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  • Hi all, Thanks for all the replies! I tried the TDEE calculator posted, as well as a few others. All of them put my TDEE somewhere between 3,100 and 3,400 calories based on my activity level and my exercise. Based on that, if I were to aim to eat my TDEE less 20%, I should be eating between 2,500 and 2,700 calories --…
    in Diet stalled; should I eat *more* or *less*? Comment by bgt84 May 2013
  • Alright, that makes sense -- thanks. I guess my question then is, what's the cause of my newly increased heart rate when exercising? Is it just because I haven't been exercising for 10 days and my body isn't used to it? Should I expect my heart rate to go back down once my body is "back to normal"?
    in Question on heart rate and metabolism Comment by bgt84 February 2013
  • Hi all, Thanks for the replies. You seem to have confirmed what had been my gut feeling -- that I was eating too few calories. Like I said, I'm down 30 pounds or so, but the past 2-3 weeks I seem to have plateaued and haven't lost too much at all. I'm assuming my body may have entered or at least begun to enter starvation…
    in Confused about BMR Comment by bgt84 February 2013
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