If it's only 1000 calories a week it's fine to not eat back IMO.

The scale is still not moving despite working out 5 days last week! I am following the freedieting.com zig-zag for extreme fat loss. I was reading further into the page and found this:

"Always try to aim for the "Fat Loss" daily calorie level. The "Extreme Fat Loss" level is effectively a rock bottom calorie level. Do not attempt to immediately drop your calories to this level hoping for the quick fix - this may ultimately backfire. The Extreme Fat Loss level is listed to show the lowest calorie amount that could be considered. It should be seen as the exception rather than the rule."

Yikes! Maybe my body is just needing a little more food to get things going. This week I will do the regular zig-zag and see what happens. It's all about experimenting!

I do not eat back the calories... I just did 1 hour on the treadmill and it said I burned 733 calories. I am not going to go home and eat an additional 700 calories after dinner. I am not even 100% that that is even an acurrate number.

I have a hard time being 100% good with my eating habits... and I hope that the execise I do helps compensate for may bad moments.

The calorie calculators boggle my mind. Most of them ask you how often you work out, but do not ask the duration or content of each work-out. How do we know what is right and accurate?

I am with you. After 10 lbs. in 4 weeks, I stalled for 2 weeks and then gained back 6 after a long bike ride. I am telling myself it is only water. It is only water. It is only water. That's me, telling myself it is only water.

Boy is weight loss a mind trip!

At the gym I attend, the personal trainers say that no one should believe what any maching tells them. They also say that you likely exercise off only about 300 calories in a 20 minute workout on bikes, treadmills, etc. I choose to believe them and do not eat those calories.

I have added weight lifting and that is very difficult work, requiring more protein. I really recommend it, if you can do it. (and almost anybody can)

Sometimes I do, but in general I try not to. I work out more if I know I am going out that night. I am trying to be sane and not too strident about the whole thing.

Mind trip for sure! I am well into my 3rd week with no weight change except the instant 2 lb gain after starting regular exercise again (3-5 days a week). I am so vigilant about my calorie counting so I know it's not about sloppy numbers on that side. There is no way it can be fat gain, so it must be water and/or muscle. I have faith it will start moving again soon....I hope

I am doing the 30 day shred video a few times a week and the majority involves weights and resistance training. Good stuff!

That's how I roll too. I don't eat back the calories I burned. Even after 60 minutes of hot yoga I'm not necessarily "hungry", it's more of a blood sugar thing - I usually have 100 calories in the form of coconut water to compensate for that.

~BreathingSpace~