MichelleSilverleaf Member

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You don't maintain in a deficit, no matter what your carbs are at.

Did you have any physical therapy after surgery? Could you get some? That might be a better avenue to explore.

That's why they say weight loss is simple, but not easy. Let me ask you this, why can't you have certain things? Is it possible you're being too restrictive? Are you putting foods into 'good' and 'bad'? Food is just food, the more valuable thing to learn is how to make the higher calorie stuff work. Maybe you decide that…

Fluctuations will happen. Think of it this way; you'd have to eat roughly 3500cal OVER your maintenance to gain 1lb of fat. If you know you haven't done that, it's fluctuations. If it keeps going up and up then look at your logging or eating. Too many sodium-heavy meals can make me jump as much as 5lbs. It's annoying and…

These are tips I've shared with others before: -eat foods you enjoy -eat in a way you can sustain longterm, don't feel like you have to cut things out. Learn to make higher calorie things work -keep a reasonable deficit (don't go for 2lbs when 1lb would be more reasonable) -track accurately with a food scale and accurate…

Because your body only burns so much fat per day before it goes for other sources. It's enticing to want to drop those last pounds quickly but to do it well it takes time. With 5lbs to go, recomp might be an option?

With 15lbs to go 1.5lbs is too much. 1lb would be too much. Drop it to 0.5lb.

I go for sorbet as an alternative. 80 cal for one serving, super yummy. Chapmans makes the best.

You burn fat by living and by doing exercise. The issue with machines is that they over-estimate what you're burning, which is why it's recommended that you only eat a portion of your exercise calories back and assess from there. You're only 'wasting' your time at the gym if you feel that you're not getting anything out of…

Absolutely not. You would also have to be pretty short and/or old to have a BMR that low. But anyway. BMR is Basal Metabolic Rate, which is what you'd burn in a coma. You pretty much never eat to this number and you NEVER eat below it. MFP uses NEAT, Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis which is how much you burn just going…

I hope you're at least eating exercise calories back. 1200 cal is likely unnecessarily low for you, but assuming that your'e accurately eating 1200cal and doing exercise you're actually under-eating. You don't want to do that.

Yes. It's bunk. Don't do it. You can't confuse your metabolism.

I'm not familiar with the website or its calculator, sounds like it calculated your maintenance. If that's so, how much depends on what's an appropriate deficit. 1kg/2lb would be a 1000cal deficit, 0.5kg/1lb would be 500 cal and 0.2kg/0.5lb would be 250cal. ETA: aggressive is seldom appropriate unless you're 400+lbs.…

I think your exercise calories are getting severely over-estimated. Burning that many calories seems unusually high.

Yup, once you start weighing and tracking that way you should start to see your weight go down as you expect. You're likely eating more than you think. Just also remember two that 2lbs won't be sustainable for too long, eventually you'll have to drop it down as your weight drops. With 67lbs to go you could drop it to…

Are you weighing your food with a food scale?

One thing I don't understand about this video is why she cited a study of metabolism based on The Biggest Loser. That's like judging weight loss based on My 600lb Life. Nobody is going to (or should be) losing weight a la The Biggest Loser. Plus I was under the impression that metabolism changes that do happen are so…

If you work with horses regularly that would constitute as being active, don't you think? I clean my house every day and walk my dog and that's part of my daily routine, I don't count any of it as exercise.

Variety isn't just about taste but also about varying nutrients. Some foods are higher in certain elements than others, some vitamins need something like fat to be absorbed.

Sounds like your daily activity would be better suited to either lightly active or active, instead of counting it as exercise.

You ate under your calories (which if you're using MFP's number already has a deficit) and then had a day over maintenance, kind of makes me wonder what your deficit is and what sort of variety of food you're eating. At 15lbs to go you shouldn't be higher than 0.5lb/week, and you'll have to be super precise. Really easy to…

It's calories that matter for weight loss, but the mix of macros that'll help you stay satiated will be unique to you. You could try the standard MFP uses and then adjust from there. For some folks protein helps them stay satiated, for others it's fat and others it's carbs. Honestly wouldn't bother with a nutritionist if…

You just need enough to stay well hydrated. How much is usually a personal thing. But you don't need supplements necessarily, unless you're struggling to keep up your protein to match your lifting goals. Also while you want to maintain an appropriate deficit to lose weight it's also important to make sure you're eating…

Does it matter? Are you still on track with your goals? I still think you should seek out a professional.

-eat foods you like -eat a good mix of fruits, veggies, meats/meat alternatives -eat to whatever number MFP gives you for a reasonable deficit (1lb/week is usually good for most people, people with well over 100lbs to lose could bump it up to 2lb/week, 20lbs or less shouldn't aim for more than 0.5lb/week) -eat back a…

Keto is just one way people use to stay in a deficit or at maintenance.

You can set MFP to maintenance, weigh your food and record accurately and eat to whatever number MFP gives you.

Unless high fat numbers have some kind of unpleasant reaction it's not a big deal if you go over. Me personally I'd focus more on hitting the protein and not going over my calories.

General doctors shouldn't be, but it doesn't stop some of them.