jdleanna Member

Just want to say I am shorter than you, weigh 70 pounds less, am far less active than y ou, and eat a few hundred calories more than you do. I would bet any weight gain you're experiencing is simply water weight due to time of the month or sodium inyske, and isn't real weight and isn't permanent. I also bet you could eat…

Just do my best. I use entries from chains like Panda Express and PF Chang, figuring it'll be close. It won't be as accurate as when I make my own food and weigh everything, but the exercise calories help by giving me a buffer. And I don't do it every week.

I did a hard workout today specifically so that I could eat loads of takeout Chinese food tonight without going over my calories :-)

MFP has been glitchy for me lately by not including my exercise calories when it predicts my weight in 5 weeks - so for example the other day I ate my base calories and half my earned exercise calories, and MFP said I'd gain weight in 5 weeks. Even though I was actually in a net calorie deficit. If you really ate 1630,…

I do the live to fail weightlifting program, and supplement sometimes with cardio sculpt or some other cardio one. I don't do gyms- just find too many excuses not to go. But with this, it's so easy to workout, and there's a lot of variety to the workout options. It's also cheap. Never tried canceling so I can't speak to…

I found logging my whole day's food at the start of the day helps. I put in my meals and then I can see what I have for snack calories left over. I love an evening glass of wine with a savory snack (junk food snack... apps from the frozen aisle at the grocery store- not healthy but so yummy!). I almost never have to give…

I'd have to be netting 900 calories daily to keep up 2 pounds a week (lightly active 43 y.o. woman, 5'2.5", cw 122 ish ). I lost weight quickly at first but slowed it down after the first 15 pounds. Also went on a maintenance-calorie break for a couple weeks. I just went back on a calorie deficit yesterday for a half pound…

You're aiming for a goal that is underweight by medical standards. But you say the medical guidelines are just "Media shaming and all in our heads"?

You said "about half of the time I'm at work I'm pushing my computer around in each room and around the hallways." It won't be counting those steps. When I push a grocery cart or my baby's stroller, it doesn't catch those steps. ..I bet it's the same with your computer cart. It thinks you're driving and holding the…

Do you have a medical condition that would affect meal timing and/or size? Diabetes, GERD, something else? Otherwise, if you like how you're eating now it's fine.

You can track your weekly numbers by going to the nutrition tab, clicking calories, and choosing the weekly view. Then you can see how far under you are for the week. Lots of people bank calories this way I think.

It is NOT splurging to eat your calorie goal. It's your goal. It's what you should be eating. Deficit is built in. In addition, if you exercise, log that in MFP and eat back about half of the extra calories MFP gives you for that exercise. So you'll be eating over your original calorie goal, but under your total calorie…

Life wouldn't be materially worse. But I can't see how it would be materially better to never nibble either. Cocktail parties are fun and I'd simply plan my calories to leave space for the food there. Not hard, not rocket science, and perfectly easy to maintain solid weight loss - as long as you have a decent method for…

I get that you *think* this is common knowledge. But it is wrong. There are not people who eat more than they burn but lose weight and/or stay slim. Just continually claiming it's common knowledge doesn't further your argument or idea.

Then I assume your nutritionist took exercise into account in setting your goal. So if so, don't eat exercise calories. You should eat exercise calories only if you use MFP'S calorie goal.

He heeds more than 1220 when I check it in various calculators. Someone so resistant to weight loss (& he is resistant, despite claiming he wants to lose- why else would he refuse to do any of the weight loss work himself?) has at least a slightly better chance of success if he's eating an appropriate number of calories.…

Bloody88, you wrote 1.58cm. Centimeters. Less than an inch. Not likely that he is the size of an insect. So if you put 1.58cm in mfp, of course it gave him only 1220 calories. Make sure you get the meters in there. It thinks you're trying to make a cricket lose weight. Put in his actual height and you'll get far more…

If you didn't log, then your numbers are high because MFP has you at 0 calories for the day. I assume you did not eat zero those 2 days, so the weekly numbers are off. Your calorie deficit is built in, and your weekly numbers do not include that built-in deficit. If your net was closer to zero (maybe not at 0, because you…

I use a crock pot many mights. Ridiculously quick to get ready and easy and dinner is ready at the end of the day. I don't meal plan...I buy staples each week at the store (lean meats, a variety of veggies, broths, sauces, etc). And then I just wing it. Dump a bunch of things in the crockpot pt, or have taco night, or a…

I'm losing on an amount similar to the OP and am short, so she could very well be fine losing at 1500. She exercises daily so her activity level may be higher than yours. OP, how long have you been gaining weight? And how much? Because it could be normal body fluctuations.

If you are confused about why you don't weigh less then you are confused about weight loss in general. You simply will not lose all the time, and sometimes your weight will go up a little. That's normal. The body has normal weight fluctuations. Also, for your health you should be eating more. Yes, even though you are short…

Daily. Same time and place. I don't go crazy about slight ups and understand the scale doesn't go down daily in a straight line. I am just interested in seeing how my body weight fluctuates. If those fluctuations will have you worrying and obsessing then do it weekly or less.

Did you ever think that perhaps you are struggling because your methods are too harsh and unhealthy? I looked at your diary and of course it's a miserable process for you. You're not eating enough. No need to encourage the OP to join in on an unhealthy and likely unsuccessful path.... there are healthier ways to go about…

No, you can edit the weight/serving size any time, just as you can edit any ingredient. I do it all the time! When you're done cooking just tap the pen icon at the top of your recipe and you're able to change the servings.

I use the entire weight of the cooked dish as the number of servings. That means the recipe knows the calories per gram of what I've cooked. Then whatever portion I weigh out for myself - i.e., I put 150 grams on my plate - is how many servings I enter in my diary. Makes it easy to just take whatever portion size works for…

I'm also 5'2, and am 124. Seriously considering moving to recomp. ... nice to see more of us happy in the middle bmi. I completely understand why you're agonizing over this decision. ..I am too. A crystal ball would help, right? So we could see if the path we're on leads where we want to be going! No advice for you, just…

Edited.... because I read too quickly and now I see what you did. :-)

It's the OP who was talking thin vs anorexia. The posters are simply urging her to go talk to a professional because her post here and elsewhere throw up red flags for really disordered eating. Not much else we can say other than please eat more and please talk to a therapist.

I'm 5.2 (& a half!), am at 124.6 right now, and have been losing great on 1400-1600 gross (I'm set to 1600 but vary it quite a bit through the week). I'm lightly active, with anywhere between 5000 and 8000 steps a day. Losing about a pound, a little less, every day. Unless you're quite sedentary I would think 1360 would be…

Not beer but wine. I have 8 ounces a night. Sometimes 5. Sometimes 10. But I have it only if it fits in my calorie goal. I've lost 17 pounds since July and am 5 pounds from my goal. I've been losing at the rate I wanted, too.