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Be still, my beating heart!! :smiley:
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Water weight was very confusing for me in the beginning. It can fluctuate 5-10 lbs quickly. Someone else mentioned also, commit to the long game. Here is an article that may clarify it a bit? https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/when-your-weight-fluctuates-whats-normal-and-whats-not
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I disabled "allow negative adjustment" ... it ended the confusion. MFP has a fitness calculator and I found that it is within 5 percent of what my fitbit calculates. I tend to push for a much larger than recommended calorie deficit just to eliminate the "margin of error" thing :)
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I was just looking at the same numbers with concern. Pictured myself eating 20 bananas a day to compensate for the potassium deficiency and eating salad and drinking water to solve the sodium problem. Definitely open to less dramatic remedies :)
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Been here a few months, pretty committed to losing 100lbs, am in the midst of my first "plateau", could use some friends that got to the other side of this... :) Feel free to add me?
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The truth changes things ... :smile: The number that MFP sets for me is virtually impossible to hit. I've noticed that some members don't even track it. This dialogue has been extremely helpful and freeing!! I've been wondering about the weight spikes as well. Just go a new high tech scale, so I've been weighing myself…
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what is the best way to calculate my daily calorie intake ? I've used a couple of web based calculators and found a fairly broad discrepancy (5-600 calories) between the apps? I dropped almost 20 pounds in the first 60 days and have hit a plateau. I do strength training 3 times a week and am trying to move away from the…
