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See snow I don't mind, running in 20-30mph winds combined with rain sucks though.

It might if you are less then 5% bodyfat already.

winter and spring are very rainy, windy and cool where I live, so winter will be my challenge as well. My plan is to take my 15min breaks at work and walk the 7 flights of stairs, and make time for the gym everyday if need be. Otherwise I will have to really watch my calorie intake much closer.

Barring any strange medical issues it is all CICO, doesn't matter what you eat, or when, you stay at your calorie deficit and you will loose weight. Basic math, don't buy into diets or fads, or ginkopolova or all the other crap people sell to loose weight.

I weigh in the morning, naked after peeing. Usually do this a few times a week to make sure the number is trending down. It shows a pattern or trend and I take into account that throughout the day or week my weight will vary a few lbs.

You need to switch MFP to sedentary activity level, that should fix it.

I guess I will go against the grain and say why not just try and bust through those last 6-10lbs instead of drawing it out 2x longer then you need to? If you tough it out and maintain the 1lb per week, you will be at maintenance and eating regular amounts that much faster.

I think the most effective way to do this is go online and use a TDEE calculator, Total daily energy expenditure...Then you can figure out who many calories you need to maintain or loose 1lb/week would be 500 less then TDEE a day and 2lbs/week would be 1000 less per day. I really like my fitbit charge, it does an excellent…

I find the easiest way is to eat smaller amounts of what I want daily, don't restrict yourself to the point where you want to binge. Just fit it into your daily calorie goals.

Why? It is actually pretty easy.

just do it, you know you wanna lol

I have been in a similar position, and trying to figure it out. I have mfp and fitbit linked, MFP says to eat 1500 calories a day, I'm on a 1,000 calorie a day deficit, and then MFP credits me with 700-900 extra calories almost everyday from my fitbit activity. Knowing that these are likely over estimates on my burn this…

Maybe it is different for guys, but I have lost dang near 80lbs and went from a 42 to a 36 and a 3xl to a 2xl, I don't get how people have gone down so many sizes.

Most of our marinades end up left in the pan, or thrown out, I guess Im lazy in this area because I log 25-50 calories and call it good.

Thank you, it has never made any sense to me to eat back all of the calories you just lost working out if your goal is weight loss.

I don't eat breakfast often, today I was sort of hungry so I grabbed 2 apples on my way out the door, most days though I eat nothing. several days a week when I want coffee, I will drink some regular drip coffee with a 1/3 cup of whole milk, takes some of the bitterness away and a bit calcium..

Yep just have to wait it out, I think I lost about 40lbs and a lot of the shirts I was wearing from before the weight loss were still fitting me, ARG frustrating!!! Now that I am down just over 70 I am finally needing new pants and shirts...

Then why would it suggest 1300 for me? That is what MFP recommends for me to loose 2lbs per week, I'm not over writing it, thats just what it says there is no warning or anything unless you eat below 1200.

I am a 38yo male, I started out in march weighing 269lbs, today I weigh 197lbs. On average my fitbit says I burn about 3000 calories a day, I consume 1300-1500 calories, and I loose 2-4lbs per week on average. I'm not weaker, certainly no stronger, but def. not weaker. I walk an average of 5-7miles per day, and I don't…

I have that feature on my fitbit but not on myfitnesspal

Good job, I hope you are proud of yourself, that is a lot of hard work! As for the loose skin I will watch your thread, but everything I have read seems like most products are just scams, and don't do a whole lot. I think time and exercise are your friends in this case.

That completely depends on how much of a deficit you are eating at, and how over weight you are. If you have 30 lbs to loose and your eating a 7k a week deficit I'd expect you too loose at least a lb or 2 the first week. If you are 10 lbs over idk if it would show up at all in a week.

It sounds like you posted in the wrong section then. If your at maintenance, then you would probably get more appropriate responses in that forum. In the general diet and weight loss side I figure everyone here is wanting to loose weight. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

I'm 5'10" and currently about 199lbs, down from 269, I have mine set-up for sedentary and 2lbs per week weight loss, it recommends 1300 calories per day,I usually earn about 700-1000 exercise calories per day, but still am doing fine at only eating an actual 1200-1500 calories...I sound similar to you in that I have broad…

I try to break the meal down piece by piece, I can eye ball 3-4oz of chicken breast for example, lettuce, an ounce of chedder cheese, 1/3 cup rice etc you can't really get it 100% because you don't know how it is cooked, but a rough estimate is better then not logging at all. Some things such as pizza will be fairly…

I have a fitbit charge and like it, helps keep me accountable to myself for daily movement. I only have 2 issues with my fitbit charge, occasionally it gets "stuck" where it stops recording steps, and the wrist clasp sucks and is fairly easy to come undone on accident...

I honestly don't bother logging any exercises. You do the exercises to loose weight, and I feel like logging them and seeing the extra calories pop up somehow gives me permission to eat more? I do sync my steps from my fitbit charge with MFP but that mostly to help me stay active.

Personally I'd stick with the goal of loosing 2lbs per week and continue with weight lifting to help maintain strength. In your case you could make sure to eat back your exercise calories to help ensure you don't loose ot much muscle mass.

I don't often eat breakfast anymore. When I did it was a 100 calorie thing of oatmeal, a teaspoon of sugar, sprinkle of cinnamon, and typically would also have 24ooz of coffee with a 1/3cup whole milk in it, so breakfast ended up being like 190 calories. I found that I wasn't significantly fuller, and was actually more…

I was nervous about our week long summer one because I knew we'd be eating out a lot. What I did was make sure I got plenty of walking in, and I tried to choose healthier option, opting for a taco salad instead of enchiladas, grilled chicken breast, lettuce bun, instead of a cheese burger, just make sure you try and track…