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It looks like you just joined yesterday, so welcome! How long have you been tracking your calories you are eating? What are your stats (current height, weight, goal weight, etc)? How many calories a day is "very low"? There are pinned posts in the Welcome Section for new users, I'd start there if you have some questions,…

I'm back again starting the program for the umpteenth time myself. Just started last week, I'll be doing W2D1 tomorrow. Good luck to everyone here!

Well, you would've needed to eat 7,000 calories MORE than your goal to gain 2 lbs of fat, and I'll assume you did not do that, so I'm guessing it was just water weight or something for a few days. Could be a funky scale, too. Make sure you weigh in the same spot on a hard surface every time. I take the batteries out to…

Hi @httpsgoaway , Congrats on the initial loss! To open your diary (from the website), go to: Settings Account Settings Diary Settings On your Diary Settings page, under "Diary Sharing" click the button for "Sharing". That'll do it. Good luck!

This! Try removing your batteries and trying again. I found this exact same issue with my scale. "Oh, you again? Here you go! Here's the figure from last time. You're welcome!" Make sure the scale is always on a hard surface and ALWAYS in the same spot! It matters. But try taking out the batteries and let us know if that…

I'm in the same boat after almost a year away, came back last Monday. There's a few of us in this boat it looks like... ;) Feel free to add me. Let's do this!

Go into the "Goals" section of the app, type in your starting weight, your goal weight, and your weekly goal for weight loss (with only 16 lbs to lose I would NOT choose anything more than 1 lb of loss per week), and your activity level. MFP will give you a daily goal of how many calories to eat. It's that easy. Now, as…

This, or after MFP tracks and credits your exercise, just go back and edit the entry to 1 calorie (or even 0 if it lets you). I’ve gone back and edited exercise entries TONS of times because I didn’t want too much credit for something.

After like 9+ hours in the car yesterday able to get some work in today… 1 mile treadmill: 6 incline, 3.5 speed Circuit training: 3 rounds (pull-ups, goblet squats, Romanian deadlifts, push-ups, dumbbell shoulder press, core exercises) Stretching Tomorrow back to C25K 👍

Like stated above, probably some initial water weight dropped, and your rate will probably slow down, but if you aren’t hungry and looking for a reason to eat more, I’d just enjoy the little bit of accelerated loss!

C25K: Week 7 Day 2… CHECK! Wasn’t sure I was even going to try today. Had a few adult beverages last night (1st time in months), woke up late, not feeling great. Decided after about 2 hours I’d feel worse if I DIDN’T try and go, so went for it. It was way warmer than usual (since I started later) so made it harder but…

Abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym (the old saying goes…). In order to reveal your abs you have to get your body fat % down enough where they are able to be seen, and unfortunately for most people, especially men, the last place we lose weight is, you guessed it, our abdomens. The exercises help (that way you have…

So, I think you’ve answered your own questions. 5 lbs in 16 weeks means you’ve been eating at about a 150 calorie/day deficit. You say “roughly” which means your logging probably isn’t super accurate, and at such a small deficit any inconsistencies will ruin what you are trying to accomplish. Try to cut out the catered…

C25K: Week 7 Day 1… CHECK! Those last few minutes were kinda rough but got it done! Looks like a repeat again in a few days (25 min run). W7D2 on deck!

Wow very noticeable changes! Well done! You should be proud! 👍

I just started exercising/working out again like 2 months ago. I started doing cardio (C25K) and then walking on the off days. After a week of that I started working out with weights/body weight exercises. The first week of that I took it very easy: light weights, high reps, just get my muscles used to working again,…

C25K: Week 6 Day 3… CHECK! Wasn’t sure I was gonna complete this one but just went slow and steady and was able to finish. Still very slow but I’m moving for time not distance. Very busy week coming up but bring on Week 7!

Was going to take the day off today (it’s my Bday) but then I thought, “I gotta pay for those tacos and drinks I’m gonna have later somehow”, so… 1 mile on the treadmill at a 5 incline 3 circuits full body workout (no rest) Back to C25K tomorrow 👍

C25K: Week 6 Day 2… CHECK! Sunday should be fun. 22 min run no stops.😳. Bring it on!

C25K, Week 6 Day 1… Check! Ran a little faster today which was odd, I’m usually horribly slow and today was just slow. Ended up having to extend my route around the block, my usual 2.3 miles turned into 2.5 somehow. So far so good!

Sorry for all your troubles, but sounds like you’re on the path to better days. I’m no clinician or doctor or specialist, but it sounds like one of two things, maybe a combination of both? First, are you restricting your calories too much during the day so that you’re starving at the end of the day and eating anything? Or…

I’ve been having weird issues with my watch not syncing with MFP as seamlessly as it used to as well. Not sure what the issue is, but if I open the Apple Health app on my phone and click on “Exercise Minutes” then go back into the app it loads pretty much right away. I’m assuming the most recent Apple update did something…

C25K: The Dreaded Week 5 Day 3! Done! Granted it was probably the slowest “run” ever recorded by man, but did 20 minutes without stopping so I’m very excited about it. (I just looked back, I started the program on 7/19 with 60 second runs and now a little over a month later I did 20 mins straight. Not too shabby…) Bring on…

C25K, the dreaded Week 5 Day 2. Not looking forward to Monday (W5D3 20 min run). Good news: I did it without stopping. Bad news: pretty sure an old lady with a walker passed me at some point. I run really slow, but I was moving!

Usually the body can drop weight faster than the skin can shrink and tighten, so there’s always loose skin at first. As we get older, the body has a harder time “absorbing” that loose skin, so with your 1st it might have been easy, with your 2nd it might be harder/slower. I know at my age I’ll probably always have a little…

There’s a saying: “Abs are made in the kitchen.” You have to get to such a low body fat percentage that it becomes very difficult to see them and very hard to keep them. Even then, some people never get there. But, you would need to get down to single digit body fat percentages to see them. Exercise won’t create them, but…

Is slapping me for confusing them for a man... :#

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About to hurt himself. Then probably be arrested for rushing the stage...