Hi. Please bear with me because the history is important. I am 28F, 5’7 and was a morbidly obese teen. Went from 282lb to 140lb between ages of 19-22 by practically starving myself (lower than 1200 calories a day, mostly protein). I didn’t understand much, just wanted to lose weight. I was extremely weak but started to work out, eat more. Went up to 160 lb and stayed there 22-25 years of age.
Covid happened and I gained 15 lb. Cut it down again with the help of a coach, very high protein diet and regular sports. I reversed dieted up my calories to 2200 - all with a coach. I have been struggling since. Since 2021, I have completed a very demanding degree and started working in a stressful job that requires traveling. I ate and drank my calories and very slowly gained 40lb over the last 3 years. I am now trying to lose fat again slowly and sustainably because low carb and very low calorie diets don’t work for me with my lifestyle.
The problem is that the deficit and loss isn’t aligning. I eat an average of 1400-1500 calories a day while calculators say my TDEE is 2000 calories at sedentary. My coach had previously mentioned that I may have lower TDEE due to prolonged dieting but I have been eating “normally” and even more the last 6 years. But now that I’m not really seeing the mathematical loss over the 4-6 week observation period, is it possible that my TDEE could be lower? How can I figure it out? Any suggestions are welcome. Feel free to ask me questions/information to solve this.
Tldr; suspecting lower TDEE due to previous prolonged dieting and extreme weight loss - this is after not really seeing the loss I expected recently.
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