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I didn't say 6,000 calorie a week. I said 4,500 cals. Its based on the average calorie burn for my exercise classes and calories burned from walking based on my height, weight, speed and distance. Last week i 'earned' 90 activity pp on Weight Watchers. Of course it will vary each week to some degree but not wildly.

I've only been using this site since Friday so I wouldn't want to open my food diary yet as I would prefer it to be maybe a weeks worth to represent things properly. But to be honest I would also be concerned that if I made my diary public it would just be open season to comment and pick over everything I eat and do and…

[/quote] Can you open your food diary. It will be easier to see what may be going on. [/quote]

OK great , Thanks for explaining.

Yes I use a digital scale to weigh food, it was the first thing I did. Essential bit of kit.

I agree. I was hoping not to have to dedicate my entire life to this as a scientific endevour. :laugh: But I really do appreciate everyone's suggestions and interest so Thanks. I am very pleased with how my body has changed in other ways such as fitness and muscle tone, my original aim was to get fitter and stronger and…

OK I'm totally confused now. TDEE?Adipose tissue? I'm really not sure what to do now. Eat more? eat less? I'll try eating less for a while if that doesn't work i'll try eating more om my exercise days. I'll around with it till something clicks.... I'll keep of everything really carefully.

I've been training for 10 months. Both high impact cardio and strength /weight training. (Before that i was doing lighter exercise like aerobics and zumba for a few months to build up my fitness)

I had a look at the IIFYM CALCULATOR, it looks quite interesting I'll have a go once I figure out how to use it.

Yes I have definitely put on muscle, I do strength/weight training 3 times a week and increase my weights regularly.

OK can someone tell me what a '30 day Shred 'is ?

Yes I will have a look at the 5:2 diet, I have 2 rest days out of 7 so it would fit well with that.

Yes I eat 1800 cals a day but after exercise it will be much less than that some days . I'm 5 7", I really do try and log everything I eat . If I have a day where I eat more then I adjust my calories the next day. I don't think there are any areas where I'm kidding myself but I will keep an eye out of anything I may be…

OK so the last two posts explain well why I was asking for advice. I know people how have been dieting and exercising and stopped losing weight because they where under eating and when they increased their calorie intake they starting losing weight again. So it does happen. I will try it with less calorie for a while but…

OK I'll try eating less for a couple of weeks and see how I get on. I'm not going to mess with my exercise too much as the classes are designed so you don't get used to them and they are still a challenge for me so I'm fine with that. I try to change a couple of things each week anyway for variety. If I don't lose weight…