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Originally Posted by jenofthemountain
Perhaps you under estimated your activity level? I am on the OPT plan too and I have never felt weak or extremly starved. I do have a fairly large amount of fat to lose (50 pounds or so), so perhaps my body is using the fat stores to make up for the loss. This week I am doing the 4th week and doing a 40% deficit, and still haven't felt weak, but since it is a rest week my acitivity level is down. Granted I haven't been 100% compliant this week (see my logs). But on the days when I meet my calorie target I haven't felt any different.
So it makes me wonder what it the difference between my experience and yours.
Oh - and when I "messed" up on my eating it wasn't because I felt stared, it was just not being a very smart gal!
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I have about 10-15 lbs to lose. I took the activity quiz in the book twice so don't think I am underestimating my levels..but I did tend to answer conservatively if I was sort of in between the possible answers if that makes sense. One days I don't work out I get only 1080 calories which just seems unhealthy to me.