TimothyFish Member

Breakfast: 350 Dinner: 700 Supper: 500 General Grazing: 1450

If you're going to exercise while fat, swimming and/or bicycling are good choices because they aren't straining your joints as much as other exercises.

Four pounds spread evenly throughout the body isn't noticeable. If it were me, I would just track my calories for a few weeks and it would be gone.

If your overall calorie deficit is more than 1,000 calories per day then you should eat at least some of them. If it is less than that then there's no reason to change what you are doing.

You will get more consistency if you weigh in the morning on the same day each week. Trends are more important than the specific number. If you are tending toward higher numbers then you are gaining weight. If you are tending toward lower numbers then you are losing weight.

I think that is going to depend both on what you eat and how active you are. An athlete who is burning 8,000 calories per day and eating plenty of carbs probably won't even notice a 1,000 calorie deficit, but for someone who is burning 2,000 calories per day and eating mostly proteins a 1,000 calorie deficit would be huge.

Your calorie deficit should be no more than 1000 calories per day. If your workout is causing it to be more than that then you should eat at least enough to bring it back to 1000 calories per day.

Your body runs on carbs, so eat carbs when you are going to need energy quickly (exercise, etc.). If you aren't exerting yourself, then the slower process that is involved in converting other things into usable energy is sufficient.

If I were you, I wouldn't try to lose more than 1% of my body weight per week, so about 1.5 lbs per week. But I also wouldn't go below 1,500 calories consumed. Without exercise, 1,500 calories would only give you a weight lose of 0.8 lbs per week. Which isn't necessarily bad. However, if you add in enough exercise to burn…

I find that there are some sweets I do well with and others I don't. Dark chocolate doesn't cause me a problem, but milk chocolate does. Hard candy doesn't cause me a problem, but soft candy does. Getting rid of all sweets doesn't work for me because then I'll start eating other stuff. I try to limit the amount of the…

There are ways to make a pretty good guess at calories without weighing the food. But since the OP isn't losing as quickly as she is expecting, that means her good guess is a little too high. Given that she is in a college cafeteria situation, it would probably be easier for her to just add something like 25% to the…

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Could be, but there is a number of people who are "skinny fat." I'm sure the AHA is interested in figuring out what leads to that. Lack of exercise may be one thing, but they may be looking for other possibilities as well.

I go ride a bicycle when I'm having a bad day. Not only does it lift the mood, it does wonders for the calorie balance. Win win.

I think you will find that athletes tend to pay much more attention to meal timing than what people who are just trying to lose weight do. The big difference is that athletes view food as fuel while people who are trying to lose weight tend to view food as a reward. Given that the body functions differently based on what…

I would suggest double-checking your calorie burn by taking your average daily weight loss in pounds, multiplying by 3,500 and then adding that number to your average intake. That will give you your average calorie burn. If it is close to the 4,000 calories you are expecting then you're good. If not, then you might want to…

65% of dieters return to their pre-diet weight within three years. That means that 35% don't. So, the Weight Watchers numbers are probably about average. I would expect the same from MFP. It is a little hard to compare numbers like that because different marketing departments emphasize different things.

Try turning off the TV.

There are too many unknowns for anyone to guess whether this is accurate or not. We don't know what you weigh. We don't know how briskly you walked. We don't know how long your stride is. I assume Apple is using the average 0.044 calories per step and Garmin is using something else. Given that Garmin is in the business of…

MFP assumes that you are burning some number of calories based on your size and your normal activity level, then they expect you to log your exercise activities. I have a Garmin Edge that provides that information for my bicycle rides. If I were to do other activities I would just use the exercise database.

I tend to overeat on sugary foods, so I try not to bring them into the house. I also find that riding a bicycle helps because it gives me something to do other than think about food, it burns calories, and it improves my emotional state. Fasting can also help. If you tell yourself that you aren't going to eat for a certain…

If you are expecting to see 1/10 of a pound difference because of a calorie deficit the previous day then you are tracking much too closely. It takes a couple of days for your body to process the food that you eat, so it is pointless to look at weight differences for a period of less than two days. A week works well most…

No, it can't be that you aren't eating enough. Have you thought about why you would ask if you are eating too little rather than ask whether you are exercising too much? Both are two sides of the same coin.

"A watched pot never boils." The reason weight loss is so slow is because people who are trying to lose weight pays such close attention to their weight. For many of the people trying to lose weight, weight loss becomes a hobby. Continue to do all the right things, but focus your attention on something else and you'll have…

One of the side-effects of a low carb diet is dizziness. But other things can cause it too. It doesn't take long for your body to metabolize carbs, so if you are feeling dizzy you might try eating a spoonful of sugar. If the dizziness goes away within about thirty minutes or so, then that would support the idea that the…

If you have hypothyroidism your whole body slows down. That means you are more sluggish than most people, you do less, and as a result you burn fewer calories. If you are accurately tracking how much you are doing then there is no reason that hypothyroidism would cause you to retain weight. Whatever your problem is,…

It amazes me that people don't think about where that tongue has been. But then, I've seen plenty of people walk out of restrooms without washing their hands.

I agree with the person who said it is probably because you are drinking more water.

Salt can cause your cells to retain water, but some research indicates that if you properly balance it with potassium that you won't experience that problem. In the cells, salt attracts water into the cell, but potassium works the mechanism to release it.

You aren't going to break your metabolism losing five pounds.