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Perhaps someone could be so kind to use the stats I have provided and tell me what they would have their TDEE-20% at?

Yep!

Hi. My TDEE - 20% is approximately 1400 depending on the calculator I use. Hard to know which one is best. I am definitely logging correctly; I don't cheat myself as that would be pointless. If anything my activity has increased!

And what I mean by conflicting is if I am incorrectly logging then I am eating more yet the advice by a lot of people is to eat more...

Also, I just changed the goals to 1lb a week and it's still saying 1200 calories a day!

Thanks everyone. It sounds like you're all getting a bit eggy because I'm not praising you all for your advice! I am truly grateful for your responses and I'm ever so sorry I questioned them... but that's part of understanding questioning. The irony is you say I'm dismissing answers but then those questions are being…

There's also conflicting advice! I'm not dismissing anything out of hand. Just probing, asking questions, understanding. I've lost weight before too (through slimming world) so not exactly a novice. Just trying to understand why this happened and I'm not someone who just takes the first answer. I like to understand the…

Ha ha ha. I had about 10 G&Ts max and one big slice of cake.

That's all cool. But just to say I'm not in an emotional state and I didn't binge just to binge - it was a birthday party - so just a normal part of life where one would drink a bit and eat a bit of cake! It wasn't because I am starving. I don't find myself suffering too badly or feeling that hungry. What I do eat is…

It's not what it is it's the fact it hasn't shifted in 4 days since, so if it was water weight I would assume at least *some* of it would have gone? I fear now it will take another 4 weeks just to get back to what I was after one day of badness, which is crappy really.

I ate a load of gin and tonics and a massive piece of cake on Saturday - otherwise it was all normal and healthy stuff!

Nope, but I am over my recommended BMI so am overweight! I'm only 5ft 2 and 10stone 4. I really just want to get to 9stone 7 and I'll be content. It feels SO counter-intuitive to go over my calories as the day that I did (saturday) I put on 3lb by Monday! So, I just don't get it.

Thank you

Yeah I get ya, but I think that's a bad example from today! We're focussing on just one meal!

I have worked out my TDEE and it's 2182 to stay the same or 1182 a day to lose 2lb a week - roughly what I'm eating based on creating a 7000 calorie deficit. If I do the 20per cent a day thing then I suppose it's 1745 calories a day which is a lot more! You think I should aim for that?!

Really though? Really? I just don't get the starvation mode thing after reading this http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/

Thanks Katie - thanks for replying; I appreciate it! You're right, I do avoid it. For two reasons. Firstly I know that MFP overestimates (although running seems to quite spot on) and secondly I worked out my TDEE and to lose 2lb a week I should be aiming for 1182 a day so 1200 including exercise seems the right goal for…

No, and I mean really small cube. I can't really weigh it at work. So just have to guess what 2 small cubes of feta or 3 small cubes of watermelon might be. Sometimes I guess (like with the rocket today which was literally two mouthfulls) sometimes I weigh; or I scan and half it for example (if I am only having half the…

I really only think I had about half an ounce! But t okay, that may be one I've underestimated slightly maybe? Anything else?

What like? Most of the stuff I scan in but today, for example, was a mixed salad day at work. So i had a tablespoon of cous cous, 4 lumps of melon 2 lumps of feta, a teaspoon of hummus, so I have to guess weights to some extent?I thought I over-estimated if anything! What do you think is low? I do weigh most stuff? Kelly.

Can people see it now?

Ahh, I went to privacy, not diary. Try now! Thanks :-)

Think it's open now, would love people to have a look and tell me what they think? Thanks Kelly

Because I log everything? No, it didn't consist of that but I weighed 10st 1.4 one day and the next day 10st 4.4 and that was Sunday and I'm still the same today, Wednesday.

How do I open it up? I thought it was open to members?