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I think they've moved away from being a "social" app and went back to being more of what the original intent was... an app to track calories and exercise.

Talk to a medical professional. But honestly, I wouldn't track calories. Rather than focusing on losing weight, just focus on eating reasonably. Focus on your hunger/fullness cues. I've been keeping a food diary where I write down what I eat each day and how it made me feel. Maybe that might be helpful for you.

I used to struggle with this too. Finding high calorie foods you enjoy can definitely help. Also, make eating a priority. Plan and schedule meals like you would an appointment. I'm guessing you don't tend to get hungry very often... if that's true, and you're trying to gain weight, you can't really just eat when you're…

It's the playstore that is responsible for charges and refunds. I would say it depends on how many days it's been since it auto-renewed. You can try to contact MFP customer service. Nobody in these comment sections works for MFP, and they don't monitor it.

Watching your carbs is essentially watching your calories. People eat fewer calories (generally) when they cut carbs, so they lose weight. You can also just track your calories and continue to eat carbs, just remain in a deficit. Do what feels the least restrictive to YOU. Don't worry about all the noise you'll get from…

Just remember to grow glutes you're generally going to want to lift pretty heavy (they say you should be able to squat at least your weight in pounds)

Glutes: squats, lunges, deadlift Shoulders: rows, bent over rows, overhead presses... not my forte so I'm sure someone else can come up with better shoulder options.

MFP is just reminding you to keep logging in case you actually did forget. Ignore it and it should go away on its own.

Try and get more intentional about your snacking. Measure it, track it, sit down to eat it. As you do that, you'll begin to see how much you need to cut back. It's up to you to choose where in your meals you're going to cut back. Obviously snacking all day isn't working for you, so you may have to eat fewer snacks.you may…

Beans, tofu, vegetarian mock meats, cheese, milk

Yeah, probably a decent guess, but hard to know, really. By the way, for most people, even when lean, their abs will only show when they're flexed. All those fitness models and bodybuilders and instagrammers only show their body at full flex.

In my experience, it's all about finding low calorie density foods (vegetables, fruits) and foods high in protein (meat, beans, legumes, soy) to help keep you full.

What kind of exercise? Look at yourself in the mirror. Real carefully. Then remind yourself that this is your body. While you can lose weight or gain weight, in my experience (as someone who has done regular weightlifting and weighed anywhere from 80 to 120 pounds) your shape will remain mostly the same. Unless you have a…

I'm going to second the idea that it's water weight from the increased exercise.

They generally recommend staying on the medication for the rest of your life, since most studies show people who go off the meds regain most if not all of the weight they lost within a year. I'm not against weight loss medications. While I truly believe in my heart of hearts that anyone can lose weight on their own without…

It's not easy. I had to just completely cut out snacking... it's the only thing that really worked for me. But if I start letting myself have some snacks in the evening, pretty soon I'll just keep eating nonstop till I go to bed.

Lost another .5 pounds. Took two weeks this time, but nowhere to go but forward. I figure if I'm not gaining I'm winning 😆

"But I’m aware that there’s only so much change I can achieve without movement." I don't think this is true. I'm a believer that weight loss is primarily about how much we eat, not how much we exercise. If you track your calories and stay in a deficit, you will lose weight. You may have to eat a bit less than you did…

My mistake was with coffee creamers. Didn't used to measure it because hey "it's only 30 calories per serving". Can't be that bad, right? Except I was using 2-3 servings per cup, drinking at least 3 cups per day. That becomes, like, up to 270 calories per day. Sometimes more. That made up most of the weight I kept gaining…

Yep, I had to learn that lesson the hard way. Sugar free doesn't equal low calorie.

Yep, you hit the nail on the head with all of this. Came to say exactly that.

You click on the post and scroll down. At least for me 🤷‍♀️

Look at why you failed before. Did you get too hungry? Tried to cut out foods you love? Didn't track what you ate? Find ways to deal with whatever your reasons are. We might be able to give suggestions if you tell us what went wrong.

I think it's important to consider why it's not working for you. Are you getting too hungry? Are you unhappy/unsatisfied with the food you are eating? It's ok to change what you're doing to work with your body and lifestyle. I don't believe we should have to be white-knuckling it through our day until we're allowed to eat…

Probably not many. There are a few whole food plant based people here though. Keto and carnivore are really the en vogue thing now.

It can for sure. But I find I can eat at a lot of Thai, some Chinese places, and some Mexican places. There's always an element of risk for sure, and I only eat out every great once in a while. Too expensive anyway.

How are you measuring your food? Weighing is the most accurate. It looks like your doing a very small deficit, which is great, but it also means you need to be really accurate. Also, it's very normal to go a few days with no loss showing on the scale. It takes patience and persistence.

Lol, this is the way.

Down .5 pounds this week. It ain't much, but it'll get me there 1 week at a time. I may have stood much longer in front of the caramel ice cream than is societally appropriate, but didn't buy it. I knew if I did I'd probably eat the whole pint in one sitting. Ben and Jerry's my old nemesis, we meet again