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as an update...somehow this thread came alive again so I figured I'd comment. The first week I exercised I ate back all the calories the machine told me. I have read since then however that the machines at the gym are known to be pretty off-base, so last week I only ate back half the calories that I supposedly earned. I…

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thanks for the advice

I love this. Thank you!!!! to the original poster: SMALL PORTIONS! have what you want, but just small amounts!

you are an inspiration! When I do this I want to just pretend it didn't happen, but I am trying to get better and put everything in. Thanks for keeping yourself accountable, and helping to keep me accountable too!

for how long have you exercised? The more you exercise, the more efficient your body gets--therefore, you burn less calories. So an overweight person who has never exercised will burn more cals doing 30 min of cardio than a fit person who exercises regularly. Also, both MFP and gym machines generally overestimate cals…

Hi Jess! First of all, congrats on the great job you have been doing! My first question is, do you eat back your exercise calories? That is how MFP assumes people will behave. If you don't, I would recommend either eating them back, or up your calories. If you don't, then take a look at what you are eating. You could have…

Definitely do NOT ignore the calories! While fruit is healthy it still has calories and those add up. I would enter the fruit as you have been doing so you can track everything, but remove the sugar column from your view. Go to Food, then settings, then under "nutrients tracked" change sugar to something you'd rather…

I actually just came on here now to ask this very same thing! Any ideas? My brother said best to do cardio first to warm up, but I'd like some opinions from people who, I don't know, actually exercise. :) Thanks!

same as what others are saying: I ignore the MFP sugar suggested intake. I do avoid processed sugar but eat as much fruit as I want. I even removed the sugar column from the tracker.

I don't have an answer as I haven't done this long enough yet (only 3 weeks so far) but bumping because I'm curious and I hope you get an answer. The only thing I would add is make sure you are weighing and tracking everything. I know as time goes by it gets easier and easier to think you know amounts...even at 3 weeks I…

As long as the sugar comes mostly from natural sources (fruit etc) as opposed to processed foods, I don't care. In fact, I removed the sugar column from my tracker.

Hi! You will have to find what works for you. However, I also consume a lot of fruit and go WAY over MFP's recommended sugar amount. I just removed that column from my tracker. As long as I am consuming natural products like fruit, I don't worry about it. However, I do avoid sugary processed foods, like cake, candy,…

I used weight watchers several years ago. It worked, but as soon as I stopped, the weight all came back. Why? Because I made unsustainable changes. Also, counting points is the same as counting calories, simply a different scale. So if counting calories is your problem, sorry, but WW won't work, and you will never have…

really nothing bad about sodium. It can be (but is not always) a problem for people with high blood pressure. It is NOT a problem if you don't have high blood pressure. However, it will cause you to hold onto more water. I avoid sodium the day before I weigh in just to try to get an accurate weight, but other than that, no…

I was STARVING the first few days. You need time to adapt--your stomach physically needs to shrink! Give it about a week, if he's still starving, something needs to be changed. But before that--seriously--wait it out a bit.

What gives is, that is incredible!! Recommended weight loss is 1lb a week. If you are losing more than that, then whatever you are doing is not sustainable--ie the weight will come back when you stop what it is. This is not a fast process but rather a lifestyle change that takes time. 8lbs in 8 weeks is awesome!!!!

here is what I would do: 1) talk to your mom! Be honest with her. thank her and tell her you are excited to have some of your favorite foods but because you are leading a healthier lifestyle, you are trying to control portion size etc. that way she is prepared and knows you are not overeating because you dislike the food.…

what does 5/3/1 mean?

a quick google search yielded this website: https://www.yorbestbody.com/ hard to tell if it's a scam but I def wouldn't trust it or participate.

Great job on the exercise! You can't spot-lose weight. There is nothing you can do to target stomach weight vs other parts of your body. You just need to keep at it, and the weight will come off all over. Good luck!

too bad. looks like it was bumped by a spammer. I hope the OP is okay.

there's your problem. start weighing your food again with a scale. You probably are adding a few grams of this, a few grams of that, which you don't notice, but add up. You also may have hit a plateau, where you need to change things up a bit. Recalculate your daily calorie amount, maybe due to the weight loss you need to…

get to your doctor. You know how every exercise machine says to check with your doctor? and not to use if you feel shaky? yeah. they mean it. go see your doctor. Might be nothing, might be something, best to find out for sure.

Welcome! I also am pretty new (2.5 weeks) and I feel the same as you--sick and tired of being fat! Plus my visit with the doctor and high cholesterol numbers really made me get serious. I also go over with sugars, because I have replaced a lot of sweet deserts with fruit. I know veggies would be even better, but one step…

Hi Kay! First of all, congrats and great work! You are so much healthier now than you were before, which is awesome. :) Your weight loss is at a healthy speed, about a pound a week, it looks like? If you lose much more than that a week it is not a sustainable loss (it will come back when you have stopped whatever drastic…

I would put the info into the mfp calculator. If you don't like what it spits out, you can change it manually. That's what I did. Also, the whole idea is to change what you are eating...not just say, this is what I eat, weight loss begin! So put in your age, height, weight, activity level, and how much you want to lose a…

At most, once a week. At the least, never. Do what works for you mentally. As long as you are feeling better, your clothes fitting better, you feel stronger, etc you will know what you are doing is working.

I don't drink as much water as you, but I did increase my intake when I began my lifestyle changes. After a few days, my body did adjust.

congrats on your progress so far! I suggest that you start logging what you eat again, and all that comes with it....weigh everything. Weight is more accurate than amount, by the way. So if a serving size is 1/2 a cup/50 grams and you have been giving yourself half a cup, switch to weight. You might be eating more than you…