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Thanks pchca. Yeah I have a feeling that fitbit may be sabotaging things. I'm probably going to do the same thing as you.

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Yeah it gives me 1440 without exercise. The same as before. My total calories jump to 1800+ a day due to fitbit but there's a possibility that increase is false. I have noticed since Christmas that MFP is having a hard time synching with fitbit. Either it doesn't fit or it double credits. I tried to ignore those credits…

Hmm... it's possible my calories are off. (Like I said they seemed high. But I wasn't sure because I'm obese and burn more than normal during workouts.) Maybe I shouldn't eat back all my exercise calories and should only eat half.

Strength (2 reps of 20 for all, everday): Squats, Side ab crunches, situps, pushups, bicycles, and inner legs raises Cardio (everday 30 -45 minutes): Zumba, salsa, hip hop. I have a list of around 20 songs and choose them at random until the time is up. On average my fitbit has me burning around 400-500 a workout.

I log every meal. I meal prep every sunday and input meals beforehand and change as I deviate. I tried adjusting MFP but the calories came out the same.

I have a personal excel sheet. I weigh myself and map the trends. I also use MFP's tools. I update every Friday (if there is a change.)

I've logged for 194 days. I mean I'm 25 lbs down, it's just that I'm...stuck. I thought about decreasing by 200ish calories, so eating 1500-1600 calories, but that would mean that I wasn't netting at least 1200 calories, which I heard was bad.

Thanks. I'm thinking of going with fitbit's numbers.

Sent a friend request. Anyone else can feel free to add me too! I have roughly 100 to lose too. lost 24 so far though :)

5'1 and had around 100 lbs to lose too. Lost about 24 lbs of it though!

I'm also getting serious this year about my weight loss journey, so feel free to friend me :)

I personally just used mfp BMR's calculation which was 1550. Then MFP set my daily calorie intake as 1400. However, all the sites I do my TDEE are 2500+ calories even sedentary. I feel like that's way too much. I tried 2000 calories and thought I was gonna die.

I redid my MFP Calorie calculations using sedentary and I'm at 1400 net calories which seems A LOT Better. But MFP told me that my BMR is 1522 so yeah...I'm confused lol. I'm supposed to eat less than my BMR?

I have a question though. Are the calories given by MFP including workout calories lost, or do I have to eat back those calories after working out to get to my end weight. Also I readjusted my calculation and MFP thinks I should be eating 1450 calories a day which seems not as drastic

So Harris Benedict is more accurate. MFP has me at 1700 calories a day, but I'm not sure if that's NET calories or the amount I can eat without eating back workout calories.

Is 2000 too many calories? I keep getting mixed responses. The thing is I'm really heavy. (180 lbs) but I work out everyday for about an hour of intense cardio as well as walk 1.5-2 miles a day since I have no car. My TDEE came out around 2500 calories and my BMR is like 1650. Urgghhh this weight loss stuff is tricky.

Thank you!!! I have to figure out how to open my diary lol. I guess I am a little intense about weighing often. I just thought that if I was slipping, it'd be better to catch it early. I will stick with 2000 calories and see how my body reacts.

I'm with you on this one. Today, I started eating at my TDEE-20% which is roughly 2000 calories and apparently I gained 1 pound. Idk if it just takes a while since I was eating and plateuing at 1200 calories, but I'm 5;1 and feel like this is a lot of calories for someone my size.