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Hot water, honey and a splash of Jim Beam. Or just hot water, honey and fresh lemon juice.

Well, since this is the MFP forum, I might suggest you put your height and weight and desired rate of loss into the MFP program and see how many calories you can eat every day. Then log all your food intake. Then log all your exercise. MFP will tell you some approximate amount of calories burned through exercise. You can…

Glad you are going to eat 1320 calories instead of 1200. You'll continue to lose weight, and it's a healthier rate at which to do so. You don't want to lose the muscle mass that is possible with very rapid weight loss.

Congratulations on your success! Like you, I found that the belly was the last place to lose weight. I can't tell you how many pounds you'd need to lose to make it as small as you want it to be, but it's easy to see that what you are doing is working. Keep going!

I'm confused about what you say your calorie intake is. MFP is set to give you a daily calorie goal (here, 1500 for you), and then you eat the additional calories you burn for exercise that day. So in your example, if you burn 500 calories by exercising, you should eat 1500 calories plus 500 calories for a total of 2000…

Go to a running store and have them fit you for the best shoes you can afford. With proper support, you are less likely to hurt during a walk. I'd start with walking more slowly in your neighborhood. Walk three minutes out, three minutes back. The next day, try walking 4 minutes out, and back to the house. The next day, 5…

Cut back to every other day. Or do a 90 minute one day, and a 30 minute the next. Play around with lowering the incline setting.

Calories don't look at the calendar. My weight fluctuates, as does yours. I find when I've not made the progress I was expecting that I shrug my shoulders and put on my workout clothes anyway and hit the gym. Then I eat back only 50% to 75% of my earned calories and eventually the weight begins to drop away again. Keep at…

Just put on your workout clothes and get out the door to your gym. Don't let fear paralyze you. To be honest, I am one of those people who occasionally look at other people working out. Just a brief glance. You know what I'm thinking? "Wow, I wish I could do that as well as she can." And it motivates me to keep going, I…

Well, that sounds a bit like a medical mystery and something you might wish to talk to your doctor about.

If it's the general walking you do almost everyday, I would take that into account when setting your activity level (sedentary vs. active), and not log it. If you want to log it, you could do a guestimate by logging a shorter time to take into account the slower speed. For instance, you could log the 15 minutes at 1.5 mph…

Please eat your exercise calories. Assuming your calorie goal of 1200 - 300 exercise calories burned (just a guess for using as an example), you are only eating a net calorie intake of 900 calories. The absolute bare minimum calorie intake for a woman is 1200 per day, per MFP. A stall or two when you're this close to…

Well, just keep trying to hit 1710 and see how it goes. As far as hitting your protein goal, I found that eating an egg or two (71 calories each) helped me. And almonds, and cottage cheese (with some salsa, because otherwise it was pretty bland), string cheese, and Greek yogurt. I add chick peas (garbanzo beans) to almost…

Yeah, I hear you! My son wouldn't eat but a few things for dinner, so I usually made him something he'd like and some veggies he wasn't that into, and some fruit. If he was hungry enough, he learned to like it eventually. I ended up switching to diet sodas, drink coffee for the caffeine to get me through the day, and drink…

@scarla67 - welcome to MFP! It's kind of a fun challenge to log your daily food intake on this program and be able to see your progress. Be patient - weight loss is kind of slower than we want it to be. I think you'll find people on these forums are helpful and kind. Be sure to visit the Success Stories forum, it's…

I weigh every morning before breakfast. I log it into the Happy Scale app, because I love how the graph uses some type of moving average and it usually looks like I'm making good weight loss progress. I try to add it to MFP every other day or so. I like seeing how my weight fluctuates and so now if I gain a pound of water…

I started losing after I purchased a $20 food scale and used it. Be as accurate in logging your food intake as you can. You must eat fewer calories than you burn to lose weight. Moving more helped me stay sane and lose weight. I started taking Zumba classes, and the Couch to 5K running program. Your belly will eventually…

See www.rubberbanditz.com. They have a number of different resistance points.

My husband biked six miles to work every day for about three years. He had panniers on his bike so he didn't have to carry a backpack. Sometimes, though, he did use a messenger bag for notebooks he'd had to use for at-home work. Every Sunday, he'd drive in to his office and hang up his business clothes for the week so he…

I kind of plod, I guess. My best 5K time was 34 minutes. I applaud you for your goal - you're almost there!

Best decision I made: going to a running store and having an employee bring me four pairs of shoes to try on. Then he watched me jog outside on the sidewalk. We narrowed it down to two pairs that would be best for me, and I purchased one. I'm so happy I did. I was prone to shin splints, and once tore my meniscus. I've been…

Sounds like you have a gym membership. Ask at the front desk for a walk-through of the machines, and have the person who helps you show you proper form. Tell them what areas you want to start with, like arms and legs. You don't have to develop every single muscle group at the beginning. You can concentrate on starting…

Set your activity level and stats into MFP. Choose a rate of loss, like one pound per week. Be accurate and diligent about logging your calories. Eat back 50% to 75% of the calories burned during exercise. You might lose 6 to 8 pounds, depending on how heavy your body is right now. Good luck!

One 5 ounce glass of red blend or merlot tends to be around 150 calories (at least the brands I drink). Just measure your pour accurately and log it. I fit in a glass about 4 out of 7 days a week. I don't bother fussing with "low cal" since I just budget it into my calorie allowance for the day.

I logged my calories burned through exercise. I ate back 50% to 75% of those. I lost weight and reached my goals.

I'd ignore motivation and aim for daily discipline. If you plan to hit your calorie goal, log everything you eat. You'll feel a sense of accomplishment when you stay under that number. If you don't feel like exercising, ignore that feeling and put on your workout gear and go outside for a walk or drive to your gym and…

Good on you!

Maybe go for a walk with your boyfriend at a park or hiking trail. It always helps me decompress, and conversations about the grief process can be helpful for you both. And I wouldn't rule out having you walk with some girlfriends to talk about other issues entirely. You need some self-care, too.

I don't log everyday activities. I do log intentional exercise like running, Zumba, bicycling and hiking.

My life is not an evidence-based study, but a personal example you can consider or not. I decided to lose weight quickly. I followed MFP, but set my rate of loss at 2 pounds per week. I actually lost 2 to 2.5 pounds per week, I was so enthusiastic about counting calories and exercising (more walks, starting to run, Zumba,…