MichelleSilverleaf Member

Ultimate Starting Weight: 259lbs Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 212lbs Challenge Goal Weight: 202lbs April 26: 211lbs May 3: 212lbs May 10: 209lbs May 17: 210lbs? (forgot to weigh in this morning) May 24: 208lbs May 31: 205.5lbs June 7: June 14: June 21: June 28: July 4:

It didn't cause any offense, I tend to have a knee-jerk reaction to some things. That's on me. I'm glad your family has that good dynamic.

Thank you for your guidance :tongue: Chill enough for ya? And yes it does bug me when people eat my food and treats willy-nilly. I treat myself very rarely these days with food, so yeah I'd be a little miffed that something I'd saved was snapped up by someone else. And I hate the "I couldn't help myself" excuse *shrug*

You can't gain muscle in a deficit, but you can experience better use of your muscles (I know there's a term for it, I just can't recall it). Some people confuse muscle improvement with muscle gain, or weight loss revealing muscle to be muscle gain. But to gain muscle, you have to eat and exercise in a specific way to do…

Maybe in the future recognize that it's not yours and unless she gives you the okay to eat it leave it where it is? I'd be pissed if someone did that to me, and I don't do that to others. ETA: you absolutely could help yourself. You made a choice, it didn't accidentally fall in your mouth.

Pick the one you feel you can stick to long-term. Doing any way of eating purely for weight loss seems to run the risk of regain and yo-yo dieting. Eat foods you enjoy in portions that help you maintain a reasonable deficit. Get plenty of fruit and veg you like. Get adequate protein. Spend the first month learning how to…

2lbs can easily be a fluctuation. Could just be a general fluctuation, sodium, water weight from new exercise, anything. Give it about 4-6 weeks of consistently weighing your food and see how things are.

Weight loss is a marathon, not a sprint. It can be frustrating in the beginning but the time is going to pass anyway - do you want it to pass and think about what you could have done in hindsight to get toward your goal, or do you want it to pass making small steps that'll translate to bigger progress? Let's say starting…

Ultimate Starting Weight: 259lbs Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 212lbs Challenge Goal Weight: 202lbs April 26: 211lbs May 3: 212lbs May 10: 209lbs May 17: 210lbs? (forgot to weigh in this morning) May 24: 208lbs May 31: June 7: June 14: June 21: June 28: July 4:

Dr sent me to a dietician who among other things pointed me here. Lost weight, cut down on the sugar I was consuming (I was consuming A LOT to be fair). Next blood test I was in the clear.

You're not supposed to go under 1200cal, and 15lbs in 2 1/2 weeks isn't healthy.

I use MFP's number and eat to that. I don't currently exercise enough to warrant actually tracking it, but if you're hitting the gym or doing some kind of equal exercise, I'd eat back half of whatever that estimation is.

Since the comments are happening at work, you can point out that they're inappropriate and depending on how you feel about it, inform them that you will go to HR to report the comments if they don't stop. Recomp wouldn't be a bad idea for you, honestly. Bringing up the low energy to the dr is a good idea. Did the 2 week…

Have you tried setting MFP to sedentary with a reasonable deficit? You'll likely find you can eat more than 1200cal.

2lbs/week with only 12lbs to go isn't going to happen. If 175 is in healthy weight range for your height even 1lb/week may be too much. Expect weight loss to slow the closer you get to your goal.

Not to the point of risking your muscle mass though.

For me I don't generally wait until my stomach starts growling because that's a sign I've gone waaaay too long without eating. I eat 3 meals at general times, fit in some snacks if I can. But I don't intentionally wait for my stomach to growl to eat. I more or less eat at the same time every day.

Cut off a limb. Realistically though, get rid of the time restraint. You can have quick or you can have healthy, but you can't have both. And fast is not recommended unless you're like 600lbs and it's literally life or death. Be diligent, be consistent, whatever comes off between now and then is what comes off.

First of all, hugs to you. That sounds super difficult and I'm not going to pretend that I know how it feels to be in your position, but you have my sympathies. That being said, you burn calories all the time. We all do. You don't need to exercise to lose weight. If your sedentary calories to maintain your current weight…

In that context no, starvation mode doesn't exist. Adaptive thermogenesis is a thing, but happens in very specific circumstances that you're probably not in any real danger of. 1200 cal sounds unnecessarily low though.

Ugh I keep forgetting to update this. Need to get on track. April 26: 211lbs May 3: 212lbs May 10: 209lbs May 17: 210lbs? (forgot to weigh in this morning) May 24: May 31: June 7: June 14: June 21: June 28: July 4:

I will say, having suffered from anxiety and depression for a couple decades now it's definitely exhausting. Especially the longer it goes on. Diet break is a good idea, but I'd also reach out and address the anxiety and depression as well.

Think of it this way; you're already creating a 1000cal deficit. Now take your 1640 and subtract let's say 300 exercise cal. Now you have a 1300cal deficit because intentional exercise also uses energy. You don't get bonus points for going lower than MFP's number - you get muscle loss.

If the calories in alcohol are eating into your deficit, and you give it up then yes you will lose a little quicker. Alcohol has calories too.

It's unlikely you put 3 grams of anything, 3 grams of butter or margarine would be a tiny amount. Definitely logging errors. When you get your digital scale, start fresh. Spend the first month learning how to properly track foods and building your personal list of foods. It'll get easier.

Nuts are usually pretty calorie dense for a very small amount.

I think the problem here is inaccurate logging and patience.

Two weeks is not a plateau and weight loss isn't linear. Change your expectations. If 4 or more weeks pass with no loss then it's time to reassess. But not 2 weeks.

If you're in a deficit you're not building muscle. Your body will hold onto water weight to repair muscle especially if the exercise is very new. That seems like a lot of weight training though, and not enough rest day.

If I ate only when hungry I'd be under-eating more often than not. It's not always a good strategy.