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Re: Female Lifters, Amenorrhea and/or missed periods.
How many days a week do you go to the gym? I just can't believe that your maintenance calories are 1800 if you are going to the gym 4+ days a week for two hours.* * By "can't believe" I mea…1 -
Re: Desk Job - Difficult to lose weight
* Be sure that you are eating in a deficit. Weigh your solid foods with a digital kitchen scale. Measure your liquids with measuring cups/spoons. Log the calories using verifiable nutrition info base…8 -
Re: Help me guestimate my TDEE for diet break pls :)
Good plan. It is good training for when you eventually meet your goal and up calories. Don't be surprised if you feel refreshed and ready to go back to cutting calories several days early. I always f…2 -
Re: Help me guestimate my TDEE for diet break pls :)
Thermic effect of food--calories burned processing food. Your TEF is about 10% of total calories burned. So with a 2000 calorie diet it's about 200 calories. With a 1500 diet it's 150. So if you incr…3 -
Re: Help me guestimate my TDEE for diet break pls :)
I'd eat 2200-2400 with your stats. You'll have an increased TEF with more calories eaten. And if you eat even 250 calories over maintenance that's only 3500 extra over two weeks. Not a big deal IMO.3
