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I've experimented with a few variables, and this is what I settled on. I average 14,000 steps a day and according to my fitbit, I average 2000 calories burned per day. I adjusted my MFP activity level until it estimated the same 2000 calorie burn, for me that's Active. I enabled negative calorie adjustments, so throughout…

In my desk, 85 g canned tuna and instant oatmeal packets. In the fridge, individually packaged 20 g cheeses and whole fresh fruits. There are good grocery stores close to work so I buy about a week's worth of fruit and cheese and store it inside a large lunch bag in the communal fridge. People seem to think that visible…

My mother did this, even had to stay at the table to finish our vegetables, and many years later she confessed that she didn't even know why. Nevertheless we all became adults and it's totally within our power to not eat everything that manages to fit on the plate. It's arbitrary anyway, "one-third of a dinner plate" is…

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Your weekday calories add up to 1220 not 1540 so I really hope you just forgot something there, but if not, I second the call to eat some more protein and fat.

I am hearing you loud and clear--don't go below 1200, and speak to a doctor.

I eliminated bread and potatoes from my weekday lunches and replaced with higher protein sources (my diet is not low carb/high protein by any stretch, but logging showed me that my daily protein was really low) and the afternoon drowsiness at my desk went away. I thought it was normal to be sleepy after lunch!

Try putting your weight in pounds, not kilograms.

By your information (180 pounds, 55 BMI) you are four feet tall, so BMI is probably not a good indicator for you.

Yep. Even if they believe calories in<calories out, some people simply do not want to count calories and would rather have rules or gimmicks. Suzanne Somers' eating plan was like this, many years ago. The food combining "science" was complete nonsense, but the practical effect was to restrict calories. Worked great.

All of these, and I want my legs to look good. Also I am on a small 250 daily deficit and I start thinking about all of the little inaccuracies that could creep in and totally wipe that out: I don't weigh my fruit. I measured out 5 ounces of wine once, but after that I eyeball it. What if I don't drain my tuna in oil as…

Well, I see two errors in your calculations. One, the coefficients for the Mifflin St. Jeor equation are for weight in kilograms and height in centimeters, not pounds and inches. So at 171 lbs and 60" in height at age 52 the result is 1306. Two, the Mifflin St. Jeor formula does not give you "calories to maintain". It…

You should look at your math again, I think you might be calculating your deficit from BMR, not TDEE. If you are 170 pounds, sedentary and 52, even if you are only 5 feet tall your TDEE is 1565 by Mifflin-St. Jeor (IIFYM calculator). Granted, it will go down as you lose weight, but if you take the midpoint of 150 lbs as…

Agree. It's the shape of your skull combined with where your body fat tends to stay. I was at a healthy BMI but not happy with the fat around my lower face and under my jaw. I've dropped 13 lbs, and it's better but not as much as I hoped. It seems like most of it came off the front of my chest so my collarbone and rib cage…

Tuna and other canned fish or seafood, deli sliced turkey or chicken, or cottage cheese.

[quote= 1592 sounds like a very low number to maintain your weight. I think you may have done something wrong. [/quote] No, it's right (subject to minor variations between estimating calculators). OP's healthy weight range suggests she is 5 feet tall. A woman, fiftyish, 170 lbs, 5 feet tall and sedentary really needs very…

If you are thinking about food all the time, then tweaking your ratios and trying other foods isn't going to help because you will still be thinking about food all the time. You sound like rationally you know you are getting enough to eat, but you are using eating or thinking about eating as a default hobby/leisure…

Cooks Illustrated method: butterflied and high heat roasted with turkey on a rack placed on top of a pan of stuffing. Best stuffing ever, the turkey juices drip into the stuffing plus plenty of crispy bits around the perimeter of the pan.

Tim Horton's extra large double-double is 320 calories.

The Flex tracks steps but it doesn't track floors climbed. Here's the comparison: https://fitbit.com/ca/comparison/trackers

I have a Fitbit One and it's been more motivating than I thought possible. I chose it over the Flex because a) it has an altimeter (I like to track stairs and hills) and b) it's small enough to clip to my bra. I lost my first inexpensive pedometer while it was clipped to my waistband. I didn't think that I would be…

Individually packaged one ounce cheese portions.