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Just because the app says X calorie goal is Y deficit doesn't make it true. The calorie goal is an estimate, basically the statistical average for superficially similar people. We're each individuals. Most of us are close to average, because that's how statistics work . . . but a smaller number of people can be noticeably…

At 205 and 5'4", 18 y/o, we'd expect your total daily calorie needs to be around 2000-2100 if sedentary. A lot of people are more active than sedentary, just from job, home and family things, even with a desk job, but I picked a low-ish activity level as an example. At that 2000-2100 TDEE (total daily energy expenditure,…

Congratulations on losing 108 pounds: That's an amazing accomplishment! How much do you weigh now, how tall are you, how active, how old? Are you still trying to lose weight, or are you now at goal weight? Knowing those things would let us give you more personalized advice. If your calorie goal previously was 1119, MFP…

What's breakfast like? People vary, but I find that a solid breakfast with plenty of protein helps me make it through the whole day better. As far as lunch, what are you eating now? Since feeling full is somewhat individual, it's hard to suggest anything beyond the generic, which LeeDahlen has done above. Protein and fiber…

Yes, protein is important, especially in our demographic. (I'm 69, F.) This is a good source, IMO, for the whats/whys, and some about how much: https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(13)00326-5/fulltext Whether to limit fruits is situational. Personally, I don't limit carbs explicitly. I strive to get certain daily…

No worries, I believe you. Apple MFP doesn't consistently work exactly like Android MFP in various ways. Now OP knows that, too. ;)

Exercise choices don't really depend on BMI and weight. They depend on athletic, fitness or body composition goals, and personal preferences. The generic official recommendations for general good health tend to be two general things: 1. 150 minutes of moderate intensity cardiovascular exercise per week, or 75 minutes of…

Not in Android, as far as I can tell. If I swipe right on the diary, I get the previous page, the dashboard; or I get the previous day's diary; depending on where I swipe (edge or center).

Afterthought: Though standard rowing machines - flywheel or water tank ones, for example - are also 60% legs when used properly, they do work arms, chest and back to about the same extent oars (in boats) do. The most direct and efficient way to develop arms, chest and back is to do strength training exercises, like lifting…

Oops, you're right, Retro: Thanks for correcting that lack of careful reading on my part. So more like something under two days delay in reaching goal weight, not 3. Yeah, good point on the next day. If I weren't hungry/craving, like you I'd eat less the next day just responding to those feelings, but not a "make up for…

Hello, and welcome! For those goals specifically, "shed pounds and gain muscles", there are two general things that are probably the most efficient routes: Eat at a calorie level to lose weight at a sensible pace for your current size, and lift weights or do similar strength exercise to gain strength/muscles. To lose…

Hello, and welcome! There's not a way to type in steps to MFP and get a calorie allowance. If they're steps happening in everyday life, most people will suggest adjusting the "activity level" setting in your MFP profile based on your average daily steps. I'm not super steps-conscious myself, but my understanding is that…

Hello and welcome! I hope "6-year-old" is a typo? ;) 6 or 66, I'm wishing you success: IME, it's worth the effort!

Hello, and welcome (back? ;) )! I think I'm not a motivational friend candidate ;) , but I wanted to post to say hi and cheer you on. I lost weight at 59-60, and that was a huge quality of life improvement for me. I want that for everyone! In particular, part way through loss from obese to healthy weight, my cholesterol,…

Yeah, no big deal. Another way to look at it, besides Yirara's comment: You have a 500 calorie daily deficit most of the time. You ate 100 below maintenance calories one day, wiping out 400 calories of deficit. That alone means you get to goal weight not quite one day slower. The next day, you ate 1100 calories over…

So, what are your goals for doing 2 meals a day? Some people have other health goals when they choose an intermittent fasting/time-restricted eating approach, but some people do it just for weight loss purposes. If you're doing it just for weight loss purposes, and it's making things harder for you rather than easier,…

