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My understanding is that it slows the metabolism down greatly reducing the desire to eat since you have food in your system that is not being digested at the normal rate. I worked with someone that was overweight and diabetic and was put on the injections and he described eating where he would get full quickly, not have…

Papa K, Sounds like your world is picking up quite a bit! As a 55 yr old, I can attest to the fact that adding a workout routine to an already busy day can be daunting and difficult, but it sounds like you are used to be fairly active already. I can imagine that carrying around an extra 70 lbs on a prosthetic leg must be…

My wife asked me to watch "We Were Liars" on Prime. It's not really my thing normally (it's geared towards the ladies I think more than guys for sure) but she asked me to watch it so I'm trying to enjoy it. It's not horrible, the scenery is great, hoping the end payoff is worth it.

I was just on a week long vacay. Tried to log as best as I could. Lots of guestimating. Weighed myself when I got back. Gained 4 lbs. It's already off and I'm down almost another pound as well. Just enjoy the vacay, use your skills that you've been using already, you know what to eat and not eat, and don't feel bad…

The bad news is that when you try to lose weight, usually the belly/abdomen is the LAST place the weight comes off from for most people. It's like a sponge that dries out from the edges to the center, the body is similar (for most people) in how it loses weight. My face, hands, arms, legs, etc, all show signs before my…

I suppose the pills/injections would work as long as you are taking them, but as soon as you stop your appetite will increase back to previous levels, while you were taking them you did not develop any skills to learn how to lose and/or keep the weight off, and these people will just go back to their previously unhealthy…

This is literally everyone who tries to lose weight. Everyone wants it off as fast as possible and wants to keep it off. The problem is that fast weight loss usually ends up in the whole yo-yo dieting thing: lose a bunch, get comfy, start slipping back into old habits, weigh more than you did before you even started. Slow…

Welcome! First thing I try to tell people that are new here is to really just focus on the intake portion of the equation (so your calories in). Macros do NOT equal weight loss. Some folks report that it can help them avoid being hungry if they eat more protein, etc, but will not help you lose any faster per se. Same with…

I just re-started C25K this month and I'm on Week 2 as of today so doing the math I might hit 25 miles this month? I'm just hoping to stay on track with the program not too worried about the actual mileage. The 30 minutes at a time are enough for me!

Welcome! MFP doesn't use a resting calorie target, it uses NEAT (basically it calculates your BMR plus accounts for your basic non-exercise activity calorie expenditure). If you are relatively sedentary you can indicate that but it will still account for small basic movements throughout the day. That's how the app works.…

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Welcome! I don't think the app lets you set a water goal, it just tracks it for you if that's something you would like to track for yourself. Water consumption has no effect on weight loss so it's not part of the daily "goals", just calories/food. Same goes for macros: they can help with achieving some of your health goals…

Back at it again for like the 10th time! Finished W1 yesterday. Hoping to get outside and off the treadmill as the weather warms up soon (supposed to get some snow today).

Sugar is tough. Here's a few things that work for me: -Keep it out of the house! -Eat fruit instead (still sweet just natural) -When the cravings are REALLY bad go for a quick walk they subside pretty quick for me After a while (they say it takes 3 weeks to form or break a habit) it gets better. Good luck!

Is Fitness Blender still on YouTube? They have some very low level beginner type plans that use little to no equipment.

I have long workdays that are kinda hard to plan for, so I have to pre-make a lot of my meals: One, that way I have food I've made that I know the calorie counts of and it fits into my day. Two, I'm not tempted to get something "fast food" that will derail my day. Three, I can pre-log it so I know what my day looks like…

Went from the 2nd hole on my belt to the 3rd this morning so that was nice to see again

Hi Daisies! So if you haven’t moved weight in a month, that’s your body telling you that you are eating at maintenance calories. It looks like your diary isn’t public so I can’t see what may or may not being going on from that perspective, but if you say your calorie goal is 1310/day and you aren’t losing weight then I’m…

Keep in mind, MFP and its daily calorie goal assumes you are moving and burning calories already, so if you are counting your watch movement calories you are double-crediting yourself for your daily movements. I only use my watch to record INTENTIONAL exercise: running, weightlifting, etc.

It's hard to be able to give you any concrete advice without knowing much about you (age, current weight, etc), but generally speaking its recommended that you can't lose more than 1% of your body weight in a week. You have about 6 weeks+ until your target date so that would be an extreme goal (unless you are starting from…

So couple of things I noticed from your original post: I asked my program's health coach (she has a degree in kinesology and exercise science) about that and she told me not to count calories and not focus on that So this person is not a dietician or nutritionist. Please keep that in mind when taking an exercise person's…

Sorry you feel some are being mean, but there have been thousands of posts like this over the years (I’ve been here off and on for 9) and they are remarkably similar, so some folks feel like they are on repeat. There is a saying: You can’t outrun a bad diet. Or take a bunch of steps. Losing weight is almost entirely based…

Hi there! First if all, if you can go into your profile and make your diary public we can see what may be causing the issue from a logging standpoint. Second, from looking at your spreadsheet, I think you might be using the MFP tool incorrectly. Without using words and acronyms that others here like to use, MFP is designed…

You’re on it right now! Just use the goal section on MFP. Enter your vitals and how mush you want to lose per week and it will give you your daily calorie goal. Voila!

2 of my kids raved about "Suits" so I started watching it on Netflix. I'm already into Season 3 in like 2 weeks. Fun show!

My wife called me to tell me she saw a bear on the way to work. I asked her, "How do you know it was on its way to work?"

A few observations @IsabellaShoshana, 1. After looking at your diary, it appears you are not weighing anything. For breakfast you logged a generic entry for cheese pizza. You can't just pick a random entry in the database and apply it to your calorie intake. The whole idea of MFP is that you log your actual calorie intake…

No apology needed! Not a rant, all of that is pretty much true. Been experiencing some digestive issues and the wife some inflammation so after doing some initial digging around came across some posts about seed oils being the devil so wanted to check and see if anyone here had some experience/info. I appreciate the…

Thank you for this! Sounds like the "science" is evolving and the evidence I have been hearing has been mostly anecdotal so may not be all that it's hyped up to be. Appreciate the thoroughness of the reply!

I used to work VERY long and hard hours (14 hours/day) and lost a lot of weight. You just have to plan in advance and don't put yourself in bad situations where you are starving and/or making bad decisions. So wake up a bit earlier if you need the time to eat and prepare meals for the day, or do it the night before. I…