Starting out, bit baffled
So I'm 28, 189lbs, 5ft 8in aiming to get back to around 140lbs. My weight gain is mainly due to stopping smoking, sedentary after brain surgery & two pregnancies. I have dieted with calorie counting before & lost weight but regained it all as I was eating just 1200-1400 calories a day. My bmr is 1646 Tdee is 2289 I intend…