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She wants to lose 14lbs over 3 months.

1700 is my maintenance for sedantary activity level, I'm 5ft 3 and I weigh 150lbs (10st 10lbs). If you weigh more than that then eating 1700 should definitely put you in a deficit, even if you aren't very active.

The forum is full of advice that REALLY WORKS for fat loss. Eat fewer calories than you burn. Done. The issue is that people seem to want a quick fix. There are no reliable, safe, quick fixes that are capable of being maintained in the long run. There is only the slow, steady climb. And that requires patience.

Lol. Physics and basic Biochemistry disagree with you. Are you honestly suggesting that eating different proportions of salt alters the metabolic pathways within your body? Damn, I must have missed that part of my undergrad.

You might gain a bit of extra water weight due to the sodium but you aren't gaining fat specifically because you ate pizza. What utter drivel.

I'm so much more active during term time - 12K steps by the end of the work day, easy! My problem is diet during term time - I'm so shattered I never have time to cook. Historically the bad times for me are my hours -it's the lack of activity that's killer, and the extra socialising means lots more booze and meals out.…

Ignore the calorie goal on Fitbit.

I've only ever "dieted" once before and I did WW followed by the Harcombe diet (oh my god, absolute torture, I still remember making fake gravy and potatoeless roast dinners. Horrifying) and EVERYBODY knew I was on them because I could not shut up about them and I was having to make something weird food choices for…

I've managed 35lbs so far with frequent wine drinking (and even more frequent gin drinking). Just remember to count the calories and you'll be fine.

I think you absolutely have to use the data you have to make the decision. I eat all my exercise calories back each day and I'm losing at a steady rate of 0.9lbs per week (according to my weight trending app) - considering I have MFP set to 1lb per week I'm happy with that!

Depending on your current weight it could be. I'm 150 and I get 450-550 for 10K steps

This is how I think about it, except I'm more of an IIFYC kinda girl and pretty much ignore macros all together, I should probably get on that....

Patience. Consistency. Time. Seriously.

This has happened in my house too. My husband recently got complimented by a friend of ours because he was looking so trim - he's in no way overweight but has been dropping weight because I'm not ordering dominos pizza three times a week. I think its pretty normal for both partners in a couple to either lose or gain weight…

Deciding "all my food decisions will be healthy" would be the worst possible thing for me. Moderation, pre log, don't deprive yourself. And if that doesn't work I'm afraid you just don't want it enough yet.

You can lose weight without ever knowing or caring about your macro split.

Mine is closed, mainly because it never occurred to me to open it. I don't think many people would be inspired by my gin and mini eggs days tbh.

This is the motivation and support section of the forum, what were you expecting? General Diet and Weightloss Help has loads of actionable advice posted every single day. Go there.

Sounds miserable. Says the woman washing down her millionaires dessert with some prosecco....

Female - MFP gives me 1200 base but I usually get around 5-800 extra calories per day from exercise/activity, which I eat all of over the course of the week. On lazy days I just try to stick to my 1200, or eat leftover exercise calories from other days.

I'm so confused are you saying that calories earned from daily activities somehow count less than intentional exercise? I'd also argue that underestimation of intake leads to failed weight loss FAR more often than overestimation of calorie burns as a lot of people don't ever log exercise calories and even more are wary of…

Right, first things first - how are you logging? Are you weighing all solids and using measuring cups/spoons for liquids? Are you checking your entries against the USDA database? Second. Vent away - it's frustrating and makes you want to quit, I know. The thought that's kept me going through all of it is "the next year is…

And you don't think 3hours on the bike, daily, is excessive?

One parents evening I got 4K steps for sitting down for 3 hours straight, I guess I talk with my hands! I overwrote it with "driving" which gets rid of any "steps" accounted for and all was good but I was a little baffled for a while!

Improving performance is not the same as gaining muscle mass.

My argument is that my trainer is cheaper than all of the following: 1) my exorbitant spending on clothes (which I can't do as training is changing my size too much to warrant it atm) 2) anti anxiety medication and therapy 3) takeaway bills three or four nights a week All of which used to be "necessary" and would be…

I do the opposite - psychologically I find something extra gratifying about eating my exercise calories and it motivates me to do more, knowing I'll eat them all... So I purposely tend to over estimate my food logging to "make up" for it. Funny how we're all different. Whatever works, I say.

@Christine_72 just checked my last few 10K days, somewhere between 550-650 calories for 10K steps it seems. I have noticed it seems to vary depending on flights of stairs and active minutes, I sometimes get slightly more calories on days when I do fewer steps. I'm 5'3" and 150ish for comparison

My charge HR is accurate for me. I eat all my exercise calories and daily activity calories (I use the exercise settings to log Zumba, elliptical time, running and even (shock, horror) weight lifting). I'm set to sedantary with a 1lb per week rate of loss although I usually get 10K+ steps and let it do it's thing regarding…

I don't eat "healthy" as it triggers off a very specific thought pattern that leads to my ED (probably because of the "healthy food only to lose weight" mentality). I try to eat a balanced diet that is above all, normal.