In case people in the group haven't realized it, MFP recently (Let's call it early 2025 could have been a bit earlier) changed the multiplier they assign to each activity level.

Which means that the base activity calories that are assigned for people who have no connected devices are now higher than they used to be.

The estimate used to be 1.25, 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8x BMR for sedentary to very active

It is now 1.4, 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0x BMR respectively

Nothing changes for those who are using their watch estimate but the base calories are now higher for people who are just using MFP directly

(You get more calories to eat which may or may not be helpful to each individual depending where they're at!)

oh nooooo.... poor fitbitty

Freakin' trains. Thank you for the update, Yooly. You are inspiring.

woohoo! I finally have my Fitbit working and connect :) Feels like a major accomplishment.

It works well for me, Yooly. Because it provides a bar to meet. I really hate "failing" so it is inspirational. Especially good now that I am walking more now that I have retired my car. The car was a BAD thing for me :) - very handy / maybe even necessary for the whole cancer/eye treatment stuff - but hopefully not so necessary again anytime soon :)

The figuring out part can be as simple or as complicated as you want. Turns out the problem I had setting it up and getting it going was because I thought it was a Fitbit Inspire 2 and it was an Inspire 3 (did I mention the poor vision :) ) - I called customer support and the assistant, at his wit's end, suggested I check my receipt to make sure it was an Inspire 2. Duh. I said I was pretty certain it was, because it was my 3rd Inspire 2. Well. It wasn't. As soon as I treated it as an Inspire 3 (different set up) all worked well.

Amazing how it can make that much of a difference on your tiny frame! Do you think :) that it does any kind of a "spring cleaning" other than the salt? That much extra fluid coming and going so quickly it seems like it might???

I think cutting back too much will make you give up, Yooly :( By wary of overplaying that card.

Does the medication cause water retention too?

1200. Stuck with that for about 10 months a few years ago. Lost a lot of weight. But it isn't sustainable - and it requires calorie choosing/counting to be the absolute priority in your life.

That is no way to live. Everyone in this group knows that and has been there.

I imagine that your body is in recovery mode, Yooly. It doesn't want to give up any weight - because it doesn't know what is coming next. Hormones are all different - and I don't think we really fully understand what that does (except hopefully starve the cancer?) And. Radiation is such an insult to the largest organ of your body.
Can you tolerate not losing weight for a bit? Maybe just maintaining until your body feels safe again?

With a grain of salt Laurie.

Yooly, hopefully appetite will follow in close coordination with metabolic speed up or slow downs. Fingers crossed. But yes. Maintaining is not a terrible thing by ANY stretch of the imagination.

For myself? The past couple of weeks are probably +2 to +3 lbs. Probably need to give it a little bit of time to settle because the end portion is always the bigger problem.

Metric Crapton of stuff accumulated!

Sometimes figuring a/the process is more important even than the immediate results

I'm at that "My scale is my friend" early days of weight loss stage :) Day 4 of tracking and as I expected the scale dropped magically. Five pounds down.

This is fair though. Since I can easily put on 5 pounds with little effort.

It has a wonderful magical effect. Enough to make me want to avoid messing around with the gods of weight control. Today, if I have the urge to just throw it all to the wind and buy something really dangerous, this 5 pounds down will make it easier to avoid that section of the grocery store and instead keep myself well fed!

“6.5 lbs 🔽 

I know this is that magical period. But. I can't help but kind of bubble over with happy enthusiasm. Can't tell anyone in my life yet because I've not been too reliable on this front. So glad I can tell you all!!!!”

We will gladly celebrate your success Laurie! 🎉

When I started seriously losing weight I told no one- not even hubby. Just ate less and worked around our shared meals. Less of this and that, fewer snacks…. I didn’t say anything to anyone until finally someone noticed.

I found dealing with my logging and calories easier alone without the pressure of explaining my eating habits. Or worse yet- well meaning helpfulness. I didn’t want the constant explanations or scrutiny from anyone. For me it’s just easier to do what I need to do alone. May be why I’m struggling now with so much “support”?

The stars - plus of course the solid knowledge we have gained over the years and here.