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I started at 5'2 and 226 pounds. I'm currently 205 and I don't know what my goal is, but I'm thinking between 130 and 140. I'm active daily and have an open diary. Feel free to add me!

Welcome Jessica. This site is great, especially for those who don't know where to start. Best advice, buy a food scale and track accurately. That's the simple key to it! Good luck!

Welcome! Congratulations on starting your journey. The general rule is 75 pounds or more 2 lbs per week. 50 -75 1.5 lbs per week. 25 -50 1 lb per week and below 25 .5 per week. Of course that is not set in stone, but it is a good general idea of where to have your weight loss.

I have lost 20 pounds and still don't see a difference. I started at 226 and now way 206. I should have took pictures but unfortunately I didnt, not a big picture person. Losing 1 pound a week is great and keep up the great work!

I personally use chiropractic care for mine, but that's because if I don't I'll be in constant pain. Every body is different, but that's what works for me. I work full time and go to school full time, when the pain gets too bad I can do neither. Listen to your body. Some people need no interference, but others do. If it's…

I had about 80 to lose before I want to reevaluate. I'm down to about 60 to lose before reevaluating my ultimate goal. With time and perseverance we can all do it!

I work nights in a steel foundry and find it tough to keep up with schooling, life, and workouts. I'm an online student which does help but some weeks I work 40 hours and some weeks I work 60 hours. It's tough staying on schedule but I try and move around as much as I can at work since believe it or not online schooling to…

I'm also very short, but have a lot of weight to lose. I was successful in the past but gave up, now I'm back down 17 lbs and keep going. If you feel that 1350 is too low for you than you might want to change your weight loss goals. If you're at 2 lbs go down to 1.5 or 1 pound per week. Slow and steady will win the race.…

Because the gym is not usually an everyday thing the above poster is correct. Set yourself as sedentary and then on days you go to the gym add that to your exercise category and eat back about 50-75 percent.

Lean Cuisine meals, especially the chicken club Panini, it can fill even my 250 lb boyfriend up until the next meal at only 360 calories and 22 grams of protein

The best thing to do is track the calories you currently eat and then cut back a little each week until you are in line with what MFP sets for you. It's very hard to find the motivation, but being healthy for your son is very important. You are his role model so starting a good diet young will help him in the future. Maybe…

I would say lightly active, I average between 8000-10000 a day and choose that and have had no problems. On days that you actually work out than maybe put those work outs in since that is not an every day thing and on those days you may need more calories to fuel your body.

I have adjusted my diary so that I have time frames instead of the meals that are preset. Especially since I would never know what to set it as. If you can handle it, eat supper before work and take some healthy snacks that equal around 300-400 calories total (depending on your set caloric goal) and than eat breakfast…

Feel free to add me. I work 8pm to 6(ish)am 5-6 days a week I actually feel like Saturdays and Sundays are harder to control my calories than during the week since I just prep what I bring to work and that is it. So I don't have any urges outside that.

Feel free to add me! I'm on daily and I try to motivate as much as my schedule allows! Always looking for more friends!

Great! 15 lbs down since the new year and excited to be going towards a healthier and happier me!

I have about 80 total pounds to lose so I know the struggle. Pictures are great motivators and I do the same! Feel free to add me!

Moving around is great, but exercise is not necessary to lose weight. Portion control and a calorie deficit is the only important thing to actually lose weight. Welcome to MFP and good luck!

Diets are one of the worst things you can do. If you want to be healthy in the long run just eat a calorie deficit until you reach your goal weight and than you eat at maintenance. Many people use MFP to track their calories well after they're at their goal weight.

Hope you're funding this community to be as helpful as I have. Feel free to add me if you choose!

Feel free to add me. Loving yourself is one of the first steps to overcoming mental health disorders. Good luck to you.

Dropping your calories too much in too short of a time can affect your body significantly. Some people have no trouble while others need more calories to keep their hormones at a normal level. Providing others with the information that has been asked is a great first step but anything that causes you discomfort should be…

99 pounds by August is quite unrealistic. If you want to lose weight healthy you just need to input your statistics in MFP and eat at a calorie deficit. There's no real quick and easy way. Set attainable goals and that will be much easier and help you keep the weight off.

If you stick to a calorie deficit there is no stopping you! You can do anything you put your mind to! Good Luck in this amazing journey of becoming a healthier you!

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Logging your food accurately by weighing it on a food scale and eating the calories MFP provides you after inputting your stats is all you need to know about losing weight. Exercise is good for you, but it's not necessary to reduce your weight. Best of luck to you.

The only time you don't want to aim for 0 is if you input exercises as sometimes MFP overexaggerates. Most people eat about 50-75% of their exercise calories back

Did you also input your exercise into MFP exercise column? When you have a fitbit connected you don't add extra cardio activities because than it will give you too many calories burned. I hit 10 to 12000 steps daily and it has never given me that many exercise calories so something definitely seems off.

Habits take 21 days to form. So yes, it does get to be a pain sometimes. Some people find it easier to pre plan your days or even make meals for the whole week and do it that way. As long as you are determined anything is possible. Good luck.

Like many said you can eat whatever you please and still lose weight. I am a meat and potatoes kind of girl and I love sugar, I am pretty strict with not going over but if it happens a day or so I'm not too worried about it as long as at the end of the week your calories are at a deficit you will lose weight. Eating what…