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I started on 5th Jan, so about the same time, and have also lost 10lbs. I'm really happy with that though as I only have MFP set at a goal of losing 1lb/week, so 10lbs in 7 weeks is good! Based on your profile pic and daily cal allowance, I don't think you're significantly overweight? If you don't have masses to lose, it's…

Moderation for me. 10lbs down in 7 weeks (with a goal of 1lb/week), eating all the same things I did before but less of them. Though I have no room at 1,280 cals for alcohol, so that's gone until I'm back at my goal weight. I can have the odd glass of wine on maintenance cals. I have pizza every Wednesday night, fish and…

+1 for seeing the doctor. With no other symptoms, the chances are good that nothing serious is wrong. But it's always worth getting checked to be on the safe side, just in case. Do it sooner rather than later. 10lbs is quite a bit given your total weight. I've lost 10lbs, from 154 to 144, in the last seven weeks, but it…

The sedentary/active thing is about your day job/occupation, and nothing to do with workouts. You should put sedentary if you're a student (unless you're studying Sport!), and then log all your workouts as exercise, which will earn you extra cals for that day.

I do wonder if you've found a glitch in the MFP app as the goal shouldn't go below 1,200. I get 1,280 cals a day if I set it at 1lb/week. Change it to 1.5lbs/week and it says 1,200. Change it to 2lbs a week and it still says 1,200. It's not meant to go below 1,200. What it's saying is that at my weight, I can't lose 2lbs a…

I put sedentary. I have a desk job but I work at a large employer (a University with a large campus) and have meetings all over the place. It's still sedentary. Walking from one end of the site to the other barely increases my heart-rate so I don't count it as activity.

I eat every single one of my exercise cals and I've been losing weight at an average of 1lb/week, which is what I set the app to. Exercise has to be measured as accurately as food. I do think some people over-estimate how much they've done. My exercise is running and cycling three times a week each. I use apps to record it…

To ilovemypeekapug - on the forum index page, your name appears as "ilovemypee..." when you're the latest replier :smiley:

Our dinner plates are larger than average, so putting MFP portions on one was an eye-opener!

If you have no clue at all, start off by simply eating your normal diet (no changes), but weighing everything and having a go at logging it accurately. Only then will you really know how many calories you're eating a day. You can then look at your diary and see where you can cut back. Fewer snacks, smaller portions, etc.…

^^^ This. I never press the complete button. It makes no difference. I'm only aiming to lose slowly but that screen telling me that I won't weigh huge amounts less in five weeks puts me off. ;)

A stone is 14lbs (British thing).

I eat the same meals I did before, but with smaller portions. I have cereal for breakfast - no time to cook either! My meals could be healthier but weren't terrible to start with - ie they weren't processed junk out of the freezer every night. I would question whether you're logging everything and accurately (weighing…

Chicken was my biggest reverse (happy) surprise. I did something like plan out a roast dinner and logged that I'd have 200g chicken. Started putting it on my plate and it was LOADS! Realised I was way off, had less than that, and freed up some cals for other things. :)

Glad you got scales. I suspect that your "large amount of rice" was a fair bit more than 250 cals. ;) Look out for the difference between cooked and uncooked weight when logging rice. Very loosely (each type of rice is different), rice triples in weight when cooked, so around 70g dried is around 210g cooked. Again, varies…

Everyone has their own view on eating back exercise cals so it is very confusing. I feel strongly that they should be eaten back, but at the same time I only log "proper" exercise (cycling and running for me). I don't do a bit of weeding and call it 30 mins 'gardening'. :) To me it's obvious: If you spend one day sitting…

I still have bolognese for dinner every couple of weeks. I've got used to 75g as a pasta portion when I'm losing. When I'm on maintenance I have 90g instead. Just to stress again to newbies - that's uncooked weight! It weighs more once cooked. I love my carbs so I still have the same curries, meat and spuds, bolognese etc…

Plateaus are so, so common when losing weight. Stick at it, the scales *will* start to move again. Are you eating back any exercise cals? As perverse as it sounds, try eating slightly more for a week if you're not. I lost three stone a few years back and sometimes a (within reason) larger meal followed by being strict…

I do cycling and running and find the calories pretty accurate for me. I eat them all back and am losing at the rate I aimed for. However, I weigh absolutely everything and log food accurately. I don't record the more 'lifestyle' things. If I walk to the shops during my lunch hour I don't log that as any walking. If I do a…

My shock when I first dieted a few years ago was what 75g of uncooked pasta looks like. Not very much! I weigh absolutely everything.

Curveball thing - have you ever been tested for coeliac disease? The full-blown autoimmune disorder version of gluten intolerance. Your comment about chills made me ask. My hubby has coeliac disease and if a restaurant accidentally glutens him, he gets stomach cramps, explosive rear, and shivers. The shivers that come with…

Running too soon after eating gives me a stitch. I try to eat a light meal or carby snack 30-60 mins before running.

There's a reason the old wives tale goes "feed a cold, starve a fever". Medical evidence doesn't really support it (http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/the-truth-behind-moms-cold-and-flu-advice?page=2) but people have known for a long time that a bit more food helps with how you feel. I always eat a bit more if I've…

Most days I do 300 cals of exercise so eat 1,500 instead. One day a week I do 600 cals so get 1,800 and pizza for dinner. Keeps me going. :) Two days a week I don't exercise and do find 1,200 tough. For me it means no snacks at all. I have my usual diet of cereal for breakfast, a sandwich or soup and bread for lunch, and a…

Ideally you should eat your recommended number of cals per day, PLUS extra for any cals you burn with exercise. Assuming you're female, 1,200 is the recommended minimum number of NET calories - ie if you burn 500 cals at the gym you should eat 1,700 (1,200 plus 500). It's not the number of calories irrespective of how…

I'm not going to comment at all on the diabetes - others have said it all. How to start? Don't try to radically change your diet all at once. To start with, simply log every single thing you eat and drink in MFP to get a sense of how many calories you're eating a day. Then, start off by cutting back portion sizes of your…

I eat back all of my exercise cals and I'm losing slowly but steadily. I've got MFP set to lose 1lb a week and I've lost 7lbs in six weeks. Today I've cycled to and from work (8 miles) and will run 5k at lunchtime. I'd be passing out if I only ate 1,200 cals today! This has worked for me in the past too. A few years ago I…

It's OK to eat less during the week and more at weekends. If you 'save' 100 cals each day, that's 500 extra cals for the weekend. It's not good to save cals up for weeks on end to then have a huge binge, but netting out to zero over a week is fine. So, you can eat a *bit* more at weekends, if you plan for it. Definitely…