DebiS1972

wow guys thank you so much for all your tips and encouragement. I want to read and digest them again properly tonight and then I will reply over the weekend. THANK YOU - from the heart.

ok - the guy i went to see who measured my RMR. The cal afterwards was: 1770 RMR (the cals burned to maintain vital bodily functions Lifestyle : 531 cals Exercise 300 a day Total: 2600. To lose weight, minus 550 a day = 2050 cals per day. (Rather than allow for 300 cals per day of exercise i thought it would be better to…

It is great to eat like this....I already am though. I kicked it off with something very similar. I don't eat processed food, but only live, whole foods. Some days I finish with calories to use but have eaten my allowance of fat, carbs and protein because everything I eat is good and I am not eating empty cals. I did lose…

I tested at 33% body fat, do not great. Yes I accept my muscle has built up a little, but after this amount of time it should be helping me burn more cals.

Thanks guys, but TDEE works out/guesses at your BMR. As I know mine exactly as I have had it tested, it means that I can use that figure...so on scoobys site it guesses my BMR is 1208 but it is actually 1770.(this is the amount of cals I need to just survive) so the TDEE thing doesn't work out right for me unless I use my…

Does anyone want to take me on? I have been at plateau now 5 months...imagine how sad I feel. This is also when I started exercising properly too. Since Christmas I did the mfp figures which put me at 1300 plus exercise calories (to lose 2llbs a week). Nothing happened. 3 weeks ago I went and had my rmr done and it was…

I get cramps in my feet too. I have flat feet and have had insoles made for me. Might be worth getting them checked out

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Ah - I do use a HRM - obviously not a good enough one - mine doesn't do the calories:) Makes sense now. I am only on week 3 - its a killer eh!

Yeah but i range between 120 (when i am stretching in teh middle of plyo for example but also get up to 164 (which is my max hr) so do you just take the average and do the calculations for calories on that?

I am so with you on this - the top post - I am as confused as you. I had my bmr done at the weekend and it was 1770. Sedentary lifestyle so plus about 500 cal. Then I need to lose weight so minus about 500 cal. So I am at 1770 again. Forget about adding in teh calories in for the exercise that i do for now, but why does…

How do you know what calories you burn doing it. As your hr is spiking all the time, if you wait until the end to look at your average heart rate and it goes low when you are stretching - how can you accurately tell what you have burned doing it? Also - how to you quote someone's reply before then replying?

Thank you - you have all been really helpful.

yes you're right here - i was getting confused with some other low fat things where they put sugar in to enhance taste.

By "whole foods" I mean natural. No processed. I do eat a wide variety of foods, there are lots of natural foods to eat, sometimes it just means little more prep time Low fat is fine if we are talking lean meat, what I am talking about is say "low fat cottage cheese" where sugar and/or artificial sweetners are added…

Thank you. I am not eating "low calorie" foods as they use artificial sweeteners and I am trying to be all natural so no "low fat" etc just less of the natural stuff if necessary. As someone said earlier...beans have protein but carbs too. What about spirulina?(s)

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Thank you everyone... This does seem like a really good site. I think i will go with the 1800 at 5 meals a day. I will let you know how i get on