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None of the calculators have been right for me but I have the opposite problem than most. If I went by the calculators or methods for determining breastfeeding calories, I can easily lose 3.5+ pounds per week which obviously wouldn't be good. I've had to do some manual adjusting to figure out what I need to eat and right…

Congratulations! See the above links by 4legs. It has some good info but since it's impossible to know how many ounces of breastmilk are coming out of your breast at each feeding, it's a good idea to keep it simple and set your account to maintain your current weight if weight loss is your goal. Breastfeeding alone will…

I can't speak for you personally but my workout recovery is absolute garbage when I don't get enough sleep. I have five kids, and my 11 month old and 4 year old like to tag team at night. I also have insomnia that wakes me up in the middle of the night. I definitely recommend getting to bed earlier if you can. It makes a…

I have five kids so I understand and won't pull a sactimommy on you ;) Where do you usually stop for dinner? I would spend a little time researching menus online to find options that will fit into your goals. Subway is a good one, Chipotle and Taco Bell have bowl meals (the power veggie bowl is under 500 calories). Even…

This last pound is hanging on for dear life! I feel terrible and bloated today so I'm honestly surprised that I've lost anything. Enjoy your weekend, everyone! Height: 5'1" HW: 195 April 2017 SW April: 141 Ultimate goal: 130? April goal: 135-36. April 1st: 141 April 6th: 140.2

I've had five kids. I'm never going back to looking like the person I was before. So I'm working on becoming an improved person in other ways. The stretch marks and loose belly skin aren't going anywhere, but I can make my muscles stronger and I can grow them bigger. I can establish long-term goals for myself and smash…

Currently working on the next before and after since I had a baby last year. Maybe in another 10 or 20 pounds. This is 2014 vs. 2016 after a 70 pound loss.

I'm going to Costa Rica in 5 weeks for 12 days and won't be logging by weighing my food, but I will be logging the best I can and I'm going to be sensible about food choices. I know that's the best way to keep myself accountable once I get back and I can fall right back into routine. I am expecting the gallivanting through…

My friends ask me pretty frequently about weight loss or look for my validation about something, and I will tell them what I think. Otherwise I give no unsolicited advice. I was in their shoes once and I know they have to arrive at the decision to do something sustainable on their own. They know what I'm doing and I figure…

What do you have to lose by trying a food scale except, if your measuring is off, more weight? I was resistant for years about using a food scale. I spun my wheels for 7 years and insisted it was everything else except my portion sizes and calories. I only took off a little weight on my own, mostly by trying to cardio it…

Are you using a food scale? I may have missed it, but I didn't see you confirm that yet.

Several breastfeeding moms here. I'm nursing my almost one year old and have lost 54 pounds so far with MFP. As you probably know, breastfeeding creates its own deficit so you don't necessarily have to create a deficit on top of it. Since your baby is exclusively nursing and you don't have much to lose, you can eat at…

While exercise is great for health and nutrition is important for that as well, weight loss really comes down to a calorie deficit. And the best way to be sure you're in a deficit is by using a food scale. I'm not super knowledgeable about your program, but if you're depending on exercise to create a deficit for you…

Pssh. Strive for excellence. If you believe in yourself, anything is possible.

I ate a 12 inch sub from Subway yesterday for lunch and woke up .6 pounds lighter today, so I would say no. As long as it fits into your calorie goals, you'll lose weight.

The MFP database is user created. So what you were using may or may not have been accurate, and even less-so if you were doing any eyeballing of portions, using measuring cups, or relying on package labels. The only way to be sure is to weigh and measure everything, and then verify entries for accuracy. Spend a few weeks…

I agree with the above from @sardelsa. When you're so close to goal, changes can be more difficult to see on ourselves but are more obvious to others. And husbands are usually the last people to notice anything unfortunately. I would suggest increasing to a minimum of 1200 calories, though. Better yet, plug your stats into…

Your rate of loss was 1.6 pounds per week, I wouldn't say you did anything wrong at all. Depending on your physique goals, they will likely take much longer than 8 weeks to manifest. There are a few different suggestions that can be made as far as how to adjust your program and diet if you can offer some additional info.…

You say you were strict about nutrition, does that mean you were using a digital food scale to weigh all solids you consumed and did you measure all liquids, including cooking oil and such?

Nothing really drastic volume-wise. I'm a 32G now after a 54 pound loss (currently 141lbs). In the past at my lowest weight after a 70 pound loss, I was still a 32E. I've also had five kids and breastfed all of them.

I typically work out at lunch time or in the evening. That's just what works best with my schedule.

I'm breastfeeding, so I eat at maintenance and have my account set to active which equates to about a one pound loss every week at 2070 calories. I'm 5'1". It took me some fiddling around to realize that I needed to adjust my activity level up to lose less every week. So I'm guessing if l weren't breastfeeding, the…

All I drink is water with flavor enhancers of some kind. Lots and lots of water. And occasional diet soda. I have for years. So far nothing sinister has befallen me.

My baby is 11 months old and I'm down 54 pounds while nursing. I gained 55 during pregnancy so I'm almost back to my starting weight. I'd like to lose a bit more after that but I'm not sure how much yet. I adjust my calories to lose no more than a pound a week but it's taken some experimentation to figure out what my…

I think I was about 900 over. And I don't even celebrate Easter. Whoops.

Pregnant women aren't immune to the laws of physics. I'm really surprised more people don't seem to understand this and have such a difficult time interpreting the data around pregnancy weight gain.

The idea of maintaining one's weight during pregnancy is also misunderstood. If the same woman "maintains" her weight during pregnancy, she LOST 23 pounds. True maintenance would show a 23 pound gain on the scale, and her weight would return to start after birth. As most people understand, pregnant women have special…

Where is the misinformation? Let's do some math: An obese woman gains 11 pounds during pregnancy according to the chart from March of Dimes. Her baby weighs 7.5 pounds, her amniotic fluid weighs 2 pounds, her extra blood weighs 4 pounds, her increased bodily fluid weighs 4 pounds, her increased breast size weighs 2 pounds,…

I just took mine yesterday to track progress. I wear an 8 across the board whether it's my shorts from REI or designer jeans. I know that Old Navy has vanity sizing for sure, I'm sure I could wear a 4 or something from there but haven't tried in a while. I think I'm 11 pounds overweight. I started at 195lbs. 5'1" 141lbs…

The pregnancy post makes me chuckle. For 4 out of 5 of my pregnancies, I've thrown up for the majority of them. Been medicated for it, all of that good stuff. I've still managed to gain between 50-85 pounds during pregnancy (and I'm still working to get it off). Why? Because when I wasn't throwing up, I was shoving food in…