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Thanks again for the responses, in response to the questions raised I've been in plateau for three months now, I have never eaten back calories and in all honesty I have never really understood the net calorie thing so I have been ignoring it. As for the heart rate monitor as I said in a previous reply I'm aware of the…

Well thanks for all the responses, I am positive i'm logging correctly, there's no medical condition i've had that checked. So from your responses it seems that I'm going to have to accept that anything over 800 calories a day is putting me in maintenance. As I said before I have already lost 20lbs through consistent…

Wouldn't a net calorie with an "-" before it mean i'm running on empty?

Yes I hear what you're saying guys, but looking at my diary i'm sometimes hitting 600, 700 or 800 calories a day intake, so assuming it would be wrong to try to and survive on less than this, is my only option to exercise until i reach 0 net calories a day?

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I'm absolutely positive that I'm logging accurately and meticulously, I went a bit obsessive about it a while back and even have two sets of kitchen scales to make sure. In the mornings I set out my eating plan for the day and stick to it, there hasn't been a case of me not logging anything i've eaten. That's why i'm…

Ok so all the calculators ive consulted say i need an intake of 1500-1800 a day and i've been aiming for the 1000 a day mark, so how much more of a deficit do you think is required to see some sort of result?

Diary is open! You mean I should be eating at less than I am ...not sure that's do-able! :)

Thanks for the reply, yes I do weigh all my food and for exercise I use a polar heart rate monitor, which has always served me well over the past two years, i've read the arguments for their accuracy, but i always found in the past that if its telling me i've burned 1500 cals, i should expect a pound or two weight loss…

Thanks for the response, I was obviously getting confused between the BMR and TDEE abd what they mean. However, given that I have been eating 1200 calories (carefully measured on scales) daily for a long time now, I am suspicious that it may be a case that I am eating too little. So as an experiment given that the TDEE…

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I know exactly how you feel, my new rule is "what goes on in MFP stays in MFP!" It's hard enough trying to work out what actually works for you without other people telling you you're doing it wrong. I'm experimenting too with intermittent fasting and zig zagging the daily calorie intake and it seems to be working for me.…

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