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Be pleased! 55 pounds is incredible! That’s fantastic!

I run marathons and AT BEST lose 3 pounds a month (usually less). My base calorie allowance is also 1200 (plus exercise). So I assure you, slow loss is not purely a function of how much or how hard you’re working out. If you’re very close to goal and aren’t happy with your body shape/appearance, @kimnyc72 has the best…

There’s an announcement on Twitter that they are working through some syncing problems. Not sure what specifically-but my stuff just synced for the first time today since a little after midnight. Plus they did “maintenance” today which always seems to unravel things for a day or Two or three. So give it some time. They are…

1. Put your stats into mfp, tell it you want to lose .5-1pound a week. 2. Log your food accurately and entirely. When you do a workout, log that too and eat (at least some) of your exercise calories. 3. After 4-6 weeks, see if you’ve lost as expected. Make adjustments. 4. Profit.

Don’t link Runkeeper to anything. It will make a mess on mfp (which can only effectively handle one linked activity-related app/device at a time). I have a linked Fitbit and just track my runs separately. I use Runkeeper and Garmin for that.

If you can use a GPS app on your phone, that would be great. There are tons of free ones (I use Runkeeper). Otherwise a measured track (in addition to an actual running track at a high school/college, many parks or other paths in my area often have distance/mile markers) can give you a better idea of your step count per…

I don’t go like an hour without my phone LOL. In my 8 1/2 years here, the closest I’ve come to not having internet access in some form or another was at the Grand Canyon - which has surprisingly limited cell service (at the rim-in the village-obviously there’s none down into the canyon) and WiFi at only a few locations in…

Therapy and medication. I don’t aspire to ever stop taking the medication since my brain doesn’t function properly on its own and the medication corrects that. I eat “healthy”, exercise, have hobbies and friends, a support system and everything else to help manage my mood, but therapy and medication are the keys to…

A couple of things to consider: 1. While you made a list of “why” to lose weight, also consider the idea of writing out why you don’t want to lose weight. This isn’t to provide inspiration, but rather to help pinpoint some thought processes that may be guiding your behaviors (even subconsciously). And that can help give…

It is more important to eat in a way that satiates you so you’re not ravenously hungry and/or fighting cravings all the time. For some people that’s frequent small meals, for others it’s fewer larger meals. Also some people find different types of food more satiating than others (eg protein, fiber, fat, carbs, etc).…

Exactly this. I would have to wait for dinner to digest-then workout. Which would then take quite some time to calm down from so I could sleep. FWIW-8PM would be a relatively early dinner for me and I’ve lost weight just fine.

OP-how many of your steps are from exercise vs normal everyday life stuff? And what is your activity level setting on mfp? Your adjustment from Fitbit is for everything you burn over and above whatever your activity setting is on mfp. If you’re set as sedentary on mfp, and getting over 10k steps a day (which is way above…

Did you come up with the program on your own or did it come from someone/somewhere?

Your best bet would be to go to a running store (or New Balance store as they may have a wider variety of Pseudo-orthopedic shoes in more widths - although only that one brand). There are a lot of “good brands” including the brands you’ve probably been buying. There are large differences in shoe engineering. And that’s…

This. I’ve fallen 3 times in 8 years. All three have been doozies resulting in assorted injuries. Once on a trail, once on road, once on sidewalk. Best I can tell is that I tripped on air all three times. One other thing to consider-are you sizing up on your shoes? I tripped a lot during the phase when I believed you HAD…

Also-you’re already well within a healthy weight for your height. How much are you planning to lose? Have you considered doing a recomp (eat at or near maintenance but do a solid, progressive lifting program to adjust your body composition-less fat, more “toned” - but minimal or no actual weight loss).

No. It takes a minimum of 1200 perfectly curated “healthy” calories to get all the vitamins, minerals, nutrients, etc that you need to keep your organs functioning properly. You also need those calories for energy (more if you’re working out). So the minimum you can eat to be “safe” is 1200 plus whatever you burn in your…

Logging a workout on mfp won’t double count - but it’s unnecessary and can muck things up. If you log the workout on mfp, that will replace what Fitbit has recorded for that time. And if for some reason it didn’t, those calories would be included in your expected burn from mfp - so when calculating the adjustment, it…

If you wore your Fitbit during your weights session; then it has estimated your calorie burn for that (along with the rest of the day) and the calories for that workout are included in the Fitbit adjustment.

How did you pick 2000? Are you losing/maintaining/gaining the way you wanted? Do you have the energy to get through your day? Are your workouts going well? Are you fighting off cravings/feeling deprived/at risk for binges? Have you just put your stats into mfp and followed whatever number it gave you?

Here is info on how you can convolutedly use one of your recipes as an ingredient in another recipe. You have to use the classic recipe creator and you have to make your ingredient into a “my food”. But it does work.…

I have a hybrid that I use for rides on surfaces like you describe. I also have a road bike for pavement when I’m looking to do something more fitness oriented. All riding is fitness oriented, but hybrid bikes are heavy and I don’t find it as easy to do a “workout” vs on the road bike. But I find the hyrbrid more…

Darn. Sadly that’s a straight up walking shoe. So that’s no help.

How much were you walking before? If 10k is a significant increase then you’ll likely be quite sore and fatigued in various ways for quite some time (although the immediate soreness from this outing will lessen quickly). Increasing gradually and using proper footwear will help. Also tempering your outings such that you’re…

What shoe model are you walking in now? A number of the shoes that new balance tours as walking shoes are their running shoes. Not all of them though. But it’s possible you’re already wearing running shoes.

This is enormously dependent on the person and the shoe. Most of my running shoes (including the few Brooks models I wear) are true to size (not 1/2 or any size up). One specific brand/model is 1 full size up. A different brand/model I get 1/2 size up. A different brand/model I get 1/2 size DOWN. Automatically getting 1.5…

It’s not the dollar amount that matters, it’s the setup of the shoe and whether or not the shoe is designed for the shape of your foot and the way your foot moves when you run. When you walk/run, your foot will naturally roll inwards some. The amount it rolls is what determines the type of shoe you need. ASICS (and most…

A lot of this. My son is now grown and lives on his own with his family, but I remember his teenage appetite. He is 6’4” and weighs 145 pounds (yes, very underweight but incredibly active). I remember one time I was weighing my lettuce for a salad and he was making himself 6 peanut butter and butter sandwiches (gross-but…

I’m at day 3088 of logging all my food and exercise. I have people on my FL who have longer log-in streaks but not all of them log food anymore.

You’re probably going to want to give that post another read. Then try the advice again-perhaps addressing OP’s actual concerns and maybe not assuming automatically that she isn’t eating “healthy” and exercising.