resetting! Started yesterday, BMR 1613 TDEE 2500 On Kiki's suggestion, I will increase until I see a gain that sticks (not water, TOM, etc.). I'll back off a bit and sit there for a month or so then cut back 15%. Reason: I lost 75# 11 years ago and never found it.:love: :love: I kept it off on VLCD. I've tried to lose…

^^ +1. The change in the look on your face makes me happier than the change in your body! Kudos buddy! :drinker: :drinker:

I use protein powder and just make the calories fit. I also do peanut butter (sometimes just from a spoon), eggs, pistachios, and lots of lean meats. I try to make sure every meal and snack has some sort of protein. That said, I only aim for 1g of protein per # of lean body mass. For me that's only 118g a day. Some people…

If it is broken taping is probably all the doc will do. If you can't run it, walk it. If you can't walk it, cheer someone else on! :drinker: There will always be another reace. :tongue:

^^This! I had a fitness evaluation last month and found out my BMR is 1613 (considerably higher than what online calculators give for my age :love: ). I spent an hour with the fitness coach, told him I burn about 4,500 calories a week exercising, and guess what he told me? "Eat 1200-1600 calories a day." Using my new…

Love your story! You are an amazing woman to raise 5 kids and find NO MAKE time to care for yourself. I had 3 kids in 3 years and got fatter and fatter each time. I didn't take charge of my health and lose the extra 75# until my kids were teenagers. The only regret I have in life is not setting a good health and fitness…

I have no idea how to treat runner's toenails. Sorry. However, when I had my last pedicure the tech took off the polish and revealed a bruised toenail. She was so sad that it was black and I said "YES, I'm officially a runner!" The best t-shirt I saw in my last half marathon said "Toenails are for sissys." I do know mine…

My running coach says to expect to burn 100-125 calories per mile running. I use a Garmin for running and a HRM for other exercise. I find the 100-125 per mile estimate very accurate when compared with the Garmin and HRM.

I think it depends on whether your most interested in burning calories, cardiovascular health, or both. Walking and running burn almost the exact same calories per mile (100-125), of course walking takes longer. Running (as with any cardio) strengthens your heart. My family drops like flies from heart disease so I do lots…

Most people here recommending eating TDEE-15% every day. On days when you have a high burn, they recommend netting BMR. For exampled, my numbers are: BMR 1613 TDEE (moderate activity - workout 6x/wk) 2500 CUT 2500 - 15% = 2125 The theory is I eat 2125 every day, even on rest days. On really high burn days (over 500 since…

Wow, I learned something here. I always eat cut value (15%-20% or 2,000-2125), regardless of calories burned. I'm a cardio junkie and my high burn days run 750-1000 4x/week. I'd have to eat 2300-2500 calorie a day to net BMR. :noway: :love: Not sure I have the courage for that yet. I'm just now seeing a tiny loss with…

You know what I'm lovin'? I'm lovin' not finding excuses to avoid get-togethers that involve food! :love: :love: :love: It's so comforting to go, eat, enjoy, and really understand that I"m not going to gain 5# because I age a burger.

As with every suggestion I give, I begin by saying I'm certainly no expert! However, we are close in our stats, except age. I'm 51 and I believe you're 37, right? When I joined this group I had been low cal for over a decade (to keep off a 75# weight loss from 10+ years ago). On MFP suggested calories all I did was yo-yo.…

I'm learning! :love: :love: It pays to hang around here.

I'm still learning about the whole EM2WL process and just now, after many weeks, starting to see a hint of a loss, so remember that when I say this. According to Fitbit your TDEE is 2192 (15346/7=2192) and a 15% cut from 2192 is 1863. You say you are eating 1560-2000 calories a day but, according to your analysis, you only…

I'm no expert, but I know who is! Read through this thread. I think it will help you. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr

I don't think you're crazy at all: :laugh: :laugh: Mon: Boxing (600-750 calories) Tues: Cross Fit type workout - weight lifting w/high intensity cardio (700-900 calories - have topped 1,000 a few times) Wed: Running 3-6 miles (300-500 calories) Thurs: Cross Fit type workout - weight lifting w/high intensity cardio (700-900…

I LOVE my Fitbit! I've never tried a BMF because it's a bit more obvious than the Fitbit (which I hide in my bra). It's also less expensive and there's no monthly fee. Fitbit doesn't accurately track things like weightlifting, but otherwise it's pretty spot on with my Polar HRM. My TDEE calculations are pretty close to…

Most importantly, congratulations on the new baby!!! :love: :love: Second, let me start by saying I know just enough about this stuff to be dangerous. I ran your numbers on Scooby and it looks like you used Sedentary as your activity level to get cut value of 1750. Is that right? I think your activity level would be…