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Hi everyone, I have started this weight lost journey around the same time last year. This year had been a bad year for me and I gained 10 lbs. I have not exercise regularly for 6 months and just eat whatever I wanted. I need to get back on track and start living for myself. I am currently 139 and hope to drop to 125 or…

Week 0: starting at 139

TDEE calculate in your activities level so you don't eat back your exercise calories. With MFP, you need to eat back your exercise calories.

How much more do you need to lose? The least amount you lose, the cut should be smaller too. You can do a reset and see if you can break the plateau or do a 10% cut but keep the same amount of exercise. But I would personally do a full reset.

Soft-boiled egg, few slices of pork ribs, seaweed, bamboo shoot, spinach for toppings. Instead of using the package seasoning, use miso as soup base.

Vegetarian doesn't mean it's healthy. You have to make smart food choices to be healthy; you want to do something that you can do for the rest of your life not just for few weeks or few months. However, if you do want to become vegetarian, do some researches instead of blindly jumping into it.

You might want to recalculate your TDEE and eat -20% of it. Take a look at this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013?hl=Road+map+2013

Just want to add this up here, if someone posted already, sorry for the duplicate. http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bone/Bone_Health/Pregnancy/default.asp#b It talks about breastfeeding and bone mass lose but it does come back after the breastfeeding stops.

Most people are helpful on the forum but when they try to help the new member, they get attack because the answer is not what the new member wants to hear. And it turns into something rude from both side.

The scale has been possessed. Only explanation!

This is great!

If your dietitian is monitoring what you are eating due to health issues, 1000-1200 calories might be ok. However, if you have no health issues, you should eat at least 1200 net calories. The stall can be due to metabolism being slow down from eating low calories for a healthy person. Your body might be conserving all the…

I just tried cottage cheese last Friday...... And I had to put honey and walnuts in it to make the texture better.

Are you logging everything you are eating? Just wondering why you are constantly eating under 1000 calories? Please take a look at this post: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

Beside these, I am just wondering why you are not eating back your exercise calories? Did you get 1500 from MFP math because if you did, you need to eat back those calories. If 1500 is your TDEE then you don't need to eat back exercise calories. Also, are you drinking enough water/fluids? There are a lot of days where your…

Body fat of 21% :)

What are you eating? Make sure you are measuring them correctly. If measurements are correct, then like others suggested...eat calories dense food. 1 oz of walnuts is about 200 calories, 2 tbps of PB is 190, so on......

If you work out on regular basis, do you eat back your exercise calories?

"Clean" eating would be different for everyone. But generally, you want to go for whole food (fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, healthy fat), no processes food.

Are you staying hydrated?

I thought protein shake was to help prevent lean muscle loss and not for weight loss. I am considering to add protein shake in my diet cause I can't get enough protein for my macros. Bump to read later.

Slow and steady wins the weight loss race.

Is 1600 your net?

Is it Friday already?

Nuts, avocado, peanut butter..... Look for calories dense food. 1 oz of nuts is like 170 calories, going to put you closer to goal.

Using MFP, you eat back the calories you burn. Using TDEE, you do not eat back the calories you burn. If you are eating at TDEE, you are trying to maintain weight. Eating at -5%-20% of TDEE for weight loss. Eating over TDEE to gain weight/bulk. Both are still taking into account of calories in vs calories out.

Losing weight doesn't mean you have to eat only vegetables. As long as you stay under your calories goal, meeting all the macros, you will be fine. But make sure you log calories for everything.

Bloated doesn't mean fat gain. Bloated can be from too much carbs, tom, constipation, etc. At your height and the amount of exercise you are doing, 2400 sounds reasonable. If you don't want to eat that much, lessen your exercise.

A good conversation is when you have a view on both side and there are interaction between the two. At least to me when I hear both side, I learn more. O no... I sound like a wanna-be psychologists who have to cross examine everything. :(. Screw it, all of you are right. Meat is/is not essential.