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I have had several injuries this year which meant I couldn't exercise including a broken rib. I went and re-calculated my TDEE on Scooby with not being able to workout and ate at that. No problem and no weight gain at all.

There's a great book I can suggest: Overcoming Binge Eating by C. Fairburn. It'll give you some good exercises to do around the emotional eating.

Without tracking you have no idea how many calories you have actually eaten, so you can't say you've actually been doing the reset. My guess is this is more in your head than in your body - I don't know a single person unless they are unhealthy that don't have a roll in their tummy when sitting down (even models do unless…

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My goals are based on what my body can do versus size. I want to be strong enough to lift my body weight in a squat. I want to be fit enough to keep playing field hockey even though I'm 46. I want to be able to enjoy activities and run around with my dog. I do want to be in the healthy range of weights for me but I don't…

I do eat everything I want but not in the quantities I used to. It's taken some time to get used to knowing what a good portion size is, but now I can go to my in-laws and request the smaller sized portions (they used to try to feed me as much as my husband and it contributed to my weight gain). I enjoy every bite and feel…

Not have a huge deficit so I have a goodly amount of food to eat. It's easier that way.

Oh, I agree. I do limit myself with these sorts of items. But I still eat them. So I might go to the cheesecake factory (if I lived in the US) for desert one day and share a piece with a friend (which I'm sure would still be a huge caloric intake, but worth it for one meal). It's all about eating things you enjoy but…

(Feel free to check out my diary - I was so happy when I was able to up my calories to 2100 - and had no problem reaching it)

Here's the thing - they DON'T have to be only healthy calories (whatever those are). You can eat things like nuts, peanut butter, chocolate, hamburgers, etc. They aren't bad. No foods are bad. Get out of the diet mindset, add full fat EVERYTHING. Don't restrict from your diet unless you have to for medical reasons. Have a…

Can you remind us now long you've been on a reset?

Yup. Ignore it. If you start eating more, continue to eat more, take a small cut and then lose weight, MFP will eventually learn that you can eat more and lose weight - and you'll stop getting those messages.

Feel free to check out my diary - I have my TDEE-10% in there as my goal (entered manually). When I enter exercise, I list it as 1 calorie so that it doesn't add more calories to my TDEE goal but I can keep a record of my exercise.

You are at a very healthy weight. Well done. BUT yup - you probably should be doing a total reset considering you were eating so little while working out so hard. I'm amazed you are able to keep doing what you are doing w/o feeling lack of strength. Some things to think about - as you up your calories there will be a…

Yes, weight loss isn't linear. I'm eating 2100 calories to lose weight (near the end of my goal - only 5 lb to go). It's not better to eat less - why not eat as much as you can while still losing?

Eat back 1/2 of your exercise calories unless you have synched a heart rate monitor or something similar to MFP (then eat it all).

My age is 46, my weight is 66kg, my height is 167.5cm and I am active...I'm MUCH older than you and I'm eating 2100 calories to lose weight (was eating 1925 earlier due to injury). As an 18 yr old you should be eating a LOT more than me to lose weight. Don't do what many young girls do and demonise food, ending up with…

Look at my pictures - I have lost close to 20 lbs while lifting heavy weights (most of the time other than when I had injuries). I do not look huge or bulky or get big muscles. I am hoping to keep losing fat while lifting and being at a small deficit.

Because the TDEE is set on the overall hours of working out and the activity level that you have - not the calorie amounts burned. If you exercise more than you typically do in a week, you can choose to eat more (especially if you are feeling hungry). If it becomes a regular habit, then you should re-work your TDEE. If you…

I have to ask if you are in therapy because honestly, you are not recovered at all. You are still showing signs of an ED with restricting on a VLC diet and binging. The under eating is causing your body to physiologically NEED that binge and if you ate at a realistic level, you probably wouldn't need the binge day. It…

You do realise that weight loss is not linear - some weeks you go up, some down and some stay the same. You may have honestly gained a bit of water weight. What you are looking for are long term trends. I also agree that your TDEE sounds too low for your workouts - you are younger than I am, just an inch taller, about the…

And many people who do this end up gaining the weight back because they never learned how to eat properly. They restrict and then go back to eating normally, thus gaining, because it was all about losing weight quickly for an event or something like that, instead of thinking about it as something to do for life. I did it…

I think it's good to be happy with your size while also finding tips on motivation: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/12/23/be-kind-yourself-youll-eat-better. I would see if there is some sort of workout that you'd enjoy. I play field hockey so that has been my constant for the past 9 months. But it's ending so I…

Started: I don't know a time when I wasn't active. I was a first born child of a baseball coach, so he began throwing balls at me as soon as I could stand. And I loved it. I played sports throughout my life and still do (I play competitive field hockey in London & fun softball). I started weight lifting because I tore my…

My H did that to me with my lunch this weekend. I glared at him and then let him have them. I re-weighed it all again. Sigh.

20 lb, eating less. First half just less calories, second half EM2WL of TDEE-15% and focusing on getting enough protein. Always everything in moderation.

Nope, because all my friends who did that on WW gained weight. All calories count.

If you are looking to gain muscle, make sure you go to the gaining weight forum on the main boards - they have a lot of info about 'bulking' and doing 'recomps'.

How about this...don't worry about losing weight right now. Do a test of your TDEE. And make sure that you are calculating it with all your exercise and other activity (such as on your feet walking a lot, running around after kids, active job, etc). Do the test for four weeks - have you gained, lost or stayed the same. If…

Or nuts. Or carrots sticks. OR you can fit it in with your goals - I eat chocolate or drink beer quite regularly and I just fit it into my goals. I pre-log them so that I only eat/drink as much as planned (most of the time). And as a Londoner, I'll have to check out your artisanal biscuits!