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Ugh I'm sorry about the surgery and loss of sleep. I would go to bed as early as possible at night and let exercise temporarily take a back seat. Sleep is just so vital right now. I hope the tide changes soon.

Wow thank you!

Thank you. Being so short always within 40 lbs of goal I've ONLY been using a .5 lb weekly loss the whole time. That makes this last leg hard because there isn't much wiggle room. I'm going to tighten up my logging but if I need to take a month to lose a pound instead of weeks , so be it. A month ago I was hoping to be at…

Alrighty, for those not blessed with a company gym.... I took a walk break every hour when I worked in an office. It was only a few minutes each but those minutes, plus a longer walk at lunch, usually added up to an hour a day. Yes, I sort of had to sneak it in. But they were brief and helped clear my mind. Plus I figured…

I appreciate your perspectives. I haven't really deloaded. I took a week off recently for vacation and have stuggles the last 2 weeks getting back to it. I hope that twice a week is better than no times (originally it was 3 times a week). I'm not sure if I'm really even at risk for losing muscle at such a small rate of…

I prelog my meals, then measure them out and eat. MOST of the time I simply stop when I've finished that amount and trust that i will feel full in 20 minutes. Occasionally I go for more food because it just tastes good and I'm human :) but then I edit my next meal(s) so I can stick to my calorie budget.

I think you're punishing yourself for no reason. If you're struggling with a 1000 calorie deficit (2 lbs) then lower it to either 750 (1.5 lbs) or 500 (1 lb). Stop torturing yourself. For one , it isn't kind , and two IT ISNT WORKING! So be nice to yourself and allow a more conservative deficit.

Sorry, I must have picked the wrong drop down selection for the forum.

Ramble on? I wrote 2 sentences. Who exactly is rambling here?? My point is this: regardless of how you eat now, you can always add in a small amount of what you used to eat. A small amount of olive oil could be all it takes.

If you are here to lose weight then somehow you were able to eat much more and for a long time. If you are here to gain weight then you should talk to your dr / therapist

I only use the label serving as a calculation method. My oatmeal suggests a serving equal to 300 calories. I eat a third of that for 100 calories but add in other items for a total of about 300 calories but more protein and fat. A serving can be whatever is appropriate for your calorie and macro needs.

Yes. When I enter a lower weight, mfp gives me less calories burned for the same exercise.

If you can, save extra calories for this event. Take your Time deciding what to eat if it is buffet style. If it's a sit down meal, there's usually some type of salad or veggie and a protein. Be honest with yourself about your portions. If you don't have a lot of calories for a splurge then you can't have the salad,…

Calories of your goal is weight loss.

Try working it into your daily routine. Might feel weird at first but try marching place instead of standing: when you wash your hands, brush teeth, do your hair, wash dishes, cook, fold laundry. Even while you're reading for school. Once you get used to it you'll find it hard to just stand still. I like to run, but on…

I agree with the advice above. Rather than worry about sugar, I pay more attention to fiber. If fiber is high, then I don't care if sugar is high since it's likely fibrous fruit.

Thank you

Thank you all! Since I don't have a tracker I'll continue using 5.2 until I can figure out a good estimate (or until I get to 6.0!!). I struggled for a long time with breaking past the 5.0 mark, but got great advice here to simply run more miles each week in order to pick up my pace, which is working slowly but steadily!

I was surprised when I used MFP to calculate my calorie goals. I knew I was short, but didn't realize just how few calories my body actually needs to maintain. For years the women's magazines said to eat 1600 to lose weight (with a lot of exercise) and 1800 to maintain. Nope, the math for my stats is much MUCH lower. I…

I'm gonna try to "uncomplicate" this for ya :) ..... If you are personally aiming for 1200 each day, then that is your net goal after exercise. So if you log 200 calories of exercise in a day, your goal changes to eat 1400 calories that day. 1400 total eaten - 200 exercised = 1200 net. Which is what you want. Here are more…

I'm sorry for whatever happened :( Try to find other ways to cope. Meditation, yoga, read, call a friend, watch a funny movie, go for a walk, volunteer/help someone else, start a new hobby. It's hard, I know. I would say 90% of the time I can find other ways to cope with emotions, but I do still slip up and overeat…

wait, WHO didn't like Kurt??

When you say "it's" not a diet, what is "it" that you are referring to??? This is the main issue I have with this type of dramatic post. Are you talking about YOUR food choices? Fine. Call it a lifestyle change if it makes you happy. If "it" is someone else's food choices, let them call it whatever they want! I don't call…

If I'm too sick to exercise, I don't have much of an appetite. But if that's not how you feel, just do whatever you need to do to get through the illness. The common cold usually doesn't prevent me from sticking to my goals. The flu? That may be a different story. Word of caution: the scale sometimes shows weight gain…

When you have more to lose, there is more room for error with logging. The less you have to lose, the less wiggle room you have with logging. So now is the time to start weighing your food. That's it.

THIS!

You gained the weight somehow....why is it so hard to "choke down" a banana now? What has changed?

So then what was your point? The deprive/cheat answer applies.

OP's post is only her 6th post here....so my hunch is that no, she wasn't counting correctly.

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