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Thanks! Will check those both out!

I wish I could log without seeing the calories on that day (as a trial to see how much I am eating without being influenced). I am now completely eating more at the end of the day just because there are calories left. RadiantChange, the first time I lost some weight and then stopped logging, I gained ALL the weight back.…

Got it--thanks!

What's the issue about making up for glycogen stores? Googling but haven't figured it out.

Thanks for the thoughts. I feel like I don't actually know my TDEE because I was losing weight (not a very linear trend) for a year. So I just started logging again and increased the calories. My calorie goal while losing was the amount of calories that would supposedly maintain my goal weight so I thought I would just not…

It's sort of all over (not just belly unfortunately). It's a very strange consistency--not like loose skin but has no "give" at all. It should be considered a separate state of matter.

I'm a little shorter and wouldn't have found 1200 calories really really hard esp. with all the activity you are doing. Agree with the protein ideas--greek yogurt maybe?

Thanks-will try that! Although not sure exactly the meaning on the second line (I am going to think "probably won't be a sticky woosh). :)

Thank you! I think I have been too stuck on the numbers the calculators gave me. The one I like best is this one: http://www.mayoclinic.org/calorie-calculator/itt-20084939 I like to put in my goal weight and then eat the calories it would take to maintain that goal weight. The MFP calculator would leave me starving. I am…