am I reading this right in the book?

[legend_018]

am I reading this right in the book about not creating a calorie deficit?

I have been reading the book. I am 38 yr old female, recently loss weight and weigh 126/127lbs. was getting close to 150lbs. I'm 5'3 although husband trys to tell me I'm 5'2 (NOt true/lol). I look skinny except my tummy where there is definetely fat on it. Can pinch it with my whole fist. pertudes out. read thru the abs diet book and now reading this one. I have had some people say your not planning on losing too much more weight are you? but believe me after having 2 kids fairly recently and since my weight has always gone right to my stomache/sides - my stomache is still fat for sure. If I stand straight and look down, I cant see my private with out bending over more for my head to see. I have been taking body pump so when standing my tummy does sort of feel hard underneat the fat LOL.

this book is saying not to create a calorie deficit for the first few weeks. so maintenance is between 1700 and 1900 based on the calculations from the book. I have been on an average of 1500 cal, with the beginning back in february lower than this (not lower than 1200) and some days a little higher. i started with sparkpeople, than implemented a lot of the abs diet principles with interval training and some of its dumbell exercises since I was already taking the bodypump class and now this book, which I'm seriously thinking of pursuing.

I also read thru the topics and hear that if you want weight loss/fat loss, you must create a calorie deficit, yet the book is saying not to do it. Little confused at what to do. up it to between 1700 and 1900 or stay at the average 1500.

[Aoife]

It's telling you not to create a deficit in the beginning so that you have a good base to start with. ie… do what you think/calculate as maintenance and follow that for a bit to A) see if it IS maintenance, and B) to see what your results are at maintenance before cutting cals or increasing cals.

Since one of the ways to use this book is for body recomposition (losing fat and gaining muscle), eating maintenance or just under by a little bit is actually one of the ways to accomplish that. Your weight won't change really, but can see results in the size and shape of your body.

So, start at what you've calculated your maintenance to be and weigh and track your food. After a bit you'll see where your weight is trending and know if/how to adjust.

It's a few weeks/couple months out of your life… it ain't gonna kill ya.