Calorie Confusion

ps. Forget about your sister, etc. The best policy is not to respond--period. Just smile. Change the subject. I was at a luncheon the other day, where everyone was eating heart-killing fried food. Yep, I admit I drooled for half a second. Then i thoroughly enjoyed my greek salad with shrimp. A few folks actually made teasing comments about my healthy choice. I smiled and struck up a conversation with someone else. My husband would offer me stuff I couldn't eat. and I say couldn't because I CHOSE not to eat that type of food. CHOICES. that is the big secret to successfully losing weight.

AND DON'T LET ANYONE DE-RAIL YOU. There will be the doubters, the nay-sayers, the know-it-alls, the ones that sabatoge. Just make YOUR CHOICE of what you want or don't want to eat. If you have friends that only eat junk and try to push it on you and that makes it difficult for you, then try to see them at non-food events. After a while of eating right and losing and feeling better you may be able to handle it. If it bothers you at the beginning of this journey, then 'work' around them. Don't ignore your friends/family...just try to avoid food settings. If you cannot, then decide what you are going to eat before you go and be STRONG. It can be done! Sorry, I rambled....but I have been and still am in your shoes!

Just wondering, if you have 100+ pounds to lose, why are you only at 1380?

This is what MFP app gave me after filling in my info, at a 2 lbs a week weight loss option.

And thanks to everyone who replied.

So you're maintenance would be 2380. My only suggestion, other than to just smile sweetly and nod like you're agreeing with your sister when she starts ( I have two. It will drive her round the bend if she's like mine.), would be to eat your calorie goal and when you exercise eat back your exercise calories. You've got 1000 calorie deficit already with the "lose 2 lbs a week" option. If you're worried about the burn being too high eat back 3/4 or 1/2. It really does make this easier when you fuel your body.

I am sorry that i am going to sound like a absolute B..... I know you probably love your sister... but why are you even listening to her, WHO ARE YOU LOSING THE WEIGHT FOR?? for you? or for anybody else?

4 weeks ago I started off on 270 pounds, I started off 5 years ago on 188 pounds wanted to lose 50... I started on Calorie counting, and low and behold, I had "friends" telling me it does not work, so I started doing the Atkins, and herbex and and and, I lost the weight quickly, and straight after I started eating normal again, boy did I put everything I missed back in, and in large quantities too... so I picked up weight, then I tried another fad diet and so on and so on... thanx to all the yo yo dieting, I now have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Autoimmune disease and leaky gut syndrome, which is going to make my weight loss journey 10 x harder than what it would have been 5 years ago. BUT today I am sitting on 257 - I have lost 13 pounds in 4 weeks, I am doing Calorie counting, and had i done that 5 years ago I would not be sitting here preaching to you... I still have my chocolate, (sugar free 133 cal per bar) but I will have a block a day instead of 6. I dont feel like i am missing out on anything, and I can carry on with this for the rest of my life. The Calorie counting sites have 1000's of new people everyday, where as, all the fad diets lose followers at fast pace, the sooner people realize, that losing weight is hard work and wont be achieved with a quick fix, the sooner we will start losing weight and keep it off...

Good luck with your journey... Listen to the advise on this site, 99.9% of the people are in the same boat as you... and i am sure they have all tried the quick fix before, and guess where they are now, AT CALORIE COUNTING.... you are on the right track.. EDUCATE YOURSELF, DONT LISTEN TO NEGATIVE PEOPLE... AND LOSE THE WEIGHT FOR YOURSELF NOT FOR ANYONE ELSE!!!