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Thanks girls! Anyone else? please add us! :)

Thank u for this!!! I am a first time prego and I am first trimester and I am totally freaking out about gaining. I know i need to chill and to hear it from someone who has been there really helps :)

Agreed! I want to meet someone who works out and eats 2,000 cals a day and actuall gains.... Doubtful! Why would someone want to create a crappy metabolism that can't handle anything. I eat and I can't imagine ever doing 1,200 cals a day, just stupid when as a nurse practitioner I can say BMR is a real factor that u should…

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Oh my god u look amazing!!!!!! And u got those pics up! U will have to walk me through it one day. U seriously do look amazing!!!

Did anyone else catch the Olympic athlete friend part??! I seriously doubt an Olympic athlete eats less than 3,000 cals per day with training!! Come on this girl is making up lies. I agree with everyone... Eating disorder on its way. To the OP u just keep doing your thing, u are on the right track!

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I have been following this and congratulations!!! I am still struggling with this as well. Feel like I should be suffering to lose weight. I left WW for mfp. I am still working on repairing my metabolism. I have less to lose, about 12-15 to goal, but believe me the struggle mentally and physically is just as frustruating.…

Lol and one study is 18 years old!

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Here are a few sites that helped me out :) http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/777-why-is-starvation-mode-so-bad http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/552129-there-is-a-big-difference-between-eating-more-to-lose-weight http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/538381-in-place-of-a-road-map

I agree with the above, you need much more! Here are some posts that help a ton. You may need to crunch some numbers but once you do it its easy and will make you super strong for your run! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/777-why-is-starvation-mode-so-bad…

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Your brain is smart and knows your muscles are much more nutritious to feed your body with than fat, so that's why they say muscle starts to go. Just like a pregnant woman who doesnt eat so well... The baby will get first dibs and takes what it needs and the moms body gets whats left. The body doesn't know we want to look…

You may of just found the magic answer to my stressing! I love this and will be making a spread sheet tonight! I can't stand not to weigh everyday. I have always been this way. I am so happy you shared this!!

I have always heard if you have 10lbs or less to lose you should never aim for more than 0.5lbs per week. I remember those starving days and don't miss them at all. I love eating more and have soooo much more energy for bigger workouts now! Not to mention the day I increased was the last day I called it a "diet"

This is how you can eat 700 cals a day and still be overweight... http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

Such a great post!!!!! I want to scream when people say they are not hungry so they don't eat back exercise calories, then a few days later u see a post from them crying about how they binged and "ruined everything" really? I am so sure they ate thousands and thousands of calories to gain a true couple of pounds. But…

How to stop plateauing http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr

They say the slower it comes off the longer it stays off. When u lose too fast you lose muscle. Slow and steady wins the race! This is a life time change right? Best of luck to you :)

Sent u an invite to a group with tons of info that helped me to understand it all and here is some info from the group http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr

Great advice on plateauing http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/501511-great-read-on-plateau-ing?page=8%23posts-7150335

I am going to send you an invite to a group And I would post this there as they give awesome advice. I do know some people eat at or over Maintance for a few months to when they get super stuck then after their body knows its safe again they start to slowly cut and lose. Hope the group helps u!

I felt the same way but remember to gain you have to eat above your TDEE. I know u mentioned that your TDEE is 1,600 but does that include workouts? Was that with the 15% deduction? That seems like a low TDEE. So let's say u burn 400 cals a day. That means u have to eat over 2,000 a day to start gaining (my guess is your…

Wow you look great! Great job!!!!

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Girl I am still learning myself! But I do think I stopped losing because my net had often been below 1,200 a day. I have been doing intense cardio and underestimating calories burned. Then started getting fatigued so I am still playing with numbers and may even increase to the 0.5 lb loss per week because the last 10lbs…

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I increased my calories to 1500 this week plus I burn at least 600 a day and eat most back. I started this this past week. I posted the same thing and u will see a post like this everyday on mfp! People stop losing under 1200 a day at some point because the body goes into starvation mode. Then the body leaves your fat…