traveler5769

So far so good....eating at 2200 cal/day and 2 days after doing that, my metabolism shot right back up and I dropped another pound!

I ate more starting yesterday, and I noticed my hunger came back! 80% of TDEE for me at this weight is 2200 cal. As I write this I am at 2175 for the day. So, We'll see if this all works for me.

Thanks a lot for the replies. I started eating more yesterday, and today I work my way towards getting to at least my BMR (2126). The big obstacle mentally is believing that eating more will work.....but I now understand that my muscles need that extra fuel, and without it, my metabolism just shuts down. Again, THANKS!

Thanks for all the responses. A little history to explain my rationale: in 2009 I was deployed to Afghanistan. While there I spent the first 4.5 months basically eating whatever I wanted, as much as I wanted. 5 weeks before coming home I noticed I had gained A LOT of weight. I then started going to the gym every day and…

I've been online just now reading up on all of this. It appears if I eat AT my BMR, I will lose weight. with a TDEE of 2700, that will be a deficit. So, since I have been eating BELOW my BMR, has the stagnation been a cause of starvation mode?

I'm logging all of my food and I am using a scale...... I lost 10 lbs week one....and could see the difference. Then plateau for about 5 days.....added strength training and lost 1 pound each day for the next 2 days....then plateau AGAIN at 229. This is consuming a NET calorie level of 1500-1800 per day. So, to kill a…

okay.....thanks. I edited my post above. Apparently my BMR is 2129 with a TDEE of 2758

If BMR is 2100, with a 500-750 calories eficit, that IS 1500 cal/day, is it not? Please explain where I am wrong here. my NET caloric intake right now (including exercise) has been 1500 and the pounds just WON'T come off. EDIT: I went to the site my BMR is 2129. TDEE is 2758. help!

For me, elliptical REALLY works in that regard......zero impact on the knee, yet the body is "tricked" into thinking you are running. Try it! Running is really a terribl thing to do.....done too much, you simply wear your joints out.....modern times brought the elliptical so that you won't be fit but with a cane when…

another way of achieving a net caloric intake that low is to increase the amount of exercise you do...i.e. walk a bit farther for longer.