__Karl__ Member

Which HRM are you currently using to track daily calorie burns?

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Good counsel. Adding cardio/HIIT to Saturday. K.

Depending on what your weight and bf% are you may not need a refeed unless its to maintain mental sanity (Based upon that statement, CT, I may not need a refeed. The day to day making the tail end of my TDEE (1906) minus 500 hasn't been all that tough. Presently at 207 lbs, no idea what the BF is.) What are you daily…

Update 7/4/2013 Thanks for the counsel, CT and pac. Noticed the last week I appear to be stuck at 207 (plateau), but think I will give it another week. Time for another TDEE calc, refeed, none of the above? Regards, Karl

A belated but sincere congratulations to you CT! I congratulated you in a status post, but wanted to make a more formal statement. I owe my fat loss progress to you and the OTHER :wink: fellow in this thread. Thanks for the counsel and the example.

pac, This is good news and most encouraging.

This morning's weigh-in was 214.6, with a loss of 3.8 lbs. I weigh myself every morning, but do not "weigh-in" on MFP until Sunday (or every 7 days). Time to recalc my TDEE?

UPDATE: New scale arrived yesterday. This morning's weigh-in was 216.4 lb. Steady progress.

UPDATE: That may have been the problem. As posted in my status from yesterday my last weigh-in was 218.4 lb. A loss of 1.2 lbs since my actual MFP logged weigh-in last Sunday. Progress! Adjusted my creatine to no more than 5g per day as suggested. And minimal cardio at present.

Ok pac as you suggested replacing my scale. I weighed in this morning and the scale said exactly 218.0. 221.0 yesterday and 218.0 this morning? :noway: Went to the local retailers and none had the EatSmart scale I was looking for--which appears to have a 4.5 - 5.0 star rating on Amazon and just about every place else. The…

Ok pac and few others opined on creatine in my status. Pac's point of continuing to take the mono was solid. I reviewed my diaries and noticed on days where I dosed Beta and Con PLUS 2500 Caps water retention was up.

On my lunch break. Ah! This might explain it I drink at least a gallon of water each day, and when I dose creatine (con-cret and beta-cret) I don't expel it like other days. "However, due to its strong water loving nature, some people may find that increased creatine doses may result in water retention resulting in other…

CT and Pac, As you cautioned there is some fluctuation from day to day. 5/5 Sunday was 219.6, 5/6 219.6, 5/7 218.6, 5/8 219.4, and this morning 221--if I can trust my scale. I did notice that the last few days I have ratcheted up in certain macros.

Thanks guys! Update: 4/29 221.5 (2042 cals, burned 644 cals ex.), 4/30 221.5 (2121 cals, burned 306 cals ex.), 5/1 219.8 (2672 cals, burned 810 cals ex.), 5/2 221.0 (1962 cals, burned 113 cals ex.), 5/3 221.0 (2394 cals, burned 646 cals ex.), 5/4 221.0 (1827 cals, burned 0 cals ex.), 5/5 219.6 (today but goal is 1900).…

Thanks. Needed that.

Wow! Glad you shared. Hadn't thought about that.

Just an update guys: Doing the daily morning weigh-ins and monitoring macros. Mon 4/29 CW: 221.5, Tuesday 4/30: CW 221, Wednesday: CW 219.8. Quite the challenge making and monitoring the macros. Thank God for the MFP-app scan function. Will keep you guys posted.

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My aim is to cut (reduce) bodyfat, but no I am not cutting for a specific show. No I am certainly not bulking. Yes, I figured BEFORE posting there were many different variables to consider. I think as long as I achieve the planned deficit (100,200, etc) below TDEE it doesn't matter. Yes, I guess I do enjoy cardio. But at…

A few corrections on my part: used five different TDEE calcs, and the average TDEE is 1950. Checking the group for updates daily.

OK this is much needed into.

Will do--great advice! Time to get my *kitten* to the scale.

Done!

Thanks for the quick response! Ok this puts me at 2610 cals per day.

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