jackiepedersen

What is the hour of exercise that you're doing? What are you eating to get to 1200 cals?

True, true. And I was about to counter you and say "I'm not in a healthy bf% range yet either".. but.... I just checked and I see that 'healthy' for women is from about 21-33%. :blushing: So.... ok. I'd like to be somewhere between 22-24%... But I see your point.

Thanks, btw, Majope. :) That was nice of you to high-five me. We all need that. And I'm not downplaying it, but keep in mind that my body *is* still bouncing back from baby, so some of that three inches is due to my hips continuing to close back up, I can't confidently say it's ALL fat loss from that area. As for fueling…

^^Truthfully, also, part of why I've put off shifting to a 500 deficit for so long is that when you're at that small of a deficit, any little miscalculation can inadvertently cost you that week's loss. So a 1000 deficit felt easier to me, because I didn't have to stress about every tiny thing.

...and maybe that's just something I need to come to terms with. When I started really successfully losing weight two years ago, I was at about 185. I had a good 50-55 lbs to lose. I still don't *feel* like the person that's "down the last few" that needs to shrink their deficit. But perhaps I need to shift my image of…

Well, that's why I shoot for a 1200 deficit instead of the proper 1000, I'm trying to allow for armband over-estimation. Even if my armband was wildly overestimating (which it really doesn't seem to, it gives me about 100 cals/per hour during my normal day, about 70-80 cals per hour once I go to bed, a little over 100…