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Thank you for your input! You are correct, I was not 100% consistent with calorie intake or exercise for the first few months. I have taken probably 2 TDEE weeks, and a full month in the July/August time frame as I was on vacation, etc, and last week was a rest week from the gym. My weight has always crept up before TOM,…
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Ahhh you're not eating enough!! 1200 is unreasonably low for just about anyone, even someone who is trying to lose weight! I think you'll find that if you, at the very least, eat the bare minimum calories that your body needs to sustain daily function (this would be your BMR, and it doesn't include ANY type of physical…
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anybody?
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This past Saturday I hiked the Signal Knob loop (approx. 12 miles) in Front Royal, VA with my man. MFP estimates about 1900 calories burned! It was a lovely way to spend 5.5 hours, but it was absolutely impossible to eat back those calories, even with a big BBQ later that day (during which I ate chicken, a few different…
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You are all so sweet! Thank you so much for your words of encouragement! I knew, mentally, that I would need to gain weight before leveling out, and I know that the way the gains look on me will change once I'm able to fit regular exercise back into my daily routine, but it's just a tough place to be in right now. I've…
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I am 25 years old, 5'1", 137 lbs, and new to calorie counting. I lost 12 pounds through WW, which took 6 months (techincally 4 months, but the last 2 months were up and down), but I decided the WW formulas weren't what my body needed in order to lose weight effectively. I've been reading up on the "eat more weight less"…
