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Unless you are getting your calcium and protein somewhere else, stick with your iced coffee the way you are making it. With a 3 kg weight loss in 3 weeks, you are doing fine :)

My strategy: Plan for snacks (eat some, not others; be adequately fed before going in the first place) Plan for 2 drinks if alcohol (I am a lightweight when it comes to alcohol, anyway, so 2 is plenty lol) Leave when ready to go

Ditto above :) If it was me deciding where to "tweak" I might try a food substitution that would result in shaving, say, 100 calories a day but I would frame it as "this instead of that" rather than "I am going to deny myself 100 calories a day."

It's a good strategy for me - I process "deferred" much differently than "forbidden." It seems like it works for others, too (viz. "cheat days," e.g.) I don't "defer" until goal weight (I am maintaining inside my "healthy weight range" for the time being - or maybe forever, I haven't decided yet) but I will often "defer"…

My two cents (probably one cent but inflation ..) is that you want to support your health - obtain the necessary macro and micro nutrients and not stress your body to the point of harm if you are on a weight loss journey that isn't for a body competition of some sort (where theoretically the time period of insane dieting…

Eating when you are actually hungry (and you probably are, given that you have an additional deficit of 400 calories added on to whatever you have made as your plan) is a good idea. My go-to is greek yogurt - plain with or without fresh fruit - gives me additional protein and calcium.

That same study, in its lit review, noted: Diets higher in protein have been associated with greater fat-free mass retention than diets lower in protein during caloric restriction (12). In premenopausal women, loss of lean mass per kilogram of fat mass lost during a 10-week hypocaloric diet was reduced in those consuming a…

:) This is such a good reminder that BMI numbers are relative.

What you don't really know yet is what YOUR maintenance will be. What will happen if you bump up your calories by 500 or so all at once is that you will retain more fluid (processing more food, which will also be remaining in your system as digestion ensues) and you might not actually show a scale loss for a few weeks (&…

I hate marketing strategies like this, and the waste that goes into making and then disposing of a container that is so outsized compared to the amount of product. For me, that's a deal breaker. I have no opinions about the relative value of "thermogenics" lol.

I have an OXO brand. I like it because it has a flat surface (easy to put a plate on), the part that shows the information pulls out so you can see it easily even with a dinner plate on the scale, and it weighs up to 5 pounds so that one can way total recipes and then calculate servings easily. The batteries are AAA and I…

It's good you will be seeing a physician, is all I can say - but with regard to breakfast, which may or may not be related to why you fainted, I would suggest getting 20 g of protein in with that cereal. I think it will hold you better.

I agree with you - people should not be a slave to a number!

I got a Homedics digital scale for about $29. It replaced one (which broke not even 12 months old) that purportedly measured BF. I found that to be completely useless since it was so variable and not even helpfull for trying to detect a "trend." I use the mechanical balance beam scale when I go to the Y -

Same here.

And, they will say that it is inadvisable. The air is not simply inhaled, it is induced under pressure for 6-9 hours, and even very small amount of oil-based droplets can cause lung irritation.

Ditto above.

If you want to net 2728 all you need to do is keep track of calories in and calories out - you could set a goal for 5000 calories in - just don't eat em.

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I like it!

I set my activity level as sedentary and let FitBit track activity and synch with MFP. It worked fine this way during my weight loss phase, and now also in "maintenance."

Walking works for me. But I make sure that I have proper footwear to deal with the over-pronation that messes with my knees and hips. As I got more fit, I was able to add things like squats and lunges. With these, too, I need orthotics in my shoes. I have been experimenting with jogging for interval work - it was a miracle…

I aim for weekly and also track a running 30 day average (or rather FitBit tracks that, and I look at it lol). Works fine for me.

The cup size merely reflects the difference between the measurement taken right under the breasts and the measurement that includes the breasts. It's not reflective of breast size itself. Below is a copy/paste from Bare Necessities website: Size Conversion BAND MINUS BUST DIFFERENCE US EUROPEAN UK less than 1" AA AA AA 1"…

This strategy works for me as well.

There are some good suggestions above. My advice would be to pick one or two that sound do-able, and go from there. I had a pretty sedentary job when I started my weight loss journey. I decided to add "steps" incrementally and did stuff like walk to a far-away rest room instead of the one right next door, make trips down…

You can moderate a "high glycemic" individual food by what you have with it - if you are tracking glycemic loads, consider whole meals not individual items.

For me, a lot of easily processed carbs make me sleepy so if I have a big breakfast it has to have at least 30 g protein, and fat to keep me from crashing. I was vacationing recently and my breakfasts hit 700 calories most days - but then I was satiated until dinner.

MFP is close enough for me - I have lost 2# on maintenance over 2 months, and recently on vacation for 2 weeks I calculated I should have gained 1.5 to 2# (eating 400-500 calories over what FB said I burned every day) and actually gained .6 # but it could be that either my tracking is not quite right, or FB isn't giving me…

Let your weight loss be your guide, OP. I agree with folks above that suggest that your deficit is a lot higher than it needs to be - eat those exercise calories to fuel your body.