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  • Ang108, I didn't change my diary settings because of the great advice...it was truly great advice and I'm thankful for it. Everyones comments made me realize how inaccurate my diary is. I often don't log my vegetables, so my diary is very skewed. I do appreciate the feedback, but my diary is not telling the whole story.…
  • I actually just changed my diary settings back to private, but thank you for checking. I am insulin resistant, and I take Metformin for that. I should have mentioned that sooner. I appreciate all the replies, I think I have several ideas on how to refocus.
  • Thanks for all your input... The last couple of weeks were REALLY bad diet days, you all are absolutely right. I would say that is not consistent with my norm, but there's definitely room for improvement. Sodium is not usually an issue (I had one day last week I actually think I had a sodium hangover due to a hell day at…
  • What I mean is, I've never seen any medical text recommend finding a TDEE and going from that. Any medical text I've read just says 'burn more than you eat', and most don't even get that specific. Typically, they give you a universal caloric amount (1800 is pretty popular), and go with that. I don't deny that BMR/TDEE…
  • Thank you all...I am going to increase my calories a bit, and start weighing my food. It seems so unrealistic, but you gotta do what you gotta do! To answer the question, I weigh 299, when I started I was 323. (Gosh, that's hard to type/admit.) I guess my struggle is "mathematically" if my TDEE is 2500ish, and I'm eating…
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