tamaeus Member

No, I don't only eat fast food, but most of the time I do, sadly. I grab a quick bite to eat on the way to work, usually it's a chicken sandwich since I know those are healthier for you than cheeseburgers, though I do occasionally buy a single from Wendy's. I know, I should avoid fast foods when I'm on this diet.

Yes, I have.

I'm not refusing to take advice. Why else am I asking for advice.

No, I never said that. I said 1200 is my minimum limit. You know, like if you log your food but don't eat enough, then the app will tell you to eat more before it will let you complete the diary page. For me, that's at 1200. As long as I eat at least 1200, it will let me complete my day.

I don't weight my food, but I use the food to the best of my ability to guess the calories. Like if I have a cheeseburger from Wendy's, I know that that's about 500. What I eat for dinner I add to that.

Honestly, except for becoming much stronger and losing weight, I haven't really thought about any goals.

Yeah, I agree, very convenient! And I checked that calorie builder, it's a great tool, but there's no way to do custom sizzlis that I've found.

But you're right, I need to exercise more and watch my calories.

No, you may be right. I do need to take responsibility for my actions and make sure to track it more often. Sometimes though, it really is an accident (like if I look at my progress to see that I have 500 calories left, but then I forget and accidentally eat 600 thinking I have 6-700 left). Or maybe I know I have 500 left,…

I guess I also want to lose weight was because I was so happy when I was below 200 pounds. I haven't been that low since middle school.

I was losing weight because I was on the one-pound plan the whole time and cut out soda. Now I'm on the 2-pound plan and I do drink soda but it's the Zero kind so no calories. And I don't want to take a whole month just to lose a few pounds, which is why I switched to the 2-pound plans. I keep seeing all these success…

Because most of the time, I'm not eating that much, so unless the food I'm eating has a massive amount of calories, I shouldn't be taking in that many. But I see what you mean.

I don't understand how I could be eating too much if I'm eating very little. But I'll try logging everything from now on, if I possibly can. But I still don't understand how I'm gaining weight if I'm usually always below my goal. Even if I'm below my 1-pound goal I'm still gaining.

To answer your questions. @Muscleflex79 I only guessed that it might have been more muscle mass because while my physical shape hasn't changed all that much (with the exception of a bit more chubbiness), I gained about 25-ish pounds, so more muscles are the first thing that I thought of. @kayyforce I don't weigh myself all…

How did you do it? What's your secret?

I've heard of people referring to stones as weight, but how much is that exactly? Is a stone equal to 10 pounds or something?

Though I have heard of it, I don't know exactly what a Cheat Day is. A few days I have gone over my limit by accident, and some days I forget to register my calories.

For one thing, I didn't know that I could sync fitbit with MFP. Secondly, the last time I tried syncing an app with MFP, it didn't work. I tried syncing MapMyWalk, but it kept saying incorrect login information.

Is there a way to formulate it? Like if I have a smoked turkey sandwich, it would be the roll for A calories, smoked turkey chunks for B calories, lettuce leaf for C calories, tomato slice for D calories, for a total of (A+B+C+D) calories.

And the idea that healthy means low calorie. Forgotto mention that.

Okay. And I'm sorry if I sound like a broken record. I have to get over the public thinking that if you're on a diet, you can't eat certain foods. I'll get there.

And how much to eat too.

I don't plan on quitting, even if it is hard. But I hear what you're saying. I will start measuring my foods more accurately. I don't mind eating healthy foods, but I need to learn what exactly "healthy foods" are. Like I previously stated, I thought a fruit smoothie was healthy for you until I learned it had so many…

Do you have a list of foods that I can and cannot eat? I'm still shocked that a fruit smoothie has so many calories in it. It's almost as if the only things you're allowed to drink are water, milk, and juice.

Even though it says my goal is 2170, how many calories should I actually intake and burn total? Half that, a quarter that, what?

Thank you for your help. I adjusted it to lightly active and will be exercising more. This dieting is harder than I thought it was going to be. I thought with my busy work that if I just changed what I ate I'd lose weight. But even something as healthy as a smoothie has lots of calories.

I set my lifestyle to very active since I work in a warehouse doing all kinds of physical activities (fast walking, pulling and lifting heavy objects, etc...) so my daily goal is 2900 (the first number in the equation). I mostly buy stuff from the store, so I use that. If I make homemade food, I estimate the amount.

I never thought I got a medal. And you're only half right, I don't understand hown this app works fully. I've only been on this diet and app for a week now. I didn't realize that I should be a master of this app by now. I've increased my activity level now, so it will be more accurate.

Okay, I get it. Thanks!

So despite the fact that I'm exhausted at the end of the day, it's still not considered exercise? That stinks! I get your point though.