caseyj6206 Member

I will look into that for sure, thanks! Is my calorie intake too high for what I'm doing?

Thanks everyone! I am adjusting my calories accordingly and no wonder it's not working! I'm going to aim for between light and moderate because the kids ride their bikes as I walk so it's a pretty heavy duty walk we go on and I stay pretty active during the day even though it's not "exercise"

OK, from what I read through the other posts they say to add up the time you exercise, not the strenuousness of it. Purely adding up the time I exercise I work out 6 hours per week, putting me into the strenuous category. This is why I'm eating in between the 2 categories and not full-blown strenuous. I added about 100…

Thanks! Just needed to vent. This is so frustrating! Hopefully upping my calories with shift something!

I would have loved to have done my reset for longer than 6 weeks (who doesn't love to eat that amount of food?!) But from what everyone was saying, when you stop gaining and maintain your weight for a couple of weeks, that's when you should try your cut. For a week I couldn't eat below 10% cut because I was ravenous! I'm…

I was re-reading my post and thought the same thing. I was thinking another month or 2 at 15% cut... does that sounds right or should I go 10%? I know the last 10 pounds are the slowest to come off too, so that SUCKS!

Thanks for all the replies... I needed a good vent after reading all the success stories on the "after TDEE" stickie. I want to be one of the people who loses 5 inches and all the gained weight after a week though! It isn't fair! What trips me up is that I haven't changed a thing during this time.. just cut the calories…

Did 6 weeks eating at TDEE. Gained about 5 pounds, and definitely an inch or 2 here or there. I have on my fat suit at this point. I did a 10% cut for 3-4 days after eating TDEE because I was SO HUNGRY! But now 15% is doing me fine. Been eating my 15% cut for 4 days and have seen NO improvement. No inches lost, no weight…

I'm happy to know that it will go away and I won't want to eat everything in sight! I do have to think ahead before I eat something to make sure it's not total crap and does have SOME nutritional value.

Also, the thing about the protein bars is that they add more calories and sodium, and I actually find that an apple or yogurt fill me up just as well. I will try hummus again though and see if I can tolerate it. I haven't really found a flavor that I find appetizing.

Thanks for the replies. I would like to do my 15% cut of 2,060 but I'm sticking to around 2,200 per day.. I'm going to stay there for right now until things calm down a bit I guess. Nuts seem to satisfy me when I do have hunger, and the amount that I eat doesn't seem to really put me over... it's the evenings that I get…

I'm 5'8", or 68". My TDEE -15% is 2,060 per day. I HAVE been doing the reset! Hey, then I'm pretty happy with the results. 6 weeks and only 5 lbs up! lol

I have my calorie goal on MFP for 2,060. So my daily total calories consumed is about 2,400 - 2,500 calories. Is this right or do I set up my calorie goal for 400-500 LESS than my TDEE? I burn, on average, about 450 calories on a typical day. The "totals" on my food diary are reading anywhere between 2,400 to 2,500…