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protein shakes-- all the peanut butter taste with less calories! I usually do a scoop of chocolate protein powder, a banana, and 2 tbsp of PB2 along with some skim milk and ice

More proof that the number on the scale doesn't matter! thanks so much for posting this-- it's very encouraging!!!

Actually, you should not eat below your BMR. This is the number of calories your body would burn if you were in a coma state. If you eat less than this your metabolism will slow down in response. So far what's worked for me is calculating TDEE and subtracting 15-20%. My BMR is a little above 1400 and I'm eating about 1650…

Are you accurately recording your serving sizes? Do you measure with a food scale and/or measuring cup? It's the only true way to accurately get your calorie count.

So if I'm using my TDEE to calculate calories- I shouldn't eat back exercise, correct? My TDEE is 2073 figuring in an hour a day of heavy moderate exercise for P90X. 2073 x .20 = 414.6 2073 - 414.6 = 1658.4 So I should be eating 1658 calories a day. Makes sense....

Thanks everyone! I update my daily goal to 1600- should I add back in my exercise? I set my activity level to active and it still only gave me about 1500 calories a day! I had to manually bump it to 1600! I think in a few days ill bump it up to 1700.

OHHH makes more sense now :) I'm on week 5 of P90X so I'm working out about 6 days a week.

Alright...so I just went in and changed my activity level to lightly active and this bumped me up to 1410 a day. I'm thinking maybe 1410 plus add back in exercise? that should put me at about 1700 total calories each day.

Holy crap.... this can't be right- can it? BMR: 1496 Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job) 1716 Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) 1966 Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) 2217 Very Active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk) 2467 Extremely Active (hard daily exercise/sports &…

I haven't experienced any gains or losses as a results of the pill. But I was concerned that it might be preventing me from losing weight so I flat out asked my doctor-- her answer was no. I've also gone to another doctor for help losing weight after losing 35 lbs and hitting a wall. That doctor didn't seem to be concerned…

I already like everyone here :) So much support already! I know how you feel about the gain 1 lb and cry-- I've pretty much been on a diet for the past year and my mood revolves around what the scale says. I hate that it's come to that but I feel that if I don't keep a tight eye on my weight it will get out of control.

I do like the free part-- but it's not a huge decision maker at the moment. I've already paid for 3 months of WW online and I'm 1 month in :( I understand I can't base my decision on 4 weeks on a program, but this is the 3rd time I've done WW, and the 2nd time was like this the whole last month. I only went back because I…

I'm in week 5 of P90X! :)