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You will have to reapply for the next term, but you will be notified when that is happening.

No, you'll hear from someone. Once term gets started it just takes a little longer.

If you fill out the application for this term you will get on the waitlist and get advanced notification of next term.

Send me a PM. I can enter you manually.

You will all hear, whether it's the main challenge or the waitlist group. Sometimes the owls get distracted.

If anyone is having trouble with the waitlist group link, send me a PM and I'll get you in.

We go through a lot of the waitlist each term, and there are challenges in the waitlist group to keep you busy until you get your train ticket to Hogwarts!

Bumping... :)

I'm pretty sure you're referring to body fat percentage, not BMI.

You must be a Slytherin... Owls will go out soon! Some of them partied a bit hard last night.

Your application was received. Your prefects should be sending you an owl soon. You can PM them if you don't hear soon.

A few houses still have spots left! Get your applications in soon!

Ben. And his friend Jerry. Jokes aside (although I'm only half joking), nikkit321's advice is great. Add the calories gradually, pick a range, not a specific number. I added calories back in gradually and now when I have a 2000 calorie day my scale stays stable instead of jumping 3 pounds.

The only thing I can't seem to stop eating until it's gone is Outback Steakhouse Aussie cheese fries. But I know when I'm going there and I budget for it, so it's all well controlled. Other than that, I have decent willpower most of the time.

Like! Last year I didn't log at all the weeks of Christmas and New Years. On the 2 holidays I did whatever I wanted, and the rest of the days I was semi conscious of what I was eating. I came out unscathed. And enjoyed myself.

I am set to maintain, but I tend to have a higher calorie day on the weekends, so I save up for that by staying under target a bit during the week. I'm working on trusting my Fitbit. I'm working on getting the "you're short and small, so you can't possibly be burning that many calories" out of my head. "Be active and you…

I think if you have stretch marks of any kind, that's a good indication you'll end up with loose skin after weight loss. (Not that they are necessary for loose skin, just more of a guarantee.) At my heaviest (9 months pregnant with my first) I was 210. I'm currently 128. I have some loose skin, and when I plank my belly…

Looks like excess skin. My stomach does the same thing when I plank. I just don't look down...

Well done.

I'm up in Rochester.

I do tend to naturally eat a bit more around TOM. It balances itself out when my hunger fades right after.

Several years ago I had lost a lot of weight, then was handed a very tragic loss. I gained it all back. Fast forward to now, I've lost a lot of weight, and was handed a tragic loss last week. This time I'm trying to view the weight loss as something I can control. I can't control life's curveballs. I can't control how I…

I went on a 10 day cruise back in May. I really didn't overly restrict myself at all, except that maybe I had more salads than burgers and fries. When I got back I was up about 5 or 6 pounds, and it was gone within a week. So remember that when you get back, you'll likely have some water weight regardless of how strict you…

You'll find copious amounts of junk in my diary on a daily basis.

I've also found that the non-heartrate fitbits were giving me more calories than my Charge HR. They were assuming my heartrate to be higher than it actually is during activity.

^This.

Oh, and in your example your net is 400.

This really depends on which "net calories" you're trying to define. If you're using what MFP calls net calories it's: Calories consumed - Exercise calories (or Fitbit calorie adjustment) = Net Calories. (Food minus exercise, easy peasy.)

I live with a man who would divorce me if I tried to feed him chicken more than once a week, and who wants savory, high calorie food. So I get you. Here's what I do: * I prepare most of the same foods we used to eat, but I eat much smaller portions than before. * I have a few dinners a week on my own, and make sure those…

The Fitbit counts the calories you burn all day long. Total energy expenditure, not just the calories you're burning when exercising. If you set your MFP settings to allow calorie adjustments, and link your Fitbit, the math all gets done for you, and you don't have to worry about logging your exercise in either place.