sammyzip50
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How is everyone?
Any plans for the week?
Any plans for the week?
I'm good thanks! Plan for the week is work and more work, lol. How about you? xx
Yes, calorie counting is brilliant! I'm trying to stay below 1,400 in the week now, which is fine. xx
Only in very small amounts, I'm more or less maintaining now, but in a slightly downward trajectory, lol. How much more do you want to lose? xx
If I'd never been overweight, my TDEE would be 1,667, but it's reckoned that you need to eat about 20% less than that once you've lost a significant amount of weight, because your metabolism will never be the same as that of someone who's never been overweight. That's my understanding from reading about the subject, and various programmes I've seen. So maintenance for me would be around 1,400. I'll see how it goes at that level. Getting to a healthy BMI was my goal too, and I'm at something like 23.3 now - so nice to be able to go to the doctor's and not be told I'm overweight, lol. xx
Definitely worth having a plan for when you get there though! I think my problem is that I'm not prepared to say I've stopped losing, lol. xx
sammyzip50 said:Always need a plan. Do you think there is going to be some time before the mind catches up?
If I'd never been overweight, my TDEE would be 1,667, but it's reckoned that you need to eat about 20% less than that once you've lost a significant amount of weight, because your metabolism will never be the same as that of someone who's never been overweight. That's my understanding from reading about the subject, and various programmes I've seen. So maintenance for me would be around 1,400. I'll see how it goes at that level. Getting to a healthy BMI was my goal too, and I'm at something like 23.3 now - so nice to be able to go to the doctor's and not be told I'm overweight, lol. xx
huwiesmummy said:Id never heard of the 20% thing! No wonder I put so much on so fast. I new it took time for it to rebalance, but I figured after a year i would have been fine. I definitely need to reevaluate what I am going to do once I lose again.
This week we have my sons birthday so we have lots of plans for that!
Yes, it's a bugger, isn't it?! This is a snippet from one of the things I've seen that mentioned it (a very good programme from your home country, if I remember correctly, hon?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e26JKMpSNSo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
xx
Yes, it's a bugger, isn't it?! This is a snippet from one of the things I've seen that mentioned it (a very good programme from your home country, if I remember correctly, hon?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e26JKMpSNSo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
xx
huwiesmummy said:Very interesting I'll have to bring that up with my dietian. And your correct I'm American ;-)
It certainly seems to be confirmed by my experience of maintaining to date, as I'm staying the same on around 1,400 calories a day at the moment. But I'm sure there are lots of different theories on the subject, there always are with these things! xx
It certainly seems to be confirmed by my experience of maintaining to date, as I'm staying the same on around 1,400 calories a day at the moment. But I'm sure there are lots of different theories on the subject, there always are with these things! xx