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I'm 120 pounds and I aim for 60 ounces of liquid per day. So, at your weight, 95 ounces is a decent starting point, which is around 6 pints of fluid. This includes pretty much everything, though I find drinks with sugar (regular soda, Starbucks lattes and the like) don't help to hydrate as much. On days when I have those,…

Would it be possible to take it closer to bedtime or do you need to wait a while before sleeping? Air popped corn is a good snack for a lot of people - might be worth trying. 150 cals or so for a serving, unless you add butter :) And it would be worth talking to your doctor about it, too, especially if you haven't tried…

Yes - skipped over that bit. Thanks for catching it. ~Lyssa

Not if she's short, not too overweight and has her activty level as sedentary. I think I get 1260 calories for 0.5lb/week loss. I'm 5 feet tall, 120 pounds and get close to 1200 for Sedentary. I try to get plenty of walking in so I can eat more since 1200 isn't fun. ~Lyssa

I don't believe there is - and I glanced at the Premium features and don't see it listed there, either. ~Lyssa

There's an easy (and fairly cheap) solution to the cooking too long problem - if your crock pot doesn't have a built-in timer that will shut it off/switch to warm, you can buy a timer for it. Manual one like this or this. Or "smart" ones with wifi, like this. I'm a tech geek, so I have the one with wifi - means I can turn…

You don't have to do anything like drink a gallon of water a day or some such nonsense. Is your urine pale yellow? If so, you're plenty hydrated. If not, pretty much any liquid counts, including coffee, tea, soda and juice - just make sure you log things with calories! ~Lyssa

From what I've seen, yearly updates aren't how Fitbit operates. The Charge and Charge HR came out in late 2014/early 2015. So, it's likely the Charge 2 will be out for at least 1 more year, if not longer. The biggest complaint with the Charge and Charge HR was the bands breaking, and the bands on those weren't replaceable.…

Are you using a food scale to weigh all solids? Are you measuring all liquids? Which Fitbit do you have? What is your height, gender and current weight? ~Lyssa

Make sure your Fitbit account has correct info - double check your height, gender and weight in your profile. There was a glitch where Fitbit was recording weights inaccurately, resulting in weird burn numbers. Have you seen a change in calories burned on the Fitbit side? ~Lyssa

Two things to help with calorie intake: 1) Food scale - weighing gives you the accuracy so you can be more certain of your intake. 2) If you're STILL really low, adding in healthy fats - things like nuts, oils, avocado, full-fat dairy - is the way to go. And there's always dessert ;) ~Lyssa

26g of dry mix is 100 calories. 26g of dry mix + the proportional amount of other ingredients (ie: egg, oil) is the 160 calories. ~Lyssa

From what I've read, people either love them or hate them. My mom is in the "hate them" crowd. I buy high fiber/lower cal Creamette pasta - 13g fiber, 150 cals for the same size portion as "regular." For a stir fry, I'll probably eventually try making veggie noodles to go with it. Looking for a lentil pasta would be worth…

OP is really short, so the calories are probably close. I'm 5 feet tall, 120 pounds, and get just over 1200 calories when I put in a 0.5lb/week loss and sedentary. OP - Trust what MFP tells you BUT make sure you get a food scale and weigh your solids. You're short with a low activity level, which means you need to be as…

This is funny because I've eaten chicken salad for lunch the last couple weeks. Pair a serving with a 50 cal tortilla and a Fiber One brownie, and I've got a reasonably filling lunch for under 500 calories. Something being high-calorie doesn't instantly make it bad. I feel more satisfied with a slightly higher fat intake,…

Just going to put out there that I agree you shouldn't go to the store for a fitting and leave empty-handed, unless absolutely nothing you tried seems to work. Also the shoe from the previous year is often subtly different from the current one. My Brooks Adrenaline 12's fit my feet PERFECTLY. The 14's did not. Finding a…

I'm glad you found something! Hopefully this pair works out for you :) ~Lyssa

You can get older models of shoes from runningwarehouse.com, and they have a pretty good return policy. They also have a gait analysis option where you can send in a video of your running gait and they'll suggest a style of shoe. From there, you could purchase whatever you like in the category they recommend. I've gotten…

I do this with berries as well, including strawberries. Usually do the vinegar bath right after I get home from the store, then let them sit to dry the rest of the day. Berries last through the week then, at least. ~Lyssa

MFP gives you a calorie goal without factoring in ANY intentional exercise. So, when you do your elliptical or treadmill or whatnot, you get extra calories to eat to make up for the extra ones you've burned. You don't need to exercise to lose weight. Exercise is beneficial for other health reasons, but not at all necessary…

If it's a drink with calories, absolutely. Some people prefer to log black coffee, diet soda, etc as well, but that's up to you. ~Lyssa

There's been some changes to how MFP calculates the calorie adjustment from an iPhone or Apple watch. If your activity level is set to Sedentary, you definitely should be seeing higher numbers. If your activity level is set higher, then that exercise adjustment might be right. ~Lyssa

If you're extra hungry tomorrow, remember you have leftover calories from today. I tend to forget to eat when I'm busy as well. Start packing higher-calories snacks, like nuts, if this ends up happening often! ~Lyssa

You might be having trouble digesting it. If you eat a different food close to bedtime, does the same thing happen? I can't have pasta within 2 hours of sleeping or I'll sleep terribly. But having it for dinner around 8 and going to bed around 10:30 works out fine. ~Lyssa

I'm reading through the book on Kindle myself right now, and I plan on buying a physical copy before I really start the program. It'll be so much easier to photocopy and print a few pages if/as needed instead of flipping around in the Kindle app. I'm really excited! ~Lyssa

300-500 miles of pure running for me. 300 is when I start to really pay attention to how I feel post-run. Some shoes need to be retired early; others hit 500 before I start getting weird aches. I have a Garmin watch that tracks my runs, and I use their website to track distance on my shoes as well. ~Lyssa

That might be too many runs per week if you want to be increasing your distance. Cut out a few of those runs, and slowly add distance to 1 run each week. Have a look at this 10k training program - you'll see that he only includes 3 runs.http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51122/10K-Novice-Training-Program If you're running 5…

Tea hydrates you fine. If you like it, go for it. ~Lyssa

Are you running every single day, or do you just do 5k each time you're running? Backing off some - doing 3-4 runs per week - will help also. ~Lyssa

Did the canned items have water in them? I think the weight on the nutrition label includes the weight of the water unless it says otherwise. ~Lyssa