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Health stores do not guarantee safe but it seems like you don't really care at this point

I've heard people setting it for 2lbs/week on the weekdays and then maintenance on the weekends. Might work for you.

Feel free to look at my diary. I'm 5'3", currently at 141 and trying to get to 129.

This. Adding in raw veggies is great but I wouldn't dramatically change your diet because it usually isn't sustainable. I didn't change what I eat much to fit MFP. I changed the quantity because I want this to be a lifelong change not a diet.

Metabolism basically is what it is. Some studies have shown green tea works so I'm drinking oolong tea basically as a substitute for soda but I'm not expecting it to have dramatic results on it's own. I would rather drink something I can see than take a pill that I'm not sure what it does.

I'm confused how you have gained weight yet you have a hard time reaching 1200 calories. That doesn't make sense.

I trust MFP because I've been using for 3 months, set at 1lb/week and I've lost 1lb/week.

I would pre-log a filling late night snack. Tonight I'm doing yogurt. Sometimes I have a hard boiled egg/English muffin or FiberOne bar.

I'm doing about that and it works great for me

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I don't allow jerks in my life.

That's actually a great pace! I would focus on keeping that up.

I'm 5'3". I started at 154 in mid January. I'm 141 now. I'm hoping to be 129 or less by mid July. I'm working on my first 10k and I'm taking spin classes at least 2x/week.

Gotcha, I just recently changed my goal to 1.5lbs/week so I think I'm in there right. I don't pay much attention to my macros but good to know.

How do you recalibrate? I weigh in and add that new weight every week.

What I did was just follow what MyFitnessPal set out for me. I put in that I wanted to lose 1lb/week and that's what I've done for the past 13 weeks in a row. I try to get some kind of exercise every day. Some days it's a 45 min spin class or run and some days it's just a 20 min walk. I still allow myself some treats every…

These pills were made to make scam artists rich. Next time don't ask for opinions if you really don't want any.

I still have some sweets every day. Usually those are in the form of a chocolate chip FiberOne bar or mini York Peppermint Patty bites because it keeps me around 150cal.

I quit drinking soda when I started this. I just can't afford the calories in my daily food budget. Make sure you bring healthy snacks.

I'm on a special assignment away from my family for 6 months. I want to come home with 25lbs gone and really look my best. I'm also training for a 10k. I have had so much energy and feel so much better since I've started this. I've lost 13lbs and I have until mid July to lose the rest.

Pre-log your day. If you are going out to eat, factor that in and pick what you are going to eat now. Factor in cake or whatever dessert you want. And you don't have to eat a slab of cake. I've heard that the first 3 bites of a dessert are the best anyway. Maybe share a brownie sundae with someone, etc. You don't have to…

I would set up MFP to lose 2lbs/week. Work out every day. High fiber and lots of liquids.

I would just log everything and take one day at a time.

I lost a ton of weight quickly last year on it. Then I went back to normal and gained it all back

Some of this is just going to take willpower. You can have all the tools in the world but you have to chose to use them. And you need to build in things like muffins in your diet. My total was 1300 today and I just had some York peppermint patty minis.

Because it is easy to make errors in either direction. The reality unless something is medically wrong, you aren't logging something correctly.

Pre-logging helps me. I pre-log for a few minutes the night before and then just eat what I logged. I make sure I give myself a healthy amount of food and stick to it.

It's been three weeks and I've lost another 3! Just excited to keep seeing results. I still have 12lbs to go to get to my goal but I'm steadily making progress!

Pre-logging helps me. I hold myself accountable to what I put in and I make sure I build in enough food and some treats.

This is one of those areas where I see a huge correlation between "food budgeting" and "money budgeting". For 10 years, my husband and I wondered where our money went every month. We would write down all our bills and we should have had money left at the end of every month but it seemed like WHAM, every month something…