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I need to eat 8 grams of salt per day for low blood pressure.

I will never be able to eat at my heart's content and maintain. So sad... Not since I quit smoking. I've been slim my whole life but gained after I quit. Weirdly enough, my mum, who has also been slim and also quit smoking, only gained a bit, then lost it and is once again slim without any restriction. She just doesn't…

Your body is made mostly of water. It is the water weight that fluctuates, not your fat.

All of these have very high calories. I would just eat in moderation (because they are yummy and there is no reason to deprive yourself on special occasions) and assume that my day will be at maintanance calories and move on.

Fitbit overestimates by a lot the first few days. Give it some time and it will adjust. Unfortunately, after the initial fall mine was still overestimating by 300cals so I couldn't use it. But it works for many.

You weigh less because there is not much food in your gastrointestinal system. You probably made a deficit of around 3000cals which is less than 1lbs tissue loss.

Oh c'mon @WinoGelato.. I've been around for several years and so have you. Surely you'd know I said this tongue-in-cheek :wink:

Cups measure volume so can be used for liquids only. For all solids you need to use a digital scale. You could continue using cups but the likelihood that you will be back in the forum after a month, asking why you're not losing despite eating so little, becomes higher. The reson being that cups measure solids very…

Sugar replacement makes your poop purple.

If you're just starting I wouldn't worry about it. Your apetite will be back in no time. Your body will find a way to tell you that you're eating less than it needs.

I would eat at maintanance. I'm sure you will be in great discomfort and I can't tolerate discomfort so I'll do my best to make it as short as possible. Just find the tastiest possible soft and liquid food and eat it :wink:

Yes and it is water which is the main ingredient of your body. It is not "balancing out the rapid weight loss". Water just fluctuates as per your body needs any given moment. Your weight will go up and down and the water will mask your fat loss. The latter will be dificult to track clearly and will be obvious only after…

Calories are made from the macros. fat has 9cal per gram protein and carb have 4cal per gram So watching your macros (in grams) is exactly the same thing as watching your calories. (Watching your calories is not the same as watching your macros) Example: 200gr carb = 800cal 100gr prot = 400cal 80gr fat = 720cal Total 1920…

When I was losing I used to consider my new lows as the real weight which I used to track my loss rate. It doesnt really matter if it is the lows or the average so long as it is a consistent choice. My new lows used to only show once (at most twice) a month in a big woosh.

1. Snickers is nutritious. 2. Snickers is more filling to me. Chicken breast is yuck. To each their own as far as satiety and taste is concerned. 3. 200 calories are 200 calories as far as weight loss is concerned.

If I make deficit at all it is usually 200-300cals: Breakfast - 300 Lunch ~ 300 Dinner ~ 700, 250 of which dessert Before bed ~ 200 If I decide to maintain on a day or do more exercise I eat the extra 200 or so calories at lunch and mostly dinner. I never feel like snacking (maybe a I've trained myself out of it). I only…

You can only do this in the mobile app. In Nutrition.

Your MFP deficit is already worked out in your allowance. The calories you are given is what you should eat (plus those from exercise that you add) in order to make the deficit. The deficit MFP gives is depending on your goal loss. For example 1lbs loss per week means you need to make 3500cal deficit per week or 500cal…

You're thinking it all wrong and this might lower your chances for success. You WILL go over calories many times while you're losing weight. This is normal considering weightloss happens over many months or years. Noone, let me repeat, noone stays at the goal calories for a year. That would be just rediculous. You need to…

You don't mention how much you are eating which is the important point. You only mention that you started eating more. You need to eat less, not more (yes, it is that streight forward). Starvation mode is not a thing.

Do not even attempt "perfect". It is a mistake - you will feel like a failure. You don't need to be perfect. You need to lose weight. The easiest way is to be under your calories overall and NOT every single day and at all costs. Make sure you log all days including the bad days (you shouldn't label them as bad though,…

I had no mirror or scales after I changed countries for 3 years. On the third I got a scale and finally realized I've gained 30lbs. I've lost them now but if I don't check out myself on the scale I might gain a lot before I realise it. I don't have an ED.

My sedentiary is ~200cal less than MFP sedentiary ("my" as in "after two years collecting data in spreadsheets"). My sedentiary is just sitting down all day long really. MFP includes some ~5k steps in the sedentiary which I don't do on sedentiary days. 5k steps would be my intentional exercise which I log separately when I…

Sometimes water retention can last for several weeks. The amount of time it lasts can often coincide with the amount of patience a person has. So often the person gets pissed off and starts eating more and at the same time their weight drops the retained water. The person concludes it is their increased eating that caused…

Walking is my main exercise so I use a pedometer (app on my phone). 10k steps are 300cals for me to eat. Gimme! All apps and a fitbit which I have used show consistent steps (well it's to be expected).

My diet changes and sometimes I eat very nutritious food and sometimes I crave foods with very little nutritious value. The last week for me has been extremely busy and stresfull - finishing a masters in theoretical physics and have conference talks to give and a VIVA during the days and in the evenings rehersals and…

Unfortunately this how things might end up. Before I gained the weight that now I'm losing I was very slim for most of my life. My weight was at the very low end of healthy BMI and you could count my ribs (not to mention very small boobs...) along a big bum and fat thighs and calfs... My hope now is that by recomping I…

Are you new here? OP, to lose 1kg of fat you need to make 7700cal deficit. So if you want to lose 1 kg a week that means 1100cal deficit per day. This is very difficult to sustain and not healthy. (ignore the above poster, 1100cal deficit a day at your weighy is very unhealthy) Aim for 250-400 cal deficit per day. At your…

I have POTS which has simmilar symptoms. Check it out. Being diagnosed and starting treatment changed my life completely (in a very positive way).

My fitbit overestimated my burns by so much I could gain 5lbs a month if set on deficit (imagine if I set it to maintain). And these were burns only from steps, no other exercise. I gave it more than 6 months chance to reconsider (but never ate its burns). Now it rests in peace in the drawer. I've always used the SHealth…