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It's all mental. I feel like, "Why should I fall off the wagon this weekend when I busted my *kitten* all week?"

If you really don't want to work out, just make sure you keep your calorie intake below your BMR. That works for me for those first two days.

I went thru this struggle for almost a month. What works for me is not syncing MFP to any activity tracker (I have a Fitbit). I set MFP to sedentary, and usually log 12k steps a day. I eat 1200-1400 calories a day, regardless of how many steps I take. Have similar stats as you and that's what works for me. I lose about…

My scale never moves the day after a big workout. Only the day after a rest day

I have a glass of wine every night and have been losing weight just fine. As long as you count it, you can eat/drink it

I had the same problem. I unsynched my Fitbit from MFP. I only follow what MFP says to eat, plus eat back some exercise calories. This has worked for me. I found Fitbit to be way too high

That sounds way too low to me. If you truly are measuring all your food with a scale, try upping that number to 1500.

Like someone else mentioned, for every alcoholic drink I have, I chug a huge glass of cold water after it. Helps fill me up faster and make better decisions.

I eat below my BMR - which is 1500.

I have the Fitbit flex and I wear it around my ankle. I don't like things on my wrist, and I noticed a I do a ton of activity that requires my arms (pushing a stroller, carrying a baby, etc.) and just don't like worrying about my arm swinging. Seems to be working just fine on my ankle

I ate what Fitbit told me to for two weeks and lost nothing. Then I unsynched them, ate what MFP told me to, and have been losing steadily

I started around 200lbs. The first two weeks I ate between 1500 & 2100 cals. Cardio daily. No weight came off. Week three I stuck to around 1500 calories, 60 min of walking a day, and the weight is coming off. Can only speak for my own experience, but I'd suggest giving your body at least 3 weeks to adjust. Then just trial…

I've only been at this a few weeks, but I find FitBit's suggestion of how many calories to eat way off. Someone else worded it well, and said that Fitbit tracks every step... even if that's just going to the bathroom. So if you have IBS one day and make a million bathroom trips, there's no way that's burning off the same…

For me, yes, but it took me a while to figure out what that number should be. Sedentary vs Lightly Active, eating back exercise cals, etc.

It's taken me a while to figure this out too. For me, the most success I've had is leaving it at Sedentary, and logging the 60+ minute walk I go on each day. I normally end my day with around 13k-16k steps. I enter my walk as a leisurely pace, even tho I am hauling *kitten*. That way I'm giving myself a buffer for the…

Ha - yes I do! Weigh everything. Manually scan in whatever has a barcode. Exercise daily. Who knows.... just gonna keep chuggin

I'm running in to the same problem girl :-/

Piggybacking on OP's question - I walk ~12k steps during 8-5p at my job. When I get home I walk on the treadmill for 30-45 min. I have mine set to lightly active and then I add in the night cardio. Is that wrong?

I appreciate all the feedback. Thank you

Thanks, but I typically find Fitbit and MFP to be different in what they're telling me to eat. Do you have them linked or only listen to one over the other?

Seems like the two opinions are very different :-/

I was just going based off what besaro said. I honestly have no idea which is the best way to handle it, which is why I'm asking...

My only hesitation with putting it to sedentary is that I'm not sedentary. I rarely sit down during the day. Granted I'm not running around, but I am usually on my feet.

Good point... so maybe I should keep it at sedentary and just add the one hour walk I go on manually in to MFP? If I do that, I should eat whatever calories it adds? And I'll still lose weight?

How many total calories are you eating, are you working out?

Sodium under 1400. Not TOM

About two weeks. I previously walked about 8k steps a day. So upped it a bit but nothing extreme. Drinking 2000ml of water a day. No soda. No processed foods

I do have a scale. I measure everything diligently. Eating veggies all day, hardly any sodium.