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First off, congratulations!! I'm not pregnant right now but I hope to be this summer. I understand where you're coming from with not wanting to gain too much weight with pregnancy. It's a big fear of mine. With my son I gained 40 lbs. during my pregnancy and my doctor was always on my case about it. It didn't help that I…

Strength training is important, whether you have 10 lbs. to lose or 100. When you build lean muscle mass, your body burns more calories at rest. If you have more lean muscle you will continue to burn calories even after your work out is finished. You usually burn more calories doing cardio but you should do strength…

Very well said chestnutbrown!

That's great!

What I mean by starvation mode, is that when your body is not getting enough calories it won't let go of the fat stores. There's not one set number that means starvation mode. Every person is different. That's why the Mifflin equation takes into account a variety of factors to determine your REE. I couldn't really find…

If anyone is confused or has any questions, feel free to message me. I would be happy to help and I could also figure out the formula for you if you want. :)

pantsdailyon- Yes, you are correct that you would end up with the same number. When multiplying numbers the order of operations won't change the answer. Mommyof3texan's comment explained the technical part. (Sorry, I don't know how to use the quotes thing).

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the equation is for women. The equation for men is slightly different. If anyone wants to know the men's equation let me know (I would have to ask my friend, since I don't know it.).

Angelzoey2- It doesn't matter if you take your weight divided by 2.2 first and then multiply it by 10 or just do 10 times weight divided by 2.2 all in the same calculation, you will end up with the same number. So the 500 calories a day deficit that I was referring to meant that since my REE is 2141, if I multiply that by…

Yes, the weight is in pounds.

Welcome to MFP! :) I'm starting up a women's weight loss challenge. It starts April 14 and ends July 21. The reason why it doesn't start earlier is because I'm already participating in one run by someone else that ends April 7. Every participant will contribute a $10 gift card before the challenge begins. Weigh-ins will be…