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So sorry about the loss of your kitty! Our animal family members mean so much.

Weekly report I took Sat-Monday off for the holiday - had a wedding, birthday dinner for my daughter and labor day celebrations all in a row and I wanted to enjoy them. I did not pig out, but I did enjoy what ever I wanted and did not worry about logging. So Mon-Fri report :) Calorie goal: 2150 Calories eaten: 2100 Fitbit…

I actually did 10% for my first cut and I keep it between 10 and 15 %, so its not a straight 15% cut.

That helps! I can apply that to my martial arts workouts as well, as long as I can maintain worry about adding more when I am eating at TDEE.

So a little over .5 week into four week cut number 2 and I am noticing how much harder my workouts are. I think it is because I had so much energy when eating at TDEE last week (it was great LOL), I notice a BIG difference with a 15% cut. When I work-out I am tired halfway through and really lacking energy. Any…

Have you done any measurements? Are they going up or is it just the weight?

As for not being able to eat all the food - I had that issue too - I would increase a little, stay then then increase a little more, bumping up to TDEE in 6 weeks was a struggle in not feeling stuffed and sick all the time. I would probably go slower if I ever had to do it again. As for protein, it took me about 20 weeks…

Hi Jenny, I gained about 5-7 lbs initially (working up to my TDEE - which I did quickly over about 4-6 weeks), my clothes were a little tighter but not bad. My workouts were immediately easier and I had energy again for the first time in a very long time. Immediately after my 12 week reset I had to have surgery (for which…

Hi Emma and welcome :) I personally do a little of both. I use MFP to divide up my calories for the day based on how I like to eat (500 for breakfast - 600 for lunch - 200 for afternoon snack - 600 for dinner) then I plan my meals around those. I have pretty much the same breakfast everyday (yogurt, protein powder and some…

Thank you Ichel :) I think I will end up being a 4 weeks cut, 1 week maintain kind of person. I know eating at TDEE this past week felt really good for working out and energy. So starting out today strong, but back to 10-15% cut for another 4 weeks. Weekly Update: Maintenance week Average TDEE per fitbit: 2595 Average Cals…

I know what you mean. I am currently on a one week break (eating at TDEE) after a 4 week cut cycle where I lost between 2-3 lbs. I am not weighing this week because I know that I will gain some water from higher calorie intake and I don't want to freak out and go back to cutting too fast. Trying to do this right for the…

3500 over maintenance :)

You are exactly where I was - trying so hard to eat at BMR and then chowing down every night after working out. You will LOVE how you feel when you are eating enough. And yes exercise got easier for me within a few days of eating more. I just did a cut and forgot what it was like to be eating below TDEE (so not fun). I…

Check in time Week 4 of a 6 week cut. TDEE: 2550 Goal 2350 calories Fitbit TDEE last week: 2514 Average Cals per day: 2175 (right around 15% cut) Other goals: Log everything - did it again - I think this may be a good habit I am forming. Protein 30% - actual 28% (weekends are killing me I need to fix the weekend protein)…

@Pocket__Cthulhu I would say that is probably closer that you think - I do martial arts without the weightlifting or running (slowly adding those in) and my TDEE is 2500-2550. I am taller and heavier than you (5'8 and 212) but also much older, so extrapolating I bet you are really close to 2600-2700 TDEE. You probably want…

@cinblog1965 no workout plan yet - I have a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do also from about 19 years ago. So I know what I am up against! I am still 6 months out - so I want to get in shape early to make it easier. I will have enough to worry about remembering everything I need to for the test itself, I don;t want to stress…

I HATE running, it just hurts too much, so my goal is to stop at running one mile. I have pretty decent arthritis in my right knee that will cause a lot of pain for running. Plus at 40 lbs overweight that will kill my other joints as well LOL. I think we have to do a 7 minute mile - but it may be 8 mins. I have…

Weigh in results: Down about 3 lbs total over 3.5 weeks of 10% cut. Some may be water weight - but at the end of 6 weeks I will be able to pretty closely calculate my TDEE to go back to maintenance for a while. On another note, I just discovered that for my Black Belt Test in February I need to: 1) take a 6+ hour test of…

I think the key here is not if you lost weight but that you fit into pants you never could before and you feel great. You may actually not be losing weight, but losing fat and gaining muscle. Your body is responding to finally being fed enough :)

Check in time Week 3 of a 6 week cut. TDEE: 2550 Goal 2350 calories Fitbit TDEE last week: 2514 Average Cals per day: 2235 (right around 10% cut) Other goals: Log everything - DONE! woohoo that was a big thing for me. Protein 30% - actual 28% Weight loss since start of cut: somewhere between 1 and 2 lbs (weight in is on…

It takes 3500 calories to add a pound of fat... As a side note if you work out 3-5 times per week and average 10000 steps on your non workout days - you are actually active... sedentary is under 4000 steps per day with no working out. You might want to recalc your TDEE you can probably eat a lot more than you have been -…

Thank you for posting - its so good to hear from people who stick it out and share their end results. It helps inspire those of us who are newer to this :)

First of all - Welcome! This is a great place to be. I am not one of the leaders here but to me it seems like you may be eating too few calories, you don't say what macros you eat at, or how you determined 1500 was the level, or if you eat back exercise calories. You don't say how tall you are etc. so I can't plug you into…

Got back on the scale today to make sure yesterdays weight wasn't a fluke. I really did lose that pound (which is exactly on target with .5 lb a week 10% cut) and trendweight.com is still saying I am now burning more than I eat (and the number of calories I am burning is going up as I continue with my cut). This makes me…

http://eatmore2weighless.com/weight-loss-calculator/ Try a calculator like this one that you can put your activity level into. There are tons of them out there just type in TDEE calculator.

Weigh in update - YAY I finally lost a pound and trendweight now says I am burning more than I eat :) That makes me happy - 4 more weeks of cutting then a couple of weeks off.

That's good advice on the 4 week extrapolation. Thanks for the reminder about the TDEE recalculations as I lose weight. I tend to check it every once in a while - but I should recalculate after every cut. It won;t be much but it will keep me on track and make sure I don;t overeat after successive cuts.

Weekly Check-In Weight: no real change other than water fluctuation (that I can see) Daily average this week: 2300 (10% cut) Average protein intake: 26% (woohoo) Most days I was actually right around 30% but I have one day under 20% that pulled me down. I am finding that cutting is more of a challenge than I anticipated.…

This is actually my second black belt - I got one way back when I was 30 :) I eat a protein bar about 1-2 hours before class. That seems to tide me over most days. Sometimes I get hungry toward the end of the long days.

Just keep plugging away at it. I am losing weight eating around 2200 calories a day. It is SO worth the reset! Go watch some of the videos on the EM2WL.com website - they are really helpful, honest and great to help you get into a better mindset.