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BUT I dont need to lose weight. I have a BMI of 22 and for a woman of my age, height and weight and professionals say one should not be eating less than about 1950-2000 regardless of exercise. 1950 - the 400+/- burned from exercise would mean 1550. I have never eaten that. I have stayed at 61kg for the past year eating…

Not estimating: counting. Weighing, measuring. However, I was trying to illustrate above that although I may think I am accurate, I dont know how quickly/slowly my body is burning a calorie compared to you, for example. We are not all the same. So how can this weight "gain" be explained? Muscle AND water? It's so easy to…

This is a very exact equation. You're basing this on me eating an extrra 50 kcals a day but that's assuming that my calories counting is 100% accurate (and so are the labels). It dont beleive its the exact science you're explaining it be...what if I move around slightly more at work and therefore end up inadvertently…

I don't understand. How can it be a surplus if I've burned it off? Surely its just "breaking even"?

Exactly! So going back to my initial question, how likely is it that this is muscle gain in 10 weeks???

It says 1956 which is about right. I am eating about 2000 on non-run days

What's a TDEE? I measured my thighs. They are 20inches and have been so for ages, even at 61kg. They do feel a bit tighter, although I'm never 100% sure what's real and what's psychological!

What's a TDEE? I measured my thighs. They are 20inches and have been so for ages, even at 61kg. They do feel a bit tighter, although I'm never 100% sure what's real and what's psychological!

Nope. Average 2000kcal per day on non-running days, then eat about an extra 300 on running days.

Yes I know that! But to what extent can you build 1.5kg of muscle from running in 10 weeks?!!!

Thanks, thats really interesting....and helpful :smile: What baffles me though, is when I weighed 4 days ago it was pretty normal, up by 300grams but nothing significant. Then I had a 2 days break from exercising to give my muscles a rest after 5 days on it, and then the scales shot up! Could it be the resting period that…

Thanks for your reply. I am recording my calories with a Polar HRM and deducting my resting calories too (i.e the amount I would have burned anyway if I wasn't exercising). It's possible that I have eaten maybe a little extra on one or two days but I would only have gone over by 100kcals or so, I thought to gain 2lb's…

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