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Hiked 10 miles yesterday, and while I am feeling low-energy this morning and my muscles can tell they got worked hard, I am not really sore at all.

I eat 1300 calories a day regularly and don’t feel miserable or look sick with “sunken-in eyes.” My hair is healthy and shiny, and I have some nice color from all the hiking I do. I think your response is overdramatic. 1300 is a perfectly healthy calorie range for some people (including me). That said, I do agree with the…

My “diet” plan is to weigh/track/measure on MFP to make sure I’m in a calorie deficit, and lift weights in addition to some cardio. I track three macros: protein, fiber and fat. I don’t worry about carbs. Have lost slowly but steadily, without any plateaus, for about 5 months, and am 2.5 pounds from goal.

I regained half the weight I lost 7 years ago and it sucked! I regretted it every day. All that hard work wasted. Back to usually being unhappy with how I looked. Back to trying everything on every time I got dressed to see what fit, and changing clothes several times until I was satisfied with what I was wearing (not…

Not unless you need to restrict sugar for medical reasons. I pretty much ignore the sugar macro and go over it every single day. I’m three pounds from my goal weight.

Good luck! Read the Success Stories posts for a lot of inspiration. Keep in mind that ensuring you’re in a calorie deficit is most important, and exercise helps with that but you’ve got to measure and weigh all your food so you know exactly how much you’re eating.

I did the same thing the other day. It was time to go to bed but instead I scarfed down a ton of dry cereal, right from the box. No wonder it’s taking me weeks and weeks to lose those last three pounds until goal weight.

I don’t bother measuring my bust at all. It is what it is. I measure in underwear; waist, 1” under belly button, hips, right bicep, right thigh, right calf.

Me, too. It’s a PITA now that I’ve lost weight and have to tey on all my jeans to see what fits rather than looking at the size on the tags.

Me too! I used to eat at least 1 a day. Now Ihave twoleft in my cupboard and I want to eat them but don’t think it’s worth the discomfort I will have for the next 2 days.

Yep. This.

This is not my experience at all. I need to make sure I eat enough “good” fats with my protwin and carbs or I go off the rails.

It takes time to find your own personal style. It also has to do with age appropriateness; now that I’ve dropped 15 pounds I can fit into a lot of junior sizes, but at age 59 they usually look ridiculous on me. I’ve also discovered that I still like my skirt lengths a bit longer...an inch or two above the knee vs.…

This is always what I think. I find myself silently cheering for them.

Not unless I’ve done a good hike that day. Much of my exercise is from lifting, which doesn’t net you that many additional calories. With three regular meals in the 350-400 calorie range plus one mid-afternoon and one after-dinner snack of 100-150 calories each, I’m at my calorie limit. And ice cream or candy for a snack…

One of the best ways to measure lean body mass and fat that is accessible to “the masses” at a reasonable cost is a DEXA scan, and even they are not 100 percent accurate.

You might not be overeating. MFP’s calories are BEFORE intentional exercise. When you work out, use MFP to calculate how many cals you burned, and then “eat back” half to 3/4 of the calories MFP says you burned (because MFP overestimates calorie burn from exercise).

This sounds like a good beginning. Your trainer is trying to build a bit of strength before starting you on free weights, which is definitely the way to go. You may need to eat BELOW 1700 to lose fat if you are eating at that level and not losing weight. You need to be eating enough protein (.85 grams per pound of goal…

But nobody has mentioned pasta as a trigger food except you. If it’s not a trigger food, eating smaller portions and fitting them into your calories is not hard.

What not everybody understands is that depending on how many calories you get per day, you can’t always just work chocolate, cake, cookies, pizza and ice cream into your daily or even weekly calorie budget. I challenge you to eat at 1300 calories a day and see how that works out for you. Hence the desire for a “cheat” meal…

It’s not that hard, you just need to be realistic and understand that it will probably take a lot more time than you think, there will be setbacks and frustrations (like when the scale doesn’t move or goes UP when you think you are doing everything right) and that you have to change your mindset for the long term. Reading…

I think you should try it for 3-4 weeks and see if it affects your weight loss and logging fatigue. If you are still losing and feeling some relief from the tedium of constant logging, why not? At the worst you won’t lose or maybe go up a pound or two, in which case you can go back to logging everything.

I eat at 1300 cals and eat pasta frequently. It’s not hard.

Enjoy that size 4, it won’t last forever!

I do this, too. I don’t consider the snacks actual meals, though, for me snacks are only in the 100-150 calorie range most of the time.

When you only get 1300 cals a day, you eat every one of those suckers. Even 100 cals makes a difference for me.

Large salad made with lots of different veggies for volume (I like baby spinach, shredded cabbage, broccoli, bell peppers, carrot, mushrooms, grape tomatoes), add chicken or tuna or hard-boiled eggs for protein, add avocado and 15-30 grams of toasted slivered almonds for fat. 1-2 Tbsp dressing (additional flavor, and fat).…

Cook it in broth, as others have suggested, add a bit more salt once cooked (if you don’t have sodium restrictions and are okay retaining a bit of water) and top with salsa.

Trader Joe’s, I think.