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Yeah, the same thing happened to me, I lost weight at first when I started eating a little bit more - like 1600 instead of 1200 a day- but still at a deficit according to my calculations (TDEE of 2200-2500 depending on activity). But then eventually this stopped and I started gaining, indicating that I had damaged my…

Thanks everyone, very helpful as per usual! And don't worry dancerom, I'm glad you are joining my forum so I can get even more info! Ok, So I'm going to aim to stay eating at TDEE for another 2 and a half months (until the end of May 2013) and (depending on whether my weight has sufficiently balanced out) I will then start…

So technically you should be eating 2048 a day and loosing weight at a consistent and healthy pace. But if you have been eating 1400 calories for a long time you may have slowed down your metabolism and BMR so you might need to do a reset (eat at maintainence for a while- as long as it takes for you to maintain your weight…

I've been doing a reset for about two and half months and it has been an interesting journey! Completely understand struggling to eat more! But you get used to it. I eased my way it, cos when I started (and used to eating 1200 a day) the idea of eating 2200 calories was just ridiculous! But now I'm very much used to it. It…

Hi Anita, We have pretty similar stats I am (currently) about 70 kgs and looking to loose about 8-10 kilos. I, like you, was eating 1200 for a long time. I did it and it worked, I lost about 6 kilos in 4 months (got down to 66kgs) but then I hit a plateau. I did a bit of research and realised I was eating far too little…

Thanks Micaela! As to TDEE amount, I have been wondering the same thing, except I have been basing my calories on my fitbit (which is meant to be pretty accurate right?)

Hmm ok good to know how they work for tracking exercise calories. I do actually have a HRM which I haven't been using for the last couple months as it ran out of batteries and as I was using it for so long I basically new how much I would burn on any given workout, so have just been estimating recently. But maybe this…

Ok i think going to invet in one. That new one looks great. Might wait till its released then! Thanks for the info!

Thanks LucyBug13. That's some really good advice. I have 6 kilos to goal (so not a ridiculous amount to go) but I am interested in having something like this which I can use in conjunction with MFP even once I hit my goal so that I can maintain my weight- which I have struggled with in the past. So it's good to know that…

Hi Lizzie, Where did you get the information to eat only 700- 1000 a day? Even MFP's lowest setting is 1200, anything below that is not healthy and counter productive to weight loss (at least in the long term). Also if you don't have very much to loose (I only just learnt this a couple months ago) it is actually better to…

BTW- for those interested... I weighed in again this morning and lost another half a kilo (2.2 ibs)!!! Based on my suggested TDEG of 1600 (20% off TDEE) the calculator suggests I should loose 0.3 of a kilo a week. It's been three weeks now since I started eating this amount and I've lost a total of 1 kilo (4.2 ibs). So…

Thanks heybales!! You save me again, thanks for all your time and advice on this! Ok I think that's a good plan. I haven't weighed in this week yet to check whether I am still loosing at the pace I should for this deficit. But I think I'll stick to 1600 for a couple more weeks and watch my weight loss progress, if I stall…

Hey heybales (and anyone else reading!), So I have now been eating more for the last 3/4 weeks in an attempt to reset my metabolism. I was trying to follow your advice, heybales, and eat BMR first and then gradually increase calories until I gain weight at my maximum TDEE and then start eating at a deficit again.... But…

Yep I have had the exact same experience. I have only had migraines very infrequently, but headaches pretty regularly. And when I started restricting calories mid last year I noticed I was getting bad headaches very frequently and also had a couple migraines. And looking back I can tell it was correlating with my diet and…

Ok thanks for clarifying. That makes sense.. So gradually I will increase my calorie intake- first BMR, if I don't put on weight in two weeks doing this I can raise calories again to TDEG. If at any point I put on weight eating BMR or TDEG this suggests my metabolism is still slow and so I should stay eating this amount…

Thanks again for all the insights! DebbieLyn63 - I was usually eating back most of my excercise calories, so making sure my gross was ALWAYS above 1200, but if I'm honest I wasn't always netting over 1200 as somedays I would struggle to eat that much.. But I would then mostly always eat over my calorie allowance on…

Thanks heybales! I think that sounds like a really good plan. I was actually thinking of doing something like this myself, so it's good to hear from someone else (who I assume is more experienced) that this might be a good way to approach it. I am ok with the idea that I might have to face putting on a bit of weight in…

I believe that those machines (and also MFP) usually way over estimate your calorie burn. I don't really know why this is the case- except maybe that you have put in more accurate statistics and info about yourself into your heart rate monitor??? But whatever it is I have noticed that I seem to magically burn calories way…

Thanks ndewoskin! Yeah that does make me feel better. I have heard so much about this being the thing to do, but just wanted to know what everyone elses experience has been with this.. I just feel so wierd actually forcing myself to eat more (in order to loose weight?!) Goes against my beliefs about how you go about…

No worries love4fitness! I guess I just wanted to get another opinion on it. And see what everyone else's experience was. Geekyjock just kind of made me realise that what I have been soing so far does seem to be working. And I am not actually averaging eating only 1200 a week (especially considering I am eating back my…

Thanks geekyjock! Much appreciated! I have actually been pretty happy with my progress so far. I guess I am mainly just worried about reaching that point where I stop loosing weight - this happened last time I was using myfitpal - got down to 65 and then just stopped loosing weight. I guess I will just keep going and maybe…