boppy57

Ok, Thanks!!

I just assumed my 1200 cal for the day was because I don't move around much and am 4' 11", 160#. I picked 1 lb a week as what I thought would be reasonable, given the amount I have to lose and my age, 57. Thank you for your reply, it helps a lot to have some input from someone.

Ok, I'm really new here and don't understand this whole eat back your calories thing. I eat 1200 a day and most days I try to exercise. One day I burned 180 cal (i know, not much but I'm new to exercise too:) ) ,does that mean I have some of those to eat back? This is really confusing...Oh and I just joined new 5 days ago.

I noticed my sugar was running high until I realized they were adding in the sugar from fruit. I eat fruit everyday as part of a balanced diet, along with a few veggies and wish they would recognize that it's not a bad sugar, like say, soft drinks with sugar. On the rare occasions I have a coke I expect the sugar to be…