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I had people noticing it in me after two months and ten pounds. It took me a year and 35 pounds down from 230 for ME to really see it. Don't sweat that you're not seeing it yet. Things are moving in the right direction, and you have huge numbers lost!

If you click/tap on the adjustment, it will explain the rationale behind it. Here's mine: Fitbit believes I'll burn 2441 calories during the day, based on my burn as of 8:07a. MFP thinks I'll burn 2523 calories, based on my height, weight, age, gender, and activity level. This means that there's an 82 calorie discrepancy…

@txlonghorns38 sorry about that! Usually when people talk about restricting, it's from "bad" things. Drinking diet is A-OK in my book. My go-to at work is an iced coffee with a packet of Splenda, and at home I flip between cherry Diet Pepsi and Coke Zero.

Sounds like things are turning the corner for you!

I see an option called "add progress photo". Do you have that, or is it something else you're wanting to do?

As a natural geek, quantifying everything has been my fitness drug. The more data I get, the more I can tune, which makes me happy. I started with a fitbit charge hr, then moved on to a blaze. It tracks my calories burned quite nicely. I use a withings body analyzer, which automatically syncs my weight with mfp, fitbit,…

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Okay... first, you've come to the right place for help and support. I don't see the pity party you're claiming to throw, so that's good! :) What do you think your doctor could/should do for you? This all has to come from within you. You see the need, and that's where it starts. Put your numbers into mfp. Start with no…

Seems low, but I'm not a doctor.. work with yours to understand what your body fat percentage is and what a reasonable weight goal is based upon that. Best advice for the calorie goal is to set it up (done), log everything accurately and honestly, and see where it's at in a month. Weight loss is non-linear. Just look at my…

Two cans of coke is 300 calories. I've never been one to tell someone "it doesn't fit", but that's a serious daily calorie load for what are empty "treats." Assuming you are around 200 pounds, most of your walking (2.8 miles by my crummy math) is going towards burning off the calories you're drinking. It is FANTASTIC that…

34 pounds in 4 months is optimistic. Not unreasonable, but you will probably need more help than MFP and Google and provide to you. Talk to your doctor, explain your goals, and be ready to deal with some severe restrictions on diet. You SIL's 200g protein suggestion is probably untenable, as that means 800 calories per day…

They're carbonated, they're artificially sweetened, and some have artificial color. If you gave up diet soda due to a religious reason, I'd say stay away from them. If you gave them up because of food babe-esque woo, rethink your reasons. There's not some magic difference between a Sprite Zero and a Sparkling Ice, other…

So be an extremist about logging, moderate on your activity, and chill on the loss rate. Loss is not linear, but if you are accurate and honest in logging, everything else falls in place and the weight will trend down.

I hear ya on medical issues.. I have hypertension I'm hoping to get under control with weight loss. I've been at this a bit over a year now, and I'm now down nearly 35 pounds. My diary is open, so feel free to add or stalk.

I have an ozeri pronto at home and at work for food scale. We have a Withings ws-50 scale and love it. The automatic recording of weights is a nice feature. The body fat calculation is good for trends, but not accurate enough for spot measurements. I would love a withings cardio, as I need to watch heart-related matters…

I have an open diary. Feel free to add as a friend or stalk my diary, as I do cook a few times a week and do so in the 500-700 calorie range, but the only clean eating I do is the veggies I wash. I drink, eat pizza and ice cream, and of late, have a serious Advil habit due to a spinal fracture.

That is two pounds a week. Not unreasonable, if you're significantly overweight, but if you're 65 from goal, it will be difficult. The general rule of thumb is .5 pounds per week for every 15 to 25 pounds you're overweight, up to two pounds per week. Anything more (i.e., faster rate) and it becomes hard to maintain a…

I keep my calories in line, try to get 40% of calories from protein, and let the rest happen as it will. I'm not a big bread fan, so I will happily skip rolls at the beginning of a meal so I can have ice cream afterwards.

It's still there. Go here.

I'm a guy, but I'm nerdy too. Feel free to add me, but be warned I have an open diary, a penchant for eating wings, drinking margaritas, and riding my bike twenty miles a day to make those things possible. Eta: I'm an IT nerd.. Fifteen years as a developer, and now seven in data security. I have a very nerdy hobby: I win…

Neat! This was the shirt I was rocking yesterday while biking 10mi each way to and from work:

I have started with Strava, but find the UI "cluttered". I also question the calorie burn of fitbit vs strava too. I think I'll try runkeeper next week and see how it works out, then maybe mapmyfitness after that.

I'm adding cycling to my fitness mix.. I started this back in July of last year, and I'm down about 30 pounds. As I get closer to goal, keeping the deficit going is harder and harder. I have a really nice bicycle I won in a contest two years ago that I didn't ride anywhere near enough, and I now have a job that is slightly…

300g of oven roasted chicken breast, 150g of roasted fingerling potatoes, and a 4c energy rush mixed berry. I think I have enough protein for my 12 mi bike ride home tonight. :smile:

howdy.. how long have you been at this? I just clocked ten months, and I'm down 30 pounds.

@tuxmomoftoo sounds like you have calibration right.. Next up is dominant/non-dominant. If it's underreporting, you have have it set to dominant, but be wearing on your non-dominant hand.

I don't know what your HRM is, but I would reevaluate your calibration. Either the calibration is off or it's underreporting steps. I walked a measured distance around a cruise ship of some 700+ steps (counted manually using a tally application on my phone). You can do the same by walking say 1000 feet on your treadmill,…

@rachfking Mine is public, as in anyone can see it. Some are private, and some are friends-only.

good for the loss, bad for the crummy stuff keeping you busy, but I'm really interested to hear about your experiment!