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Not sure how tall you are but I am 5ft 4 and 136lb and currently sitting at a UK 8-10 (which surprised me on a recent shopping trip as I have always been a good 12. So you may well find that you will be heavier that you expect when fitting into your 8-10 :-)
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Like you I have a desk job and do exercise 3 days a week (aerobics 55 mins, pilates 55 mins and zumba 55 mins) but what I did was take a look at this site as I could not decide whether I was lightly active or nor http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced. Once I added in housework/ walking round the…
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I am new here but suspect it is the "hidden" calories that did it for me (the drinks coke, alcohol) and as already suggested the naughtly snacking (cookies, crisps etc) without being mindful of the calories they brought with them. I was never hugely overweight (only a couple of stone at my worst) but I was hugely unhealthy…
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The key as I understand it is that to achieve healthy weight loss you need to eat lower than your TDEE but higher than your BMR and the difference will equal weight loss (fat rather than lean muscle mass). This will often mean slow weight loss when you have 10lbs or less to your goal but hopefully the loss will be…
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I have a desk job so set myself as sedentary - this lets me log anything from fitness classes to housework as excercise and eat back 75% calories (just in case any calculations are wrong. I have lost nearly a stone doing this so it seams to work. The only thing I had to do was increase my intake recently as I approach my…
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sounds good :-)
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Yes it is 204. I think you are right about not eating enough - I was doing similar for different reasons and oddly increased calories and am loosing again. To add calories I increased healthy fats - olive oil, nuts etc are good. Also I started having porridge for breakfast as oats are good and the milk I add helps with…
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Shred it and steam it in a little veg stock and then add a shake of caraway seeds. Yummy
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Not sure how this would work for me. I only have about 13 lbs to lose though my body fat is quite high. My maintenance calories are 1690 and my 1lb per week loss calories are 1200. On the calculator I tried for fat loss it suggests that I eat Mon 1299 Tues 1184 Wed 1559 Thurs 1299 Friday 1184 Sat 1429 Sun 1299 Which is an…
