damn numbers!!!
i hate numbers….i always have my whole life. recently i have been having alot of trouble with my diet. with the advice from some great people on bb.com, i increased my calories from 1200 to 15-1600 a day (always clean). in the past month or so i’ve put on 7 lbs! im very upset about this…what little bit of definition i did have in my abs is gone (i always look bloated! and there are fat rolls when i sit!!!), and my jeans are getting snug in the waist and thigh areas. i cut out a little bit of carbs and lowered the calories to about 1400. i am also going to incorporate a re-feed day (16-1700), once a week, which i was not doing before. i’m going to try this for a little while and see if i start making any progress.
the thing that always confuses me is how much calories i really do need. i’ve done all the differnt calculators online to figure out my BMR and stuff. according to the numbers online my BMR is 1343 but then when you have to factor in activity…how much do you factor….i did moderate 3-5 days/week. that says my maintence is 2082 calories and that for fat loss it would be 1580…but i ended up gaining weight…not losing.
these f-ing numbers drive me crazy…i wish it was just as simple as "do this and do that". all this figuring numbers drives me nutty!!!
if anyone can offer any words to help me better understand what a girl’s to do…i’d appreciate it!
