MFP works for me

Hey all, my name is Joe. I am in Indiana but I'm one of the chosen few to be born in Tennessee. I have been actively persuing weight loss/control along with physical conditioning for some 2 yrs now. I started off 65lbs heavier than I am today. It took about 6 months to lose the weight but I have maintained + or - 5lbs for about 18 months.

I ride bikes alot and I strength train, more now than before. But I have platued for so long now I forgot what it was like to have steady weight loss. And I have tried multiple approaches to lose the last 15lbs to no avail.

Then I talked to a dude I work with who is a amuture body builder/personel trainer. He told me I might not be eating enough, now there is a concept that contradicts everything that has worked for me so far.

So I loaded MFP onto my Iphone and started logging, the first day I charted everything and tried to stay in my regular eating routine and sure enough MFP had me over 700 cal short of my -3500 cal per week goal daily allowance. Today I contiously ate more than normal and wound up 550 cal short of the 1800 after exercise deduction (30 minutes bicycle morning, 1 hour serious circuit weight training evening)

Time will tell if this is the reason for the platue but even if I stay the same I am amazed at the MFP food and exercise data base.
Luck all ......Joe (p.s. ratbone was my dog I had as a kid incase you are wondering about the name)