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That is not true: a pound is 3500 calories. You have to burn 3,500 calories more than you eat to lose a pound. It doesn't matter who you are, how old you are, what color your skin is, your weight, your location, your sex, your ANYTHING. Losing a pound is the same amount of calories for EVERYONE. However if you want to make…

Your BMR is your BMR. Yes, it slows down as you age, just like it slows down as you lose weight. But this is because you are burning less (and therefore NEEDING less). AGE IS NOT AN EXCUSE. It requires a 500 cal cut to lose 1 lb a week, whether you are 20 or 80 years old, 500 lbs or 150 lbs. PERIOD.

It is ok to eat under your BMR, as long as you aren't WAY below. It is more common when you don't have alot to lose. However, when you don't have alot to lose you shouldn't be trying to lose at 2 lbs a week either. If you are accurately calculating your cals burned with a HRM, then yes you should eat them if you are close…

Close, but not correct. Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) is your maintenance calories. This is your BMR times a multiplier (1.2 for sedentary lifestyle, for example). This is where you want to get your cut from.

If you don't have alot to lose, you ARE going to have to eat below your BMR if you want to lose at any seeable (.5 lbs a week or 1 lb a week) weight. It's just the way the math works. However, don't be trying to lose at too quickly of a rate for your weight (ie: 2 lbs a week if you only have 15 lbs to lose is too quickly).…

First of all, just because WW doesn't work for your mother doesn't mean it doesn't work for ALOT of people. Actually, I have read articles saying that WW is the MOST effective popular weight loss program for long term weight loss because it focuses on educated its people (just like MFP). My heart goes out to you know…

This is incorrect. It doesn't matter WHEN you eat your calories, just HOW MANY you eat. And also, starvation mode is largely a myth and has nothing to do with what you are talking about. If you want to eat all your calories at one meal, do it. If you want to spread them out evenly throughout the whole day, do it. Just make…

It depends. I would say yes if you are under your BMR without them, no if you aren't. (so in other words, if you have alot of weight to lose, you shouldn't eat your exercise cals back if you aren't hungry).

:heart: :heart: :flowerforyou: Wonderful!!

Exercise supresses the appetite for a couple hours at least, which is why you probably aren't hungry after the gym. Also, I hope you have a Heart Rate Monitor to accurately track your exercise burns, because treadmills etc tend to be overly generous.

125, but I will see when I get there. My original goal was 135 but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be.

I don't think he is being a jerk. It is just natural to want to shove your good looking significant other in your ex's face. I would appreciate the heads up if my bf said this to me and dress to the nines.

If your BMR is 2,167 I would use the sedentary multiplier (1.2) to get a TDEE of 2,600 BUT add back your cals burned (it's more accurate to add your exercise cals back in). You HAVE to make SURE you are using a Heart Rate Monitor to measure your exercise cals before you add them back in. Your daily goal should be 2,100…

FIRST OF ALL: Mammals do it for a reason, NOT because placenta is necessarily good for them. And that reason is to ward off predators. For example, if a cow has a calf in the field, it does not want to attract predators (wolves/coyotes, etc) that might harm its young, so it ingestes the placenta, which is basically rotting…

Are you seriously joking around about DYING? :huh: If your doctor says you will be ok without them, then unless he is a nut, you will be ok.

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Your NET calories is what is important to lose weight, not your INTAKE. Your NET cals = your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) - your defecit + plus exercise. For example: if your TDEE* is 1800 You want to lose 1 lb a week, your NET has to be 1300, or a 500 cal defecit from your TDEE. You can create this defecit with…

YOUR BODY CAN'T LIVE ON JUST FAT. It needs other things like vitamins, calcium, iron, etc. Your body WILL shut down eventually. Not from slightly eating under your BMR, but from severly doing so.

You have a good point, but not all there yet. Starvation mode IS real, however it is not as common as most MFPers would beleive. You need to be eating ALOT less (like, half) your BMR for a long time (like a year) to trigger it. AND, it only partially slows your metabolism, but is usually not enough to make up for the…

First off: sweet potatoes are ORANGE inside, not YELLOW, like YAMS. Grocery stores frequently get this confused. For Sweet potatoes (rinse first): slice thinish (width wise, like potatoe chips), brush with olive oil, sprinkle with garlic powder, pop in oven until crispy (aoubt 30 mins, or less, if preferred) @ 350' OR just…

21 lbs in 6 weeks is 3.5 lbs a week. This rate is not sustainable long term, and perhaps is even unhealthy. I know you have alot to lose but don't go pointing fingers about not being healthy. 2 lbs a week is FANTASTIC for those who don't have alot to lose. It is NOT a RACE.

Your NET calories is what is important to lose weight, not your INTAKE. Your NET cals = your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) - your defecit + plus exercise. For example: your TDEE* is 1800 You want to lose 1 lb a week, your NET has to be 1300, or a 500 cal defecit from your TDEE. You can create this defecit with…

I think you are correct; you should be logging what you are logging. It doesn't "sound pathetic" if you are logging something that makes you break into a sweat, no matter how much you weigh!!! :flowerforyou: Exercise is relative, and if you are working hard, you are working hard! However, like I said be careful using…

8 lbs in one month is FABULOUS. Healthy weight loss is 1-2 lbs a week, depending on how much you have to lose. Alot of people lose more than that once they first start a diet program because of water weight, etc, but 2 lbs a week consistently is GREAT.

Fabulous transformation!! Keep up the good work! PLEASE NOTE fear mongers: she eats 1,200 cals a day and isn't DEAD. OMG!

Sometimes it is necessary (until someone can move, etc), but it sucks in the meantime. :grumble: BF and I are doing 600+ miles right now...:sad: But eventually, we will be together so it will be worth it. :drinker: If you are trying to start out doing long distance, that might be very very difficult.

It is a bit of a fear I have as well, but I have realized now it is possible to have a healthy pregancy and not put on tons of weight, although some is necessary (your doctor will keep tabs on you). We always picture the pregnant woman "craving" ice cream and fast food....but I think more often than not people use their…

You shouldn't log anything that accounts for "normal daily activity" that is included in your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure). For example, if you work out light exercise 2 times a week, and you pick the 1.375 multiplier, you shouldn't be logging that exercise until you do something above and beyond that (like work…

GET RID OF THEM. They are just things, and you don't want to go back to them. Donate them to charity or give them to a friend. Ebay even. Just get it OUT OF YOUR HOUSE. :flowerforyou:

Welcome! :)