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One point not mentioned - make sure you're eating your exercise calories on top of the 1500 you're consuming. Although the 2550 that you're allocated now will reduce as you also lose weight, if you do find yourself in a position where 1500 isn't enough, you have plenty of scope to increase and still be at a deficit.

Ooh, how do I sort them alphabetically? I don't see any options*. Still not what the OP is looking for but I've never been able to find a way to do anything. If I want to re-use an old recipe that I created, I have to trawl back through all my pages until I find it. *in case it makes a difference, I don't have Premium…

Could you freeze things so that you don't have to use it all in a week and run the risk of getting sick of an item? Or use them in different ways to give you variety? You can have spinach in a wrap one day, mixed with a protein on a jacket potato the next, then blend it in to a chicken or vegetable soup on a third day.…

Sorry to hear that that happened to you. It sounds like you know what you need to do to get back on track with your weight. It's hard to see your weight go up more than you'd like but, as others have said, I wouldn't call an 8lb gain a failure. We all fluctuate, hence many in maintenance have a range of 10lbs that they'll…

You can't even sort your recipes alphabetically or search them. I can only suggest that you email Support and make your suggestion.

I haven't swapped completely, but I've made changes. If I do a stirfry, I mostly don't bother with rice or noodles. I put so much veg into the wok with my chicken/ beef / prawns/ whatever, that I don't need anything more. I reduced my pasta portions to the amount it suggests on the packet (75g, I think) instead of a mugful…

Why do you think you need to follow keto? Losing weight will definitely have an effect on your blood sugar. How you do that is up to you, but you don't need to do keto unless you really want to cut out a lot of foods. Diabetes UK suggests limiting your carbs to a max of 130g a day. I think the US group suggests 150g, but I…

Assuming your after work drinks are at the pub, try different gins or having slimline tonic instead of soda. If none appeal, try vodka and a slimline tonic or whisky with diet coke or white rum with diet coke. Alternatively, try some of the zero-alcohol / light beers on offer. In a glass it'll look like any other beer but…

My version of healthy eating, and how I reduced my blood sugar number, was to reduce my carb intake to under 130g a day. I've mostly done it by making substitutions - cauliflower rice instead of rice (or half and half), fewer potatoes but more veg, courgetti instead of pasta (or half and half). If I do a stirfry, I pile…

On the website go to Home then Goals. Top left you'll see your macros .Click the edit button and play around with the Carb percentage until you get a figure that you're more comfortable with (Diabetes UK recommend a max of 130g carbs a day so mine is set to as close to that as possible). Then play around with the Protein…

I missed the pre-diabetic bit and went straight in at a "you're diabetic" level. My A1c number is now back below pre-diabetic. I didn't go low carb, I simply reduced the portion sizes of rice, potatoes and pasta to the recommended portion sizes for those items, rather than having half a plateful. I did significantly reduce…

I agree with all of the above. However, to answer your question as asked - 130g a day. That's what Diabetes UK suggests so that's what I aim to be under, every day. I've got my A1c number back to a reading that's below pre-diabetic. Losing 3 stone (42lbs) and getting back to normal BMI was probably the biggest contributing…

I've had a dial one for years and was relatively happy throughout my weight loss. I couldn't tell if I'd lost a few grams, but I got the trend. Having just had my bathroom done and now got a bit of floor space where I can just place (and leave) a pair of scales, I recently bought a digital one (also a Conair WW slim glass…

I can't comment on tiredness, supplements or other health items, but to answer your question: I'm half an inch shorter than you and, when I started using MFP, I weighed 149lbs. I continued losing weight down to 105-110lb, which is where I've been for about 8 months now. However, I was eating 1200 cals a day (plus my…

Definitely can't help with that and I'd be surprised if anyone can unless you contact Pukka directly. I like their chicken and mushroom pie - but I eat the pastry too. If you're ever bored, you could try creating a recipe with the ingredients you think make up the entire pie. Once you've got something that matches the info…

