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I suggest as well as the option to remove weight progress you add options to change the time window and toggle the goal weight line off. It's really not a useful view for everybody as is.

I've seen this basic math error a few times in this thread, and I think correcting it may help us look at this differently. Burning 300 calories with exercise after eating your 1200 calories goal does not put you at 900 calories net. Just eating your target calories without extra activity puts you at a net of *negative*…

Isn't is maddening? Bacon is almost always based on cooked weight, but you have to really hunt to find that info on the package label. It makes sense because you can lose so much of the fat in preparation. I sometimes check this way: multiply the serving weight by the number of servings per package. If the result is the…

Is that working for you other than the calories? You don't get hungry at school? An easy way to cut calories and stay at nearly the same thing would be to leave off one heavy ingredient like the mayo or the cheese. Over time you could strip it down further, e.g use half the baguette and eat it as an open faced sandwich. If…

One of my breakthroughs was realizing that a lot of what I think of as hunger is actually thirst. Carrying a bottle of water helped build the habit of drinking a lot more. I try to get through two fillings of the bottle in a day. Another was that I just can't have the high calorie junk foods around. I don't have the…

My one addition is you can get a soda stream or similar and make your own carbonated beverages, may be helpful if you really like the carbonation. Honestly these things are easy to say and come up with. The hard thing is believing they work and committing to doing them and sticking to that trust or determination when your…

You gotta find the sources that fit into your life. My best alternative to protein bars is yogurt. I freeze siggis yogurt tubes and grab a couple on the way out the door. 5g of protein in 50 Cal per tube, so you need a few or something else to complete your breakfast. An adult would probably make their own somehow, but I…

The goo sloshing around inside you can vary more day to day than the pound or two you're looking to lose per week. In other words, it's hard to tell from just two measurements. You've gotta keep measuring and watch the trend that emerges. This also means you shouldn't get too discouraged when your weight jumps up or stays…

This would enrage me, but if I had time to think it out, I'd be gentle with the guy. A snappy comeback is too likely to cement him in his views/ire, though Jorie's idea is really good. My thinking: Hey George, I understand that this is important to you, but it's really uncomfortable (or weird) that you're criticizing my…

It's just hard to tell whether dissatisfaction with your body is healthy and reasonable desire that will be satisfied or incipient disordered thinking that will keep moving the goalposts on you so you're never happy. And of course everybody likes to give advice to young women. We can't tell over the internet, just as we…

Yeah, not buying the stuff you have trouble with is really helpful for some of us. You just have to exercise willpower for a few minutes at the shop instead of constantly at home. You have to get the support of anyone you live with to keep bad food out of the house. Then when you are low on calories one day you can get a…

I strongly encourage you to try to get to like the taste of veggies without butter. They have their own flavors, you just have to get used to it. Try everything plain before adding stuff, and experiment with different cooking methods. Save your butter for where it really makes a difference. You may have to cook them…

I found some videos on YouTube by searching for fat/obese/plus size/beginners strength workout. The variety is not as great, so I think you'll benefit in the end by becoming an expert in modifying exercises to work for your body. Then you can use a wider variety of videos. Did you see the recent mfp blog post on getting to…

YouTube, if you like videos. Tons of free workouts and yoga classes.

Congratulations on your successful surgery and recovery! At some point you've got to trust others with taking care of your cancer, but taking care of your food and activity (and sleep) are things only you can do for yourself, and they're kind of superpowers.

I think it's a big challenge to jump straight to 1200 and to lose 15lbs in that timeframe, but neither is out of the range of possibility. Is 1200 enough for a tall woman? No clue. Your body may tell you when you're not eating enough if you pay attention. I know when I get really cold and have trouble sleeping I probably…

If you haven't already, check if you qualify for help from local food banks. If you do it's free stuff and will free up a bit of your budget. If you need recipe ideas, I also like Good and Cheap, a free cookbook targeted at tight budgets: https://www.leannebrown.com/cookbooks/ I think starting with a modest calorie goal…

Not gonna lie, I'm a cottage cheese + fruit girl. It's just got such a good protein ratio, and it's fast. My real favorite breakfast is a bit of andouille with two eggs served over slightly tough greens: baby chard, spinach, something like that. My grocery isnt stocking the andouille lately and my eggs and greens habit is…

It doesn't really do anything your smartphone can't already do. It does provide another interface, and it can stay with you if you don't always want to carry your phone. There's an app and a community, but I'm pretty sure you can use those without a device if you like them. If you want to track sleep, that's easier with…

You could get frozen crushed garlic cubes. Those have replaced powder and nearly replaced fresh garlic in my life.

Bikesdirect and Performance bike are other good online sources. Performance bike has the sort of thing you'd find at a large LBS.

On android, I'm just using Google Fit now. No noticeable battery life issues from it. I like that it auto detects my bike rides.

Do you have Trader Joe's in your area? They sell a lot of good cheap single serving salads, including low and moderate calorie options. Sometimes I just go buy a week's worth of lunches at a time there. I tend to eat them without the dressing, which makes them very diet friendly. The yogurt tubes marketed for kids freeze…

Don't buy it for sleep tracking or because you're worried your phone is inaccurate when on your body. Not wanting to keep your phone on you all the time or having phone battery issues are good reasons. I like the jawbone activity trackers a lot better than the fitbit ones. They have a cheaper entry level and the mid tier…

It appears the Google access issue is only for iOS devices, something the article didn't make very clear. Android folks can breathe a little easier. I started a few days after release, but have been enjoying the pants off of Pokemon Go and have met neat people and gone to new places in search of rare spawns. It is a…