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It is a bit of trial and error but as I understand it your activity level setting doesn’t take into account working out. Given that you are running around all day, I would chose “lightly active” for your activity level. Then each day enter your workouts into MFP and eat back 50% of those calories. Women have to wait about…

I don’t have anything to add to the great advice above except to reiterate that we are all pulling for you and can’t wait to see you in the success stories!

Great post. I am so happy that you have managed to retain your sense of humor and weight loss! Plus you made me lmao.

Look up your workout on MFP and log it. People usually start off eating back 50% of those calories until they are better able to estimate their workout burn. After you factor in these calories you might not be eating much if anything over your goal. Also a whoosh isn’t just water weight (although your newbie loss will…

You’d probably get more responses if you put what type of friends you are looking for in the header. ie. “Seeking friends dropping 25 lbs,” or “5’4” or “eating 1550 cal/day” or “in the UK” or “30 y/os” etc.

I have been looking for research on this topic. Do you recall where you found the newest research? A link would be a amazing. Thanks.

I have a hard time keeping exactly at goal every day. So now I average out for the week. I also have to skip breakfast because I prefer a larger lunch/dinner. I didn't know all of this when I started though. I logged over my goal for weeks before I figured out how to keep under goal. I realize it was easier for you last…

Try to find out where you are eating in advance so you can check out any menu/nutritional info. When you are out to eat, try to chose low calorie options like chicken with a side of veggies. Then log them as best as you can. You mentioned that you eat 5X per day. Is it possible to switch that up for a week? Because you may…

Wasn’t trying to slight you @RunRutheeRun. “1200 is too low” is a common refrain on MFP and it is annoying because I could be safely losing 1 lb/week but keep at .8 as not to go below the 1200 minimum. So for us sedentary shorties 1200 is even higher than we’d like to eat to lose at the rate of our taller brethren.

It irks me when people say 1200 is too low without knowing age and height. I am old, short and sedentary with a 1200 goal to lose only .8lbs per week at 145lbs. It’s not too low for many people.

Makes sense to me! It’s clear you have learned how to manage your weight while still living life. Amazing accomplishment. You do MFP proud.

I love how much success people have on MFP! Glad I stumbled on this site when I decided to lose weight because it has worked like a charm. I lost 22 lbs from Oct-Dec 2017 Will lose 35-45 in 2018 Now I look like I am only 4 months pregnant instead of full term. Soon hopefully people (including my 5 year old DD) will stop…

Nor do we utilize fish oil because of this: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/fish-oil-friend-or-foe-201307126467 I have read about different diets/food choices to combat signs of ADHD. I'd recommend that you try those if you are really interested in a natural approach.

This is why I won't eat or feed my child vitamins unless a doctor recommends them to correct a deficiency: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_aging/healthy_body/is-there-really-any-benefit-to-multivitamins http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161208-why-vitamin-supplements-could-kill-you

Oops. I meant losertown.org.

As I understand it, the MFP active/sedentary settings are for your activity level outside of working out. So if you are at a desk job, you should most certainly set MFP to sedentary. Next, people usually only eat about 50% of their exercise calories because most people find that MFP and their fitbits overestimate these…

I'm glad you are happy with a juice diet but keep in mind that your initial weight loss will include a great deal of water. So unless you take that into account, and lose more than your goal weight, if you don't continue eating/working out for a deficit you will regain this weight. Also, I'm sure we can all agree that…

I'm at 1200/day because I am sedentary too. It's not an unreasonable amount of calories if that is what MFP has recommended and you aren't losing too fast. I have found that if I skip breakfast and eat lunch then I am not as hungry as if I had eaten breakfast for some reason. Then I eat a large lunch and a smaller dinner.…

Are you logging? Typically people overestimate their workouts and underestimate their food intake. If you are at a deficit you will lose weight short of some medical problem.

I’m sorry about all of the difficulties you have had to face. It sounds like you are off the steroids though, so that should make it easier to lose weight. You can still lose weight without exercise as long as you eat the MFP recommended amount of calories. At the same time, however, I have seen people in wheelchairs who…

Is there a Jamba Juice near you? I love to get smoothies there. You can customize your ingredients with either fruit or veggies, add protein and other vitamins, all without any clean up.

First, if you are morbidly obese you can likely lose 2 lbs per week until you get closer to your goal. Check out losertown.com to see how much you can lose each week eating the calories MFP recommends. Then keep in mind your calorie allotment will likely go down to keep you eating at a deficit as you get closer and closer…

@richb178 Would love to know how the scale was backwards.

I second @psuLemon. If you would like to reduce your fat intake, taking the yolk out of your eggs should help.

You can see what you previously posted by finding the link to “my discussions.” On my iphone it’s in the little word bubble top left.

Love this guy’s videos. Thanks for sharing. I’ve forwarded it to everyone I know!

I agree that it appears as though you still have more fat to lose. As for the loose skin, people have said they have found it still shrinking for up to two years.

I ate 8 cups of popcorn. And I loved it.

Log the cheese-its before you eat them. Just seeing the calories is usually enough for me to skip em or moderate how much I eat of them.