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It's all estimates. Do you feel like you can stick to the 1650 to achieve your goals?

https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20120605/waist-size-alone-may-predict-diabetes-risk#1 Waist size is the best predictor of diabetes. You are 22x (twenty-two times) more likely than a healthy male to get diabetes, which would make you much more likely to die each year of a heart condition, go blind, or lose your feet. If…

That is a lot of salt. Try not to do that too often. Unless you have a medical condition that requires that you limit your salt, you'll be fine if you don't do that every day.

Asian restaurants can be amazingly difficult to guesstimate calories for. Part of the difficulty is that a nearly invisible tablespoon of cooking oil adds 120 calories to anything eaten. It took experience with cooking similar food to get a feel for how much oil was used in preparation from the look and mouth feel. Studies…

Motivation is temporary by nature. I developed good habits that would carry me through times where I was not very motivated. Habits like good portion sizes, tastes for fruits and vegetables, doing regular exercise, being accountable and honest to myself about how much I am eating, etc. So when I go off the farm now, I…

A smug sense of self-satisfaction.

Motivation is temporary by nature. Seek to build habits that will carry you forward when you don't want to think about it any more.

I've developed good habits that take over when I don't care. I'm habituated to portioning, for example. I'm habituated to go do my low-impact cardio. The habits I have help to protect me when I don't care. I get back on the horse when I can. Even then, there are times my habits don't save me. I enlist the help of the…

OP, most people 'diet' too restrictively (read as: incorrectly). Relaxing self-imposed standards on what is "good" food vs. "bad" food usually fixes nutritional deficits. The other axiom that applies is that if what you're doing is not working, you should change what you're doing. For some people, this means eating even…

The science is the science. Adults can decide for themselves. I'll only note that the exercise has to be appropriate to the conditions and if you're trying to lose weight, you should probably consider low-impact cardio (probably).

If you have a diagnosis of sleep apnea, you can ask your doctor for a prescription for a treatment. Depending on how severe it is, they can get you a dental device (like a mouthguard that helps hold your jaw so it doesn't press into your throat) or they can have you fitted for a CPAP. If you feel like your sleep isn't very…

Current medical guidelines generally recommend less than a gallon of water to include any water in the food you're already eating. If you follow the current scientific advice, you'd have to be a pretty big and active guy to reach a gallon per the current guidelines. Overdrinking water can have a few other associated…

Probably not, although you may feel a little bloated for a while. Yes, carry on eating well by all means. You should only feel bad if it helps to motivate you or improves your discipline. Otherwise, what use are feelings?

The most recent recommendations I've read from legitimate scientific sources is that you should increase exercise as you lose weight. It's apparently important to keep the weight off.

I recommend walking until you tire, then walking for longer the next time. Walk until you can walk at a brisk pace for an hour straight without discomfort.

* One week is not enough data to show trends on your weight. Normal fluctuations in your weight can explain every reading you take within a week. * You're consuming two day's worth of sodium every day. This is likely to lead you to retain water. * If what you're eating now is a significant change in what you were eating…

*edited because I hit the post button I only commented on the metabolic estimate. That's it.

If she is not losing weight and is accurately estimating her calorie intake over a period of a month or more, then it is extremely likely she is not metabolizing calories at her estimated rate. You could say it's the only explanation remaining.

She's using the fitbit estimate which includes activity. And you can eat 6000 calories and not gain if you're expelling calories rather than metabolizing. Calorie counting only works on the minimum end - because energy cannot be created from nowhere. What happens to energy, however, is a different story. It can go straight…

I tipped a pilot three bucks once. He was more than happy to take my money from me. Police officers not so much. It's apparently a bad practice.

I think your most likely culprit is in your metabolic estimate. It's unlikely you burn that many basal calories or that many exercise calories.

Oh, and take care with what you log from MFP. If you search for "grilled chicken thigh" you'll get results ranging everywhere from 40 calories to 450 calories. Definitely make sure you are picking the one that actually represents what you ate.

What's wrong in order of most likely: * Weight is variable from day-to-day, if you drink a pint of water, you'll weigh an additional pound. You'll need about four weeks of data to be able to identify trends in your weight loss/gain. * You are not accurately estimating your calorie intake - this is almost everybody. A…

If that's what she consciously changed and that's what happened, than that's the primary mechanism in her case. Whether or not this will work for others is a different question.

Disruptions to your circadian rhythm can wreak havoc on your hormones, hunger mechanisms, metabolism, and everything else about your body in general. Fight it as best as you can and try to keep things regular and routine.

Oh, and don't forget, high quality sleep and a regular sleep schedule are immeasurably important to weight loss efforts.

Based on what you've said, if you're not losing weight you are consuming more calories than you are metabolizing and expelling. The primary suspects as to why:* You may have a metabolic disorder that makes your base metabolic rate lower than what would be considered healthy. * You may not be accurately estimating/tracking…

Everything that can sit in a vehicle for 'a few days' will end up being problematic. Shelf stable and temperature stable foods need to have a quality that prevents them from spoiling quickly. Generally, this is either because they are packed with sugar, packed with salt, or are essentially water-less carbohydrates or fat.…

If you want to look your best in just a few weeks, I'd concentrate on skin health and hydration. Moisturize, gently massage skin, try to drink enough, stay hydrated, balance your electrolytes in your diet: potassium, sodium, etc. Make sure you're hitting your micronutrient needs such as your vitamins and iron in your diet.…

Generally speaking the community here will advocate for a diet with a minimum of 1000-1200 calories per day, as fewer than this typically results in a host of health problems. We're supportive of your effort to obtain better health, however, we all recommend that you add more food to your diet. I find this resource is…