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Default Jul 06, 2019 at 07:27 AM
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It is so disheartening. I had a diet buddy who runs a blog and we probably share a body type, I just checked her blog and she is gaining weight like mad. I know the feeling. I suppose I am happy that she seems to be doing worse than me and she is a stay at home mom so that is more annoying.

I have come to a few conclusions.

- the TDEE that they say I have, about 1900 cals burned, is wrong. When I eat in the range of 1600 cals per day, I gain.

- One thing I simply cannot do, is allow my body to adjust downward on the amount of energy expended. That is always a recipe for disaster.

- I must allow for having diet treats as necessary. When you are out in the world people demand of you socializing. There must be options for that.

So I have decided to do a form of intermittent fasting called the Matador diet. Matador being a study that had people eat low calories for 2 weeks, followed by maintenance calories for two weeks. The people who did this lost more weight and gained back less than people who just dieted straight through. The thinking is that your body does not adjust its calories burned downward.

One of my problems is that I have trouble "stopping" but I have decided to use a weight loss drug for the first few days of dieting. To get the diet rolling.
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Default Jul 18, 2019 at 07:21 AM
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So after about 10 days dieting I am happy that I lost 4 lbs. (obviously some of that is water weight). I have probably eaten more than 1000 per day (about 1200) so I do think it is possible that my TDEE is 1600 to 1700 ( what it is supposed to be)

I am considering purchasing a real doctor's scale because my digital scale imho doesn't work right. I discovered that if I take the batteries out... and put them back in.. my scale seems to give me the actual weight. Otherwise it is like the scale gets stuck at a certain weight and doesn't move. Taking the batteries out seems to reset it.

So far I haven't had to use the weight loss drug.

I also discovered a similar diet called EatRight2Lose weight. The use of the "number" in the title gave me pause but, it seems like it was a diet that came from real dieters on a message board that noticed dieting for too long would cause them to stall. This plan is a little different. It has 5 phases.

- Restore your metabolism: if you have been dieting for a long time you have to eat more no matter if you gain weight until your metabolism is back.
- Cut, you cut no more than 15% of your calories for about 3 to 5 weeks
- chill, you stop cutting and eat at your TDEE for about 2 weeks (but track to make sure you are not over doing it)
- Maintain, eat what you want without tracking for about 2 weeks.
- Bulk, lift weights for a few weeks while eating the same as maintain.

This plan is meant not to be a diet but to be a more long term way of life. It seems entirely sound. So I feel like I will do that when I hit merely overweight.
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Default Jul 24, 2019 at 12:16 AM
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I had a scale that did that. I would reset it by placing something of a different weight on it (in my case a cat litter container) and then it would be fine.

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