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You got a great face

I actually count diet soda and coffee as part of my water intake. I typically only drink water if my pee isn’t a pale yellow color.

I listen to podcasts. It’s hard for me to watch things while working out.

Not measure, weigh your food on a food scale in grams or ounces (not cups or tablespoons)? Also, is this exercise new for you?

How much have you been off with the incorrect entry? 120 calories a day should not be large enough to maintain if your deficit is .5lb/week or higher. The .5lb deficit is -250 below your maintenance. So not a large deficit but enough that’d you still lose a bit.

I love them. They help me meet my goals.

Sorry you didn’t get what you wanted to hear. But the advice on this thread is solid and proven to be very accurate even though you may feel its unsupportive. Would you rather the forum say good luck, not give advice, and you never see the results you were expecting?

I just add half and half. It’s 40 calories for 2tbsps.

I give into the cravings and will eat at maintenance a couple of days during the month. It hasn’t hurt my progress. It just is what it is. Having my period is hard enough and not eating the food I crave is extra torture.

I believe the body functions like a very sophisticated machine. There’s no ‘confusion’ mechanism. It has processes that are constantly functioning.

I never got as detailed as you did here. I simply would walk long distances and focus on calories burned (my weight in lbs x distance x .33). I lost most of my weight walking everywhere. I never timed myself or anything like that. With that said, losing weight is also about eating less calories so as long as you’re…

Half and half

Once you start weighing, I would suggest eating at the calorie goal MFP set for you, not under. Get as close to it as possible. It’ll just be easier in the long run to maintain a deficit. I find that if I am under my goal, I get super hungry and go off of my plan.

Sometimes I can tell when a whoosh is going to happen. My tummy (where most of my fat is just taking a long holiday) usually looks lumpy and weird. And then for that entire day, I pee like crazy without increasing any water consumption. Usually the next day my skin looks a bit tighter and I drop a lb.

That is a strong theory, yes.

Probably a year of watching your calorie intake and moving more.

Having 7 ounces tonight with herbed butter.

A protein shake!

This happened this morning. Went fairly hard for my last lift of the week and the scale was +2lbs. I take it as a sign that I did something right in my workout.

Congrats on almost getting into onederland! Once you get there, it’s a wonderful feeling! Fit cookies into your calorie goals. You can still lose weight and have that. Yes, even daily! I find whenever I deprive myself of things I enjoy, I have a tendency to go off my plan. I plan every night for 100-150 calories of ice…

I’ve been binging The Great British Baking Show and crave alllllll the sweets.

I want Moroccan bastilla so badly after reading this thread.

Same here. Although he does like to watch me cook and asks questions. It’s cute.

If you ever get a food scale, please come back and share any insights!

Are the mushrooms magical? If so, I’m in.

Wait what?

From what I’ve been told, a low RHR means your heart is pumping blood efficiently in your body. Stress, dehydration, plaque build up (eek), cold medicines can increase your RHR. Also bad sleep can affect it also.

Absolutely. Plenty of people have also calorie counted without WW and gained it back. I don’t think it’s a woo diet fad though. I personally wouldn’t pay for it but I’m cheap AF.

You really don’t need to work out to lose weight. You just need to consume less calories than you burn.

Womp womp womp. I’ve been trying to find a good calculation for my stationary cardio using RPMs and METs with no luck. I haven’t seen any weight gain so my estimating is fine...for now. Can’t wait for sunshine and warmer weather!