anderson958 Member

I agree. They are annoying and unhelpful. That’s not what I pay for.

What poster above said. I eat my regular 1500 cal in a four hour window, making sure to hit my protein targets. Have been doing this for two months now, down 12 pounds.

Mostly I don't pay attention to BMI numbers anymore. I have a bit more muscle than my doc expects for women in their late 50s and so the numbers are always way off. I go for body fat and measurements instead. So, I recognize your frustration!!

One more note: I plugged the 18 hours into current activity calculator with current activity, and it gave me 2295 TDEE. So that's what I'm shooting for. Fingers crossed!

Gad, when you lay it out like that, it's a tossup between OMG! and Christmas. But thanks for laying it out so clearly. Increases start next Monday! Thanks. Stay tuned for the results. And thanks!

This sounds like a great plan. So, I grabbed data from October to November to check activity levels and plugged that into my spread sheet (saved under a new name). Average eaten daily was 1571, lost 5.5 pounds in that period, apparent TDEE was 2258 and change activity calc standing hours read 18. (The last time I did this…

Thanks for all this, Heybales. I'm sure glad you enjoy helping us all out with this! OK, some more info. I haven't had any real kind of break since I started this journey in July last summer: I stopped smoking, started counting calories, and exercising. So it's been a solid six months; have lost now 37 pounds. Exercise…

Thanks to all of you! I'll report back.....

Heybales, Wow. OK, let me sort through this. Bear with me... and thanks. First, yeah, numbers aren't where they should be according to any calculation (Katch or Cunningham). Tested RMR at 1223 with a matching BMR gives me something like 50% BF, which is way way off. Even a friend's handheld Omron read 33%. Measurement BF…

Anitra, This is good advice. As soon as I absorb what Heybales advises, this sounds like a good plan. And as everyone says on this thread, it's SCARY! But it sounds like a reasonable way to figure this out. Thanks.

Heybale, Thanks so much for your help on this. Love the spreadsheet, and the options it gives me. I hadn't put two and two together: that eating to gain muscle can come at the cost of losing weight on a weekly basis... as you put it so clearly. This makes so much sense. I'm going with the deepest deficit as you suggest;…

Heybales, I've just downloaded the spread sheet (6/6/13 version, I think) and wanted to double check my calculations with you. First, background: mid-fifties, woman, 5' 2", 187. Been dieting, exercising for 3-4 months. Did well on MFP, no adjustments, for 2 1/2 months, then have stalled at 13 pounds weight loss for a…