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I read the blurb on their website. They specifically mention no counting calories, and that you're allowed "cheat meals & cheat days". Instead of following a ridiculous pre-planned diet, that no one wants to do for the rest of their life, why don't you just count calories using this tool you've already signed up for…

Do you mean that you have 500-800 calories in green at the end of the day? Because you shouldn't. If you set MFP for a 2lb/week goal, you're already at a 1,000kcal/day deficit. Not eating 500-800 calories of your goal would put you at a 1500 - 1800 deficit per day. Which is too large and unsustainable unless you're very…

People track macros for health/nutrition. Calories are the energy stored in chemical bonds in the food you eat. Not the required energy to "burn up the food". Our body uses the energy stored in the bonds of the components in the food we eat. If we eat too much food (read: take in too much energy) to the point where our…

If the OP is listed as sedentary, all that extra walking isn't accounted for, and their Fitbit giving them extra calories proves that. It's not going to give calories that double up on what MFP is already giving. OP, there's nothing wrong with eating back what Fitbit gives you, if your logging is absolutely accurate. I'm…

Actually, if you consume sodium and then drink a lot of water (or other liquids without much sodium), the sodium leaves your cells and gets flushed out. Also, glucose is naturally occurring. It's in fruits and veggies, just like fructose. Glucose won't make you fat, and it won't make your body store or burn fat any faster,…

Rice fills me up great, so I make room in my calories for it pretty regularly. Besides that, tons of veggies and meat.

I have a goal weight, but it's a random number I picked to be 200lbs less than my starting weight. I haven't been 168 since I was... I dunno, a child in grade school? But it's in the lower side of healthy weight for my height, and it sounds nice. If I ever get close to it and decide it's too thin for my height, I'll…

Saying that you gained weight in a calorie deficit isn't word semantics, it's physically impossible.

Anything you consume causes a weight gain if eaten in surplus of your caloric expenditure.

I try for at least a 1000kcal/day deficit, because I still have ~130lbs to lose, after losing ~70lbs so far. But lately I'm fighting tooth and nail to not fall back into stress eating, so my deficit lately isn't large. To be honest, if I make it through the next three months without gaining, I'll consider it a win.

I started with 200lbs to lose, and am currently down ~70. All it takes is a calorie deficit, though I find it much easier to stick to by adding in walking. I don't like the ridiculously huge deficits that some people do, as I tend to get light headed and keep constant headaches if I eat little enough to lose more than…

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I eat whatever I want every day, as long as it fits in my calorie goal.

That sounds the opposite of healthy and sustainable, which is what you need if you're planning on sticking with anything. I'm not punishing myself for my weight. I'm taking care of my body because I love it and I want it to last longer than it would if I didn't lose weight.

I don't like birthday cake, and literally no one cares that I don't eat any at parties. If you're not moaning about how you want some but can't have it, I doubt anyone would comment. On the other hand, it's my birthday next week and I love ice cream cake. I special order one from Cold Stone every year. I'm going to eat…

I lose around 10lbs one week out of the month, immediately after my period, and then I stall for the next 3 weeks. It's a nice rate of loss, and I'm not complaining, but the stalls get frustrating.

I was on an albuterol inhaler earlier this year for a few weeks for some respiratory problems. The doctor told me that it would get my heart rate up and make me jittery, and she was right. I accidentally took two puffs at a time for the first few days (miscommunication about dosage) and repeatedly almost passed out. For…

Nothing causes fat loss except eating less calories than your body burns. Coconut oil will do absolutely nothing to help that.

I love food and love to eat, but I'm happy eating the same thing every day. Sometimes I make one huge meal and eat it three times a day until it's gone.

So you're saying we're basically incenerators and the fat just melts away because our bodies get so hot from exercising? Not quite.

Today it's more of a "I'm too sick of chemistry for this" type of thread-exit. But I'll definitely check the vid out later.

/enters thread Sees discussion about carbon bonds, including diagrams. /exits thread

I'm 6'0" and 300lbs. I don't have any mobility issues at all, I'm completely healthy. But that doesn't make my weight healthy. You can't look at someone my size and say that I'm fine the way I am, because give me another 20 years and I'd probably be in a wheelchair because joints just aren't made to hold that weight up. I…

Under your goals section.

I exclusively use the app for iOS, which means I can log things as soon as I eat them if they weren't already pre logged. I recommend it greatly if you have trouble remembering to log everything at the end of the day.

Is there a reason you got strict on yourself to the point that it's making you irritable? Was your former way of eating not working for you? I agree that it probably isn't a good idea to do this so close to a marathon.

Plug your stats into MyFitnessPal, and chose your rate of loss. It'll give you the amount of calories to eat to lose according to that rate.

You can be beautiful at any size. In fact, when I stopped hating myself for the way I looked and started finding things I like about my appearance, losing weight became easier. Because I want to be healthy. Even though I currently have no health problems due to obesity, I know they would show up eventually. Because being…

That's not even 2 weeks. I wouldn't call it a plateau yet, weight fluctuates. You lost 25lbs in what, 6 or 7 weeks? It's normal to have a stall where you don't lose for a while after a loss of such a big amount in such a short amount of time. Give it time.

You don't gain fat if you eat before bed. You may see an increase on the scale, from food waste/water retention/etc, but eating right before bed has no bearing on whether you gain fat or not. Unless you're going over your calories. Also, to the the thread in general: Starvation mode is a myth.