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You really need to do it for at least four weeks before judging. Starvation mode is a myth though. If you persistently don't lose, you'll need to eat less. But it's far too soon to judge if that's the case for you. I'm only aiming for 1lb/week and I tend to lose 2lbs one week, then stay the same, then lose 2lbs, then stay…

She's talking cr*p but you won't convince her. I'd just leave her to get on with and you happily carry on with your weight loss success. :smile:

Everything for me. We have oversized dinner plates and correct portions look tiny. :smiley: I saw a headline about a study which had found that people who are overweight underestimate what they're eating for more than people of a healthy weight (not surprising but looked like an interesting read). Can't find it anywhere…

I cycle to work (instead of driving) 3 days a week. Because rush hour traffic sucks here, it takes the same time to cycle the 4.5 miles each way as drive it. That gives me 35-40 mins of brisk cycling on those days. I run 5k three times a week. Two of those are on weekdays, and I do it in my lunch hour. There's just time to…

I'm a 32E and wear this one for running:…

I like Bran Flakes (no, seriously!). A bowl (30g dry cereal, with semi-skimmed milk) at about 7am sees me through till about 11am when I usually have a cereal bar at work. Years back, when I first lost weight, I tried Special K. Eurgh. Full of artificial sweeteners and for the same cals left me starving 20 minutes later.…

I'm the same height as you and have been losing from 11 stone, aiming for about 9 stone 12 (from experience, that's my confident weight where I look healthy - higher than some as I have an hourglass shape and large frame). I've only got MFP set to 1lb per week. It won't actually let me do 2lbs a week - if I put it to…

This is why I buy zip-front ones. How on earth do people get into and out of normal ones?! Another one with a large cup size and swinging boobies. I have no idea how I'd wrestle them into an over-the-head job.

I know that everyone's different - I do appreciate that. But newbies see these threads and assume they should start off by only eating half their exercise cals back. They need to know that's not necessarily correct. If I only ate half my exercise cals, I'd feel very hungry and would probably give up with the programme.…

I'll be the lone dissenter on this topic, yet again. I find the estimates spot on for both running and cycling. They tie up with my HRM calculated cals, and I've lost 11lbs in 8 weeks with a goal of 1lb per week loss and eating back ALL of my exercise cals. I don't believe that ALL exercise cals are overstated and it…

Until I got to the last paragraph, I was going to say tell her to stuff off! I'm with you. I've lost 11lbs in 8 weeks (goal of 1lb/week loss). I have a small chocolate bar most afternoons and two good quality chocolates after dinner every night. I just don't want to cut those things out completely. They fit into my daily…

I've stuck to my daily net cal goal for two months, strictly logging all food and exercise. With a goal of 1lb/week loss, I've lost 11lbs in 8 weeks. Yesterday was my birthday. For lunch I had takeaway fish and chips with mum (she lives at the seaside). She's been doing Slimming World and has lost 18lbs so far. Neither of…

If you're in the UK, you can buy lactulose solution over the counter in chemists. It's a mild laxative - take it before bed and you'll go the next morning. :smile: It's pretty much pure sugar and you take a few teaspoons of it so it should probably be logged! (no pun intended)

Only tea. I have cereal for breakfast and log a greater quantity of milk than I have on the cereal, to give me the milk for a few cups of tea during the day.

There's no easy answer for her. I'm only on a 1,280 calorie goal and there's simply next to no room for alcohol. I've had two glasses of wine in seven weeks. Once I'm on maintenance I'll be able to have wine more often again. She can either eat less, or exercise more. That's all there is to it. She can also search the…

Good point about why eating at least some exercise cals is important. Imagine if you spent one day sat on the couch, and the next climbing a mountain. You know you'd need to eat a lot more on the second day! Burned cals need to be replaced. :smile: I have friends that eat 4-5,000 cals a day because they do very physical…

I eat all my exercise calories. My normal target is 1,280 a day. If I earn 300 cals with exercise, I eat 1,580. My goal is 1lb loss per week and I've lost 10lbs in 7 weeks. You'll now get a stream of people telling you that the MFP exercise cals are inaccurate and you should only eat 50-75% of what you earn. I log running…

Some good points. The important thing is that 'losing weight' isn't a temporary thing, after which you can go back to eating the way you were before. The way you were eating before makes you gain weight - you can never go back. Once you're at goal, you'll still need track your food and exercise, long-term, using…

I cycle to work (instead of drive) three days a week, and run 5k in my lunch hour two days a week. :smile:

I eat back 100% of my exercise cals and find they're very accurate. They're the same as those calculated by my activity tracking apps and, more importantly, heart rate monitor. Exercise needs to be tracked and logged as accurately as food. I do running and cycling which are recorded with apps, so I know exactly how many…

I have chips once a week. My 540 cal version of fish and chips on a Friday night, for a lazy post-work dinner: Young's Chip Shop Large Battered Haddock - 235 cals 150g (cooked weight) McCain's Original Oven Chips - 237 cals 90g peas - 69 cals Give in to the chips. :wink: The joy of calorie counting is that you can eat…

How long has it been? I felt hungry for 3-4 days when I started and then my body adjusted. Maybe my stomach shrunk a bit as I can't now pig out even if I want to!

Weirdly, for me, eat more! I'm on a net cal goal of 1,280 which I'm sticking to. When my weight's been stuck for a couple of weeks, I have a day of eating more (going 400-500 cals over) and stick to it the rest of the week. No idea but this works for me! When I go over, I'm still within maintenance cals so it shouldn't…

Excellent idea. :smile: Your doctor knows the detail of what you're having done and what recovery is required. Mention the advice on here (there's a link to the source for the x15 logic) and see what the doctor says. You could also ask how soon you can resume weight loss and get his/her advice. You might be back on your…

Definitely a glitch - it should bottom out at 1,200 and refuse to go lower. If I set the following goals, I get the following net cal goal: 1lb/week = 1,280 1.5lb/week = 1,200 2lb/week = 1,200 Ie it stops going down at 1,200 and won't let me try to lose 2lb/week, as at my weight I can't without undereating. Try re-entering…

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That makes more sense!! With the bit about "multiply your weight by 15" - I thought that meant multiply your weight by 15, enter that as your weight in MFP, and then see what calorie goal it sets you! :joy: That's why I thought it was a typo for 1.5.

That's really interesting and a good tip - apologies for my incorrect info above... But should that read "multiply your weight by 1.5" rather than 15?

I'd trust the app... I lost 42lbs a few years back and maintained for three years. The daily goal it gave me for maintenance was about right - just set your target to "keep weight the same" and give it a go for a couple of weeks. Boredom eating is the tough one - I failed miserably when I had medical treatment last year…

Post-surgery, recovery is the most important thing. I would still track but switch to maintenance cals, rather than weight-loss cals. Obviously you won't be able to log any exercise, but you can still eat the basic daily cals. Remember to also change your base activity level to 'sedentary' if need be. After a few weeks, if…