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You guys are amazingly dedicated! We're looking for folks to test our myshape.fitness body shape tracker (google it). If you are so inclined please check it out.

I'm doing 16:8 now. It annoys me to no end the do this do that nature of dieting. i.e., switching from eat smaller meals 6x a day vs IF 16:8. Crazy nobody has figured out which is best and we keep going back and forth.

I've hit those sorts of plateaus before and it helped me to boost cals a few days a week but keep the weekly average the same. So if you are supposed to be at 1500 cals/day try 1800 cals for a couple of days and 1380 cals the other days. You still are eating the same calories/week but you body is seeing up/down regulation…

It can't hurt. I know it makes me think twice or maybe shift an order based on what I see. But it is true that it is up to the person to use/understand the info. If they ignore it then it won't help.

@sljohnson1207 & @RelCanonical: Thanks for the feedback. There are development plans to allow specification of additional measurements. It is a trade-off between ease-of-use and customization. For fitness, using the basic measurements should give reasonable results and the key is to watch the trends over time. Obviously…

It may take more the three weeks to get things going. I think the body adapts and tries to stay the same. Also, I don't think you mention your age but at 40 it got tougher and 50 even tougher yet! Hold the course you seem to be doing the right things. I think at 8 weeks you'll see good progress start to kick in.

I've found that it's best to just weigh weekly. And to do it same day/same time each week. Used to be Friday's but switching to Monday's made the weekend eating more responsible! :smiley: I also log on myshape.fitness (google it) it builds a 3D body avatar and lets you define a goal shape and track toward that.

We are working with a company that makes clothes to fit your size (i.e., no size numbers/measurements). It is a big problem in the industry because the size numbers are not consistent. So you wear X size in brand A and Y size in brand B. In reality you should get "your size" no matter what brand. Fun fact, there is a…

Sedentary or lightly active unless you are not adding/tracking extra exercise calories. That is just your baseline. For folks that are truly active AND don't add that activity separately they can boost their baseline by choosing the higher activity setting. FWIW I've always thought those extra exercise calories are…

Weighing everyday has ups/downs. Once a week, regular time & place works for me. I like to log just to see (hopefully good) trends. I put the data into MyShape.FITNESS website to follow those trends. It also builds a body avatar and lets you compare that against a "goal" avatar that you setup. Seeing that goal can…

body shape tracking with MyShape.FITNESS (google it)

Find what motivates you. Keep at it till it becomes a habit. Try setting a "shape goal" at myshape.fitness (google it) and track toward that.

Great job and nice way to show off your accomplishments - nothing better than fresh air and a view!

In the past I may have "logged in" many days in a row but I've never "logged" that many days - great job!

hang in there, it's not all about the weight but about the lifestyle changes too. Consider tracking measurements as well - checkout myshape.fitness (google it) to setup a body shape goal and create a 3D avatar and track toward that. FWIW I've had plateaus before and found that mixing up calorie deficits during the week…

Daily logging of calories (you kind of have to don't you) weekly logging of weight/measurements with myshape.fitness (google it) - let's me visualize a body shape goal and track to that.

Apollo 11 - awesome historical film about an awesome achievement!

You're a candidate for Tough Mudder!

7 days is way too short. Give it 7 weeks and you'll see results if you are complete and honest with your logging (and hitting your goals). Going from 2200 to 1400 cals is a little aggressive. Generally 20% is more sustainable (try for 1750 cals).

+1 for exercise especially if you can get into a good group class (like bootcamp is good) that has a good supportive group of folks. Some groups I have been in are like a fitness family and very motivating and supportive. Some are just groups of folks doing the same workout but no real interaction. I don't know how to find…

Log everything. Log honestly. Don't eat back too many exercise calories. Like wiskie27 says above consider "ideal body" goals - try myshape.fitness to help with that. Weighing everyday is OK if you can handle the fluctuations. I prefer weighing weekly.

Great job. Doing all the right things. Slow and steady wins the race! Tracking calories and exercise is really the best way to get started. If you are better than me after tracking for a while you'll know how much you can/can't eat. If I stop tracking I gain weight! Try also tracking body shape on myshape.fitness to set up…

Great job. Great progress. Try setting a goal body shape on myshape.fitness (google it) to see a 3D avatar and then track progress toward that. It also calcs BMI and estimates body fat % (another nice metric to set a goal to).

log everything, be honest, don't get too aggressive with deficits

Try myshape.fitness (google it) to "build" your own goal body shape and then easily track progress toward that.

Cheat days are great. Once/week. They give you a little bit of guilt to get you motivated for the next week's calorie counts. Also I've found that if I was very constant hitting my calorie deficit that I would plateau. And then I started going -100 extra for say six days then +600 for the 7th day and that seemed to kick…

When I was in late 40's and training for tough mudder this was my motivation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YErZ5GjOyas

I want to be one of these guys...

Weight may be staying the same but inches going down? Besides looking at weight look at those measurements. Try myshape.fitness (google it) to track your body shape.

Up and Down is tough. I'm using myshape.fitness (google it) to track weight and body shape. It will let you set that goal and then also you'll see when you start creeping up again and know it's time to get back on the wagon!