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Except when you use MFP and set your account to lose weight, your deficit is already incorporated into your calorie goal. You are supposed to consume enough calories to meet that goal, not under it. It expects you to log exercise and eat at least some of those calories back if you believe they're over-estimated. You're not…

5'1". Down 64 pounds. I think I was 170ish in the first pic vs. 131 now. Lift heavy stuff and weigh your food.

Yes this is my problem! My waist and hips sort of blend together. Things that fit in the waist are really baggy in the hips and thighs. I think this was my biggest surprise during weight loss. I have not maintained the shape I was at a much higher weight and I'm not really a curvy person at all!

Did you lose weight in those 6 months? I wouldn't blame this on your workout necessarily. If you're eating in a surplus and gaining, you'll gain a little muscle and some fat if you're lifting progressively during that time. If you started out with a higher level of body fat, that fat is still there on top of the muscles.…

I eat them all. I use my Fitbit and go by the adjustment it gives me. I would be losing way too fast and would have zero energy otherwise.

Hello everyone! This month is going to be a busy one. My two older kids start braces this month and we discovered that my oldest has some extra fun stuff that will require dental surgery in a few months before we add anymore appliances. My one year old also decided to be unique and has some rare dental stuff going on so…

I think 135 is a good first goal and then reassess when you get there. I'm 5'1" and started at 195. My first goal was 140, then my next goal became 130 and hitting a healthy BMI. I'm 131 now and planning to settle closer to 120. It's primarily because of aesthetics. I'm on track to maintain above 2000 calories when I get…

Also, please don't hate yourself. Try to be proactive here instead of reactive. Think about the advice you would give your children in a difficult, frustrating situation. Try to find solutions for why this isn't working right now and how you can make it work for this time in your life.

Some advice based on your post: If you aren't using a food scale, check out the sticky posts on how to use one. Plenty of people lose just fine without, but once you start to experience difficulty with losing and tracking your intake, it's a good idea to start using one in order to be more precise with your logging. It's…

You just have to want it badly enough to stop making excuses. Trust me, I know all about it because I used to make every excuse in the book. I would overcomplicate the process, have unrealistic expectations, and would ultimately fail. I would drown my feelings in the drive-thru and with Little Debbie. I failed enough times…

Band size yes, cup size not so much. At my heaviest I was a 36G. After losing 63 pounds, I'm in between a 32G and 32F. I don't really expect it to go down much. The smallest bra size I've been in about 15 years is a 32E. Not everybody shrinks when they lose weight. I've mainly stuck to wearing sports bras because of sizing…

I'm 5'1" and also working on the last 10. At .5 pound a week, I could easily wipe out my deficit on the weekends. It can also take a long time once you're at the end, which makes it even more important to really buckle down on your logging and be consistent about it. You have to account for the extra calories on the…

Use the recipe builder, log the number of servings as the weight of the prepared dish minus the weight of the empty cooking vessel in grams, then weigh out your portion and log it as your serving size.

It's not any one day that's a big deal, it's the long-term trend that's important because high days can wipe out low days over the course of a week, month, and year. When there are consistency issues over a long period of time, that will influence your overall rate of loss. Restaurant calorie counts can be off unless…

Just looking back until May, I have some questions. The recipes you log, are those generic entries or are you adding them to your recipes yourself? Some appear to be generic. How are you calculating a serving for a recipe? I see some entries that aren't weighed. Things like cake or cinnamon buns that are entered as a…

Some are better than others. My Alta HR has been very accurate. I'm 5'1" and 131 pounds and Fitbit estimates 2400 calories for 15K steps a day, which is pretty consistent with what I'm losing at currently. My husband's counts steps when he's driving in his car. The MFP estimate given to you and your Fitbit are only part of…

There are a few breastfeeding moms here. Breastfeeding burns a lot of calories so you'll need to account for them and eat more. For exclusively breastfed babies, some women like to estimate 500 calories. I like to recommend starting out by eating at least at maintenance for your current weight and carefully tracking your…

I started out obese and I would say it became more obvious once I fell into the overweight category after losing 40 pounds. Every 10 pounds after that seems to make a bigger difference.

That's what I have mine set to for a similar amount of steps. Works out fine for me. I earn some back every day.

Also, what is your current rate of loss if I'm understanding correctly and you're consuming 1700 calories a day?

This is tough because none of us can say for sure how many calories breastfeeding is burning every day for you. But the laws of thermodynamics dictate that it is using calories, so it's going to take some experimentation and time on your part to figure that out. I'd recommend estimating 250 calories for breastfeeding to…

They are good! I haven't had one in a long time but I'll have to remember to get some now that your post reminded me!

Each person should pay their own bill for what they actually consumed, unless it's being paid by the host. It's incredibly rude for the people you're dining with to force some of their bill onto you. I would tell the server at the start of the meal that you will be paying a separate check for yourself so they can keep…

See a doctor.

I'm 5'1" and have the exact amount of weight to lose as you with a goal weight of 120 pounds. Settle in, because it's going to take a while to lose the rest of it. That's just the way it is. It took me 20 days for the scale to move after I switched to a half pound a week. I just had to keep logging and be patient. If you…

Yep, garbage. First, there's no way for a shake or a tea to go through your digestive system and specifically target your midsection. As far as meal replacement shakes, they're only effective if you plan to drink them for the rest of your life. What happens when you stop drinking the shakes and haven't learned a thing…

Mom to 5, currently staying home with them. I had my youngest a little over a year ago and I'm currently breastfeeding. I'm down 63 pounds and have another 10 or so to go before hitting maintenance.

And there isn't anything wrong with losing a half pound a week. If it's easier for you to stick to, a half pound a week is better than no weight loss a week. This isn't a race, and it's a good idea to lose more slowly so you can address the issues that got you here and help form better habits. I've been there. My highest…

Sure, you can gain that one pound, but it probably won't stop at one pound if you keep telling yourself the same excuse. Which means you could put on another 30 pounds in the next year. Or you can take one step at a time to reverse course and put yourself in a far better place a year from now. It's up to you, but you have…

I hit a normal BMI today! One year and two months, and 63 pounds later. From a size 16 to a size 6. Here's my PSA for weighing your food and lifting heavy. Oh and I'm a mom to five kids.