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I agree, "flexing" your calories (never heard of it called that before) is not what you need to do. You need to stay in a consistent calorie deficit.

Deoends on the antibiotic. I've been on some where I was told do not deink as it would intwrfere with the antibiotic. I have no problem telling people I can't drink because of a medicarion I'm on. They don't need to know specifics and they usually leave me alone after I tell them.

You are fine around 100. I agree 160 is overkill.

Wow, talk about changing subjects on a thread. I naturally do intermittent fasting as it works for my schedule. It also lets me eat a large, satisfying supper.

Of course you should. Why wouldn't you? Getting discouraged will just make you quit, then you won't lose the weight. Slow weight loss is best.

With only 35 lbs to lose, you are losing at a good rate. You shouldn't really be losing more than a pound a week, so you are losing at a good rate.

I don't mean to bump an almost 10 year old thread, but @chris_in_cal , this thread is almost 10 years old, how in the world did you find it to resurrect it?

According to the profile picture of the OP, looks like she is about 12 years old........

Your diary doesn't have to be closed at the end of the day. If you are trying to and it tells you you haven't eaten enough, it isn't because you are intermittent fasting, it is because you haven't reached the calories you should, that were set by MFP. I intermittent fast, and when I was logging I just put it as my dinner,…

Figure out a reasonable calorie deficit, losing no more than 1 lb a eeek. Use the guided set up for MFP, answer honestly, and it will give you a calorie deficit to at least start at. Also, learn to weigh your food on a foood scale to get as accurate as you can for calories. Read the stickies at the top of the page. It…

First you say you haven't lost weight, then you say you lost 4.5 lbs. So you HAVE lost weight. You aren't going to drop 20 lbs in 4 weeks, so you need to change your expectations. A lb or so of loss per week is a perfect amount to lose, if you don't have a lot of weight to lose. It would help to know current stats to know…

What do you mean by weekly plan? This is a calorie tracking app that you do the inputs for to keep track of your calories each day.

No, you don't need motivation. Develop healthy habits and stick with them.

So you're switching one sugary drink for another? Honey is sugar. I would just switch to diet pop.

Most of your examples in yoir diary look like you aren't weighing your food on a scale. All food needs.to be weighed grams. Also, are you including all.sauces, drinks that may have calories? That combined with over estimating calorie burn, means you are probably not in 1000 calorie deficit.

You have basically netted 800 calories. If it tells you you need to eat 2258 calories, that should have your deficit already figured.in . Then when you burn extra calories from exercise, you need to eat those.also. (Most eat back half of exercise calories because they are usually over-inflated. ) so you still need to.eat…

You aren't losing because younare guessing. Weighing your food is not that hard or time consuming. After about a week it should just be automatic and take less than a couple of minutes If you don't weigh your food, you really have no idea how much you are eating, and if you aren't losing, you aren't in the deficit you…

Don't have it in the house. Remove the temptation and you are less likely to binge.

Your macros don't matter to lose weight. Calories determine weight loss or gain. Macro splits are very individual and affect satiety. Figure out what split keeps you satisfied. For me, I eat higher protein to stay full and satisfied. If I ate higher carbs, I would eat a ton and not be full or satisfied. So, macros are…

Did you scroll down the page to see that there is a thread about fasting? I just looked and it is 8 threads below this one.

All you need is a calorie deficit. If IF helps you eat less calories , then it will work. However, you can still over eat intermittent fasting. You don't need to do a special diet to lose weight. Just eat at a calorie deficit. I would make sure to get enough protein and fats. Carbs can fll in the rest of the calories. I…

Under eating does not cause you to hold on to fat. Otherwise, people wouldn't die of anorexia. You lose weight if you eat at a calorie deficit. I think maybe your problem is overinflated calorie burn. I don't know very many people who can burn 1000 calories in 2.5 hours. What were you doing that burned that many calories,…

You do know that your kidneys and liver do all the detoxing your body needs, right? Unless you have serious kidney or liver damage, which you would be seeing a doctor for and be on kidney dialysis to detox your blood, these so called "detoxes" are pointless and are just costing you money.

You nerd to do strength training to keep as much muscle as possible. When you lose weight, you will also lose muscle if you aren't lifting weights.

How are you measuring your calories? If you aren't weighing food on a food scale, you are most likely eating more calories than you think. At your weight , if you are eating 1500 calories, you should be losing at a pretty good rate.

Have you set up the MFP app? It walks you through the set up and will give you your calories you should aim for, once you have realistically answered the questions. Set it up to lose .50 lb a week, maybe 1 lb, since you don't have much to lose. Go with that calorie number for about a month/6 weeks and make adjustments if…

Why in rhe world do you think losing 2 lbs in just over a week is failing??? 2 lbs is the most you should be losing if you are significantly overwight. You need to adjust your expectations.

I think many people have told you over and over again that it is water weight, in the many threads you have started. Why don't you seem to believe anyone?

Why try to do something that you find really hard to do? Figure out how to eat less calories eating the foods you normally eat. Make your eating plan work for you, otherwise, you will not stick to it.

Where are the studies that support your feeling that she needs all these supplements?