MMmmmm, baked brie! I have to admit, lazy soul that I am, I usually go with frozen puff pastry rather than phyllo: So quick and easy. I've done it stuffed with various things, including dried fruit and/or nuts, but it's been a while so I don't remember specifics. But even plain brie in pastry is very yum. I tend not to…

@robertw486, I'm not arguing that military training/operations or some civilian activities are not uncomfortable, or that they don't lead to personal growth. That would be dumb, and IMO wildly inaccurate. But that isn't the circumstances described or the premise advanced in the OP, as I understood it. The OP says, about…

How fast are you trying to lose weight? Maybe don't start with as big a cut-back. It's OK to start just by logging what you eat now, find some easy-looking cuts, and work your way into it, too. Are you thinking you need to cut out all your usual and favorite foods, which some people attempt? Maybe that's not really…

Do you feel fatigued, or have other problems in your daily life that seem to point to poor sleep quality? I'm assuming you're getting the "less core sleep" info from some kind of fitness tracker or similar. Having had the opportunity to compare my tracker's result with the same night's in-hospital sleep study at one point…

There's a lot more kale in a cup of steamed kale than in a cup of raw kale. That stuff wilts and shrinks down. That last entry is ambiguous. Is it raw? Is it cooked? We don't know. Are those numbers right? Dunno, but that they're different in the directions they are kind of makes sense to me. I'd give you a strong bet that…

Labels aren't always correct, and some variability is allowed by the regulations, at least in the US. BTW, I got 283 calories: 19g fat x 9 calories = 171 calories 23g carbs - 6g fiber = 17g net carbs 17g carbs x 4 calories = 68 calories 11g protein x 4 calories = 44 calories 171 + 68 + 44 = 283 calories Yeah, that's a…

The MFP macronutrient defaults aren't a bad start for most people, unless they cut calories too aggressively far for their current size, trying to lose weight fast. There's no getting adequate nutrition, protein or otherwise, on too few calories. If your primary goal is weight loss/weight management, the direct determinant…

First breast cancer survivor rowing team practice. Weather was . . . not optimal, so attendance light. (Air temp around 0 degrees F/-18 C on the way there, "feels like" -20F with the wind. Recent snow with some ice underneath, temps low enough that the road salt doesn't much melt it, lots of police/accidents/stalled cars.)…

Welcome (back?)! Losing 170 pounds is an amazing accomplishment, no matter the path: Kudos! Also congratulations on getting back to it after regaining 30 . . . a lot of people just let it go on and on, but you didn't. Good show. Can I make a concerned comment, as a calorie-counting oldie? Maybe it's misplaced, but I worry…

I hear you, Springlering62. In my case, one of those people is my friend J. She's 78, looks maybe 50-something, and keeps up easily with the 20-somethings and 30-somethings at our rowing club, even some pretty fit young'uns. She started serious progressive strength training back in her 30s, 1970s, at a time when women…

The one I knew of was this one, not the same at the superficial-look level: https://ezrahealth.co.uk/weight-loss/ My point is why do we want to suggest OP is some kind of skeezy marketer when we have no evidence of that, maybe discourage them from participating. Sure, if they are a skeezy marketer, discouraging that would…

My point is that not all difficult things are necessarily uncomfortable. Of course shying away from all difficult things has consequences, not necessarily good ones. I'm not even arguing we should avoid discomfort. Sometimes it's inherent in achieving particular goals, and a person has to step up and experience that…

I've probably said this before, but while I do still accept FRs (which are now mostly pointless), but not from IDs whose MFP profile is private, and who have no reasonable history at all in the Community. (They don't have to have interacted with me, just participated . . . in my case, in somewhere other than exclusively…

I don't really want to digress Shel's thread into a debate topic, but I have a fairly strong reaction to this part. Generically, I suspect that at a biochemical/physiological level, it's likely just as difficult for a large person with a big maintenance calorie budget to go a certain percent below that budget as it is for…