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Oh man I LOVE when they tell you the inseam on petites. Some petites are actually a tad long for me so knowing the length helps soooo much before trying them on!

This is why I wish we just used inches or centimeters or something like the boys do. Can we please just base women's sizes on reality, folks? D:

I often work out at night. My allergy meds make it hard to wake up early! And I work all day. Gotta fit it in where you can, you know??? Better at night than never.

~39 here and I can shimmy into some 6's and some 8's are a little large. Can't wear all 6's. I'm wayyyy pear-shaped. My waist is 28" D:

I can see how intermittent fasting would be attractive when trying to recover. It gives you many hours in which you can still restrict yourself. BUT it also gives you an excuse to not eat if for some reason you sleep through your window, or you're too busy, or something happens and your window passes and you haven't eaten.…

We all have different goals and different starting places. This isn't a contest about who has the furthest to go. A person weighing 130 who wants to weigh 115 isn't any less valid than a person weighing 400 who wants to be 115. Not being where you want to be weight-wise just plain makes you feel too big when you think…

I think it's okay to want to keep going when you look "good" but not "just right" for you. Just make sure your reasons are good and that you're not hurting yourself. Don't let your fat % dip too low, don't eat too little, and don't overexercise. Be healthy, and let that be your guide for everything. If you're not…

Baked chicken thigh in chicken broth, cover with foil (180) Sliced zucchini pan fried in garlic salt and a little olive oil should carry you to 300+ (with the olive oil) Or if you want to nix the oil, pan fry it plain with garlic salt and add some rice to fill in the last 100-150 cals.

I'm 4'11" and my sedentary TDEE (that is, calculated for 0 exercise) is 1600. So, if I ate 1600 and then also ate back exercise calories, I should in theory maintain my weight. Hope that helps. Check out http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html for more info on TDEE and to calculate yours.

I take 75mcg T4 and 5 mcg T3 per day. I lose weight like a normal person. Maybe I'm just not very bad off?

I didn't have luck with "eating more" (I am short and not very heavy, so "eating more" for me isn't too far away from 1200 cals in the first dang place). What has worked for me is taking my sedentary TDEE (fitnessfrog), subtracting a set amount of calories between 1-2 pounds per week, and logging every single thing. I try…

I like my Polar FT60, but I think that'd be out of your listed budget by a bit. My friend has an FT4 that she likes pretty well and I think she got it for a good price. It's not really waterPROOF though. And I don't swim with it. It claims to be water resistant but I've heard of people complaining that it doesn't track so…

I always get steamed veggies and shrimp or something.

Some of my favorite healthy low cal tricks: Baking skinless boneless chicken in broth, covered. Keeps it super moist. Then I dip in soy and sesame seeds while eating. Pan-fried zucchini. I hate hate hate veggies, but this works. Chop up a zucchini, 2 tbsp olive oil in a pan, season zucchini with garlic salt. Fish fish fish…

Things that could be wrong: #1: Overestimating your TDEE. Websites are using pretty general numbers and adding to it by activity level is a pretty big estimate #2: Underestimating caloric intake. Log all the things. Know all the calories. If you don't, you're nickle and diming yourself out of a deficit #3: Overestimating…

Can you gain strength without building muscle? I consistently do better in my strength workouts on a calorie deficit :P

I try to get in more activity on the weekend because I know I'm more likely to eat over goal than other days. I didn't have trouble THIS weekend, but sometimes there is a party, a restaurant outing or three, a birthday, a cake... One day I had already kind of eaten more than planned and then had to go to a cookout. Dude,…

The scale is a vicious teller of half-truths and lies. ;) No really, part of the story is probably water weight from excess sodium and unpooped food. Mostly the water. You probably weigh around the same time every day. You're used to seeing your weight from a lighter day, and then after a day in which you consume an extra…

TDEE minus a flat 500-1000 is usually a good start. Listen to your body. If you're never not hungry, you need to eat more. Realistically, you can diet and not be very hungry at TDEE minus 500. TDEE minus 1000 will feel pretty hungry sometimes during the day. If you're ALWAYS hungry, something isn't adding up. You can't…

Really, if you've lost 12 inches, I wouldn't be all that concerned with the lack of significant pound loss. You're obviously doing some redistributing of good weight to bad weight if inch loss is happening. You WANT muscle weight. Muscle weight means you need more calories in a day, you're stronger, you're fitter, you're…

Hate to say it, but I know a few people who are licensed dieticians who know less about diets than you would think. I tried to talk to one about eating for thyroid problems and used the word "goitrogen" which is a pretty common term for foods that suppress thyroid function. If *I* know it, a dietician who just got her…

I'm 4'11" 124 pounds and it's between 150 and 190 for me for level 1

Good luck with your diet, sir! More power to ya. At least you have the kahones to try something and get the ball rolling. Who cares what anybody else thinks.

I'm 4'11" and pretty sedentary. I do tiny workouts but I don't burn very many calories. I eat 900 and I eat back exercise calories. Before you throw bricks at me, my sedentary TDEE is 1606. I'm losing less than 2 pounds per week, I feel pretty darn good, and I'm not even that hungry. I'm very short, I'm not actually even…

I don't have any problem at all with anyone logging cleaning as exercise, with the proviso that anybody who pokes around the house rubbing a washcloth around here and there while reading on a kindle and then logs 2 hours of cleaning in mfp is going to plateau hardcore. Why? Because MFP will tell them they just burned 700…

4'11" (almost 5') here :) SW: 140 CW: 124 GW: not sure. 105? Maybe? I'm really going for toned and slim more than a number.

My least favorite compliment is "You don't need to lose weight, you look good." I mean, it's nice. It's meant well. And thanks and stuff. But it's up to me to decide if I want to lose a few pounds, not them! Even worse is when it happens as they're pushing cupcakes or cookies at you. Or they insist the cupcakes they…

1200 is a magic number. It was put in place by professionals seeking a relatively safe universal number to keep people who don't understand nutrition and mathematics from killing themselves losing weight. Think about it this way. Doctors apply this number ACROSS THE BOARD. To men and women alike. To tall and short people…

You're too thin when your weight and/or your feeding habits affect your health. Losing your period because your body cannot sustain it is a sure sign that your health is affected. Here are some other signs that you should try to put on weight: - Coarse thick hairs in places you didn't used to grow them (your body grows…

It's too bad that eating healthier and cutting back on portions doesn't help people mind their own damned business.