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oatmeal is a good staple and less than 1 dollar per 1000 calories. if you only ate oatmeal and nothing else, food at 2000 calories/day would cost you less than 2 dollars a day or only 12 to 13 dollars/week. also beans

Running is great! Even if it can contribute to water retention, it's good for heath and fitness for sure. I'd keep it up even if I felt like I'd weigh less without it.

Another thing is MFP calculates exercise calories burned without first taking out how many calories you'd burn during that 2 period if you were just sitting around instead of walking. So the additional calorie burn- and thus the additional calories you can eat- is actually less than you think. The difference is likely…

Okay, thank you for your suggestions and advice. Actually I am changing my goals and plans, so I am no longer seeking any further advice.

What some of you are saying is that if you stop exercising for a week you will lose 5 pounds of water weight?

Have an apple or some cereal right when you get home! Then you can take the time to make a real dinner without being starving.

Pincushion, you make weight lifting sound appealing. That is incredible. I do not think that I feel comfortable going to the gym to do it because I do not know what I am doing and would feel uncomfortable. But I might see what exercises I could do without equipment. I might do just 5 or 10 minutes a day and see what…

Also a yogurt or a bag of trail mix for snacks

You can make a smoothie with bananas, strawberry yogurt (or any kind really), smooth peanut butter. It is really good and I think counts as a liquid. Of course also add ice.

Here is my update (edit: I know this is annoyingly way too long I'm sorry!). I am okay with posting my stats if it is required to receive helpful information from some people, though I don't think it matters that much? I am not hiding anything... Stats: I weigh about 103 to 105 depending on time of day. I am 65 inches…

I had/have the exact same problem down to eating majority carb foods. I've heard that in addition to more protein, you can eat more fiber and more vegetables and that helps. Also drink water. But I completely understand where you're coming from.

I think vegan can work but you need to do it the right way, or you can end up really tired all the time. So just put in the extra effort to make it work.

I can't tell you what you should do because I am not a doctor. But I think if I could lose 2 lb/week on 1800 calories, I would find it would be easiest to eat about 2300 calories a day and lose 1 lb/week... Or even 2550 and lose .5 lb/week (especially if I was not in a hurry). Also if you have had difficulties in the past…

I can't see the original post, but you can also walk/ bike/ ski to get places if you'd prefer that to a more typical exercise program.

No but you should tell your parents so that they can do the insurance part (unless you are not using insurance). They will not be mad about your blood test. They'll be happy that you're taking the initiative to address and improve your health, so tell them!

Almonds! They have a lot of protein. They probably also have fat though.

you can eat many of the same foods day to day so that you know for example that your breakfast is always xxx calories and your lunch is either xxx or xxx calories. then you just need to keep track of snacks and dinner which is a lot easier.

you can drink hot tea all day long!

:( That actually is worse then... that means I should actually be trying to eat even less. So basically, instead of for today (10 miles) 1200 + 780 = 1980 target, I instead have 1200 + 670 = 1870 target. That's awful. So now I'm even further off. Or rather, I was that far off before but failed to realize it. I just don't…

Knight, I know! I feel like it's a lose-lose with how many carbs I'm eating. Also I do not run 10 miles everyday, if I said that I was exaggerating. Sorry. A lot of days I actually run less than 10 miles plus there is alternative exercise I do too. Yes, I'm definitely not logging correctly. Basically what I do is keep a…

That definitely makes sense, goth and princess, seeing as I eat probably majority carbs now. I felt like I was eating a lot of protein, but I most likely was not. So I will definitely try for more protein and more vegetables. And also princess, I feel hungry all day long too, so maybe if I switch to more protein like you…

But I think what some of you are getting at is that if I eat better quality foods, I'll be able to eat fewer calories and feel less hungry. I think that's what you're getting at. I'll try and see what happens. Thanks.

Lifting, I didn't fill it out correctly. I just put all my calories under one meal as quick add. But here is a summary: It's mostly pasta/breads/cereal/hot chocolate/a lot of lean protein/a little fruit/not a lot of vegetables. I'm not sure how much fiber I eat. I wasn't really aware of that. But anyways, at least for…

Mallbu that is what is annoying. I tried to set it to 1 pound per week, but it wouldn't let me and defaulted to 350 kcal deficit/day, or 0.7 pounds/week. That's what the 1200 is for. And also why I need to be able to stick to the correct limit each day because it's barely a deficit in any case. Run, again, I tried to set…