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Old 05-17-2009, 01:52 PM   #3 (permalink)
LisaS
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How long a trend are we looking at? Is it two weeks and you didn't see two pounds (500*7*2) or are you finding that over many weeks this food intake with your activity level seems to really be your maintenance and not a deficit? Have you noticed anything since you've been on a deficit like too tired to walk the dog for 45 mins so a quick 15 is all he gets and then you watch TV?

If you think that your daily activity + exercise + calories seems to be at a maintenance level based on a number of weeks of accurate tracking then you have to change something.

Believe it or not, you could try dropping the intervals to once a week and maybe just add a 30 min walk each 3-5 days a week instead. Or you could try dropping your calories a bit more - you're a big guy and probably have some room there to carry a bigger deficit even if Mifflin was spot on for you. What are you hitting today for calories?
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