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[Hardhaton]

Well I took some time off from here while I was doing the diet but it's all gone wrong!
So I started the diet and started to lose! Woooo I hear you say, well I managed to lose 1/2 stone in 6 weeks, I was doing 20 min Zumba on wii for my workouts, I started to get bored and decided to do the jillian michaels 30 day shred well that's where it went wrong I didn't lose anything if anything I put on 10lb doing it in 15 days! Then kids and husband come down with a stomach bug, a whole week of clearing up after 4 boys and a husband just messed up my plan as I just stopped eating and then when I did it was just stuff I could grab, then I got it so another week of dealing with that. Now I have just lost my mojo to do it, I'm now bigger than when I started in the first place which is depressing in itself and to top it I've managed to trap a nerve in my back and in agony, any help as to why I put on instead or just help to get me going. Also I was doing 1500 on feast days but I'm not sure if this was too low.

[BigChocFrenzy]

Don't worry, you can climb back on the horse; you've learned you just need a bit more structure and contingency planning now.

Some of that weight will be water retention, especially as you increased exercise and also ate a lot of carbs, maybe junk too.

However, If you put on 10 lb, then you also ate too much, especially on NFDs. If you've been used to overeating for years, you lose the ability to eyeball the correct amounts. Especially if you then boost exercise, you probably will automatically eat a lot more extra than you burn.

How to get back on the wagon:

. Calculate your TDEE (the calories you burn on an average day) with activity set to sedentary.
This is the amount to aim for on NFDs - always best not to eat back exercise calories, at least until you know if you are a quick or slow loser.

. mfp for a full week, to check if you have an overall calorie deficit. It takes about 3,000 cals to burn 1lb. If you find you are overeating on NFDs - as I expect - continue to mfp until you have trained yourself how much to eat.

. NO snacks or grazing. This almost always sabotages a weight loss WOE, because it keeps your insulin levels raised and increases hunger.

. Join us friendly support on the main 52 thread currently
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