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While I agree with the sentiment that 1200 calories is not enough if you are doing any kind of exercise, we do not know if OP is consuming 1200 kcal or NETTING 1200 kcal. It's very possible that she is eating 1500-1600 and still netting 1200 due to her exercise. What's more, she is not currently losing any weight. The…

You are correct that eating too big of a deficit will result in more lean mass loss. However, "starvation mode" in the sense that your body will "think you're starving and the weight won't shift" does not exist at all. OP would be losing weight if she was eating a deficit. And considering it's only been 2 weeks, she very…

This. MFP will not give women a lower calorie goal than 1200 regardless of what they set their goals to. If your TDEE is 1600 kcal/day (5'4" 140lb sedentary female), that's a 400 calorie deficit if you are hitting 1200 kcal/day. 400 kcal/day = 0.8 lb/week loss. MFP will make your goal 1200 even if you entered a 2lb/week…

Since you are already at a healthy weight, 1 lb/week would be too much for you. 1/2 lb/week would be more suitable to retain lean mass and not burn yourself out. Also, keep in mind that 1200 calories NET is the minimum recommended calories for women. You should be eating more than 1200 to fuel your exercise, since…

Just ran your stats in a calculator and got about 1400 for sedentary, which is a good place to start unless you know your job/daily activity (not including exercise) is very active. You can always adjust it upwards later if you are losing too fast.

For exercise, both MFP and the machines at the gym are very inaccurate. Generally people start with logging only half of the amount that MFP or machines say, and then adjusting later if the rate of loss is too fast/slow.

What is your height/weight? 1400 calories seems very low for NEAT unless you are really short. But otherwise, yes. your calculations for losses are correct.

Kinda interesting to go back and look at it now: 30 days for 10 pounds 98 days for 20 pounds 5.75 months for 30 pounds 7 months for 40 pounds 8 months for 50 pounds 9 months for 60 pounds 10.5 months for 70 pounds 11.5 months for 80 pounds 12.5 months for 90 pounds 14.5 months for 100 pounds Only about 4 months left to go…

But you don't learn any good habits if everything is portioned for you. As soon as you're done losing weight, how do you maintain? Also, how does Jenny Craig compare to regular packaged frozen meals in the grocery? Seems to me that if you are dead set on having all of your meals ready to heat and pre-portioned, that you…

That is awesome! I basically have an abridged version of this taped to my fridge for quick calculations: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/specific-gravity-liquid-fluids-d_294.html The conversion I use the most is olive oil, which is listed as 1 TBSP (15 mL) on the label, but by weight it would be 13.5g. I don't even use…

Weight loss isn't linear. Sounds like what you've been doing has been consistently working so far, just keep up the good work! As long as you are accurately tracking your calories and eating under your maintenance, you will continue to lose over time. Maintenance works the same way, you just eat the number of calories…

I googled a recipe for chocolate chip biscuits immediately thinking of this: http://www.tasteofthesouthmagazine.com/chocolate-chip-biscuits/ Sweet Jesus, I'm making those when I get home. Then I realized you were talking about cookies. :smile: I definitely wouldn't recommend starving yourself just because you went over…

Generally I guess based off of what I eat at home, and then add 25-50%. If it looks like I just put 2 tbls of dressing on my salad (based off of what I think 2 tbls of dressing looks like at home with my scale), I log 3 tbls. Restaraunt says this is a 6oz steak? Better log 8-9oz to be safe. If I'm at a restaraunt that…

One pound per week is great! It means that what you are doing is working. I put your stats into a TDEE calculator and I'm guessing based on your calorie goal of 1300 kcal/day that you have set the app to lose 2 lb/week. So while you are losing at a good pace, I can see where you might expect to be losing faster. I believe…

You probably are sedentary, but don't discount the walking and regular activity around the house - it's still good to get some light excercise in. Just try out your current calorie goal for 3-4 weeks and then compare expected to real world results.

In that case, you can eat 1750 kcal/day and lose 0.5lb/week based on MFP's estimates. You can try this for a few weeks to see if you are losing at the expected rate (2lb after 4 weeks) and then adjust your calories as you see fit. If after four weeks you have lost more than 2lb, it probably means your activity level is…

Since OP is male, 1750 seems awfully low for maintenance unless he is very short and/or already at a healthy weight. OP - if you set up MFP and choose a weight loss goal (0.5-2lb/week), eat the number of calories it gives you to continue losing weight if you want to reduce the amount of belly fat you have.

Pretty much! As long as you get the correct entry, you're good to go. That applies to most fruits and vegetables - the differences between one market and another is indistinguishable (I mean, they taste the same right? otherwise we'd all be shopping at the tastiest market). Just make sure that if you buy a special type of…

Can you weigh them? If you can, do that and use the usda entry for red grapes (Red/green seedless grapes - USDA). If not you can estimate about 5 grams per grape.

Fat won't turn into muscle if you start lifting weights. They're 2 totally separate things that you gain and lose separately. You lose both fat and muscle by being in a caloric deficit (achieved by diet and exercise). In order to gain muscle, you have to try very hard to do it - lifting weights as part of a progressive…

MyFitnessPal has a minimum of 1200 calories. It won't go below that, even if your weekly goal would require less calories. So assuming you have been given 1280 for 1lb/wk, that puts your estimated maintenance at 1780. For a 2lb/wk loss you would need to eat 780 calories/day, but that would be a very unhealthy way to lose…