nautiwench

Mary, we have a San Juan 28, and we sail in Tampa Bay. We race with our local club on Saturdays, mostly. I am sure you enjoy the C&C. A C&C will probably be our next, move-up boat. FAST!

Thanks, everyone for the advice and encouragement. I will make a point of eating a little bit more. I had a little success over the last couple of days, possibly due to resolution of monthly female fluid changes.

I'm not sure I understand. If BMR is 1340, you are saying eat 1340, and if I burn 210 in calories, eat another 105 (half of the 210) for a total of 105 + 1340 = 1445?

I am averaging 52 minutes a day now.

I looked at my exercise- I am averaging 366 minutes per week, and 1470 calories per week, or an average of 52 minutes a day and 210 calories a day from exercise.

I'm pretty busy, and I don't have a lot of time for even more exercise. I am not looking to be a body builder or fitness guru. i just want to get from 165 to 140 and stay there, and enjoy a reasonably healthy lifestyle, with sailing and walking built in. I averaged a gross of 1344 cal for the last 19 days! the net calorie…

I used a calculator from another site for TDEE - it came out at a little over 1900. My BMR on this site was 1340 or something. Here's my intake since starting: 1192, 1448, 1313, 1027, 1171, 997, 1762, 1333, 1223, 1478, 1808, 1189, 992, 1509, 1699, 1508, 1002, 1652, 1241. My exercise consists of 25 mins of walking several…