techiegurl

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  • Weirdly after completing insanity, my calorie intake the last few weeks has been somewhat high still, averaged 2000-2500 (I'm 5'9, 174 now), from just cravings and social events with tempting foods. But I still keep losing beyond my goal weight. It's probably from being active too, running, yoga, climbing, and kick boxing…
    in Anyone else just need to lose 10-15 lbs? Comment by techiegurl June 2012
  • 5'9.75 now at 182 after losing 1-2 lbs a week in the last month with average of 1900-2500 calories a day. I ate back most of my calories from excercise (Insanity), which sped up the loss and supported the high intensity workotus I am ok with current weight but won't complain if the loss continues ;0
    in Tall Girls (5'9 and up): How Many Calories Are You Eating? Comment by techiegurl May 2012
  • This is working for me too! Soo glad I got all this great advice
    in BMR & calories confusion. Comment by techiegurl April 2012
  • Can you do more strength training and less cardio? Women's Health, Shape or Fitness mags all have lots of strength training routines online. You can tone up and burn at the same time. I gained a lot of muscle when I started doing power yoga, not that I got abs to show for it ;) but a lot of core work moves with high # reps…
    in Anyone else just need to lose 10-15 lbs? Comment by techiegurl March 2012
  • I am 5'9" 3/4, and currently 187, trying to get to 180-175 I have a dense muscular build, and I guess a medium-large frame. Tracking my eating is new to me, and very helpful so far to lose the holiday/stress pounds and get to my goal. Before that, I've always looked fit and only checked how my body felt and looked. Now I…
    in Seeking help from tall women roughly 5'8''-5'10''!!! Comment by techiegurl March 2012
  • I set my net at 1570 per day but almost always reach 2000. Which is working for me, since I am very active (when not in the office) and just started the intense Insanity cardio workouts
    in Women who eat more than 1800 calories a day !!!! Comment by techiegurl March 2012
  • I'm pleased to say that having 1600+ cals per day is working for me, along with logging my meals and maintaining a very fit afterwork lifestyle (just started Insanity last week). I've lost 2 more lbs in the last 2 weeks. Would have been more if I didn't indulge during my monthly craving time ;)
    in Anyone else just need to lose 10-15 lbs? Comment by techiegurl March 2012
  • These ~1200 allotments I see from MFP aren't really customized to both your height/age/build and lifestyle. Here's one calculator I've seen which matches the other estimates I've gotten from excercise programs like beachbody http://www.melcowenfitness.com/calculating-your-caloric-needs hth
    in BMR & calories confusion. Comment by techiegurl March 2012
  • I want to drop 10-15 more. I am very active but gained ~10 late last year during the holidays and other stressful events. I was losing a bit, especially when I cut out the tempting foods but I always thought the 1200 cal limit was very restrictive and not at all customized for my height and muscular/atheletic build.…
    in Anyone else just need to lose 10-15 lbs? Comment by techiegurl March 2012
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