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I personally threw my scale away. I could tell it was becoming an obsession for me. For a while I only tracked my progress in inches and then I only used the scale at the gym. That limited me to only weighing myself 5 times a week instead of 14-21 times.

I, personally, only eat 50-60 percent back (most days). Also when I work out I subtract 20 calories from every 100 I burn. I do that because I know machines that I use at my local gym overestimate calories by 15-30 percent.

I can open my diary if you promise not to judge

Yeah that's what I was wondering. I love math so it looks like I have some reading and research to do. ☺️

Maybe it only takes in account your food intake and not exercise ??

I usually use inches to measure my progress. I was just confused about the whole thing. Just to know if it would be effecting my progress in general.

It's not about the weight itself. It's about the relationship between net calories and weight loss in general

i do it every other week. I try to look at my progress in inches vs pounds as much as possible. Just so I don't panic when there is clearly progress

I get that, but I still want to understand the relationship. I'm sure it's a generic number if everything were perfect .

That was just an example. Sometimes I eat 1200 calories no exercise. And it says I'll weight "whatever number" (it changes) And sometimes I'll eat 1400 but burn 300 and have a net of 1100,but that number will be more than if I had a net of 1200.

1200

I read an article awhile ago because I had the same question. I was told to either say I was sedentary and log exercise or to say I was lightly active and not log my time at the gym.

Thank you. But it's not a few pounds and 45 pounds and it's starting to effect my health and make small tasks unenjoyable. I already know that counting calories can be triggering , which is why I made the post. I'm under the supervision of my doctor and if things fall out of hand , she will make sure I get help. But I'm…

I didn't see anything wrong with my responses. I'm just being honest and doing my best. I haven't had treatment in a long time so my treatment team wouldn't be the same. I've been told that my calorie intake is acceptable. Thanks for the rice pasta info. I do love rice!!

I work out 3-4 times a week as of now. I plan to work up to 5 days. I think I'm going to stick to 1200 during the weekdays and 2000 on weekend days so it evens out. My friends like to go out to eat in weekends and I don't want to miss out too much. Thanks so much. I'll get that book I think

140 is my long term goal. Thank you for the advice. Carbs are my life! I eat so many different pastas being vegetarian. Not like everyday but often (could be reason for some of my weight gain)

I weight 185 and I have a short term goal of 165 (by June) and long term goal of 140. It's important because I've never been this heavy before and I want to feel comfortable in my own skin again. That was a period of time when I was.

Also, I don't have access to that forum directly from my account anymore.

I figured since I didn't have the account that everything with my account would have been deleted. Cool beans though thanks.

No, they don't know. It's been so long since I've had treatment. 1200-1700 calories is what I was told to shoot for if I wanted to lose 1.5-2 pounds a week. (More for the more I exercise). I chose the lowest safe number because I want to get the ball rolling ASAP

If you read the whole thing, it said my account was deleted. I have a new account.