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Ok - will do. Thanks everyone! That was helpful - I just needed to hear someone else say it was a good idea. @_@ lol

Good point

I actually am eating my exercise calories. I try to never be more than 100 under my updated goal after exercise. I'm usually a bit above my goal, truth be told. Thanks though - it is settling to hear someone agree.

My understanding is it is a metabolism thing. Exercise keeps your heart and muscles healthy and promotes fat burn-throughout your day. It is really good for keeping the life support system supporting life. :) Remember that the goal is to burn fat, not muscle and that new muscle is built during exercise. Toning down the fat…

I totally agree, one small obtainable goal at a time, it is easy to fixate on the long term and to get overwhelmed, stay in the here and now. This is a life style change, which sounds like you have to change your whole life right away, but changing life style is changing how you actually live, and it starts with day to day…

You know, maintaining healthy behaviors is always really difficult when you are struggling emotionally. If you have been having a hard time with your relationship or with life in general it could contribute to a whole mess of wellness issues: Stress (particularly social stress) impacts the hormonal balance of our bodies,…

I remind myself it is one step at a time, one choice at a time, and I delay the instant gratification. I always remind myself, this is a life style choice, not restriction for the rest of my life. I can have ice cream another time (ice cream is my greatest weakness).

I dodged this one because I'm not going home and have no one else to celebrate with, so I'm just going to have a 'me' night and eat normally. Last year I went to the feast and I just had one plate, ate until I was full, and chose one desert. I'd probably do it that way again.

Well I will certainly keep everyone updated!

It is very easy for food, diet, and calorie counting to turn into an obsession. It might be that it is an element of control, something that soothes you, or some way to relieve anxiety. You are your best barometer, and if things are getting a little panicky or obsessive you might want to consider what this process is doing…

This has been a ten years in the making aha moment - with lots of therapy by the way - for anyone out there struggling with ED. My behaviors stopped five years ago, and it took me another five to be psychologically stable enough to be doing what I am doing now.

When I realized that food was no longer spiraling me into panic and body image issues/obsession - that I could stop when I was full, and that I could really tell if I was full or not - and there was no guilt or shame! That was the moment where I began to wonder if I could start working with my body rather than against it,…

Absolutely! I am all about intuitive eating! The only thing I'm trying to do is sort of shift the balance of what I'm eating since I have such an imbalance of when I eat/what I eat. I'm aiming for more frequent smaller meals, with more protein and veggies since I'm not getting much of that now. I'm excited, actually…

Thank you for your opinions! I'm still trying to figure things out and look at the science of this stuff. I'm leaning towards the eat at least 50% of what you burn as a metabolism thing considering my age and weight loss needs. The dietician that I work with is echoing what I am being told about eating at least some of…

Oh my goodness you are right! I looked at it, and it was off. I've increased it now. Phew. Thank you and everyone for the help! This feels much better - I had serious doubts about the number of calories suggested. I think it was because I had it on loosing 1.5 instead of 1.

Dear 16 year old me, Good choices around deciding to be who you are - never loose site of that again, pretending to be something you are not is why you ended up where you did. Be grateful for what you have instead of resenting it - things are not so bad in Utah, and you will get out eventually - you'll even miss it! Just…

That feels much better to me to - honestly I was getting a little frantic with not eating those calories - feeling very hungry. :( Yay for the support of myfitnesspal!

So essentially just follow the guide and trust in it....ok, we'll try that! lol Thanks!

I try not to eat under the 1200 - thanks for the advise!

Thank you so much - that is very helpful!

I'm pretty sedentary - I do a lot of sit down stuff and I have a desk job, so that is why it set me at 1,200. Is this too low? I've seen a lot of yes/nos in the forums.

It's the opposite for me. If I drink alcohol, like at all, I weigh five more pounds on the scale. Takes me weeks to loose it to. I'm sure its the alcohol because I weigh myself every week, and its only when alcohol is introduced that I see a fluctuation (and I was not drinking at the same time each month either, so I know…

It's the opposite for me. If I drink alcohol, like at all, I weigh five more pounds on the scale. Takes me weeks to loose it to. I'm sure its the alcohol because I weigh myself every week, and its only when alcohol is introduced that I see a fluctuation (and I was not drinking at the same time each month either, so I know…