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You know, that does make sense, and I feel silly now. I definitely read on a different thread about this that the apple "total calories" in the Move section is supposed to be your TDEE for the day, and I assumed that was correct since it says, y'know, "TOTAL calories." I guess it means total calories not including…

Hi, thanks for your response. Yes, Apple says total calories burned yesterday was only 1774 and that includes 339 Move calories. (I made a mistake in the post sorry, I thought it was 306 calories.) But 339 is also the exact amount that was added to my MFP allowance yesterday. Here's a screenshot of watch and MFP from…

How accurate has your fitbit been in the past with your rate of loss vs. what you expected? It could be overestimating your burn and therefore your deficit. Are you weighing and measuring all your food? I'm a 5'4", 28 year old female and I would lose weight very slowly on 1500 a day, if at all. I exercise at least once a…

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I'm a mostly-vegetarian (previously full vegetarian for the past few year) and my fiancé is vegetarian, and we do keto. I thought it would be really hard at first too, but it's actually very easy once you adjust to it. Plenty of vegetarian foods are low carb, like cheese, eggs, tofu, and green vegetables. There are a lot…

You don't need to hit your fat goal on keto. Keto just tends to be high fat due to making up for the lack of carbs. As long as you are staying under your carb limit, and hitting your protein goal, you are doing fine. Fat is just extra.

Welcome! As long as you track your food and follow MFP's guidelines you will be just fine. It's important to remember that this is not a diet - no food is off limits! However, you're going to find that you feel much more satisfied and able to stick to your calories if you eat healthier foods like fruits, veggies, and lean…

How was it tracking your steps before? Did you have it connected to fitbit or another device? I saw a post that said some users are having trouble with their fitbit steps syncing lately. If you have MFP connected to fitbit or any other app to track your steps, try unlinking them and then setting it up again through your…

Sending you a request! Also looking for friends :)

Hi Peter, I'm sending you a friend request!

Fellow low carber here! (lazy keto) Feel free to add me! We got this :)

Recently came back to MFP after a long hiatus. Most of my friends are inactive now. Looking to add new friends to keep each other accountable!

Awesome and congrats on your engagement!! Added you!

I'm going to echo what everyone else has said, heavy lifting. Heavy means heavy for you - I noticed you said you squat with 50 lbs, and that's a great start! Look into Stronglifts 5x5 or some of the programs on Bodybuilding.com. I just finished a lifting program called Crush60 and saw awesome results, another option you…

Most likely you were using a whey protein powder, and quest bars also contain whey (a milk product). If you have an intolerance that could certainly be the cause of your problems. They make protein powders and products from a variety of other sources, such as soy! I've heard Vega brand is good, but haven't tried it. If you…

You look awesome! Cosplay is one of my big motivators to stay fit as well. Great work on this costume :)

Why? Not to be rude, but I'll never undrestand why a silly number on a scale is more important than body fat or measurements. I'm guessing your goal, like most, is to be smaller and leaner - to fit into smaller clothes, and feel like you look better. In that case, body fat and clothing size matters a lot more than what the…

Man, these bathroom lights sure are bright!

This. 1500 is the absolute minimum for men and since you have a demanding physical job you need a lot more than that. Unless you are under supervision of a doctor, eat more. Set MFP to lose 2lbs a week maximum, input your activity level (which should be high due to your job), and eat the calories it tells you to.

I second this! I did hardly any speedwork and was surprised by how much my speed improved just from increasing mileage.

Congrats on signing up! A marathon is a great goal to look forward to. I just did my first in November. Training is going to be HARD. Just accept that right now - I wish I had realized sooner how much it would take out of me both physically and mentally. It's going to demand a lot of your time and basically will need to be…

Your observations are correct, but in most cases it's not going to make as big of an impact as in your example. For example, my BMR is around 1400, so about 1 cal/minute. If I do a 60 minute workout that burns 400 calories, I only need to subtract 60 calories for BMR purposes, leaving me with a "real" exercise burn of 340…

Totally forgot I posted this, lol. Law school really takes your brain away. I'm back now to say thank you all very much for your kind words!

I don't see the point of buying her books other than maybe for recipe ideas. She won't teach you anything you can't learn via google or MFP. However, I like her workout DVDs. In particular, I LOVE her Body Revolution program - best workout DVD I've ever done. It's 12 weeks, and every two weeks you advance to more difficult…

I do this. Like you, I kept having days where I go over, so I just look at my whole week rather than each day. You can view your week under the nutrition section of the MFP app. It will tell you how far over or under you are for your weekly goal. The way I see it, I'm set up to lose .5 pounds a week. That's a deficit of…

I tried paleo a couple years back and, like you, didn't find it sustainable. It was too hard to get enough calories and I missed a lot of foods. Now I follow the IIFYM approach and it's great. I eat everything. My personal advice is to stop focusing on diets and certain foods that are deemed "bad." It's almost always woo…

Yes, I have increased my exercise quite a bit, eat back about 75% of the extra calories and have had success.

This. If you are truly interested in fat loss, reduce your goal. If you are simply interested in WEIGHT loss, 6lbs in a month is doable, though maybe not advisable depending on your current size. Set MFP up to lose 1.5 lb a week, follow the calories it gives you, log everything. Again, that's really too aggressive of a…

Yes. Follow the calories MFP gives you. Some people only eat back 50-75% of the extra calories though, since MFP can overestimate then. Also, 1200 may be too low of a calorie goal for you. You can find tons of info about that around these forums.