Faye_Anderson Member

I never wanted to be so overweight my entire adult life, truth is I never realised how big I'd got until I lost some of the weight. I don't even recognise the person I was before I double take when I see before pictures because in my head I always looked as I do now. It wasn't emotional, laziness or psychological. It was…

That's down to your staying power and how much you want to lose the weight. The crash diet way of doing it is not sustainable, the slow weight loss has more chance of staying off because it's easier to transition to maintenance

Chocolate, 2 biscuits and a cupcake isn't a binge, in fact that's what my snacks usually look like. Log it and move on :flowerforyou:

Well I would have done :cry: but I got pregnant :happy: :drinker: I'll be with you all in about 12 months :laugh:

Not at 10lb from goal weight, it's probably better to be around TDEE - 10%.

Most people here recommend 40/30/30 (carbs, fat, protein) it's worked very well for me :drinker:

What are your macros set to? Your fat allowance looks quite restricted :flowerforyou:

Your BMR is 1428 according to http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ You shouldn't be going under this number even if you eat back your all exercise calories with your base calories you are only netting 1400, this is probably why you are stalling. I agree with others that so close to goal you should be aiming for…

MFP only "puts you on" 1200 if you choose "lose 2lbs per week" and sedentary, especially if you have quite a lot to lose. Go to http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ and find out your BMR/TDEE and eat between those numbers. I have a lot of MFP friends who lose weight steadily on 2000 calories and they are very…

You weigh 215lbs and eat around 1400 calories, you're eating under BMR. Your body needs more fuel. The 14lbs you lost in the first month would have been largely water weight and now your weight loss has slowed. It's definitely not a plateau, that word gets thrown about too much. Go to…

Before you post topics there is a choice at the top called "search" maybe use it next time? :flowerforyou:

My diet has significantly improved over the last 5 years but my sugar intake is still a lot higher than the MFP recommended. It hasn't hindered my weight loss or affected my health. OP Unless there is a medical reason I'd stop tracking sugar, honestly it's all about calories in vs calories out :flowerforyou:

Probably not. I'm eating 2000, I'm 9 weeks pregnant and I'm still losing on some days (not intentionally. I was actually at 2600 cals yesterday and it hasn't affected the scale yet) but you should be speaking to a doctor not random internet strangers

Would you rather they say fat? You can't change someone's personal choice :flowerforyou:

If you are eating 1500 and burning 1000 does that mean you are only netting 500 calories? Or do you eat your exercise cals? 500 calorie net would be too low for all the activity you'd have to do to burn 1000 calories if you're only 10lb away from goal weight. Also weight loss is not linear, there will be times when it…

I think you'll find that politics are not allowed on the forums, I didn't ask anyone to respect "my law", the respect was intended for the poor man who was killed. I'd love to know where that makes me self important or a nincompoop. No need for childish name calling :flowerforyou:

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I don't think the death of a UK soldier gives ANYONE the right to discuss US concealed weapons laws. And how disrespectful that this is in the chit chat fun and games section

All of this! It also sits uncomfortably that someone in the US who doesn't really have a clue has used this tragedy to discuss carrying concealed weapons. Keep it to yourselves

chocolate /thread

No quick fixes /thread

It's something I always thought I wanted to do but never acted on. Definitely can't now while I'm pregnant, remind me in 8 months :wink:

The French woman was Courtney Love and Amy Winehouse's love child, the Finnish one is probably my favourite so far

Damn Flix, I was just going to do this LOL :wink: Seeing as I only just heard it was on today I haven't even heard the UK entry yet, do you think we'll get points just for the fact it's Bonnie Tyler? :laugh:

yes :happy: /thread

1. Out of all the responses you're listening to the wrong person 2. What a cop out, How did you get to 400lb? Eat, fuel your body, lose weight a healthy way. It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change that needs to be sustainable for the rest of your life!

There's about 2000 missing off those numbers

I'm sorry but I find it really hard to believe that 1200 is too hard to reach, especially if you are here to lose weight as you obviously never had a problem eating above TDEE before you started here. You are MEANT to eat back your exercise calories as MFP already build in the deficit in your calorie allowance. If you want…

Honestly I used to be the same, I cut it out completely and now I can't imagine adding it to my food. It was strange at first but I got used to it amazingly quickly :flowerforyou: