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Calories again...Grrrrr!!

curlykim Posts: 35 Joined: 2007/06/23	2007/07/22, 08:35 PM Right ok, so im sorting out my routine, ive got my trainer. Ive got my determination (and then some :)). Ive had all my fitness tests etc, ive already asked a calorie question on here and got a wonderful answer from asimmer :) Yet, confused I am.... My Bioelectrical Impendance Test told me that my basal was about 1300, my expenditure was about 2300. This sounds about right to me if im honest with myself, at least scientifically, about 13cals for each lb of body weight for the bmr, then 1000 for the exercise I do&in account of the fact im fairly 'everyday active'. Ive been eating 1400 calories in a cycle (ive already taken it up from 1300 on advice from asimmer) I weigh myself twice a week (probably a bit obsessive, but I like to know where I am). So, in 4 days, I lost .5 of a kg. Calorie theory tells me that this means I have a deficiet of 3850 over 4 days. (3500 in every lb, therefore 7700 in every kg, 3850 in every .5.....) So 3850/4 = 962... added to the 1400 im intaking thats 2362. Which all works out very nicely, coz apparently thats what my metabolic rate is. So then, my question now is, what should I do from here? Im not looking for weight loss! My bodyfat is 16.6%, my weight 43.9kgs/7stone3/101lbs, my height 153cms/5ft0.5. So im pretty small! Im also conscious of not wanting to starve myself, and I want to gain muscle! But, I want to get up to my correct maintainance before I start adding cals to it. I mean, if im not sure what it is, correctly, then I wont get the results I want! So my question is, how the hell am do I make this transistion to much higher cals? Im planning on going up to 1500 this week (in a cycle), is this a good idea? Should I continue to up slowly? Also, if anyone knows, why is it that im losing the weight correct to the theory, yet I get the feeling from searching posts that if I was to start eating that much straight out, id gain? Im being annoying I know! It just seems to defy fact. Can any of you FT oracles shed some light and/or tell me to shutup ;) Thankyou once again....
Velasca Posts: 441 Joined: 2006/10/26	2007/07/22, 08:51 PM eating more=feeding muscles=higher metabolism=less bodyfat... eating more=healthy foods not eating more of just any foods.. I have gone through this stage forever and over and over... increase in small increments..200 calories maybe...you will be always tweaking your diet alittle til you find what works...but be patient and give it some time to work/not work....(asimmer can you believe i just said that!!??!.hehehe) you have all the resources at your disposal...asimmer once said to me, give myself up to the the *oracles* and trust alittle...believe me its haaard to do... you will see the light soon..i promise... :) -------------- There is no such thing as a *set point*. Im only set on getting past this point :)
curlykim Posts: 35 Joined: 2007/06/23	2007/07/28, 12:23 PM Hello!! Thankyou for replying! I'm learning with this whole thing everyday! I trawl through the posts on here trying to absorb info!! I took your advice, and have upped my cals this week! Sundays 'weigh day!' so we shall see!! Im trusting! I plan to spend a while trying to work out what my maintainance is so I can work from there. Ive seen more progress this week, although how would I tell (besides having my bodyfat test done more regularly) whether its muscle or fat im gaining? If I gain? Its reassuring to hear that youve been in a similar posistion and to also see your progress to know that it works in the end, once youre on the right track!