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I do this too. My 4-month membership just kicked in November 1st. I'm in the gym 'til the end of February, and hopefully by March it'll start getting warmer and I can resume some outdoor activities like running or cycling by April or so. I also ski. I find it helps to enjoy winter if you find a winter sport you enjoy.…

I'm 5'1" /105 and my TDEE hovers around the 1700 range when I'm relatively active. If I'm sedentary, it goes down to about 1400-1500 or so. (My BMR is in the 1100 range.) It also depends on your age. And on your body composition; lower body fat percentage usually means higher TDEE because muscle burns more calories than…

Yep, it should be working now. I have it as approval-only to prevent the bots. (And the tall folks... hehe.)

I was just about to invite you to the petite maintenance group, but I saw you already joined. Welcome! There are loads of us on there. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/109137-petites-in-maintenance

That's more likely your NEAT, not your TDEE. TDEE is all your daily energy expenditure. It includes your normal daily activity and your exercise. It doesn't make a distinction between the two. If you're burning more than 600 calories per day in exercise, you should really factor those into your TDEE, and subtract a…

I love winter! I posted this on a skiing forum where I'm a member, but I'll re-post it here to get everyone in a better mood. The way the air smells crisp and fresh. The sunlight gleaming off fresh snow that's just fallen on the city, carpeting everything in a blanket of white. The way the city is quiet and hushed and…

TDEE can be estimated using one of the many calculators online. Here's a good one, for example: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/ However, TDEE can really only be calculated based on your real-world observed results. The formula is fairly simple*: TDEE = ([Weight Lost in lbs x 3500]/[Number of Days])…

That's because Sedentary NEAT isn't equivalent to BMR. BMR (what Fitbit measures) is essentially what you'd burn if you were in a coma. Sedentary NEAT (what MFP estimates if you set your profile to "sedentary") is BMR plus the small amount of activity that most sedentary people do in their day -- sitting at a desk,…

Water weight, hormones, general fluctuation. Could be some combination of those three. If your clothes are fitting looser, then you're losing fat. Focus on that. The scale will follow when it's good and ready.

The root of the problem is that the way MFP and Fitbit sync doesn't work with custom-set calorie goals in MFP. It only works if you use the automatically set calorie (and macro) goals. Frustrating as all heck. I started a thread about this in the Fitbit users group. What's happening is that Fitbit is sending your observed…

Here's the link to the group, for anyone looking for it: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/109137-petites-in-maintenance

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Can I just say that I love this sentence so much! Word for word, it perfectly describes how I feel about this.

Yeah I usually am not hungry when I get my period either. I end up craving salty food a few days beforehand, which is strange for me because the rest of the month I usually have a sweet tooth. But when I have it, I lose my appetite and end up wanting to exercise more. So yeah, it does tend to balance out. Having said that,…

The formula should be: Take the average number of calories you burn in a day (daily activity + exercise). Subtract 15-20%. Eat that. However, that's complicated for most people to figure out when they're just joining MFP and setting up their account for the first time. So MFP should calculate it for them, based on…

This.

For new users, I'm saying, when you set up your account. Instead of saying "how fast do you want to lose?" it should make an appropriate recommendation based on your height, age and starting weight. You always have the option to change it through customization. But this would avoid sooooo many newbie failures because most…

Also, for the millionth time, THIS is why MFP should automatically set the weight loss pace and goals for new members instead of asking how quickly people want to lose.

No. MFP only "put you" at 1200 calories because you told it that you want to lose weight too quickly. Let me guess: you probably input a goal of 1.5 or 2 pounds per week, right? I don't know your height, but at 26 years old, 180lbs and lightly active, you should probably be targeting no more than 1lb/week for a 500-calorie…

Okay, we're all different and we're all affected differently by hormones. But IMHO if you feel physically ill from lack of food during the lead-up to your period, you're probably eating at too steep a deficit. A modest deficit of 15-20% from your maintenance level (which is what is usually recommended for weight loss)…

You should probably just sync the Vivofit and disconnect MapMyRun. The calorie estimates from MapMyRun are wildly inaccurate.

I say tough it out. We don't always have to give into our cravings. We have willpower. Plan your day with foods that you find more filling if you know it's the week before you get your period. But stick to your plan. Otherwise, you're just giving yourself license to binge.

1200 calories is WAY too low for you at your stats. No. Your BMR is the same regardless of how much you exercise. You have to do exercise in order to increase your TDEE, not your BMR. BMR is really an irrelevant number for weight loss anyway. Pretend it doesn't exist. It causes a lot of confusion. Your body doesn't…

It sounds like you may want to focus on recomp and not necessarily on weight loss. I agree you can probably go a little bit lower without it being a problem. And I don't know the extent of your injuries or how much they limit your ability to exercise. But it sounds like your biggest concern is your BF% and not the number…

Yeah, VS with its 32s and 34s just ain't gonna work for me. I wish I could find 28s but I make do with 30s on the smallest hook. But I'm glad you find success there, if you can.

You're confusing NEAT with TDEE. The NEAT estimates are pretty good. No calculator is going to be perfect, but they're not bad. Where you're going wrong, most likely, is on those exercise calorie burns. MFP greatly overestimates those for the vast majority of people. If you are doing strength training, you're probably not…

You still gain it. It's just negligible in the grand scheme of things. Let's say you pig out 3 days a year and eat 1000 calories over maintenance on each of those days. That's 3000 calories total. Or less than a pound. Over the course of an entire year, it's negligible, especially since our weight fluctuates more than…

Well, sure. If you burn less energy just by existing, then you don't need as much energy to fill up. The challenge, IMHO, comes not from the quantity of food being less, but from standard portion sizes being designed for much larger people. Most of the time we keep eating not really 'cause we're still hungry, but 'cause…

^ That's a good point, too. MFP won't go below the calorie "floor" of 1500 for men or 1200 for women. So, for example, let's say a woman with a NEAT of about 2200 says she wants to lose 2lbs/week. MFP will give her 1200 calories to eat, giving her an 1000-calorie daily deficit. But then she loses some weight and now her…

I'm 5'1", 105lbs, and 35 years old. My maintenance range is somewhere in the 1600-1700, but that's only because I'm fairly active. If I were sedentary I'd only be able to eat 1200-1300 calories a day to maintain. So yes, it's a challenge for us smaller women. But it's not impossible. Remember, we can eat less food, but we…