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I have noticed that about the exercise. I usually just tone down the intensity listed on MFP to account for about 60% of what my heart rate monitor is telling me. Seems to be a good rule of thumb so far.

Calories vs serving size, here are my top surprises: Peanut Butter Granola Dried Fruit Nuts Salad Dressing

Blood pressure 3/8/18: 172/110 Blood pressure 5/11/18: 132/83

What's great, is each pic in your progress is one year older than the last, yet you look younger in each progress picture. Great job!

14lbs in 4 days would be 12,250 calorie surplus per day, something isn't right if this is true. I would try the following: 1. Try a different scale. 2. If #1 reads the same, see a doctor.

Be prepared for something that finally works. I am with everyone here, weigh your food. Eyeballing food portions, especially calorie dense stuff like fats and red meat, is a recipe for disaster! Best of luck to ya! Keep us posted.

I second this. Details are what matter. I'm 5'10" 270lb and my daily goal is 2200 at a 1000 per day deficit.

A food scale will be one of the best investments you can make for your journey. Buy one!

I implore you, listen to what these people are saying. If you look at @sarahbums profile, she openly states she had fought ED and I don't doubt that there are MANY others in this community who have as well. While I don't have experience with ED, I do know that NOBODY is undeserving or unworthy of help. Get yourself better.…

My macros are Protein 30%, Carbs 35%, Fat 35%, which is working for me. Started at 290lbs, down to 270. My diet took a bit of tweaking for me to arrive at these numbers. I guess a good place to start is to log what you are eating now, adjust things a little at a time in order to get into a deficit, then tweak a little at a…

Stay active here, and ask questions! This is a very helpful community with a lot to offer, some of the best fitness and diet advice you can find. Make sure you tackle the "low hanging fruit" of your diet plan, such as: 1. Don't drink your calories (beer, soda, fruit juices, etc...) 2. Cut back and/or carefully measure your…

Bad: - Boy you better clean that plate, there are starving kids in Africa! - Fat makes you fat. - All you need to do is run and you can eat whatever you want. - Eating healthy and working out is expensive. - "You don't have time for that!" - Being big is in our family, you are just going to have to get over it. Good (when…

I love my oatmeal everyday. Just 40g of quick oats, water, and 21g of agave. I LOVE oatmeal.

Good for you! Keep going, you got this. I had to come to that realization myself. If they don't want to see an obese man sweating his *kitten* off for an hour, don't look, period. It's been about two months and i'm down 20lbs so far and have got to know several of the regulars there. It gets more welcoming, believe me.…

1. CICO (Calories IN /Calories OUT) is the key. 2. Weigh your food and log accurately. 3. Figure out your TDEE and subtract 500 per day for 1lb/week or 1000 per day for 2lb/week loss. D. Consistency Best of luck on your journey! A final tip, always take some time each day to read someone's success story, it's great…

I second the idea of speaking with your doctor. Personally, I would be reluctant to have you in a caloric deficit while you are nursing, but I am no doctor.

+1 to the calorie dense stuff. Nuts, oils, fats, carbs, etc. Two foods I like to add to my day when I workout are 25g of granola and a peanut butter sandwich. 375 Calories, 38.5g carbs, 20g fat, 19g protein. There are a lot of great suggestions here. It's also interesting to see the flip side of the coin, most people have…

Technically, yes. I agree with your approach too, ease into it or it will burn you out. I like to suggest from time-to-time on here that people start with the "low hanging fruit", much like your eat the burger but not the fries example. 1. Stop / cut back drinking calories (soda, alcohol, fruit juices, etc...) 2. Cut back…

How do you feel about yourself? I really don't mean for this to sound like a cliche statement, but who cares what guys think? You're 18, you have plenty of great life left in you. Keep improving yourself and your confidence and you will hold yourself better and present an attractive body language. This, however, is just a…

The body can be very strange and often misleading at times. I would suggest taking other measurements along with weights, that way adjustments in water retention don't throw you for a loop thinking you put on fat, or vice versa.

Well, I don't know exactly why it works, but what I am doing seems to be working. I have lost 20lbs (7% body fat) and my strength is increasing slow but steady. I am assuming that with my strength training and cardio workouts I am losing fat and gaining muscle. I think some key points are to make sure you actually eat all…

Went from drinking ALL the beer to drinking some of the beer. :|

I use my workout calories for a few beers on the weekend or so, but during the week, I just use them for meal extras. Extra cheese, bacon, dip, bread, etc. I usually don't eat them all back, but it's nice to know that it isn't halting my weight loss doing so.

I like 8oz vanilla almond milk, 1 banana, and some ice for my smoothie. Simple to make, just toss it all in the Ninja and let 'er rip.

Down 20lbs so far, about 80 to go. My blood pressure has gone from 177/102 to 140/90 so far. Still a bit elevated, but this means I get to avoid meds for now. Huge health win. Boy are they right that losing 5% of your weight when you're obese can do wonders for your health.

It's just another tool to use to help you get into a caloric deficit. Basically, you just replace a meal with a shake. A single shake is around 230 calories, so you just pick a meal that would normally have more than that, have a shake instead, and there you go. If you're used to having a 600 calorie breakfast burrito in…

"A year from now you will wish you would have started today." "It takes calories to burn calories. (Don't starve yourself)"

Don't mind me, i'm just going to go ahead and steal that from you... I am with everyone else here. Apple cider vinegar is a delicious additive and ingredient to many foods. I like a splash of it on some salads, I like to use it for heartburn (not sure why, but it seems to help with that, maybe it's not heartburn?), and I…

Without going into detail, it sound like you're trying to do what fighters will do to get put into a lower weight class. It's not healthy, and they only do it for the weigh in, but it is possible. I doubt anyone on these forums are going to go into any detail, and I am not going to go into detail as I am sure it's against…

This, BMI is just a quick screening tool that applies to a majority of the population. Normal BMI? Probably not at risk for disease related to obesity. Overweight / Obese? Time to investigate further.