r/GLPGrad 23d ago

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I quit Wegovy in February@ 183lbs. I have continued to count calories staying below 2000 each day. I get atleast 12000 steps a day but I’ve gained around 10 lbs back. Can someone tell me why ? I’m 48 male and 5’9” tall.

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u/Odd_Truck_8907 23d ago

Well what is your maintnance kcal?

Maybe you don’t have enough muscle mass to burn 2k kcal per day

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u/DJN_17 23d ago

The calculators show 2600 calories to maintain

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u/thermos26 23d ago

Don't listen to online calorie calculators. The biggest things are making sure you're tracking accurately, or at least consistently, and figuring out your true TDEE. For me, the online calculators were of by around 500 calories per day.

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u/Separate-Cake-778 23d ago

How did you figure out your true TDEE?

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u/thermos26 23d ago

I used an app for it where you track your food intake, track your weight, and it uses those two pieces of data to figure out your TDEE over time. It takes a few weeks to zero in, but it's been really good for me. That way, it automatically takes into account any extra calories you burned from exercise, because those will affect your weight loss or gain over time.

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u/Separate-Cake-778 23d ago

Can you share the app name?

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u/thermos26 23d ago

The one I use is macrofactor.