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Hey I wanted to come back and update you all on my progress. Today I weighed in and I lost a pound from last week! I also see more definition in my calves and my clothes feel a bit looser in the belly area. I’ve been eating half the exercise calories and at least 2 liters/day of water. I actually upped my carbs a little,…

I do take my watch off when I’m knitting or it counts my hand gestures as steps for sure, but before you make assumptions about my daily steps, I’d love to lend you out my two active five year old boys for a couple days 😂 Three story house, three kids all playing in different rooms calling “mommy mommy”, plus I actually…

I appreciate the feedback but I think you misread my post. I’m not walking. I’m doing Leslie Sansone “walk” videos that incorporate power walking with HIIT. They range from 15 minutes to 45 minutes in length. I do the 30 minute ones and I am definitely sweating and out of breath. They’re on YouTube if you wanna check them…

When I do the workout video, I track it as a workout on my watch. It tracks my heart rate etc. Around the house, I just let the watch count steps. Without the workout, it counts around 8k steps daily. Before the lockdown it was usually 10k/day, as I was getting out walking the kids to school, shopping, etc.

See that’s the thing—I don’t have an office job. My day is literally 14 hours of childcare and housework. I’m not like, running around the house, but I definitely don’t sit down, 😂. I have TWO five year old boys and a 7 year old girl. I’m working out so I can keep up with them. It does sound like maybe I should lower my…

It’s not walking like taking a walk. It’s an exercise video where you’re power walking, and doing HIIT like knee lifts, squats, etc. I’d say it’s more like jogging—I get out of breath and sweaty.

5’6”, 204, goal weight is 165. Lower than 165 on my frame would make me look ill. Even under lockdown, without the exercise I do around 8000 steps around the house.

I usually have one mug of coffee with 15mls of plain soy milk and a packet of Splenda in the morning, 1 can of Diet Coke at lunch, and 1 cup of decaf tea with soy milk and sweetener. Through the day I also go through 2-3 liters of water. Is it possible I’m eating too little? MFP gives me 1750 calories, plus between 215-300…

Yeah I noticed that too. She’ll say we’ve done a mile but my watch says .86 miles. Then she says two miles and my watch is only at 1.65 or so. I go by what the watch says. I’m not athletic at all. My heart rate is peaking at 146bpm during the workouts and the watch usually says I burned 200 “active calories”. I do a half…

I meant I changed from a protein-centered breakfast to whole grain centered breakfast. I wait a little bit to digest and then do my workout. Afterwards I have water and some lean turkey cause I’m hungry, and it’s awhile until lunch. My schedule is weird cause I’m a solo parent with three little kids. Been stuck isolating…

Hmm ok, do you think I should try doing one month of not eating any exercise calories?

My weight loss speed is set to 1lb/week. I was losing a little bit every week for a few months, not a whole pound but maybe if I averaged it over a few months it would be. I’ve been doing it for awhile and I’d gone from 206 to 195 when I added in the exercise. Now I’m at 204. I’m really not eating that much more. I usually…

I weigh everything I eat on a digital metric kitchen scale. The calories are sent from my Apple Watch and calculated by MFP.

I don’t have data to back this up, but sometimes when I hit a plateau, if I actually raise my calories for a week and then go back down, I start losing again. I also make sure I’m drinking at least 2 liters of water per day, and am aware of where I am in my cycle. Sometimes I’ll lose nothing for a few weeks and then…

Thanks for the replies. Maybe this is why Noom wasn’t working well for me, it was giving me loads of calories for my steps.

I’m set to “lightly active.” I’m a single SAHM with 5 year old twins and a 7 year old so I never get to sit down. I’m getting 9k-10k steps per day but they’re not like, exercise, if you know what I mean.

I used to earn maybe 300 calories per day, and then I disconnected my watch from MFP for a few months to try Noom. I just reconnected my watch to MFP today (and disconnected from Noom) through the Health app on my phone.

You’re right, there is a fair amount of coasting. I’m on relatively flat urban terrain with some slopes.

Thanks for the app suggestion, I’ll look into that. The cycling categories on MFP really are useless.

It's such a relief to read so many others having this problem. I also have hypothyroidism. I stay within calories but never lose weight. The only time I ever had success consistently losing weight was when I lived in a big city and walked everywhere. Proper exercise never worked, although I got fitter and stronger. It's so…

Hi everyone! I've got three kids--a 4 yr old daughter and 2 yr old twins. Im 5'6" and weigh 200lbs. I already lost 17 pounds since I started a year ago but I still have a lot to lose. My goal is 165. I'm tired of being so tired all the time, and also want to look better. My diet is good but I find it so hard to find time…