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Lower your carb intake. This would be an indicator of insulin resistance as the other poster said. There is no need to worry unless you have elevated HgA1C as well. Then you'd be pre-diabetic. If you lay off sugars (natural as well as artificial), and cut down the other white stuff (not even subbing it with whole wheat),…

It could definitely be that the Jawbone didn't have an HR monitor and that's why it didn't give you the calorie burn that you're showing now. There is still a margin of error, but I'd trust that the HRM and Charge HR are more accurate than the Jawbone. Just don't eat back 100% of your exercise calories.

Total truth! I started out as a scrawny kid with no butt. Then adulthood came and got a little heavier, but still no butt until squats. I've had a butt ever since. I did them almost every day (just body weight at first) and it will, and should, make you sore (this way you know you're shredding the muscle and building it…

Seriously, it could all be water retention. Did you have a bad sodium day or two? Did you slack in the water department for a day or two? Is your TOM coming? All these can lead up to 2-5 (or more) lbs. It is different for everyone. Changing your exercises also tends to make you retain water.

Getting your body fat percentage to within a normal range will get your period back (I believe minimum needed is 15% which is barely a woman athlete's percentage). This will entail you gaining weight (if you have JUST recovered from anorexia/bulimia, this will be the hardest thing to hear). You've got a long road of…

Have you adjusted your calories allowable as you've lost weight? Maybe you're not in as much deficit anymore.

MFP's carb numbers are set way to high for a diabetic or Prediabetic. Definitely visit a nutritionist, but you should shoot for no more than 1/3 of your daily calories coming from carbs. Depending on what your doc or nutritionist say, you may have to go even lower than that to get your blood sugars under control.

Try eating straight oranges instead of OJ and at least you can benefit from the added fiber instead of just straight calories.

Temporary water retention can be issues if you don't watch your sodium or work out especially hard. Keep up what you're doing but weigh your food. Accurate and honest logging will tell you all you need to know.

I take calcium (I'm predisposed to osteoperosis), Vitamin D (I'm a little low and won't give up my caffeine), fiber (just to make sure I get enough of it), Vitamin C (for general not getting sick reasons), Vitamin E every other day (for skin, hair, and nails), Glucosamine for joints, and I do Protein shake in morning. At…

Don't be fixated on the scale and your goal weight. You will find as your body changes, this goal can change too. Take measurements as well as weight (inches around waist, bust, and thighs, etc.) as indicators that you are getting to where you want to go. I am still 12 lbs from what I thought would be my goal weight, but…

Raw veggies works in a bind as well.

You should weigh your food. Each grape tomato is not only 9 grams. The weight of the grape tomato will give you a better idea of carb content. Yes, tomatoes are all pretty carb heavy, that's why you stay away from this "veggie" when you do the Atkins diet in the initial weeks.

Yes, the crockpot is actually (or was) a brand name of a slow cooker. Now we just use it interchangeably.

You can do a southwest salad...black beans, corn, onions, and salsa it up. Make your own though, otherwise, you could get that whole high sodium thing. I add crab meat (lump and fake stuff) instead of salsa, but I can mix it up on occasion.

Lemon juice, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, dijon mustard. Mix well, and voila! It's got some great flavor and you control the portions of salt and parmesan cheese.

Beef skirt steak fajitas, julienned onion and peppers with some taco or fajita mix. You can use chicken too, but this is great on its own or with some soft taco wraps (I enjoy one and then chow on just the fajita stuff). Greek yogurt is my sour cream, yum! Otherwise, beef stews or stroganoff (again yogurt subbing for sour…

Cut your caffeine intake a little (all together if possible). The caffeine will compete with Vitamin D receptors and prevent absorption as well.

Yes, but I would think more sustainable. If you go too agressively and can't sustain it, I'm thinking that it will just turn into yo-yo dieting. Anything minus TDEE will result in a weight loss provided it is accurate and honest. Right? It just may be a little slower than they would like.

Subway sandwich! :D I love that they have all those veggies and they put it on bread. What can beat that? Ha...:D I literally get a salad on bread with some vinegar thrown on there. The protein part lacks a little, but then you can always add that on there as an extra.

Hard boiled eggs, celery, carrots (any veggie really), and string cheese all in ziploc baggies. Those baggies are my friend! :D

Play it by ear. See how hungry you feel with one method (MFP +some exercise calories), then see if the TDEE - 10 or so % isn't better for preventing that hunger feeling.

No prob. Go to "community", then "groups" (on computer), then browse groups. The name of the group that I found on the second page is PCOS I. S. On the phone or tablet, pretty much the same, but a little harder to find. Try on computer first (I got to it right away).

Order whatever you feel is appetizing, then eat SLOWLY with small bites. Drink lots of water and then take home whatever you can't finish. There shouldn't be anything wrong with eating steak or chicken. It should be what you prefer. Steam your veggies though (it will save the bit of oil to grill them up).

For treats, get prepackaged one serving type (i.e. fruit bars or other individually packed ones) and keep it prelogged so that you have the "reward" if your calories allow for it. Throw out or keep out all other snacks that can't be rationed into single serving type snacks (or prepackage all snack items in little sandwich…

Before or during TOM 6 lbs sounds about right for water retention. Especially considering that you normally take a water pill and forgot to take it, I'd give it a little time. Take your water pill and don't weigh yourself until after your TOM. I've dropped 5lbs before due to TOM.

Beef stroganoff in a slow cooker (made from scratch or there is a flavor packet) subbing sour cream with 0% fat greek yogurt. Yum! The egg noodles are subbed with Shirataki noodles (2 servings are 8g carb and 4g protein). :D

You may want to get skin calipers to roughly measure Body Fat %. This will give you a clue about body fat loss.

If you're going over on the fats, skip the low fat milk, cheese, and yogurt and switch to 0% fat on all. If you still need to, skip the yolk on your eggs. You do need fats, so just keep an eye on what level you're at for the day.

There are forums and groups on MFP for people with PCOS. You need to follow a similar nutrition plan as pre-diabetics and insulin resistant people. You can look into those groups as well.