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Thanks! I put my calories at 1800 for now, I don't want to jump up all at once so I thought that would be a good place to start. I also put the scale away because it's driving me crazy, haha. I'll weigh in a few weeks and see how it went! I'm not in a huge rush, I just want to do it right and be as successful as I can be.

No, I may try P90X3 at some point, but I don't like Tony's style as much as I like Shaun's… but that's probably just because I'm used to it. And no on Shakeology.

I've completed Alpha and Beta of T25 and one week of Gamma so far, and I lost 14 pounds in the first two phases. I have gained a few pounds back, I believe due to water retention from the extra weights I've been lifting, so right now I'll say I've lost about ten pounds total. I haven't done Insanity but plan on it… I guess…

Makes sense. Thank you for your help. So you think I should eat at maintenance, 2400 calories, for a week?

Good luck! Are you weighing and measuring everything as well? That was what really made the difference for me personally.

I barely lost anything when I did the shred either, and I too was really frustrated--but I also wasn't being diligent about logging my calories so I'm fairly certain I was eating a lot more than I thought I was. I would start there. :) Good luck!

Okay, that makes sense. So when you say a decent estimate of my actual TDEE over the last two months, how would I go about figuring that out? Or would that be the 2422 that I'm getting from the Scooby calculator? If that number is fairly accurate and my TDEE is around 2400, then I suppose I have been eating at a deficit of…

I've been eating between 1500-1800 calories pretty consistently for about two months now. I guess I'm not really sure what would constitute a diet break or why I should take one?

It does! Thanks. :) I think where I'm finding myself confused is that I feel based on the calculators I've used, my TDEE-20% for moderately active would be around 1900 calories, which is a bit more than I've been eating already but not drastically more. I generally eat between 1600-1800 a day. Do you think that little…

Okay, great. Thank you for all your help.

So if I were to change my MFP goal to 1900 as my calorie goal, would I then not log exercise at all since it's already factored in?

I do for now, yeah. I totally understand the dangers of overexercising, I hope I'm not coming off as completely naive as I do want to keep myself safe. I just don't feel like I'm doing too much so far.

Right. Okay, so I guess my question is about activity level… I'm using the Scooby TDEE calculator, and if I choose "moderate activity, 3-5 hours a week of exercise," I get 2422 as my TDEE and 1937 as my cut goal. If I choose light activity, I get 2148 as TDEE and 1719 as the calorie goal, which seems closer to what I've…

Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. I'm looking into maybe trying out TDEE-20%, but just finding it all kind of confusing.

It's not fat, right? It would be water weight? As for my workouts, right now I'm doing T25 Gamma, so 25 minutes a day 5 days a week, as well as ChaLean Extreme, which averages 30-40 minutes a day, 5 days a week. So it seems that I would be falling into "moderate activity," or 3-5 hours a week, is that right? As far as my…

When I initially set up MFP, without really being knowledgable or doing research about anything, I said I wanted to lose 2 pounds a week and it gave me 1360 calories. At the time I didn't have a HRM so didn't log my exercise, and I found 1360 really, really challenging to stick to. I changed my goal to a pound a week and I…

I guess I don't really consider T25 a weight training program… i mean, Gamma obviously focuses more on strength but it's so different from ChaLean that I didn't really think it would be an issue, and I'm not having any problems doing them both. I mean, they're both so short that I guess I don't really feel like I'm…

I've been vegan for about a year now and I weaned myself into it over the course of a few weeks (doesn't seem like long, but I was already not eating much dairy or meat so it wasn't so bad). I definitely recommend continuing what you're doing now which is to cut things out of your diet slowly and add more fresh fruits and…

Feel free to add me! I don't really know much about TurboFire but it sounds like lots of people are doing hybrids. Is it mostly a cardio program?

How's the first week going, everyone? I'm loving it so far. Scale has gone up a few pounds but I'm thinking that's probably some water retention, my muscles probably have no idea what's going on haha.

Today was my 4th day of Gamma--almost a week down! I really love all of the workouts except I haven't quite made up my mind on the Pyramid yet. Some of the moves I enjoy, others I loathe. I also agree with whomever pointed out that he does ask you to go a bit fast and initially with my 8lb dumbbells I felt like I was…

56 minutes of T25 done today, brings my total to 331 so far.

got and accepted your request! Thanks for the add. :) I'm looking forward to being on the same schedule as someone on my friends list!

I haven't done any of Tony's workouts so I can't really speak to the differences between the two trainers specifically, but I guess I'm not entirely sure what "more physically tiring" means. From what I've seen of P90X3, it looks pretty physically tiring! If you mean that Shaun T's workouts tend to be more cardio-heavy,…

Finished Beta today! I will post my final stats tomorrow if people are interested… I'm continuing on with Gamma, so I don't really feel like I'm done with the program, but I do feel accomplished!

Actually it's entirely possible to make delicious baked goods and pastries without either eggs or milk.

Adding you guys, thanks! :)

Totally have been forgetting to post but I'm at 275 minutes, 1165 to go.

I'll be starting Gamma on the 10th, I just finished week 4 of Beta. I already have all of the workouts and have done them all, except that I couldn't make it all the way through 3.0. :( Hopefully in another week I'll have the stamina! Awesome job everyone.

I'm in! Do we post in here daily, then?