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Ok, lesson learned - getting a scale. :)
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quiksylver: I am hungry a lot so I hope I am not eating more than I thought! Prior to me starting to track on MFP I tracked my food in a journal by hand and consumed what the TDEE is - but I kept gaining and gaining. Once I started using MFP and reduced my caloric intake I started to loose weight finally. With your earlier…
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quicksylver: Thanks for the tip on the scale. I am short! I thought I put my height on the original post but I did not. I am only 5'3 and change (I round up to 5'4). Ok, I went to check my TDEE on scoobysworkshop.com and my TDEE calculates up to 2200 minus 15% leaves me with approximately 1800 calories per day with light…
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ReaderGirl3: I like the thought of first weigh in of the month versus last weigh in of the month. Helps me understand the concept above that Ninkyou noted, weight loss is not linear. I was aware of the routine reasons weigh ins may not show a drop but am just not sure what my particular reason was, overall what I am…
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Thanks ladies, Janejellyroll: I did initially pick 2lbs a week as my weight loss goal but learned quickly that may be too fast for me to sustain. When I lowered my weekly goal to 1LB loss/week the caloric intake went up. Thanks for the notes about eating back some of the exercise calories, I was actually unsure if I should…
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There seems to be a science to loosing weight that I have yet to get my head around. I started at 180lbs at 5'4" and currently I am at 168lbs. No gain/loss this week though for the second week. I am eating under my calorie goal at 1200 calories/day and exercising three to four days a week. Feeling frustrated about not…
