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Please seek help from a medical professional. 400-800 calories per day is less than the recommended caloric intake for a toddler. You are eating too few calories. I wish you luck in your recovery. Edit: rephrased for politeness.

Not sure of your budget but I find mail-order meal plans infinitely helpful. You cook at home but all the ingredients are pre-portioned and you only have to worry about one log entry. Oh, and ditch the apple cider vinegar. Your enamel will thank you.

Nah. 101 is not considered overweight even using a BMI calculator designed for use by Asian people. Check out, e.g. -- https://aadi.joslin.org/en/am-i-at-risk/asian-bmi-calculator

Everything has been covered (i.e., strength training) but I'm wondering why you think you're overweight at 101 lbs? Even at 4'11" 101 lbs is on the low end of the healthy BMI range. As others have said, not sure losing additional weight is going to get you where you want to go. Edit: formatting.

Definitely know that feeling but unfortunately your workouts won't get you there if you're still eating at a calorie surplus. This is an old thread (who cares, by the way?) but check out the pointers above. Accurate logging is really all there is to it.

I always think it's funny when people point to one instance of over serving and cry, "See! Obesity epidemic!" It's far more complicated than that, and those who are nutrition and calorie literate should realize that you can eat gelato and also be healthy. What doesn't seem healthy is allowing food to cause you so much…

Your husband either doesn't understand that there is no intentional exercise built into your MFP goal or he doesn't understand weight loss at all. Ignore him either way. His comments are particularly dangerous given your history of disordered eating. You said it's hard to tell what is healthy dieting and what is…

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I have tried it in the past and it did not help. That said, a meta-analysis will provide better guidance than anecdotes. I'm not sure how many responses you'll receive here but there's a ton of info on acne and dairy on r/acne and r/skincareaddiction. Good luck! I had a pretty bad bout of acne after stopping BC. Spiro…

You'll likely have more luck in the bodybuilding section of the forum.

What she said. ^ Also, I would make sure your stats (height, weight) are accurate in both the OTBeat app and Fitbit app.

Do you have the chest strap or the arm band?

I lost slowly (1 lb a week at the beginning and 0.25-0.5 lb a week near the end) and found that I was happier for it. The end result for me is a muscular/fit look but that requires... well... muscle. Save what muscle you can and you'll be happier after you lose the weight.

A less severe deficit will help you maintain muscle you already have. If your deficit is too aggressive, you will lose existing muscle. Gaining muscle, losing weight would be "recomp." It is possible (especially for those who are new to lifting) but it is excruciatingly slow.

Oh, and a diet break sounds like a good idea. Your deficit is probably also too steep overall. We're the same height and our starting weights are similar. I've lost 30 ish pounds by eating 1800 *net*. Preserve muscle while you still have the chance. It is very hard to build.

If you wait until you get down to 139 (arguably less than that model would weigh at 5' 8.5"), the recomp will take ages. Stop doing so much cardio and start lifting. Also, bodyweight training alone will only get you so far and it won't give you the body in the picture. Progressive overload is needed. As for liking it, I…

Yeah, it's almost certainly water retention. Stay the course. Good work on your loss!

How long ago did you add the walking? Any new exercise will lead to water retention, temporarily masking weight loss.

Where did you get the idea that each pound equates to a minute added? If you lose too fast and your body starts to canabolize muscle, I'm pretty sure that equation doesn't work out.

The name comes from the "orange effect," a theory that centers around maximizing afterburn by targeting certain heart rate zones. That said, the EPOC science has largely been disproven.

I love OrangeTheory as well but you have to accept it for what it is: cardio, lots of cardio. Even the weight floor is, in essence, cardio. The "lifting" is too fast, too light and involves almost no focus on form. I've been to OTF studios in 5 states scattered around the country and that's been true at every studio that…

If you're certain that you're accurately measuring your intake, I would just wait and see if the water weight drops off. Are you using a food scale? An increase in sodium can also cause water retention.

Is it caused by the water retention? So sorry you're having trouble, but this is a question best suited for a doctor.

It helps me to realize that I would have to eat 3500 calories above maintenance (not the deficit calorie number set by MFP) to gain a single pound. Try not to assign moral value to food.

Abs are made in the kitchen.

Yes, this will work. The rate of loss will depend on how far away you are from goal.

Do you use a food scale?

Yes but she appears to be eating her entire TDEE save 100 calories or so. This isn't going to lead to the results you're looking for, OP.

That's great. This is water weight. Think it through. You're weighing weekly. To lose 5.2 lbs of fat in a week, you'd have to create a deficit of 2600 calories per day. You're eating 3000 calories a day so you'd have to burn 5600 calories every single day. Does that sound right to you? ETA: It shouldn't because it's not…

Eat 1600-2200ish daily. Come at me! :)