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I dont think this is silly. I weigh absolutely everything that goes into my mouth from lettuce to peanut butter to chocolate chips to goldfish force fed from my toddler :) I've had my fitbit (versa) for a year and my calorie burn is basically spot on. I've lost 60lbs now and I use the burn to tighten up my calorie goals…

How long have you been counting calories? Remember that even 5 or 6 days a week watching what you eat, if you go crazy on day 7 you are undoing a lot of progress. I started at 210lbs, I'm 150lbs now. MFP process works, you just need to be consistent and follow it.

Body type diets have been scientifically debunked. Enter your stats into MFP and set your goal as maintain weight. Eat what it gives you for at least 6 weeks, see where your weight is, and adjust accordingly.

Yes it is normal, it takes a solid year for patients to be functioning at 100% following ortho surgery. Continue to do your exercises, stationary biking, walking, and swimming are all good things.

I have Brooks for running

My scale victory goal is to get into the 140s, which is a weight I havent seen since middle school. I'm 154-158 right now. My non scale victory is to run my 10k training, I run 5ks 3x a week but really want to increase my distance.

This used to be my husband and I. When I started this journey in May/June, I didnt say one word, I just changed how I cooked and changed my snacks. I still always have a bedtime snack, it's just different. He was aware of what I was doing but really started asking questions about October, when I was down about 40lbs. He is…

I'm 5foot2 and started at 210. My original GW was 155 because that's the lowest I've been as an adult. I am 154 currently and my next goal is 130. Could I be happy in the 150s? Sure. But now I have fitness related goals, running faster/farther, lifting heavier, so I'm going to see where that takes me.

I'm in the same boat. I set my first goal as losing 50lbs, I'm at 56 down. So then I was thinking another 20lbs more because that puts me at a healthy BMI, but I see women on here with my height that are another 40lbs down from where I am now.

I use libra app to log my weight daily. It helps me see trends, like the week before my period I always "woosh" off 3-4 lbs, but then no movement the next week. I also notice no weight loss after I change up my exercise routine. If you know your tracking is right, just keep plugging along, it will come off.

I started in June, and it's been consistent with the exception of Christmas, I stayed the same weight for almost 3 weeks, but I ate at maintenance so that makes sense. I am at 1.5 a week now instead of the 2 I was losing for the first months because I needed more food.

I'm guessing because I weight train and run so I look smaller at a higher weight

I drink mio in my water, and stay out of the pantry. All day snacking lead to binges for me. So I just have to mentally stop. If I snack I'm a fan of celery with ranch and buffalo sauce.

I am 5 foot 2, and started at 210lbs. I am lightly active (getting 8k plus steps without the gym" and I was eating about 1500 cals. I would then eat back half of my exercise cals burned per my Fitbit. I am currently 158 lbs and still going strong. I'd pick something that sounds attainable to you, do it for 4-6 weeks, see…

I dont have mine synced and then manually enter my exercise calories. I only eat back 50% of what my fitbit says I burn during exercise. I have mfp set to lightly active because of my daily step count before exercise. I've lost about 53lbs now :)

Same thing. I've lost 50 lbs and have about another 30ish lbs to go. All I heard all weekend was people telling me to eat more, that I've lost enough, and people making fun of me that I went to the gym each morning. I ignored them. One of my cousins did ask for my fitness pal information, and she is morbidly obese, so I…

This would have been a great idea this morning so I could have weighed the dish. Darn it

I tried it about 2 years ago. It was SO expensive for the shakes and membership. It was right at 1200 calories for me, I would gain and lose the same 15 lbs because I would binge from starving myself. The "dietitian support" are not even registered dietitians, it's a random person whose been trained by profile staff. I'm…

I eat back half of what my fitbit says, only because I always have a day or two each month that I end up going way over, by like 500+ calories. These days even out a lot more for me knowing that I have an exercise buffer. The months where I dont go over, I just lose a bit more then my monthly goal, and what's wrong with…

During the weeks I always stay under 100-200 calories. Basically every Saturday i have some type of social event, tonight it is the neighborhood chrisrmas party. I went to the gym for over an hour this morning, and planned out what I think I will eat and drink tonight already. I've learned I can easily binge eat thousands…

I started at 210, I am 165 now and I *think* my target is around 130. All through high school I was 155, so I only have a memory of weighing in front of my 5th grade gym class at 125 and my gym teacher saying "now you just need to stay this weight forever" to me. So I basically have that weight burned into my brain.

I've nursed 2 babies to a year and each time I tried cutting calories even a tiny bit, I'd drop my supply. At 3 weeks you haven't even lost all the weight increase from blood supply, uterus growth, and your hormones are still nuts. When baby starts eating solids in 6 months and your supply is well established, revisit the…

I have a fitbit versa and really like it. I do not have it sync over to mfp, I manually enter 50% of my exercise burns into mfp. My versa syncs my texts, detects exercises even when i dont remember to start an activity. I've lost 40 lbs now, so I feel like it must be pretty accurate. It's also waterproof which is awesome…

I spent at least 5 years binging on weekends and eating okay during the week, and effectively gaining 50lbs. Then I changed to the "I've already ruined the diet today, I'll start Monday" for about 2 years. Are you going to remember the Saturday meal out in one month, or are you going to be 5-8 lbs lighter?

I am also 27, 2 kids and done with babies. I'm hoping push ups and chest flys will be my saving grace!

I'm sorry. I 100% did not think of creeps before posting. :neutral:

This is a good suggestion too. I've of course, already looked into surgical answers but didnt take into account if my body would adjust in a few years.

Awesome! Thank you!

My husband says nothing but compliments but this is about how I feel naked, not him. :)

I'm okay with the size, but the sagginess is the problem