Help! My body doesn’t want to budge! (Repost from female section)

[Gallowmere]

Sedentary job, not lifestyle. I don’t sit still often. But also correct that at 5’1 and 90lbs her needs would be less than mine -70lbs higher. I am definitely trying to figure out my calories/macros - clearly they are too high or perhaps there is something else I am not considering. Even when I put in lesser workouts/lifestyle, my deficit calories are currently lower than the 500 cut per day on the calculations.

As for the yohimbine - I definitely understood that about the morning dose. I am increasing the E slowly but am going slowly as I am prone to anxiety

I can definitely appreciate all of those.
Those calculators are just an estimate, and can be poor ones at that. According to them, I only need 3591 kcals to maintain my current weight, even when I put in stupidly high activity rates.
The reality is that I need 4000-4200 just to avoid bleeding weight.
Much like BMI calcs, they work fine for people in the “average” band, but they start doing really weird shit when you start getting into height/weight/activity bands. As an example, a guy at 7’1 would basically need to look like a skeleton to be a “normal” BMI, while a girl who’s 4’7” needs to look like a mini-StayPuft Marshmallow Man to be “normal”.

[Polkadotempress]

As an example, a guy at 7’1 would basically need to look like a skeleton to be a “normal” BMI, while a girl who’s 4’7” needs to look like a mini-StayPuft Marshmallow Man to be “normal”.

Oh by BMI I am obese. I am clearly not. But 1500 is very low, and lower than that I don’t have the energy to work out. I can’t seem
To find that balance. If pictures and measurements were showing progress - I would be thrilled as the scale isn’t my god - but None of these are showing a damn thing. I am missing something.