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Exactly it all counts when it comes to burning calories. Just follow the above and don't log it twice. A low burn over a long period is still a burn.

Sounds like tthe prohibition is more about starchy root veg such as potatoes then, but onions do have a reasonable amount of sugar in them.

Agree - you need to make sure you also eat an adequate amount of protein and fat, then it doesn't really matter (calories limits not withstanding) how many veggies you eat.

Low weight is a relative term - you still need to be pushing this up over time. Without the structure of a programme, most people don't do this which is why they don't see improvements with high reps. How you weight train will be dependent on your goals as TJsAprilia said. Not everyone is looking to increase the size of…

Yup, it's the compounds themselves which you need to think about, not whether it comes from fruit or processed food. So whilst we do process fructose and glucose differently, eat too much of either and your weight will increase. You cannot eat fruit freely just because it is naturally occurring - you need to consider how…

If I read that right, you're only netting 900 calories a day by the time you take off the calories you burn exercising. Unless you have quite a lot to lose, that's too few calories and could impede your progress, especially over the longer term. Eat more, keep doing weights and measure your progress in inches as well as…

Good answer. Worth pointing out as well that the majority of women's thighs touch - thigh gaps are the exception. Check out the women athletes at the Olympics if you don't believe - and bear in mind they will be low in the body fat range. My thighs have touched since I was 16, I'm not unhappy with them.

Congrats on giving up smoking - you won't regret it. Next - 3 weeks is too short a time to be panicking - you need to stick with one thing for 2 - 3 weeks before you know whether it has worked. 3 weeks is even too little time to know if you've really plateaued. agree with comments suggesting upping your work out though.

You can't trust your body to tell you when you need to food and when you don't - it can tell you to eat to much or too little, so tracking calories is the best way. Nothing wrong with saving up calories for a big meal out at the weekend - it's fine to balance these things over a week. Slowly is the right way to lose weight…

Don't "start" lifting 100lbs - you probably need to build up to it. Try somewhere between 10 - 20lbs and work out what is heavy for you by increasing from there.

It is water weight. Neither fat nor muscle content change that rapidly, but if you have started eating a bit more food then if you're storing more energy as glycogen, you will be storing more water alongside it. Also, our muscles retain more water after new or more strenuous workouts - it's part of the build and repair…

I'm inclined to agree with this, sort of. The fact that the OP talks about things in the fridge for "her and her children" isn't a promising sign. There's more to this than the weight. You need to talk to her properly and see where your relationship is at.

You could have an underlying health issue such as IBS or IBD - you should get it checked out rather than just treating it symptomatically.

That's quite a lot to lose in that time frame and is likely to be counterproductive in the long run. For people with a lot to lose it is ok to lose up to 2lb a week, for most people 1lb a week is better, slowing down to 0.5lb as you get within 7lb of target. Losing weight at the rate you are proposing means you will burn…

You can't spot reduce, but the above exercises will help build muscle in your legs so that when you lose the fat which make up your saddle-bags through eating a calorie deficit, you'll have shapely legs underneath.

Sounds like a good work out which could be enough to maintain muscle mass whilst losing weight, so up to you.

The 1500 value you cite would include the exercise calories that you are adding on through the MFP method - so it's roughly equivalent. With respect to whether you set yourself as sedentary or not, most people use this to refer to their level of activity away from work outs. So if you have a desk job, you'd describe…

Up to you which weight you record - record the one which will motivate you the most! Getting a real weight is so tricky we shouldn't get hung up on it. Trends are more important.

Is this neuromuscular adaptation accompanied by an increase in muscle size which is not just due to water?

and inverted bow! I am miles away from this OP be careful as you really do need the right flexibility for this, which you may or may not have naturally.

You need to take in 2l of water a day to be healthy. That's about 65 oz, maybe a little more. Given that you will take in about half of your requirement with your food, you really only need to be drinking about 1 l of fluid a day. And it doesn't have to be water.

Haha! Yes! Take the Daily Mail with a pinch of salt - they like a good health scare.

Also, I know that this is a really old argument, but the logic that the body would choose to use the low energy yield material over the high energy yield material is seriously flawed - why choose the thing that you have to burn about 6 x as much of to get the same energy yield?

Agree. You're not far off and weight will become less relevant than measurements. Keep doing what you're doing with your diet, but make sure your getting plenty of resistance work in your exercise.

I'm sorry to hear about your condition (and glad Obamacare is coming in the US - I hope it will make a difference). That sounds like an awful lot of water - please stop. Water intoxication can kill and can certainly make you you dizzy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

TDEE includes your exercise calories - you don't need to add them on (ie eat them back)

Does it go back to zero every time? If it's that variable, you can't actually trust it and it's not so much that its' not right, but that it is variable. get a new scales or weigh yourself somewhere else.

I'd agree, be careful, but when you have a lot to lose, it isn't so bad to lose 3 -4 lb a week as long as you slow it down closer to goal. Also, it is possible to set up an HRM incorrectly, so make sure you've set yours up with your personal details.

I think you need to be consistent with a while to start with to see what works - try to keep the routine going for a month at least before judging it. MFP sets your calories at (BMR x 1.2) - x calories depending on how many pounds per week you're set to lose. It will give an absolute minimum of 1200, which is what it…

Hi Nikki, How have you set up your daily calorie goal? How much weight are you set up to lose per week? However you've set it up, you seem to be eating 200 - 500 calories below your net goal every day (although you are still eating a healthy number of calories). How has your weight loss journey been so far? Where did you…