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1) 30's 2) 183 3) Southern Cal 4) Mom of two small kids. :) 5) None right now 6) Yes 6) Dinner 7) 5 8) 64-96 ounces 9) Distraction; try to make a healthier choice; don't allow myself to get too hungry. 10) Chipotle chicken bowl, tacos, that kind of thing.
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I see a difference in my weight (and my food cravings) mid-cycle (ovulation) and on my actual period. I've been taking Cal-Mag supplements along with B Total Sublingual supplement (a B complex) and it's really helped with my periods, including water retention. I've heard for years they help, and now I can attest that they…
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I was netting 1600 a day. trying not to eat back my exercise cals and I plateaued. I read about TDEE, and couldn't bring myself to go all the way up to the TDEE-20% which for me was 1946. So I upped it to 1746 and eat back some of my exercise cals. (My BMR is 1546.) Within a week I lost 3 lbs. So there is something to…
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Me too! Such a bummer because that's already when I am emotional and crazy and feeling pretty bad about myself. And then I weigh and come unglued. I'm starting to expect it now and it's getting easier to deal with!
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I don't think it should be about the number. If you feel happy and healthy at a size 12, then that's great! You need to love yourself at the size where you feel good!
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Yes! Thank you for saying this! My sugar numbers are always over because of all the fruit I eat. I choose to ignore it!
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I've always just thought of it as hormonal. I can't think of any reason that our bodies would need extra calories at that time. But, I get the same way, it would be nice to know there is a physical reason for it, not just crazy hormones!!!
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When I was looking around at calorie logging sites, I think Sparkpeople had a really specific exercise database. You may check there for ideas...
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I'm 5'10" or just under and my goal weight is 160-165. I don't think I could happily maintain anything less than that and be well-balanced person and have a healthy relationship with food. I've never been really in shape before, so that is also a huge goal for me. Anxious to see what I'll look like at 165 after working out…
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. Me too, exactly.
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Just this week I figured out my TDEE - 20% at Lightly Active (that would not include exercise) and then am adding in my exercise on top of that. I find it very motivating to add in Exercise Calories, but the goal that MFP set for me just wasn't enough on my resting days. That's okay, right?
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I'm in the exact same boat. Been trying to eat TDEE -20% this week and went over yesterday and was under 500+ today. Oh well. I'll figure it out. I can say though that I just needed a break from it all and was less careful this week, plus the increased calorie goal, and I lost 1.5 lbs. After plateauing for 3 weeks.
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I've lost 1/2 lb in the past 3 weeks. No inches coming off.
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I would log it but manually change your calories burned to 1.
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[/quote]Fat loss is probably more doable for you since building muscle means calorie surplus and progressive resistance training. It's practically improbable to do both at the same time (there are a couple of exceptions). In 30 minutes you can do a full body HIIT workout. Thanks for all the input. Can you tell me a bit…
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I'm glad you brought this up. About eating back cals...I read somewhere that if, say, you burn 300 doing 30 min of exercise, then you also need to consider what you would have burned had you not exercised. If you hadn't exercised and watched TV instead, you would have burned 50 cal. So you really only burned 250 cal extra.…
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I'm so happy to read this post. I am 5'10" and currently at 179. Down from 186 a few weeks ago. Honestly, I don't hate myself at this weight. I am pretty happy with myself in a size 10...not so much at size 14 (I'm just getting back into my bigger 12's right now). My goal weight is 165, maybe 160, even though some of the…
