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‘Dieting’ is a short term fix. You need to make permanent changes to stop the yo-yo effect. You say that you lost 60lbs in about 4 months. Whilst that shows impressive discipline for those 4 months, you must have really restricted yourself and that’s just not sustainable. Slow and steady wins the race. Don’t go without…

Thank you - my husband actually suggested a few weeks ago that I get checked out (for something else) so I've just had a full gynae check up and got the all clear, so it's not cysts. Sorry to hear you've had such troubles, hope things have calmed down now...

I like my personal space so if it happens to me I feel annoyed for a fleeting moment and then just laugh at myself for how ridiculous I’m being, it’s no big deal I don’t suppose but I invariably think it! My husband and I often comment on how humans very often seem to be pack animals. It’s quite amusing behaviour to watch.…

That’s the weekly figure you are looking for. As other posters have said, if you’ve already set your goal in MFP to lose weight then you should aim for your weekly deficit in that chart to be zero because your daily/weekly target will already take the correct deficit into account depending on your goal. I actually have my…

I have never heard of this but even if my body did burn 10% more calories in the lead up to my period it just isn't worth it to me to calculate/track it. Every month I put on a few pounds in the lead up to my period (water retention) and I am also more hungry so I eat at maintenance if I feel the need to. To be honest I'm…

Once you get into the healthy weight range it's just that much more difficult to maintain a deficit. I'm right there with you at the moment! I have lost 42lbs so far over the last 18 months and I'm trying to lose a few vanity pounds for my honeymoon at Christmas. Currently 5'4", 132 lbs, goal weight 130lbs for now. I think…

I just want to add that the reason you put on 9lbs when you started exercising more must have been because you were eating more calories than you were burning in going about your daily life + exercise. Now that you are calorie counting, as long as you are not over-estimating your calorie burn when exercising, there is no…

Congrats on your weight loss! I think the other posters above have answered your initial question about hair loss, but just as an aside it might be worth setting your goal now to 0.5 pounds per week as you're already in the middle of the healthy weight bracket for your height. The extra calories should help with getting in…

Congratulations on losing 45 lbs! Well done at mastering maintenance without even trying! The heavier you are, the easier it is to create a calorie deficit. As you lose weight, you burn fewer calories to live/move and so to maintain the same deficit you need to eat less and/or move more. It really is that simple. If you…

I "bank" calories during the week so that I can enjoy higher calorie things at weekends (such as wine!) without undoing all my hard work. I still log everything and just go from my weekly totals. At the moment my target is to lose 1/2lb per week so as long as my average calorie intake is 250 under maintenance per day,…

With the exception of the odd sentimental item I have donated most of the clothes that are too big for me to charity shops. I've enjoyed gradually buying a new wardrobe and (with the best will in the world!) don't intend to go up a size in the near future. I haven't had children yet and so one day I'll need larger clothes…

Another vote for Asics! It might be worth going into a sports shop and having your gait analysed. Then depending on how reasonably priced the trainers are in there, you could buy some there and then or look for some online that are correct for your gait. If you intend to start/improve your running eventually then it's…

I agree with some of the other posters that it's a good idea to change one thing at a time. Making gradual changes will be more manageable and you are more likely to stick to it. Be honest with yourself and log everything. There is no need to give up everything that you love and you don't have to live on salads for every…

That's a really interesting observation. I have had to educate myself on portion control, it was really quite an eye-opener when I first started to weigh my food and realised just how small a portion of rice/pasta/cereal is compared with what I had guessed at before. I found it disappointing at first but then I realised I…

I'll second everyone's comments about sodium, your diet has a very high salt content. I think you might also be over-estimating your calories burned. I'm not sure that 55 minutes on an elliptical burns as many as 675 calories, for example.

Someone once commented in response to a similar thread that the way they deal with this situation is to not eat anything that they haven't brought into work themselves. I thought that was really useful for someone who really has to abstain and is an all or nothing kind of person. That way you can still treat yourself, but…

Thank you all for the really helpful info here. I'm 5' 4" down from 175 to 135 (over a year) and I've been maintaining there for a couple of months. I'd really like to try and get down to 130, be a bit leaner and then reassess, no rush to get there though. Thanks for showing me that there is a way... :smiley:

Absolutely!

When I first started out I weighed myself once a week, on a Friday morning. I found it useful and encouraging to see a loss each week and I don't think I knew enough about daily fluctuations to trust the process so early on. I'm mostly maintaining now (loosely trying to lose a few vanity pounds), still tracking on MFP for…

You need to run at least 3 x per week to find any improvement. I found for me the best way to improve my time was to do speed work (running as quickly as I could for as long as I could and then jogging to catch my breath: repeat a few times up to about 30 mins) and hill runs (finding a hill and literally just shuttling up…

Thank you for all the recommendations, I’ll give them a try!

I calorie cycle too and eat fewer calories on rest days. I like to save my calories for days when I am more active.

I think I must have missed this in the thread, but how much does your daughter weigh? At 5' 1" she will not have a lot of wriggle room in terms of CICO if she is wanting to lose weight. 15 years old is very young for someone to be watching their calorie intake, especially when she is obviously extremely active and I…

You need roughly a daily deficit of 250 calories to lose half a pound per week or 500 calories to lose one pound per week. Depending on your goals that equates to a 1,750 or 3,500 total calorie deficit per week. How you spread that deficit throughout the week shouldn’t make any difference to your loss. If it works for you,…

I'm not a doctor but I think I'm right in saying that you can develop an allergy at any time of life. Why don't you try not eating oatmeal for a few days and see what happens?

I like to get in, get on and get out of the gym, so I get a bit peeved when girls are using the mirror and stop to check their messages and/or send a text so I have to wait longer. Please, do it in your own time... I also get irritated in life in general when people don't pick up after themselves, whether that's gym…

As other posters have said, it's perfectly OK to work to a weekly goal, rather than a daily goal. I do the same and it allows me a bit more flexibility to save calories for the weekend, a glass (or two) of wine or for a meal out. You could try eating back 50% of your exercise calories to begin with and see how your loss…

For liquids which can be poured I use a measuring jug. If it's something like ice cream I weigh the whole tub and then just divide it up into servings based on weight. For example if the tub weighs 500g and there are 1000 calories in the tub (regardless of ml), then 100g will be 200 cals, etc. That won't be totally…

Using TDEE or BMR gives a similar daily deficit, I was just trying to give OP an example without knowing her stats. I went on height of 5'4" just as an average. TDEE for 148lbs, female, 5'4" is 1,634 approx (set at sedentary) TDEE for 140lbs, female, 5'4" is 1,590 approx (set at sedentary) This gives pretty much the same…