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If you don’t mind us asking, would you provide your starting weight, current weight, and goal weight, as well as your height? 1.5 lbs a week might create too aggressive a deficit for you, giving you a low calorie target and making it tough to stick to long-term. Then when you fall off the proverbial wagon because 1300…

The only things I don’t log are black coffee, plain tea, mints (probably have 2 or 3 a week), and gum (maybe one piece a week).

Turkey meatballs and roasted spaghetti squash!

at the beginning of your weight loss journey, there’s often a honeymoon period where you’re satisfied eating less (and motivated by the scale going down). As the rate of loss slows down and you get back in the daily groove of life (with ups and downs, social events and holidays), you’ll want to make sure you’re properly…

That’s wonderful! Fast is good in the beginning. Now’s the perfect time to slow your rate of loss to 2 lbs a week or 1.5 lbs a week, and start practicing for maintenance now, as you’re on your get to your goal. No time like the present to tweak your habits to make sure they are sustainable for life!

MyFitnessPal is designed to give you A daily calorie target in order to achieve the deficit you chose (for example, if you told MFP during set-up that you want to lose 1 lb a week, your daily calorie target given is 500 less than the daily calories you need to maintain your weight). Now, first let’s disregard your general…

Don’t over-complicate! If your calorie deficit is sensible (not too aggressive), stick with it. If you are consistent about hitting your target, you will lose weight. Don’t over-worry about macros or other things. Patience and consistency is the key. Read the weight-fluctuations article linked above; so helpful in cutting…

Flying in an airplane can cause water retention!

I felt addicted to Mcdonalds too. But I was also eating crazy amounts of other fast food, takeout, nice restaurant meals, etc. it’s not because of anything fast-food does specifically. It’s hyper-palatable foods that we consume to get a small moment of happiness when other stuff in our lives is stressful. Then the habit…

I am 5’4”, 29 yrs old, and maintain between 128 and 132.

1. More sleep. 2. Black coffee.

I am 29, 5’4”, and maintain between 128-132 lbs. I just learned I can wear a size 6. I don’t think I have ever been a size 6 in my life! Last time I was this skinny, I was in kids sizes.

When this exhaustion sets in, you have to address that first. Please go to counseling (or better yet, therapy with a cognitive behavioral approach). There are other things in your life that are contributing to that exhaustion you’re describing. Making big changes (like your way of eating) seem impossible and overwhelming…

I have learned to appreciate fruit more. Especially peaches and plums!

If, as you say, you want to do your recipe calorie calculation and get the per-serving calorie count on paper, you can do that and then create a new Food, inputting the number of calories in each serving. If you do this, your macro amounts will not be accurate (I think you’ll just have to fudge them). If you actually want…

If you cut it into 12 slices, that’s about 630 calories per slice. Far from ruining your week!

I love a good hot black coffee. When it’s hot out, I like an iced black coffee. If I’m feeling like something sweet, I like an iced coffee with a splash of cream or soymilk or almond milk, plus 1 pump of peppermint and 1 pump of mocha

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Just because the original medical diet is not a fad doesn’t mean that its current iteration is not a fad. It’s not epileptics who are touting Keto as the best and only way to quickly lose weight; it’s weight loss obsessed people, followed by the personal trainers and health/food manufacturers who know they can capitalize…

Hardest part was figuring out how to adjust to a steady level of higher daily calories in maintenance (instead of staying in a deficit and hoarding banked calories to use in some future calorie blowout)

Have you really gone from 151 to 129 in 6 weeks? That is almost 4 lbs a week. That is WAY too fast of a rate of lost for almost everyone except the very obese. Even if you lost 12 lbs in two weeks, that’s really too high for someone who is starting at 151. If you lost too fast, you will lose muscle along with the fat, and…

I do a 250 calorie trail mix every morning on my commute. 22 g almonds, 15 g granola, and 12 g roasted salted edamame.

Steady as she goes.

What habits have you developed that help you stick to your deficit calorie target? (Logging and weighing everything, drinking more water, prepping lunches, eating out only once a week, ordering only an entree or an appetizer and not both, exercising two days a week, weighing yourself weekly?) All your habits should stay…

When people get closer to their goal weight, it is generally advised to slow your rate of loss to prevent muscle loss etc. If you only have 10 more lbs to lose, you should be switching to lose .5 lbs a week. This will give you some more calories for your daily target. It will also help you practice for maintenance after…

Planning and Pre-logging the whole day of food ahead of time (incorporating a moderate serving of some delicious dessert) really helps me avoid binging because it involves changing my entire plan or going really over my calorie target.

I am so confused; how can two people disagree with my stats and calorie target 😂

I leave 300-400 calories for dessert. 2 tbsp of peanut butter and a bunch of stuff to dip in it (pretzels, dark chocolate...)

For weekdays, I have a general plan for how many calories each meal will be, which makes logging and pre-logging very simple. My weekday breakfast is around 250 calories (always the same, lunch is 400-600 calories (planned and cooked on Sundays), snack is 200-400 calories (a number of options to choose from), dessert is…

I am 5’4”, 29, female, lightly active, and current weight is 130 lbs. I maintain on an average of 2200 calories a day.