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That's the way I had already been eating for the most part, but started following the recommendations of my personal trainer who touts the 21-Day Fix (which had me eating higher calories and more carbs than I normally would) as gospel and seems to have halted even the slow progress I was making before. I don't eat the…

I have histamine intolerance so I have to be gluten free as well. I'm not familiar with paleo so I can't really compare the two, but I can tell you for sure that when you have insulin and leptin resistance weight loss is about much more than just the calories. I have never been an over-eater since I noticed the 1st 15 lbs…

As I'm understanding it I wouldn't actually say it's low carb.....just no simple carbs or added sugars, moderate protein from lean meats, higher in "good fats" from tree nuts, avocado, and oils and little to no saturated fats. Of course, that's the extremely condensed summary.

I do weigh my food when I cook at home (which is most of the time) and I believe I am picking the right database entries. I also enable the negative adjustments from my fitness tracker b/c MFP seems to highly over estimate the calories burned through exercise. So, back to my question..... have you used or are you using the…

I use Life Extension products exclusively for all my supplements and protein powders. I use their vanilla flavored Creatinine, Glutamine Whey Protein. It mixes well with water or almond milk and has no chalky taste.

Yes, I've started working on strength training with a personal trainer 2 days a week, still doing water aerobics 3 days and 60-90 min of lap swimming on all 5. I also bought an aerobic step that I keep in the living room and when I'm watching tv I'll get up and do 20 or 30 step ups periodically. By the weekends I'm…

I guess I should have clarified that I'm a strong swimmer and I do 60-90 min of laps at what my Misfit calls "intense activity". I have also begun weight training with a trainer 2 days a week..... so now I do weight training 2 days, water aerobics 3 days and minimum of 60 minutes of "intense" lap swimming 5 days.

I meant to say that I completely agree with terbusha's post!!! Sorry about that!

Your calories per day are based on other factors besides just your height so you can't go by what another person is doing because even if they are the same height, age, gender & weight your base metabolic rates are different. MFP and all programs like it are a general guideline, but you'll need to do a little trial and…

I know exactly how you feel but believe me, you only fail if you stop trying. You've already started a workout routine and you're here reaching out to others for help and advice. That's a great first step so don't give up on yourself! I've just started on MFP myself but I'm finding it a great tool to keep me on track…

Toward the END of your loss phase it's normal for the loss to be slower, but in the beginning when you've gone from an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle to religiously working out and eating healthy the expectations should be quite different

Sounds like we're in the exact same boat....I'm 58 and need to lose about 120 lbs. I started Nov 1st doing 45 min of water aerobics followed by 90 minutes of lap swimming 5 days a week. I'm logging all my food and staying well within my calorie deficit. I even passed on all the delicious, high fat/high calorie goodies on…

Don't the recommendations on MFP adjust depending upon exercise?

Hi Nate... I'm a newbie here and also trying to get back to my formerly fit self. Toxic mold poisoning and a laundry list of health issues that followed had me sidelined for 7 years. Rx drugs & steroids caused leaky gut and metabolic issues that contributed to massive weight gain. Finally kicked mainstream medicine for a…

Hi, I'm 58 and new here....feel free to add me

I think 10k is a good guideline to overall health because "fit" does not mean "ripped". I believe that is referring more to improving and/or maintaining your cardio-vascular health. I have no problem doing between 10K-14K a day during the week when I'm working out for 2 hrs a day...... but my Misfit tracker does convert…