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It is common to drop extra water weight in the beginning, and you also probably weighed more that first day just because you had more food in your stomach. Your weight loss should slow down in the next week or 2. If you are still losing that much the 3rd or 4th week (highly doubtful) then you can always up your calories if…

I think you can find a better balance between "just salad" and "2 drinks, a shared app, a meal, and a dessert." Even at my highest weight, that latter option would make me uncomfortably stuffed. I find that it takes me about a month to get used to eating lower calories, and then I truly don't want the large portions. That…

The "clean eating" craze and people who go on and on about it.

I have always followed this pattern, and eventually end up regaining. I have finally figured out that for me, when the weight is significantly impacting my life, I'm really motivated to lose and can follow my plan a lot more easily. What I mean is, when I'm getting winded just walking around, when there is absolutely no…

Ugh, it gave me over 300 again today with my calorie burn on fitbit still listed as about 2300. I'm annoyed with this. I'm set to lose 2 pounds per week right now, so that means a thousand calorie deficit every day, so around 1300 calories with the extra steps. Am I just going to have to keep calculating it on my own like…

Nope. I'm just starting back with mfp and decided to just do walking for the first two weeks so as not to overwhelm myself.

I understand why someone would say they aren't motivating. Everything is very monotone and boring- they only say exactly what they need to, and you're just watching one person with a plain white background and no music or anything. The ladies in the popsugar workouts are very personable and will continually say motivating…

I weigh myself daily. I find it helps keep me on track and also helps me to see natural fluctuations. Sometimes I'm up a pound or two for seemingly no reason, and then it just goes back down the next day. If I were only weighing once per week and happened to weigh in on a higher day, I'd get too discouraged and think I…

My adjustment for all of last week was somewhere around 100 calories with the 10,000 steps (with an average of 2300 calories burned each day according to fitbit) every day, so I know that's the correct adjustment. I also had issues with it not syncing at all earlier. I was wondering if this is another glitch or if I should…

I have PCOS and calorie counting does work for me. I find my weight loss isn't very linear, even when I am 100% doing everything right...but it does move in the right direction. For whatever reason, I tend to lose very little (under one pound) or maintain for several weeks in a row, and then every 3rd or 4th week I'll…

I think it depends on the person. Firstly, I would think you'd have to be at a healthy weight already. If you're overweight and trying to eat "intuitively," your body is going to fight to remain at the same weight so you'll still overeat if you are genuinely only eating when hungry and stopping when satisfied. Beyond that,…

I lost 30 pounds 4 years ago. I kept it off completely for 2 years, essentially following the same habit. The 3rd year I did the yo-yo thing, but the most I ever gained back was less than 15 pounds of it. I did find that the level of exercise I was doing was just too much for me to maintain long term- I was hating it and I…

If you do an exercise that's not step based, then you still need to manually enter it. I'm set at "lightly active" and mfp doesn't give me extra calories from fitbit until I reach a minimum of 9,000 steps, and then it's like 40 calories.

I know "eating clean" is all the rage, but I just fit sweets/treats into my regular calorie day. Even though "old me" could easily eat through an entire bag of candy in one night, I've found candy to be one of the easier treats to eat in moderation. I eat it slowly and take time to really enjoy it. Earlier tonight, I spent…

This is exactly how I feel. Eating a candy bar should not "ruin" my entire day when it easily fits into my calorie goals. Just speaking personally, that plan would set me up to binge because I've "already ruined it" anyway with something as simple as one dessert, when MFP shows me that I can easily eat the things I want in…

I find that not getting much sleep significantly impacts the amount of water weight I lose by the morning for some reason. Usually I weigh 2-3 pounds less in the morning than at night, but if I don't sleep well I'll weigh the same as I did at night. I had to move my "official" (as in the day I log my weight) weigh-in day…

Stepping on the scale and seeing the number 203 (and I'm only 5'4). Several years ago, I lost 35 pounds from a starting weight of 188, which I was horrified with at the time. Long story short, I've yo-yo'd some over the years but at the bare minimum always stayed under 175. I knew I'd gained weight this spring, but was…

I don't think the elliptical would help you with running. I can easily do the elliptical for 30 minutes or more, but I can't run for even one minute without feeling like I'm dying and getting horrible pain in my calves.

I think it's absolutely disgusting, but I seem to be in the minority. To me, it tastes like what I'd imagine pop with absolutely no flavor to taste like. People at my work are obsessed with it.

My mom is 60 and maintains on 1300 calories per day most days. She does a 1600 calorie day one time per month and a completely "free" day 4 times per year. She also works out 3x per week (mostly lower intensity, but for around 2 hours per session) and doesn't "eat back" exercise calories. She's also really short, so she's…

My birthday was last month. I gave myself an entire weekend off. I "gained" 4 pounds (obviously some of that was just extra food/water weight) by Monday and had already lost it by the middle of the week. Worth it, IMO! I don't want to do something like that even one weekend per month because it did basically negate an…

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that previously, on days I wore my fitbit and got 10,000 steps, the 10,000 steps would show up under exercise and I would "earn" about an extra 100 calories. My understanding is that enabling negative adjustments won't change anything for me because I'm already at 1200 calories and…

The first time I really made an effort to lose weight, there were lots of factors. I'd been thin most of my life and gained a lot of weight in my mid-20s. I was really in denial about how much of a problem it had gotten to be: -Couldn't find any piece of clothing that looked flattering -Needed to either lose weight or…

I have PCOS also. Personally, I've found that I've always been able to lose simply with calories in/calories out. I don't pay much attention to macros, eating only "clean" foods, or low carb or whatever. I gain when I'm not logging/way overeating. I have heard low carb is the way to go with PCOS, but I LOVE carbs and I…

I like the free 10 minute popsugar videos on youtube. On days that I do those instead of the gym, I try to get in a 10 minute arms, 10 minute abs/core, and 10 minute legs/lower body video. If I'm having a hard time getting motivated or really crunched for time I'll spread out the videos throughout the day rather than doing…

I was getting terrible pain on the outside sides of my calves even walking for 15 minutes or so. I've never experienced such pain before- I was literally stopping every few steps and limping the way back home. After a lot of googling I figured out it might be that my shoes were too old. I got a new pair of higher quality…

I went on prozac earlier this Spring and it has been a HUGE help with my eating. I was a binge eater for at least 10 years and as I got out of college it just kept getting worse and worse. I tried MFP unsuccessfully many times because I would give in to binge eating. I found it took my body awhile to adjust to prozac but…

I'd never had the "chub rub" until I gained more weight this year, even though I was overweight before that. I'm an "apple" shape so my thighs have always been smaller than my stomach. I'm 5'4 and the highest BMI in the healthy range for my height is 145. I never had the chub rub until I got up to around 165-170. If I'm at…

Every morning- it keeps me on track and helps me see natural fluctuations/know I'm actually losing. I used to do every Friday and switched to every day. Sometimes you can go up due to water weight or whatever, and I don't want to incorrectly assume I've lost no weight for the week and get discouraged. For example last week…

I'm 5'4 and I weigh 164. I eat 1200. My workouts right now aren't very long so I only burn a little over 200 calories. I usually eat some or all of them back, so on those days closer to 1400. I hope to increase my exercise and regularly eat around 1500. I have a cheat "night" (just dinner and dessert, the rest of the day…