5stringjeff Member

Great work!

One spoonful of raw, locally farmed honey. 60 calories.

Your weight gain won't be a function of reintroducing carbs; it would be a function of calories in/calories out. If you're eating at 1550 and gaining, perhaps your maintenance calories are lower than 1550. You didn't mention your height or weight, but you might consider going to a TDEE calculator (like the one here:…

I have an office job. I get up and take a 5-minute walking break once in the morning and once in the afternoon. I also tend to walk to talk with others instead of calling on the phone.

I think the standard is eight hours for most adults. Try going to bed early enough to get 8 hours for a week or two and see how it goes.

I always work out alone. I would be too distracted otherwise.

They also have Mega Stuf now - 3x the cream as a regular Oreo. They taste as awesome as they sound. But pumpkin spice... I'll pass.

Oreo Mega Stuf cookies. Yes, those exist now. And they're incredible.

QFT.

I can't make bread, but props for the Spinal Tap gif!

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As long as you're being honest with yourself logging, it looks like you're on the right track. You might consider cutting back on the espresso drinks and using those calories for food, but that's up to you.

OP, you've lost something like 250 pounds already. That's commendable, and I can only imagine the work and dedication you've put into losing all that weight. Now, you have to learn how to maintain a healthy weight. Believe it or not, you can maintain while doing much less exercise than you say you're doing now - even doing…

That's how I read it also. And, this is exactly what I've done over the last few weeks: each Monday, I raised my daily calorie goal by 100. This morning, I raised it up to my full maintenance calorie level.

Took me about six months each time to realize that I had put on an additional 10 pounds or so.

Congrats on being so close to your goal weight! Here's the calculator that I use: http://www.fat2fittools.com/tools/bmr/ You might consider gradually increasing your calories when you hit maintenance. I've upped my daily calories by 100 each week and it's helped a lot in the transition.

If you're only looking to drop five pounds, you should set your goal to 1/2 pound per week. Or, you could manually decrease your calorie goals by 250 (down to 2759). The macros should then adjust accordingly.

1. Eat breakfast if you want to. Don't eat it if you don't want to. 2. Weight loss is not linear. You'll have weeks where you lose 1.5 pounds, and weeks where you lose next to nothing.

I don't exercise nearly as much as you do, but I use the same method: set my activity level to sedentary (desk job), log all my exercise, and eat my exercise calories back. It worked for me to drop 30 pounds. Given your job as a dog walker, you might consider bumping your activity level up to lightly active (or moderately…

I punched in your data here: http://www.fat2fittools.com/tools/bmr/ (You didn't say how tall you are, so I'm guessing 5'4". Go there and punch in your data if that's wrong.) Here's your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) - in other words, how much you burn on average each day, at the given activity levels: Sedentary…

I punched your figures in here: http://www.fat2fittools.com/tools/bmr/ (Sorry, no option to choose guacamole lovers - but you get a high five from me for liking it!) :smile: Here's what it calculated your TDEE at: Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job):2338 Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk): 2679…

Megan, you're in the right place. There's already some great advice in this thread. I would encourage you to go over to the "Success Stories" forum. There are many people here who have lost 100, 200, and even 300 pounds. It is possible! You can read how others have done it and find ways to get encouraged.

There's almost no Tex-Mex in Georgia. :frown:

It can be tough to hit your protein macros while you lose. Not impossible, but tough. Lots of people add a lot of chicken/beef to their diet. If your main goal is weight loss, then focus on your calorie goals more than your protein goals. BTW, you should really eat closer to 1700 if that's your daily goal when cutting. My…

I always use the treadmill calories. I've compared the treadmill readouts to online treadmill calorie calculators, and the treadmills has always been within 10%. MFP's estimate of calories burned on the treadmill is not nearly as accurate.

I worked off a TDEE-500 deficit until I got to about 5 pounds from my GW, when I switched to TDEE-300. Since hitting my goal weight, I've been increasing my calories by 100 each week.

BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!

I play the bass at my church. I've been in choir before (as a bass) but I don't really have the vocal range to sing lead to most music. When I sing karaoke, I have to find stuff like Johnny Cash and Josh Turner.

It costs nothing extra to eat at a caloric deficit. In fact, it costs less than eating at a caloric surplus.

OP: You've got a good plan to switch to maintenance calories. Don't be discouraged!