chapparra27 Member

THANK YOU!!!

What you r doing is working so don't sweat it too much. You should NET your BMR everyday or very close to it. Google a BMR calculator and enter your info, it will give you a number (this is what a doctor would give you if you were in a coma, what your body needs to live on) stay as close to it as possible!

eating like this will work for a short time if you were previously eating a lot more. Anorexics lose weight because they eat NOTHING and your body begins using the fat cells and muscle they do have to survive. HAve you ever seen a sexy anorexic? Starving yourself will not work for long unless you are eating nothing. Soon…

I was struggeling too but have recently upped mine to 1700 and that was even harder but it is do-able and I hinestly feel so much better! You think you have energy right now but when you raise them you feel so much better. The goal is to eat as many calories as possible to lose weight so that when you have reasched your…

Do you also work out only eating 1,200 calories a day? I can burn 1,200 in a day! That means I would be giving my body nothing to fuel on.

You look fabulous!! And your comment about the M&M's made me LOL!! hahaha

Mine has been off every month since January! It was off my about 5 days in JAn then about 7 in Feb and it just keeps getting further and further off....currently its off by about 2 weeks! I think it is the exercise and eating diffrent. I definitley do not mind it other than around that time of the month your weight is…

HELP.....I get so much conflicting advice.

I am not sure yet. I have not weighed yet, I just started doing this on advice from many on MFP. Seems like maybe I need to just eat 1,700 no matter what...even if I don't net that. I have been stuffing myself to get it all in.

I was wrong....your saying I should eat 2,239 unless I burn more than 659 calories then I eat what I go over? So today I ate 2,200 but burned 840....I need to eat 179 more calories? I only ate this much because I thought I was supposed to net 1,700!

Ok my BMR is 1,680 and my TDEE is 2,635. So do I just eat 1,680 unless I burn more than 659 calories? Then I will add what ever I go over? TDEE - 15% is 2,239

Maybe IBS (irritable bowl syndrome)? I too am a once a weeker and this is the reason.

I do body pump 3 times a week and I have seen awesome changes! I have great definition in my arms and legs, the squats have done great things for my legs and butt! I also raise my left every time the reps become easy...even if it is just kinda easy. I plan on heavy lifting but I am buildin endurance and toning now. As a…

GREAT JOB!! YOU LOOK AMAZING!!

Incredible and inspiring! What a wonderful story!

I had not thought about that. Thank you :smile: So I need to eat at least my BMR but less than my TDEE? If I workout I eat more?

Thank you< i hope so

Ok my TDEE without exercise is just over 2000, so I should eat 20% less than this but also eat back my calories from working out? That wouldn't be a very good deficit.

Ok my TDEE without exercise is just over 2000, so I should eat 20% less than this but also eat back my calories from working out? That wouldn't be a very good deficit.

I can do that but um what is TDEE? and do I still eat back my work out calories?

I can do that but what is TDEE?

Thank you....I thought that was A LOT to gain just to re lose.

Thank you!! This is very close to what I have done. As long as the weight comes back off I do not mind seeing a temporary increase. I just needed to know it is common. Thanks again:flowerforyou:

Ok so should I set my BMR based on an online calculator and use my HRM to get calorie burn only when I work out and then have a 500-1,000 calorie deficit?

This is exactly how I feel!!! I have decided to change my life starting with the food I eat and the way I treat my body. I know longer beat myself up if the number doesn't change! I lift weights and I know muscle weighs more than fat so I see a pound as a good thing. I love working out too! I am completely addicted to it!…

Has anyone gained after having to up calories because you were under eating to begin with?

15-30 pounds!!! That is what I have lost 30 lbs! Nooooooo!!!! I will never let that weight come back. I have been eating 1,200-1,600 calories for years because that was just how I ate not because I was on a diet. I became over weight because I did not eat enough and on the days I did go over board, pizza, burgers ect...my…

Thank you I just thought of the nuts as you posted. Ppl have been telling me to eat more for years but it always seemed counter productive, now that I have joined MFP it makes much more sense and everyone that has had great success eats more than I ever have! Raising it so high is so so scary.

WOW...Yes we are very close. My brother in law and a friend of mine live up there. :) I was having trouble eating 1,300 calories a day, now I have to add 4-500 possibly 1,000!!! I have no idea how to do that without eating something that isn't really good for me. I have begung eating a lot of fruits and veggies I had never…

2,500-2,700 really? I believe it is my BMR but I am sooooo scared to go that high.