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I use to get migraines but only once or twice a month. When I started on my weight loss journey in 2010, I saw a cardiologist first. He said I had hypertension and put me on blood pressure pills. Within a few months of eating better and exercise I stopped getting migraines. I'm off of blood pressure pills for the past two…

@heybales did you see the recent articles on the Biggest Loser contestants about their weight gain? Here is one. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weight-loss.html?smid=fb-share&referer=http://m.facebook.com/. Danny has a 800 cal suppression. I think I do too. I'll have to gather up my numbers since…

I know I can. I lost 110lbs over two plus years. Then stayed the same for another two years eventually gaining weight while doing the same things. My tdee should be 2600+. Did a slow reverse diet from 1600 cal to 2400 cal. Gained an additional 30 lbs. Have since cut back to around 1800 and lost only a few pounds. My…

Biggest loser regains 100 lbs. Slowed metabolism http://www.businessinsider.com/this-man-lost-239-lbs-on-the-biggest-loser-but-gained-100-lbs-back-2016-5

After losing a lot of weight I too started having cold hands and generally feeling colder. I think it maybe my metabolism has slowed so much after being on a diet for years.

msjeep Posts: 17 Member Those are monthly averages that I have listed. June 28, 2015 5:33PM Flag Quote · * heybales Posts: 11,612 Member So good job keeping that eating goal about 20% off the Fitbit TDEE. I could see a rolling 2 week average of Fitbit stats to determine the next weeks TDEE, knock 20% off for suppressed…

As always heybales you make a lot of sense. Nice to have a sounding board to discuss rather than trying something and regretting it. I will stay the course.

Anyone have thoughts on eating a "cheat" meal once a week to help energize your metabolism when you are doing a cut? I see people like Chris Powell (Extreme Weight Loss show) promotes in his book one day a week to eat like 3000 cal but about 1800 the rest of the week or some variation. He also talks about carb cycling.…

Thank you heybales. 3X per week for an hour at the gym is enough. I'm not a gym rat and I don't want to start dreading it. It's a doable balance. My German Shepherd agrees with you with doing more short walks :smile: .

Hi Heybales, thanks for responding. You provide a great service. While I was increasing my calories my strength finally started going up after a couple years of being stagnant. My inches went up too. I just took some measurements today which is only 2.5 wks since my last ones which peaked. They are not much different…

Update since starting my cut from my suppressed TDEE. Target is 1760 daily calories. Weekly daily avg. except wt. Date......Weight.....Fitbit cal.....Cal Eaten.....avg steps 6/27......318.2......2795..........2259...........6191 7/4........317.7......2874..........1969...........6053…

I saw my surgeon regarding my hernia. He wants me to loose more fat first cause if he patches up the current opening the fat is just going to break thru somewhere else. Said to check back in 6 months. He did say I can do regular free weight exercises. I have started doing some light dead lifts, lunges and crunches. Going…

I'm on my way to a funeral right now so I just wanted to make this quick comment. I started increasing calories on Dec 6, not May 9 when I posed my question. So I have many more weeks at this increase. So eating at 1760 level makes a lot of sense to me.

Those are monthly averages that I have listed.

Here is a summary: Started July 2010 at my heaviest at 380 lbs Date ... Wt.lbs ... Cal burned ... Cal Eated 9/2012 ... 269 ... 3225 ... 1600 9/2013 ... 273 ... 2898 ... 1780 9/2014 ... 285 ... 3010 ... 1705 10/2014... 290 ... 2982 ... 1743 12/2014 ... 295 ... 3040 ... 1858 Started EM2WL 1/2015 ... 299 ... 3043 ... 2295…

I have been tracking daily since Aug 2010. With the phone apps it's real easy. Not a chore anymore. Second nature.

Got it. Thanks

" heybales: After you recommend keep eating at 2400 you say "Then take off the 25% I'll bet you are suppressed by, and eat at that level for a bit, see if weight doesn't stabilize with no more gaining. Or losing. Then do the 2 week 250 test from there." Are you saying take 25% off of 2400 giving me a calorie goal of 1800 ?

Thanks for responding heybales. Don't have the time to fully digest your info right now but here is some info you asked about. BF was from hand held Omron. A bathroom Weight Watchers scale is generally lower by a few percent. I had entered my stride manually on Fitbit. I just redid it cause my stride is not what it use to…

I weigh and measure all of my food. It's a habit now for the past four years. I hardly ever to never eat out. Try to stay away from processed food if possible. With my hip replacement and the other hip showing signs that it maybe wearing out keeps me at about 6000 steps per day. Sometimes I will hit 10,000 steps when I…

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Yes. I'm slowly working my way up to 2800 for a reset.

I hit a high of 380 lbs in the summer of 2010 when I finally made a commitment to change. After two years I was down to 270 lbs. Since then I had gall bladder surgery, pulmonary embolism, DVT (blood clots), and a hip replacement. During this time I ate between 1400-1800 calories. I logged in to MFP almost daily except when…

Good work! I too see some of my own changes but mostly in the clothes. Still have a ways to go but am enjoying the journey.