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WEEK 2 WEIGH IN Start Date 11th May (weight 138lb, down from 182lb 12 months ago) End Date 11th August Target Weight 126lb Level ★★★ Weekly weigh in will be every Saturday. 18th May: 135.5lb (-2.5lb) Good luck to everyone involved

WEEK 2 WEIGH IN STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP (MY FITNESS PAL): 182lb (19th April 2018) CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT: 138lb (May 11th) - Weekly weigh in every Saturday May 13: 138lb May 20: 135.5lb (-2.5lb) May 27: May Goal: May Actual: June 3: June 10: June 17: June 24: June Goal: June Actual: July 1: July 8: July 15:…

I'm in! STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP (MY FITNESS PAL): 182lb (19th April 2018) CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT: 138lb (May 11th) - Weekly weigh in every Saturday May 13: May 20: May 27: May Goal: May Actual: June 3: June 10: June 17: June 24: June Goal: June Actual: July 1: July 8: July 15: July 22: July 29: July Goal: July…

I'm in Start Date 11th May (weight 138lb, down from 182lb 12 months ago) End Date 11th August Target Weight 126lb Level ★★★ Weekly weigh in will be every Saturday. Good luck to everyone involved

Can I ask how tall are you?

I do everything on your first list and have lost 35lb in 21 weeks and I am enjoying the journey. If I followed list 2 I would have quit long ago :smiley: , I can't live without carbs.

If you are looking for something to keep you full until lunch try the new Danio high protein yoghurts. They are stunning and really filling. I have one of those and a boiled egg and am not hungry until at least 1.00pm

I'm on day 7 of lower carbs, aiming for 104g or below per day. So far its been good but I feel rotten this morning, no energy and headache, trying to eat little and often to keep energy levels up. This may not be low for some people but it is for me :smile:

I took this for 18 months and during the first 12 weeks I lost 35lb. Definitely didn't have the weight gain issue thankfully.

South Wales, feel free to add me. I'm on here pretty much daily

Just started the lower carb route and also aiming to get 100g per day or lower. I am 4 days in and so far feeling fab, more energy and no cravings. I am a real carb girl so the main issue for me was cutting bread. Good luck with your journey, let me know how you go

I linked my FitBit with MFP and monitored my activity levels for a few months. I ended up having to adjust my activity settings on MFP from Sedentary to Active to reach my lowest daily goals. I now have a setting where it only adjusts as exercise calories if I burn more than 1850 a day (which is most days I exercise).…

You really need to be eating more, looking at your diary you are averaging an intake of 1000 cals per day and then burning cals exercising. Work out your BMR and start eating that as a minimum.

I had originally set MFP as sedentary but after using my Fitbit for a few months I adjusted to active and now get a much more realistic adjustment when I sync the 2. I burn on average 1850 cals per day which increases to well over 2200 with exercise. MFP had my base level as 1560. You will need to play around with the…

The website you used has a calorie calculator which works out you daily energy requirement and gives you an estimated deficit. http://calorieneedscalculator.com/index.html This is what it gave me Age: 38 Height: 5 feet, 1 inches Weight: 145 pounds Activity Level: Sedentary (Little Exercise) Gender: female Basal Metabolic…

Now that is dedication!!! I would go crazy without the odd curry but now only do it once a month and then try to avoid the naan breads and creamy curries!

I switched to MFP properly in Feb (stopped doing WW). For 3 weeks I did the 1200 per day thing and lost 1.25lb. Beginning of March I decided to do BMR which is 1390 per day. Through March I lost 1.8lb which was fine as I expected my body to take a few weeks to adjust. Through April my average net intake per day has been…

You need to eat at least 1/2 of the exercise calories back. Also please check your BMR as you really should not eat below that. MFP sets 1200 as the lowest calorie requirement but it depends on how much you have to lose, if its less than 20lb then you need to set to 0.5 or 1lb a week loss. I started at 1200 and now have a…

You burn calories 24 hours a day so you can expect your burn to constantly change. As for the site being down, I've not had that issue since getting my fitbit at the beginning of Feb.

Depending on the calculators used your BMR is around the 1400 mark, you need to be eating at least this.

Hi, my name is Mel and I've been using MFP religiously since beginning of Feb, feel free to add me. I'm on here every day and will be happy to cheer you on.

Fat2fit podcasts are awesome too

Hey, if it gets the burn who cares :laugh:

I have both. I wear my fitbit pretty much constantly and in 8 weeks my weekly step count has gone from 52,000 to 96,000 and I don't know I'm wearing it. I use my HRM when doing exercise sessions and log the time, activity & cals burned on my fitbit dashboard, this over writes the figures given during that period by the…

What is your calorie goal? Are you eating back exercise calories?

Belly dancing, it's awesome and works muscles you forgot you had :laugh:

Go to goals and use custom settings

Welcome, the site is fab and the people are very supportive.

Started level 2 yesterday and its a killer!! I HATE pushups :frown: I will keep pushing though though. Don't mind planks so much but they are hard on the hands and wrists, I rolled my mat up which seemed to give a bit more support so will see if that helps tonight. My shoulders and arms are sore today but in a warped and…

I've got a fitbit which monitors steps, floors climbed, cals burned and sleep. Worth a look on amazon. Your other option is the body media band which is also really good