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Yeah. My diary and home differ by about 250 calories. I hope they will fix it, but for I know my home is correct so I just rely on that.

I'm having the same issue. Not the same goal, but the home and diary are mismatching. I assume it's a coding error somewhere in their back end.

Congrats! It's lovely to break through one of those symbolic barriers. Good luck on that next mini goal, sure you'll blow by it in no time

Definitely. As you lose weight, the number of cells within your body will decrease, and so the volume must decrease. Getting a lot of walking 3 times a week will help to preserve the muscle mass in your legs (including your thighs which you said you were concerned about) and so the majority of weight lost there will be fat…

It may just have been a mental issue. By fasting you proved to yourself that you were in control of your food, not vice versa. This may have been the mental boost you needed to take control. Regardless of why it worked, I'm just glad to hear that it did work =)

Very important point this. According to Wikipedia, essential body fat is 3-5% for men and 8-12% for women. Physiological differences mean that at the same level of fitness and leanness, and woman will ALWAYS have more fat than a man.

How did you measure your body fat percentage? This measurement suggests that your lean body mass is only 95lbs, which seems pretty low.

An... an elephant's heart? That really puts it into context

I remember reading something a while ago, that the cholesterol in eggs can be metabolised into adrenaline (or something like that). The point being, especially if you are doing exercise (especially weight training) then that cholesterol will NOT accumulate in your body, and won't cause any problems. It will probably help…

A nice way to get some extra protein in the mornings if you're willing to use protein powder (this is actually my only use of it) is to mix a scoop of protein powder into instant oats before cooking them. Gives amazing flavour and boosts the protein content nicely.

Personally I like the treadmill. I find it to be a really good way to gradually increase my speed and control my incline. I tend to listen to audiobooks while I run, and some books are so good that I'll go for an extra five or ten minutes so I can keep listening.

Glad to hear you're ready to do this. Your exercise will be a great help, but at the end of the day your weight change (either losing or gaining) is based on the difference between the calories going into your body and the calories going out. So just choose a reasonable weight loss goal (no more than 1kg/2lb per week) and…

That's absolutely incredible. So happy you stuck with it through those first few months, and I'm so happy you've had such great success. If you don't mind the question, was there something that made you realise you needed to get healthier?

To update your goal, just go to goals and set them again. It's a bit tedious, but necessary.

Firstly, well done on your weight loss so far. A few pieces of advice to make sure you keep losing weight: 1) Recognise that your weight loss is likely to slow down as you get closer to your goal weight. If you maintain a deficit, you will keep losing, no matter how slowly. 2) Do some cardio. Cardio burns calories, but…

Oh my word that is stunning. Huge loss, really well done.

Swimming is great. Rowing machines also give really good results. But as ninerbuff said, the key to weight change is diet. The aim of your exercise should be to increase your fitness and strengthen your knees and back over time - for weight loss, just focus on keeping your calorie deficit. Good luck ^_^

It seems like such a small thing, but I used to have chronic heartburn - I bought Tums in bulk and kept a bottle next to my bed, I had to have it at least once a day, sometimes two or three times. Since starting MFP, I've had heartburn exactly once in the past three months. I genuinely makes my life so much better.

I'm not a personal trainer or anything (so take what I say with a grain of salt) but there are a couple of things to keep in mind. Firstly, make sure that you're eating enough calories. Eating less than 1200 a day means that your body may hold onto everything it can get because it's starving. I also found that my weight…

Have you been using MFP for a while? If so, make sure you adjust your goals. Even if you don't want to change anything, doing this will re-adjust your daily calories. Without this, the calorie count will eventually go wrong and you will end up not losing. If this isn't the problem, there are a couple of places where you…

As so many people have said, just keep calories for it. About four times a week I have a Snickers Bite Size at night. They're only 80 calories, so not that hard to plan around. I just add them into my snacks early in the day so I am always planning around them.

Glad to hear that you finally seem to have the commitment to do this. I really know your position. I'm 26, about the same height, and my current weight after having lost 15kg is about the same as yours. So I do know how tough it can be to really lose the weight. I've also spent money on equipment, diets and personal…