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I thought some more about the idea that BMR calculators say that on average, BMR goes down by 5 calories per day, per year, but that individual groups could be higher or lower. So I found this interesting paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23459971/. It's a small study that found that all predictive equations…

Every BMR calculator that uses the Mifflin St. Jeor equation will show a drop of 5 calories for every additional year of age, regardless of gender, weight and height. On an individual basis, it might over or under predict, but as a rule, 5 calories per year.

What's your walking pace? It would take me more than 13 hours to get 100,000 steps (which you could be doing if you have the time, I'm just wondering).

You don't have a lot of good options here. You only have a calculated deficit of 240 calories, so even small inaccuracies in your TDEE and/or logged calorie intake could wipe it out altogether. And I believe it's quite possible that a calculated TDEE could be wrong for you because of your thyroid, even with medication. And…

I assume you mean weight gain, but it would equal about 10 pounds, not 35.

Mine (One) seems very accurate, but my only activity is walking. I analyzed my data over 14 weeks (calories burned per Fitbit and calories consumed per logging), and the total deficit was very close to actual weight loss in that period, within 2% of theoretical 3500 calories= 1 pound. It was so close that I actually…

Age itself has a small effect on metabolism, about 5 calories per day per year (I.e. you burn 100 calories less per day at 44 than at 24). Lifestyle changes (becoming more sedentary over time) is a bigger factor, and that's one you can definitely reverse with exercise. Personal story: at 27 I weighed 128 pounds, never paid…

I think it's primarily coincidence. Weight loss isn't linear, so if you have truly been eating at a deficit for weeks, at some point the weight has to drop off. If in desperation the last thing you did was up your calories, you figure that must have been the cause. My other belief is that *what* you ate when you upped…

For me the Fitbit (One) is more accurate in calculating my total calorie burn over the day, incorporating deliberate "going out for a walk" walking and incidental walking. Map my Walk returns very high numbers for me for calories burned during a specific walk. On the other hand, I still use Map My Walk for recording walks.…

Yeah, the MFP database is full of "1 tbsp" entries which is not particularly helpful, you have to search for one that has grams also and then enter your fraction of a serving. There's an entry for Hellman's mayo, 1 tbsp (14 g) is 90 calories. Select it and enter your serving as 0.64 (9 divided by 14).

Cream of chicken soup. The memory of those little fatty lumps stays with me. My mother laughs at this today, as it shows how little she cared about cooking: she could not be bothered to stir a can of condensed soup with water so that the fatty lumps were completely dissolved.

There is no way that the amount of iron in one serving of ground could alleviate your symptoms so dramatically for three days after. You want to believe it will work, in the face of evidence that you cannot consume enough iron in food, so you've convinced yourself that you feel better (I'm not saying you are doing this…

Tasty and convenient yes, but cheaper no. I don't understand when people say that healthy food is expensive. Potatoes, apples, bananas, carrots, canned tuna, ground beef, chicken parts, all examples of cheap "healthy" foods. One egg is about 25 cents where I live. I used to eat fast food virtually every weekday lunch,…

Is eating "better than I did" a calorie deficit?

Sautéed shredded zucchini. Pan- or oven roasted Brussels sprouts, drizzle of oil and sprinkle of parmigiano reggiano. Actually broccoli and cauliflower are good this way too (hate them boiled). Caprese salad (tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, olive oil--the amounts are up to you depending on your calorie goals).

What rate of weight loss are you targeting? At your age, height and weight, assuming you are "lightly active" (3 hours of running/walking per week) you need an estimated 2140 calories per day to maintain your weight. So if you are eating up to 1900, your calorie deficit is 240 calories, which over time would average just…

Remember this one? Fat to fit in 15 minutes: https://melvfitness.squarespace.com/melvfitnessblog/2013/08/transformation-or-few-simple-tweeks.html

Fast food lunch combos five days a week

Please don't let your self-worth be tied to the last fifteen pounds. When you look in the mirror, you should see a beautiful woman, a strong fit mother, who has lost 65 pounds! I feel bad for you that you only see a fifteen pound "flaw". Now to practical advice. Do you eat back all of your exercise calories? Some of your…

Set your activity to sedentary in MFP. Link FitbIt. Walk. If your Fitbit Calorie Adjustment is near zero at the end of the day, then your number of steps equals sedentary. This varies somewhat day to day because the Fitbit calories burned calculator is more complicated than just "x steps = y calories", but you will soon…

I think the 1176.7 is supposed to be in kilojoules, ie. 281 calories. I did a little search and this is how Sainsbury's reports their nutrition info for pizza: http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-thin---crispy-meat-feast-pizza-10-325g So I think for your pizza, 1/2 pizza is 1176.7 kJ or 281 calories…

So in conclusion, you don't want any suggestions that involve reducing your calorie intake or increasing your calorie burn. Those are the only tips or tricks to lose fat.

I'm a "start now" person. I used to think "I'm going to do this right, so I need to stock up on the right foods, and research the local gyms, and buy the right shoes, etc. and then I'll start". Once it dawned on me that there was nothing stopping me from just eating less right now, and nothing terrible would happen if I…

Yep, some people really respond to the regimented approach. Back in the 90s I followed Suzanne Somers' diet which didn't forbid foods, IIRC, but it was all food combining nonsense. The part I remember clearly was that you could not eat complex carbs and fat together--so if you had bacon and eggs you couldn't have toast…

Yes your face gets slimmer as you lose weight, unless it doesn't. I've lost 20 pounds (from 141 to 121). By most objective measures I look very slim, but I have a big square face that carries fat in the lower half, and I only see a subtle loss of fat under my chin, and the barest hint of new definition below my cheekbones.…

So you are actually up 2 kg after a month of this program? How did you measure loss of fat and gain of muscle? It seems very unlikely that you gained 4 kg of muscle in one month (under any circumstances, but particularly while eating 1560 calories a day).

I second this. I was eating fast food every weekday for lunch--I work in a downtown area where every kind of chain restaurant is nearby, plus sandwich places where between the great bread, meat, cheese and mayo-based spreads, a typical sandwich could easily reach 800 calories. And I hate packing up a lunch and carrying it…

I agree. You don't "get" to eat more by changing your activity level in MFP, you get to eat more by increasing your actual activity. Separately from my weight loss goal, I wanted to increase my activity level and settled on 14,000 steps as the amount I could reasonably walk in a day while still doing everything else I…

You should not be attempting to lose 2 lbs per week--you only have 20 lbs to lose, you are already very light, 625 is obviously not enough calories to eat per day as you already realize. The numbers you quote indicate that your maintenance calorie intake is 1625. At 1200 calories, you will not gain weight, you will lose at…

Well if you want to eat more calories you can just change your calorie goal. But no, eating more will not cause you to lose weight faster. Also some people find it really motivating to see the extra calories from fitbit added to their daily calorie goal, whether they eat them back or not. If you change your activity…