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How shortly before use? Is it not good to grind plenty at one time?

Thanks for sharing GulfcoastAL :)

The third option might be that we just didn't know. I've been netting that. I thought I was doing good keeping my calories to 800-1000. I wasn't aware that I had to make up for what I burned by exercising. I'm 47 years old. I've never had a problem with my weight. I've had four children and always lost the baby weight…

Yes, very helpful. Thank you so much! It is so much more complicated than I thought. I worry now about my husband. We have both been trying to lose weight and he is very strict on his calorie intake as well. He's not using MFP, he's just not eating very much. Now I'm worried he's not eating enough.

GulfcoastAL, you and I are the same person

I came to MPF to start tracking my calories because I wanted to lose weight and everything I've ever known of losing weight is if you consume less calories than you burn then you'll lose weight. I guess I never got the whole story before. I'm now learning so much more. I'm not assuming I know better than MFP, I'm asking…

So what's the use of working out to burn calories if you just have to eat more to make up for what you burned? Does this mean I would be better off eating my 800-1000 calories and not exercising? That doesn't seem right.

Dang! I really need to figure this stuff out.

Again, I'm not eating JUST 500 calories. Someone threw that out there as an example and y'all are thinking that's what I'm having. Check out my diary. You'll see I'm averaging 800-1000. Some days more. I'm eating. Every meal. I'm just eating better now. The days that my calories were high were days that I ate junk. I know…

Wow! You've lost a lot. That's great! So, am I figuring correctly that you are consuming 1100 calories a day?

Thanks y'all. Now I'm thinking maybe I should be focusing more on building muscle and losing fat and not focus so much on losing weight. For me, I think it's more about how I look and feel and I was connecting that too being a specific weight. Now I'm thinking maybe I get get to there a different way. Am I on the right…

Wow! Ok. First of all I never said 500 calories so I don't know why someone went there. Next, I totally get what you all are saying about nutrition and making sure my body is getting what it needs. I had not been thinking of it from that perspective so thank you! I do want to be healthy. That being said, what I'm hearing…

This is what I thought too, but I'm hearing others say it's unhealthy. I don't want to be unhealthy. I want to be thin, fit, toned and healthy.

So, is it possible to meet your nutrition requirements by eating the "right foods" and still being in a calorie deficit?