90 Days

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BMR (Base Metabolic Rate): 1866 calories

TDEE (total daily energy expenditure): 2892 calories

3x Low Calorie Days (30% below TDEE): 2024 calories

1x High Calorie Days (TDEE): 2892 calories

I’ve noticed a decrease in my hunger lately, which probably had everything to do losing some muscle. So even though that means less calories this week, I still need to increase my protein intake to help build those muscles back up again. 

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BMR (Base Metabolic Rate): 1859 calories

TDEE (total daily energy expenditure): 2882 calories

3x Low Calorie Days (30% below TDEE): 2017 calories

1x High Calorie Days (TDEE): 2882 calories

More muscle = more food each day. Healthy, protein rich food that is ;-)

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BMR (Base Metabolic Rate): 1873 calories

TDEE (total daily energy expenditure): 2903 calories

3x Low Calorie Days (30% below TDEE): 2032 calories

1x High Calorie Days (TDEE): 2903 calories

As I mentioned earlier today, I have some changes that I want to implement to this here blog. While it’s nothing drastic, I thought I’d share them with my followers to avoid any confusion.

I will no longer be counting my days, numbering my weeks, or keeping track of “Rounds”

In the grand scheme of my weight loss journey, it seems arbitrary to keep having a “Day 24” and affixing “.x” to signify which round I am currently working in. This journey is likely to continue for at least a few years to come. And once I reach my goals, I will probably struggle to maintain my weight and body composition for the rest of my life. And to number those days over and over and over again just seems silly to me.

I don’t feel that I am being negative here…this is just a reality that I am willing to accept. When I started this blog over a year ago, I had set high expectations for myself to achieve pretty significant goals in a short amount of time. The name “90 Days” was derived from the program length I planned on following. But once I reached the end of that period, I still needed more time to accomplish my goals…hence Rounds 2, 3, etc. Since I’ve finally come to realize that this will be a life long journey, continuing that trend doesn’t seem to make sense anymore.

My daily logs will be simple, clean, and to the point

I am finding it increasingly hard to find the time to log all the food I eat, calories I burn, exercises I perform, etc. more than once a day. Since I already do all of this on my iPhone, I’m no longer going to re-type it for my tumblr. Instead, I am going to take a page out of Meghan’s tumblr and keep it simple. Just the facts and short blurb about my day. This will allow me significantly more time in the morning / evening for the important stuff like exercising and prepping food for the day…and reading your tumblrs of course :-)

I guess that’s it…like I said, nothing drastic, but I thought I’d keep everyone updated to avoid confusion!

WEEK 5.5 - Updated Calorie Budget

BMR (Base Metabolic Rate): 1845 calories

TDEE (total daily energy expenditure): 2538 calories

3x Low Calorie Days (30% below TDEE): 1776 calories

1x High Calorie Days (TDEE): 2538 calories