Deb_N's Journal, 18 October 2014

Gosh! You have to click on my journal to see the link. You tell it your age, gender, height, weight, and activity level. Then it will calculate how many calories you can eat to lose, gain or maintain. :) 

Deb, I think you really just have to try adding a bit and see what happens. I'm having trouble eating the 1400 it says I should eat. I'm staying the same though at less.  

You need the exercise for sure and remember, the more muscle you have, the more efficient your body works so do some kind of resistance training.  

I'm so happy your are putting a plan in place to maintain a healthy weight and healthy (with exercise) lifestyle. Wow! Just look at how far you have come. J  

Thanks, everyone! I do the leg raises and planks first thing in the morning. It is easy to remember to do them because I mentioned it in my journal, so if I don't do them then I would be a liar and I cannot allow myself to do that. The abs are sore and I don't do them every day. I need to schedule in the resistance training.  

You CAN handle it! Congratulations on your weight loss!  

Abs are killing me right now. Have done planks the last 3 days for one minute. OUCH! Good for you!  

Congratulations on the weight loss and being able to do the exercises.  

Congratulations on the weight loss and being able to do the exercises.  

Deb, i have no doubt whatsoever that you will be able to maintain your weight loss. You have done such a remarkable job of losing the weight, and that takes a lot of determination, which you have shown you have. Best of luck to you.  

Deb, just do slow changes, nothing major. Your woe and exercise have been a lifestyle change so keep on with your plan.  

I think those calculations are estimates at best - not absolutes. As time passes with your activity your body will eventually convert fat to muscle and also reach set points where nothing will happen for a while. Prepare for that mentally - the not stepping on the scale and seeing a downward trend anymore. It's still hard for me to wrap my head around - as you know from my journals too - and yes, it's even harder than the initial loss.  

You can't really go by the calculations. If you're currently on a low carb and you want to have them, you'll want to increase your calories by about a hundred a week. Keep adding until you hit stable weight. Wish I'd done it. I'm going to have to lose a few hear. Starting in November, the cut is on! What you could do if you've been on the same calories over time is calculate how fast you lost the weight and figure out how far under you were each day to get that. If you lost on average 1 pound every 10 days, divide 3500 (calories in a pound of fat) by 10. That means you're 350 calories under each day. You could add half of that for the first week and see how it goes. Then you can add more if you're still losing. As one person said to me, it's easier to celebrate weight loss than it is to celebrate nothing happening.  

Deb your maintenance will be a success- you have dropped a lot weight by following a plan- just watching what you eat and then gradually adding more to figure out what your maintenance number is 

Thanks, everyone. I wanted to put the link to the calculator in my journal so I could look at it again and others could use it, too. NM, thanks for your method. I will study it.  

Good Job Deb!!!