Sharon_C Member

Weigh every day no matter what you ate the day before

Calories first, then macros. You're probably eating too many calories and that is why you're not losing weight.

1g per 1lb of lean body mass is the usual recommendation. And you want to maintain your muscle mass for other reasons as well. Bones and joints need strong muscles to keep them healthy. I lift weights because it has eliminated my arthritis pain.

1. Make sure that you are weighing and logging your calories correctly. I would not rely on the MFP entries. Make your own entries. Weigh your food with a scale. No measuring cups or spoons. 2. Are you adding back exercise calories? Again, I would not rely on the entries in MFP. They are notoriously high burns. I would…

My first check in! Name: Sharon Age: 51 Height: 5'7" Total weight lost: 27 lbs Time it took to lose: 6 years How long in maintenance: Since January 2019 Maintenance weight range: 163-165 Average weight recorded from 2018: ???? Not sure Average weight recorded from January:164 Average weight recorded from February: 164…

Get your calorie goal through MFP. Aim for 1lb fat loss per week. Get a good food scale ($10 on Amazon) and weigh and log your food. It's a lot of trial and error but you'll catch on quickly. Don't quit if you fall off the wagon. If you have a bad day, just get back to it the next day. Weigh yourself every day and get an…

Straight from the jar!!! I eat mine with a spoon. But I've also put cookie butter on a chocolate rice cake :D

Chicken Greek yogurt Cottage cheese Babybells Protein bars Cheese Nuts

I meal prepped for a while and hated it. It took up my whole Sunday and I dreaded it and resented it. So I stopped. And my life was much less stressful. And I've been successful in my health goals. So no need to meal prep if you truly don't like it. I do cook up a whole Crockpot of chicken breasts on Sunday and shred it…

You don't need a coach in Macros Inc. They are a very supportive group of people who will impart their knowledge for free. I've learned all I know about macros from them and have never had a coach. You can also use the macro breakdown that MFP gives you and adjust as needed

This is wrong. Experts do recommend weighing daily. Get an app like Libra or Happy Scale, weigh yourself daily and record it. Study your fluctuations so you can determine why you're fluctuating. You will see that weight is not a linear downward trend but jumps around. The app will show you that while your weight fluctuates…

I call BS. I can accurately eyeball serving sizes because I've been weighing my food for so long. This does not tell you how much the food weighs (like, seriously, how much ice cream was in that sundae?) and I found the calories way lower than reality

I weigh myself every day and if I see my weight slowly going up, I dial back on the calories until I'm back to my desired weight

Maintenance for me (and I've only been doing it since January) is the same as cutting. I still weigh and log my food. I still work out, I still weigh myself every single morning. I can just eat more calories.

Sounds like your dietitian has no idea what she's talking about. Why would she discourage you from weight training? The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn. How fast have you lost the weight? Losing fast can contribute to loose skin, whereas a slow, steady weightloss can eliminate some of the looseness. Are…

Welcome!

Don't expect overnight success. It will take a long, long time to lose the weight and a lifetime of keeping it off. But never, ever give up

Right here - 51

5 times a week. I want boulder shoulders and well rounded glutes so I get up at 5:30am and am in the gym by 6am following a progressive overload program. I love it. I live for my gym time.

Sounds like you want an easy fix. There is no easy fix. Whatever you decide to do--calorie counting, Weight Watchers, exercising--you'll have to commit to it and work at it. Losing weight is hard and it takes tons of commitment and dedication.

Good for you for finding your passion! Do a Google search of Diamond Dallas Yoga. He works with overweight people to help them with flexibility, yoga and weight loss. He starts people from ground zero and is amazingly motivational

A great fitness/nutrition coach gave me some advice that I follow. Multiply your weight by 10 or 12. If you multiply by 10 that is your cutting calories. Multiply by 12, you're still cutting, just doing it slower. I have to say it works perfectly for me. I weigh 165 and I lose 1 pound a week eating 1650 calories. Edited to…

It wasn't until I started weighing and tracking my food that my weight finally started moving. Weigh and track, it's the only way you'll learn exactly the value of your food and how much you should be eating. It's an eye opener, for sure.

I started with CICO and then moved to Macros. I tracked my protein, carbs and fat within CICO. But really, you don't need to do Macros unless you're worried about not getting enough protein or you are seriously weight lifting.

Thanks for posting this. I am 5'7" and 164 and would like to maintain. Glad to see a success story

Just an FYI, the calories burned that the gym equipment gives you is wildly wrong. There is really no good way to estimate calories burned. Also, there is no such thing as shocking your body by calorie cycling. Athletes will calorie cycle simply because they need more calories on training days, but I don't think this is…

Eat at a calorie deficit. Any diet out there is based on a calorie deficit. You'll need to find one that works for you. Lift weights. It will help you maintain what muscle you have while you're losing. Once you lose all the weight you want to, then you can eat in a surplus and lift weight to gain muscles. It's called cut…

I strongly recommend Strong Curves

Your weight it your weight--that includes, your organs, your bones, the meal you just ate and....water.

I would log it as 800 as well