In addition to the above suggestions, when I add a recipe, I usually weigh out the finished product into x number of equal portions and bag them up for freezing. I then change the recipe to reflect the number of servings. Next time I have that meal, I select '1 serving' from the Recipes tab. When I make the meal again, I…

Start at 2 lb a week, which isn't impossible with 60lb to lose, but know that it'll slow. Even if you 'only' lose 1lb a week, you'd still weigh 20lb less than you do now by your birthday. It may not be the 60lb you'd like to lose, but it's still 20lb better than where you're at now and it'll be far more bearable to…

This is what I do too. Cauliflower rice bulks out rice, courgetti bulks out pasta when having bolognese / mushrooms bulk out other pasta dishes and I don;t really notice the difference if I have one fewer potato than I'd have had a few years ago, because I've usually got so much veg on my plate anyway. Sauted white cabbage…

Getting sufficient sleeps apparently helps ensure you make better choices regarding what to eat. I recently attended a seminar, run by a dietician, offered as part of a wellness programme at work. She stated that a study showed that people who were sleep deprived consumed, on average, 700 calories more, than they would eat…

What you are talking about, with a free day, has the potential to undo any deficit that you've worked towards that week and possibly more. Doing that every week could mean you either stop losing weight or you slowly start re-gaining it. If you're getting fatigued, perhaps now is the time to take a diet break and eat at…

Be aware that too aggressive a weight loss rate can be detrimental to your health. You may well feel fine, until suddenly you're not. Unless you have a lot of weight to lose, losing 2 lb a week is too aggressive. Two things I used to see regularly in these forums: 1. don't aim to lose more than 1% of your body weight per…

I was eating 1200 (plus my exercise cals) for about 3 years. No starvation involved. I'm 5'1 (and a half)" and weigh 105lb. According to MFP, my maintenance cals are 1320. Someone under 5' and a bit lighter would potentially maintain on 1200.

I didn't give up. The changes I've made are for life, and I have no intention of never eating crisps or chocolate ever again. The hard part is moderation and I find that easier to do if I just don't buy things that I can't moderate. I tend to pre-log my day and work things in to fit my calories, however I did make some…

You're half an inch shorter than me. To get to the middle of Normal BMI, I needed to lose 30lb. I also have a sedentary desk job. I weighed just under 150lb when I started and MFP calculated my maintenance to be 1450. As you presumably weigh more than I did (if you think that losing 70lbs would be good), your maintenance…

As noted above, you don't mention your height or current weight. Nor do you state how you track / calculate your exercise burn or whether you eat your exercise calories. One other point - do you weigh, in grams, everything you eat / use in cooking? And do you check the database entries that you use when logging your food?…

This is also what I was going to suggest - have more than one meal plan and add a bit of variety week on week. Will you plan for a more creative meal on one or both days of whatever two day break you get (be that the weekend or another two days) during your six week stint? That would also break the monotony and could make…

Please also read the first post in this thread: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10761904/under-1200-for-weight-loss/p1 At 5'2, you're not "very short". (it's in the Useful Posts stickies, at the top of this Forum, for good reason)

Yes you are supposed to eat your calories. It's possible that your logging is inaccurate and you're actually eating more than you think but, if it's not, you are setting yourself up for some very major health issues. You'll feel fine, until suddenly you don't. Add some calorie laden ingredients to your meals. Have some…

After reaching my goal weight, last March, I (unintentionally) kept losing due to multiple things all changing at once. I've now adjusted MFP enough such that what it thinks I need to eat to gain 0.5kg a week is actually maintaining my current weight. Since my weight stabilised, around November, my weight has barely…

The symptoms were very similar to my dairy ones - stomach cramps / diahorreah at one end and a lump of mucus in my throat / vomiting / difficulty swallowing / losing my voice at the other end. Not all at the same time, thankfully. Different foods provoke different reactions, although the lump in my throat is the most…