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You eat at Chick Fil A a lot, maybe those calorie counts aren't accurate? I mean you are probably selecting the correct entry but they could be unrealistic in actual practice: -the count could be with no spreads but they are normally served with spreads -or they are with spreads but it's assumed very low compared to what…

Are you hitting your macro percentages but not your calorie goal? Then eat more food in your desired macro ratio. Or are you hitting your macro grams but not your calorie goal? Then there are errors in the nutrition information in the items you've added to your diary.

Sitting at a desk makes you hungry? Or is it that because you are in one place all the time, you are in the habit of eating more? There are no particular foods you should or shouldn't eat with a sedentary lifestyle, it's all just eat fewer calories than you burn. But if you are looking for convenience, I keep 85 g cans of…

You sound like me, I found out that my normal daily activity was more active than I had assumed. I'm sure there's an official guide somewhere, but in actual use I found (+/- 1000): 3000 steps=sedentary. For me this would be if I was sick. I think of it as being in bed or on the couch all day, but actually it's getting a…

Eat smaller portions of the foods you already eat. You will save money. Also, potatoes. They get no respect, but they are cheap, filling, a good source of fiber and vitamin C, and if you eat them without fat, you can really appreciate their natural taste.

What's wrong with 20% protein? I'm eating 40/40/20 because that's how I like to eat. Having said that, though, are you sure you are entering items with the correct protein? I just entered something similar to what you say you eat: 3 large eggs 3/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt (I like nonfat) 30 g almonds 6 oz raw chicken breast…

Oh man, watermelon. Several years ago two of my relatives went on a health kick and constantly informed us about all the foods they couldn't eat, they were poison, etc. Watermelon was apparently the worst fruit you could eat because "it had the most sugar". Even back then I thought how could this be? It's so watery! Turns…

Remember that MFP's calories burned estimation is just an average for a person of your height, weight and age. You personally could be on the low side of average, so you could be extremely accurate in logging calories and exercise, and still not achieve the weight loss predicted for you. If your logging is as accurate as…

5'7", 123 lbs +/- 2. I'm maintaining at about 1900 calories per day, have a sedentary job, and my only exercise is walking, averaging 11,000-12,000 steps per day.

For me, lightly active is 8-9000 steps per day, and active is about 12-13000. I determined this by setting my activity level, enabling negative adjustments, then watching it for a week of two to gauge how many steps equals roughly 0 calorie adjustment. It's six of one, half dozen of the other. If you set your level to…

Individually packaged cheese.

Interesting. When people say their goal weight is at the upper end of their healthy range because they are big boned, I always assumed because of the physical appearance of their frame, they feel they look better with more fat covering their skeleton than a person with a small frame. But are they actually thinking "my…

True, but occasionally there is an obvious error that more experienced users can recognize, like a food item with erroneous calories or exercise calories that are way off. I recall one poor soul who was routinely logging 1000 calories for an hour of walking (from an HRM or fitness watch or something) and eating most of…

I've only been on one cruise (Princess) and there were lots of excellent healthy options at all times. You don't have to eat pizza and lava cakes all the time just because it's there. I did find that the restaurant meals (ie from a menu not buffet) tended to have smaller portion sizes and were served with generous portions…

Do you really mean that Fitbit is displaying 1500 calories burned for the day (on the Fitbit itself or the Fitbit dashboard)? I'll echo that that sounds very low for an adult man who exercised at all so if that's the case then you might want to recheck that your Fitbit profile information is accurate. Or do you mean that…

What about some behaviour modification techniques to disrupt your nightly pattern, and teach yourself not to go for food so quickly when you wake up? Rearrange your bedroom so the path to the food isn't so familiar to your sleepy self. Rearrange the cupboards or make food less accessible, the extra time may wake you up and…

I look for similar frozen or restaurant appetizers in the database and just live with the uncertainty.

Oh for goodness' sake. Eating too little does not make a person gain weight. They would be creating mass out of thin air. And starving to death wouldn't exist. There are many good reasons not to excessively restrict calories, but "your weight will go up" is not one of them.

Your BMI is not 24, it's 25.8 at 5'7" and 165 pounds. Possibly you mean body fat %?

I find audiobooks boring but I love old time radio podcasts. People sure loved their private eye shows in the 40s and 50s. Also I second the idea of walking to a destination and back. I joke that I'm going to advertise my house as "walking distance to Starbucks and downtown" when I sell. They are 5 and 6 km away. I also…

If you don't eat back exercise calories then it doesn't matter if they are under or overestimated. You've been doing this long enough that your actual results trump any TDEE calculator--but if you are looking for an explanation, perhaps you have calculated TDEE assuming a certain activity level, but your definition of "3-5…

Then don't drink plain water. Water doesn't make me hungry, but it doesn't do a thing for me to suppress feelings of hunger. I just imagine the water sloshing around in my empty stomach.

Agree totally. Sure, the average metabolism is going to be a range, so two people with the same stats may not burn the exact same amount (and it's a bummer for the person on the low side of average), but a true reduction in energy requirement will be accompanied by other symptoms (I'm also thinking about hair loss, extreme…

My experience is that sedentary in MFP is about 4,000 steps and active is about 12,000 steps--it varies because Fitbit's calories burned algorithm appears to be more sophisticated than just "x steps = y calories", pace (and changes in elevation? not sure) also affect it.

Today is a major religious holiday where I live and I assume it's the same for OP, therefore no school and no scheduled child care. And home alone laws or not, I'm not going to second guess a parent who doesn't want to leave a 10 year old alone.

Me too, with Fitbit one. I analyzed over 14 weeks and my calculated deficit was very close to weight lost x 3500. So close (within 2%) that I asked myself if I had unconsciously biased my logging every day for 14 weeks to achieve the "right" accumulated deficit. My unconscious is really good at arithmetic.

You may have set your goal to 2 lbs a week, but MFP won't set your goal calories below 1200. I don't know how tall you are, but I plugged in your age and current weight and 5'4" height into MFP and came up with 1800 calories to maintain current weight. 1200 calories would give a deficit of 600 calories per day, or average…

Old time radio podcasts are great too, and they are usually 30 minute episodes.

Are you getting enough steps to earn extra calories? I use a fitbit, and if I set my profile as sedentary in MFP, I start earning extra calories at about 3,000-4,000 steps.

"No thanks, I'm good" with a smile. If the other person continues, say it again, with a slightly puzzled tone and expression. This has worked wonders for me--got me out of the habit of justifying or making excuses for what I choose to eat. Also it leaves what the other person says just hanging there, and they might reflect…