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Also I do intermittent fasting most days....just skip breakfast.

Thanks all. I did some cooking today for the weekly lunches and weighed/measured Everything! We'll see if this makes any difference....

So this is why I'm wondering if there is something more going on because my calorie deficit should have me losing weight. I am logging my food quite accurately and I tend to over estimate. It's been about 2 1/2 years that this is going on. I talked to my Dr and she suggests going vegetarian....

I've been reading a lot about hormones in addition to calories/calories out. I'm still on bcp but hoping to get off on a few months and see if that has any impact.

Just fyi, I'm 5'7" and maintenance with sedentary lifestyle on MFP gives me about 1900 calories. I was hoping 1500 to 1700 calories would be a good goal. I tend to be at least 10000 steps most days with rest days being closer to 6000 steps.

thanks for the info. I'm hoping this Dr. will be open to test everything.

I guess everyone here is still under the basic belief of calories in calories out? http://healthyenough.net/calorie-counting/

https://authoritynutrition.com/debunking-the-calorie-myth/

Let me modify just a little bit. Anything I put in MFP shows up in Fitbit app, but not the other way around....

Ugh, so I wasn't sure I should post this question because as expected I got the usual answers. I went 10 years being able to control/lose weight by calorie counting and weighing as I am doing now. I am not eating 2100 calories and have 1600 in my diary. Yes I use teaspoons not weigh my pb. Yes I log 1 banana vs. grams of…

Thanks everyone. I totally understand the folks who question the food logging, but I joined MFP years ago and do have a very good grip on logging. Yes a few days have been skipped. However, there are times when I have seriously been too busy to get to logging. Quick add is sometimes required when I can't find the food I"m…

My fitbit is connected to my MFP account. I have set my calories in MFP according to sedentary (1630 for 0.5 lb loss per week). I allow fitbit to use the steps to add in my exercise calories but do not only use that info determining my calorie intake. Some workouts don't register well, and I think some steps are over…

What I said was that while I do weigh myself on a scale I also take into consideration how my body looks as I believe that the scale is not the end all. I stopped weighing myself during my metabolism "rest" stage because it was too depressing. When I say "decent", I mean that I am not 100% clean. I do have cheats, but I…

Forgot to mention that my knees had been bothering me and I had cortisone injection in each knee back in February. Dr assured me no impact to weight, but I'm wondering if that is also playing a part....

I've been logging fairly consistently the past month. I had a food scale but it broke. I used it for a long time so I have a good idea of my portion sizes. I mention exercise specifically as I hear all the time about increasing muscle mass to up metabolism. I have a lot of muscle mass (I lift pretty heavy) but I also have…

Well, challenge is 3 meals and 3 snacks a day. +2 points per paleo meal/snack, -3 for non paleo. So if I don't eat snacks I actually lose out on points. Ok, besides my extreme competiveness...I do find it easier to make it through the day if I do snack. Otherwise I have a tendency to try and overly stuff myself at meals to…

My BRM is calculated at 1517. My average steps per day according to Fitbit for last 5 1/2 weeks is 12,450. Which roughly equates to 6.2 miles.Multiplying by the sedentary factor I get 1820 calroies burned. If I enter in "moderately active" I get 2351 for calories burned. If you look at steps/miles and do the rough…

I've been exercising my whole adult life. It decreased quite a bit during my pregnancys and after the kids were first born, but the last 5-6 years or so I've exercised on a fairly regular basis. Prior to the kids I never had a weight problem. I was VERY active and ate pretty well. I gained a lot during my pregnancies and…

My settings on MFP is sedentary and I do NOT log any workouts on fitbit (or MFP). I let my steps account for everything. I just recently changed the settings to "worn on dominant hand" even though I keep it on my less dominant hand in hopes that I can decrease the sensitivity in the chance it is over calculating. I weigh…

Bumping to see if anyone has any other ideas. You can see in my profile pic, my legs are not exactly slender. Obviously genetics has a ton to do with it, but most exercises/sports typically build leg muscles so I'm interested in what others have to say.....

I have a crock pot but most meats taste a little funny unless it's a "stew" or soup. Or you need to "brown" the meats first and I do not have time for that in the morning. ANyone have some recipes for crockpot meals that are ok? Also I leave the house at abut 7:30 AM, so if we don't get home till 8pm, that's over 12 hours…

ALso, when I say quick, 30 minutes is not "quick" for us. Can't have family eating dinner at 8:45pm. I'm talking more like 15 minutes, or pre-made and heated up. Fish is also basically not an option. Kids don't eat it and I can only go shopping once a week (Saturdays) and I don't like to have fish sitting around more then…

I've been doing some reading today on Strong Lifts, but I don't have access to a barbell and it seems like that is a staple for the program. ANything I can do without a barbell?

bump...probably posted too early.

bump, maybe I posted this too early?

I'm been told Elisabeth Shue in the past ..don't have a pic right now.

Thanks all...some more background... I'm 5'7". Prepregnancy 155 lbs. Sounds heavy but I have a muscular build, and was in great shape at that weight. I gained 55 lbs with pregnancy. I was able to get down to about 178 before having to go back to work after 1st pregnancy. I kind of stalled at that weight and then got…

This is gonna sound terrible, but I never had a weight problem before I had kids. I was SO active before, I could eat whatever I wanted, although I eat fairly healthy. 2 pregnancies, a full time job and a house just got to be too much and I wasn't as active as I was before. Sheer exhaustion from the kids waking up at night…

5'7" mother of 2. Currently 165. I'd be happy at 155-158. Having a hard time getting there though...

I'm right there with you. Never had a weight problem till I had my kids. I have been fighting these last 10 pounds up and down for about 5 years now. I've gotten close to my goal a couple times, but then of course I get busy/lose focus and they creep right back on. This summer it took me 10 weeks to lose 5 pounds. Then we…