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Wow!!! Great thought process! You ARE crushing it!

Thanks to both of you. I'm going to try to add in some resistance work at home, see if that helps. It's only been 4 weeks being super strict with the keto plan, and although I was hoping to see SOME results in a month, perhaps I need to give it more time. I'm down 3lbs, which is discouraging to say the least. Other times…

Thanks so much for the input, heybales, I've read lots of your posts and they are always informed and intelligent. Much appreciated. My goal is and has always been healthy fat loss and body transformation. Just haven't managed to figure that out yet, I suppose. I am very aware that stress is a major problem for me... I…

Great post! Thank you! So much of what you said made me go "YES! Like me!" It is inspirational to know we are not alone, and that "tiny and light" is NOT the only way to be HOT! thanks!

The mental aspect of eating to TDEE, or even working towards it, is the hardest part, I think. Hang in there, you seem to be doing everything correct. Also, try upping your protein. It's calorie-dense, makes you satisfied longer, but doesn't give that same super bloated feeling, for me, anyway.

I just decided at the beginning that I was going to reset for at least 12 weeks. I have been doing VLCDs for most of my life, interspersed with periods of out-of-control binging. It seems like after 30 years of that, the least I could do for myself is give this reset a few months. I was freaking out about gaining weight,…

I decided at the beginning that I will give this reset a full 12 weeks. That takes me to the end of June (I'm a teacher, so end of the school year is a nice round end point) then, IF I am starting to stabilize, I will start to cut at 10%. I'm finding it hard not to be a bit depressed at the thought of starting the summer…

This is EXACTLY how I feel Rory!!! 8lbs up, nothing fits, argggg!!!!

I'm on week 4, enjoying the food, but a little freaked out about the gaining... how is it going for you so far?

sarahorange55 - You had a link on your friend request message, and I wanted to check it out, but once I confirmed your friend request, I couldn't get the message back. Could you re-post the link? :)

I'm only 10 days into my reset... but I think that we need to trust the science and the process. Give it time. It sounds to me like you are doing all the right things Joy, so just give your body time to adjust. Laura

Well, at least I am on the right track now. I've never eaten so much or so healthy before in my life!

Yes, I did think of that... the hair breaking off all at a certain point would actually coincide with when I started doing JUDDD for two months (just before I learned about my TDEE and EM2WL and started my reset). Could two months at such a low calorie diet really cause this? Eeesh! All the more reason to keep eating! lol…

A full seven days down. It am still having a hard time getting all my calories in, but I am getting better! I need to change my grocery buying habits too. The week was good! I am noticing that I actually feel hungry a lot more, even though I am eating so much more food than ever before! I think that is a good sign? So I…

Me too! Laura

I definitely don't do low fat stuff. I can't stand that stuff. I eat nuts, dairy (full fat, see comment #1), meats... it's just a LOT of food! I can do it... just going to take some figuring. :)

How on earth does one get all the calories in?!? My TDEE is 2433, and I just planned out my whole day with three meals and two snacks and I'm still only at 1400ish. Sheesh! If I binge on crap food, it would be easy to get to the TDEE number and way above, but obviously I am eating healthy clean foods.

That's good advice, I think. I ordered a new scale yesterday, once that measure body fat % (as well as any can using density) and connects directly to MFP. That way, even if my scale weight goes up, I might mentally be able to handle it if body fat % is staying the same or going down. Instead of my daily weigh ins though,…