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True. I retain about 4lbs during my cycle.

Thanks all. definitely going to increase calories and see how I feel from there. I'll give it a few weeks before I make a decision about whether its working for me or not.

I'm doing stronglifts as well and the program specifies warm up sets before you go right to your work weight. since 45 lbs is the bar you will need to do 2-3 sets of body weight squats before you start and then make sure you cool down and stretch. if you have NEVER done squats before its going to hurt pretty bad for a few…

I actually think I have been underestimating my activity level and undereating...the fact that I keep cycling through the same 1 or 2 pounds and not really seeing net loss is probably evidence. although its strange to think that 1800 calories is undereating.

I've used heybales spreadsheet, scoobys workshop, fattofit...all of them have my TDEE under 2000 calories. I've only been eating at a deficit for about a month, well thats not true. I was eating at a very big deficit all of January and most of february (1200-1500 calories...I didn't know). I started increasing my intake to…

right now Stronglifts and my cardio only take about an hour 3 days per week. I'm up and down with my kids. I have a walking job as well. I've used haybales spreadsheet, scooby's workshop and fattofit radio's calculators. All put my TDEE under 2000 calories. Perhaps I've undercalculated my caloric needs? perhaps its my body…

on lift days I feel like a very hangry person on 1800 calories. last lift day I ate 2000 because I just couldn't take it anymore and I was gentle as a lamb :)

ah...calorie deficit over the course of a week. So three high days and 4 lower days. nice. why did that never occur to me? Thanks folks.

I know EXACTLY where you are right now. Most people would probably say if you have room for it in your calories and macros eat it. Unless of course its a trigger food for you. I had the same crazy urge for pizza today and decided against it because the last couple of times I've had pizza it triggers crazy carb cravings for…

sudden increase in fiber=bloat. give your body some time. I never thought I would need to eat all my calories, but today I blew through 1800 and when it was time for dinner I was STARVING!!!!!! I also had a pretty intense strength training session so...

This. I used Scooby's workshop calculator and am doing TDEE-(5-10%) since I am about 3lbs away from goal and looking to start building muscle. I will tweak after a couple of weeks by increasing calories if I find I am still losing too much weight or decreasing calories if I'm gaining quickly. you really do have to a little…

I see. Thanks. Deadlifts are my achilles heel so maybe I will just follow the low weights. The progression is pretty quick so I'm sure I'll be wishing for lower weights soon. For the record, I felt like a total chump benching and squatting the bar :)

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013

I'm taking it easy most of this week because of a stomach virus that just ran me over this weekend. Stay on top of your calorie goals and you'll be fine. It's just 1 week.

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I'm 36 and I have 3 kids, the youngest is 3 5"2" HW: 180 CW123 GW:?????? I am slowly adding calories each week to get closer and closer to my TDEE so i can build muscle. I'm starting to feel a little too thin truthfully. I haven't weighed less than 130 since I graduated from high school and then it was mostly fat not…

I decided to do it this way. I started at 1200 not because I thought I would lose weight fast but because it was what MFP suggested. So I ate at 1200 for a few weeks and then calculated my TDEE-20% and its 1683. I knew better than to try to eat that right away so week 1 I added 100 calories per day to get to 1300. This is…

Greek yogurt is helping me meet my protein since I only eat limited amounts of eggs, dairy, and fish. Actually greek yogurt is my ONLY dairy. I eat like a cup a day!

i've been doing that too...my favorite right now is to add garlic and onion powder dill and parsley for a faux ranch salad dressing. I guess its not too far of a leap, just had a little trouble wrapping my head around not using mayo for egg salad or tuna because I've always used that. BUT I used some mayo today and felt…

This is where meal planning is helpful. You could use your diary proactively instead instead of reactively. Instead of writing down what you ate, log what you could eat. Keep logging until you come up with the right calories then make a grocery list based off of that. look for successful people and look at their food…

If you're lactose intolerant yogurt is likely your only dairy friend. The live active cultures in yogurt break down some of the lactase making it easier to digest. Cottage cheese...not my friend, but you could always try.

actually, not one of the people whose diaries I have seen like this is overweight. And I still don't understand why my concern is not interpreted as concern. what is the point of having a public diary if not for people to look? What is the point of joining MFP and adding friends if not to have a group of like minded…

Grandma's got guns! love it! Great job!!!

Yes! Mom mode...

I'm not sure who said anything about drama or is causing it from your perception. I am just genuinely concerned about some of the people I see and my original question and goal here was to find out if people think its ok to say something or ask a question when people have consistently low calorie counts. And if you read…

total calories 800

That's understandable as well. This is why I asked the question, because I just didn't want to believe that people are TRYING to eat such a small number of calories. So my summary of the situation is some are, some aren't and I should probably just mind my business.

I've tried vegan, ovo-lacto, pescetarian, raw vegan for the last 15 years ( I had about a 2 year stint in there where I ate poultry). I'm not an activist at all just trying to do what works for my body. When I started losing weight I went back to a vegan diet and it helped me control my blood pressure. But since I started…

I'm not trying to be harsh I'm genuinely concerned. I'm talking about people whose goal is only 1200 to begin with and they are logging 800.

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