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Um...no. you will lose eating below maintainance even if you don't exercise.

Yes. The program is designed that way..and it works.

Yes..you can eat what you want. Maybe not as much or as often as you want, though.

Same thing every day? Boring. But for one day's menu looks ok.

Perfect. Thank you!

Water is a byproduct of fat being metabolized. Has to go somewhere......

If they have do much disposable money to waste on that stuff...I will be happy to take it off their hands. (The money, not the stuff)

Not understanding your confusion ....your calories that you eat have no bearing on the calories that you exercise...are you thinking you should be burning 1600-1800 calories a day through exercise? You burn more than that just being alive and doing everyday things. Deliberate exercise adds more to that. Eating your…

Because your body needs fuel even when you're losing. Not enough fuel...it starts using muscle instead of fat to try to keep surviving. So, sure, under-eat. Its your body. You can treat it badly if you want to....

whenever dinner is ready...we eat.

Its a real thing...for people who really are starving and have been malnourished for a long time. For us...not so much.

We have baked potato once a week or so. Yummy.

Most of them....yes.

Those folks who are post surgery are under a doctor's care...they check in with their doctor often. The rules are different in that case. For most of us, 1200 is probably as low (or too low) as we should go.

Handy to have for those days when actual cooking just isn't going to happen. But for every day? No thanks. Too much sodium, not enough really interesting flavor, not enough food! I do use them sometimes...some aren't bad. But Id prefer real cooking most of the time.

You have no idea what you're actually eating because "you don't have time" to log. There's the problem. Take some of that time off your unnecessary exercise...and log your intake. I pretty much guarantee that's the whole problem.

Fruits are high carb...and fructose is fruit sugar. Fruit is very good for you...eat it....but don't think you're staying lower in Carbs that way. Also...lean meat can be processed, or not. you're the only one who can decide how much you want to lose weight...and only you can decide to make it happen. And you CAN!

Repetitive no. Everyone starts somewhere. What gets me is the ones who ask, get a real answer that the don't like so then they argue, get snotty, and then get REALLY biotchy. Lots of us here do know a thing or two, and also have a sense of humor. Accept it. If you didn't want advice, why did you ask? We aren't here to blow…

Well....if you lost when you eliminated juice, start there. Juice has tons of calories. Are you logging accurately?

Boobs are composed of fat. They're gonna shrink. Life's not fair sometimes.

For losing weight, yeah. Its all about the calories. However...for being healthy, looking good, feeling good, and all that kind of important stuff...its about nutrition and exercise.

Stop abusing your body this way! She doesn't deserve it!

Didn't read anything when you got here, did you......

Yes. Bananas are bad. You should avoid them. Let me help you...I will take all those delicious, nutritious, versatile, yummy bananas and run away with them....mine! All mine! !!!!

No, your goal is your goal. Your exercise is a credit against your actual food intake. These numbers look a bit wonky...hmmmm.....

No, your goal is your goal. Your exercise is a credit against your actual food intake.

ignore this.

That 1200 is not your deficit ...its your calorie goal. Eat to that...but keep in mind that MFP is very generous with the calorie burns it lists, so if you're using that for your exercise logging, don't use more than half or so. A deficit is how many calories under maintainance you're eating. For example...if your perfect…

Weight loss-wise...she's doing fine. But why are YOU doing the asking .....

This is how MFP is designed to work. Your calorie goal is already at a deficit ...if you don't eat back at least some of your burned calories you may be eating at unhealthily low levels. It works. And its perfectly logical. When people say "well...Ive been on diets before where you didn't do that ".....I have to laugh.…