LittleMissLisa

I squat 100-130lbs, 3sets, 15 reps. It works! The challenge sounds good, lots of squats is better than no squats. But it makes me wonder, would you see more progress doing 100 dumb bell curls with a 5 lb weigh OR 10 curls with a 20 lb weight? Im guessing youd progress more with high weight, low reps. This is why I use…

I think I have been to where you are and so I'll give you some feedback from my experience. Dont focus on loosing weight, focus on lifting more, running longer or some other goal ( for me, chasing an 'ideal' number on a scale becomes an obsession that has nothing to do with HEALTH). Work on loving your body for more for…

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YEP this is me! This is the first time in my life when I eat a solid three meals a day..and it is stange and scarey. Eating less that 500 cals a day always worked! but my 28 year old body is no longer playing along. Im attempting to repair my metabolisim, all the while being scared ****less that Ill blow up like a balloon.

Sounds right to me, but then again these things often confuse me.

BUMP This REALLY helped. For the life of me I could not figure out why MFP was telling me to eat 1200 cal's when my BRM is 1439!! I only want to loose10-15 pounds and the scale has not moved an inch. After reading this, calculating my TDEE (2482)-20%, I realize I should eat 1985 cals. Soo I guess I have to work up the…

Thanks for your help! its appreciated.

Im used to eating under 1,000 cals per day so 1200 seems like alot but I have stuck to it and I am not loosing. So then I read about starvation mode and think "well ive likely been in that for years, its no wonder Im not loosing". Basically I dont have a clue what 'eating healthy' looks like. Eating healthy to me used to…

I just posted a very similar question! I feel stupid for not understnading but I DONT UNDERSTAND!

I have figured out my BMR is 1486.1. So if I then "guess" (but i dont really know) that my activity level is somewhere between active and very active (1.6) than I should be eating 2377.76 calories to MAINTAIN (if I understand correctly). BUT of course I want to loose. So MFP says I should consume around 1200 calories a…