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I think this is totally calorie burn for the day, not an exercise calorie burn, in which case it's not unreasonable.

Mostly travelling and seeing family and close friends. Aa an expat, I haven't seen any family members at all since last summer, and some not since 2019. I also miss the gym and restaurants, having someone else bring me a carefully prepared drink or food and chatting with friends over a meal (now we are not allowed to meet…

This. Also, what do you do the rest of the time? I'm not sure 3 workouts a week qualifies as "very active" if, in between those workouts, you are still quite sedentary. You might even unintentionally have reduced movement on your non-exercise days compared to previously and be burning fewer calories throughout the day than…

What is a standstill - how long since you lost weight?

Some stats would be helpful to get tailored advice. How many calories per day are you aiming for, how tall are you, current and goal weight, what is your MFP activity level set at and your selected weekly rate of weight loss, are you eating back your exercise calories, how long have you been following this plan, how are…

Even if the exercise calories are over estimated and the e.g. 250 calories you get for your workout is incorrect, you know for sure that 0 is also incorrect. So not eating back any at all is also guaranteed to be wrong.

Patience. You've lost 13lbs in 27 days, that's not a plateau. Weight loss isn't a smooth, linear progression, you won't lose consistently every day/week and weight fluctuates for a number of reasons including water retention due to exercise, high sodium,stress, hormones, more food in the digestive tract... Just keep doing…

Calories

Eating late has nothing to do with weight gain, but the cheat day can indeed have an impact. It's all about the balance between calories in and calories out. If you eat more calories than you burn, over a period of time you will gain weight. Regardless of the time you eat, or what you eat. For the same reason, the…

Ok, just for clarity, what have you understood that you need to do? The experienced members here can confirm or help guide you, and it will also be useful for new people reading this thread to learn the answer.

Because it's no guarantee that every package weighs exactly 280g. Often, there is a margin that manufacturers are allowed to operate within, for example between 275g and 290g. Sometimes, the strictest requirement is that they cannot sell you less than stated, not so strict on more. Often, weights are checked using random…

It shouldn't really weigh 280g with the packaging, if so then the actual food was less and the calories are off in the other direction.

It's not helpful, and not good advice from your doctors. You definitely should not be eating less than 1000 calories per day, and you do not have to exercise in order to lose weight.

Did you try putting your height, weight and activity level (normal daily life excluding exercise) in MFP and selecting the goal "lose 0.5lb per week"? This will give you your deficit. The way MFP is designed, you should then eat back any additional exercise calories. As they can be over-estimated, some people start by…

No, you just lose water weight initially but it doesn't change fat loss.

It's not so much what weight you "should" be eating, it's about recording the weight you *are* eating. For example, if you ate a piece of chicken breast: did you consume 100g? 150g? 200g? If you don't know that, then you don't know how many calories of chicken you just ate. You can eat as many grams as you want and fit…

So you're hitting each of those body parts once a week for 20 minutes?

It's quite hard to tell from that photo, it's dark lighting and you're wearing dark, baggy clothing. You definitely dont look extremely overweight but also don't look what I would call 'skinny'. I'd say you appear a bit bigger than me, I'm 5 foot 5 and about 135lbs, but as I said, hard to tell from that pic. Ultimately, if…

How are you measuring your food (weighing it, cups, spoons etc..)? Have you been consistently eating 1500 calories a day for 4 weeks? Has your weight on the scale changed at all during that time?

No. You mentioned magic wands, there are none. If it was as easy as popping a pill, or eating a certain food or drinking green tea, most of us wouldn't be here. Good old fashioned calorie deficit needed I'm afraid!

Well it does make sense, because the goal is set to 35% of your daily calories. If your calorie goal goes up (because you exercise and in MFP are expected to eat back those calories), then the number of grams that constitutes 35% also goes up. E.g. 35% of 2000 calories is fewer grams than 35% of 2300 calories.

OP, are you back with a different user name and all the same whining and questions? This has already been answered multiple times, also in your other thread, and everyone who said something nice to you just got the same complaints back.

Making sure you're getting enough food would be an important start. As said on your other thread, you should eat back at least some of your exercise calories. The question was also posed whether you enjoy eating this way? Have you cut out a lot of foods you like?

Exactly. How would it know if I'm wearing jeans, boots, a jumper and a jacket or shorts and a t-shirt?

Yeah I don't pause either. Only if i really stop for a period, like I bump into a friend and we chat for a few minutes.

That's because there is no set number of how many meals you "should" eat or foods you are "supposed to" eat. You can eat what you like, and what satisfies you, and what fits in your calorie goal. That is a very personal thing: what I like and makes me full might not be what you like. You need to try things and figure out…

Me too, no gym since July :-( I'm trying, home workouts, kettlebells, running, walking a lot... but I really miss the squat rack!

Are you reading any of the replies? The only thing that counts for weight loss is a calorie deficit. You can eat whatever foods you want, at whatever times you want, in whatever order you want. If you are consistently in a calorie deficit over a period of time you will lose weight and if not, you won't. It is that simple.

Again, how are you tracking your calories? Are you weighing food, using cups, just going by the package weight...etc.