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I eat 5-6 meals per day, 3 of which are the traditional meals and the other 2-3 are snacks. My traditional meals range from 350-600 calories, and then the snacks are 150-300 calories. My net calorie goal is around 1400, and I do a bit of exercise 6 days per week to fit those 5-6 meals in at those calorie levels. I'm a big…

Are you eating back your exercise calories? Some/most/all?

Your heart rate would have come way down from 160-180 when walking. I consistently remain above 160 when running, but I drop into the 130s when walking fast uphill and dropping even further if the walk is easy. If it's not dropping down when walking, then I would suspect a malfunction with the HRM.

I ignore the sugar value as well. It's added sugars that matter, so you'd have to subtract off all of the okay sugars from fruits. Wish MFP would do this for us, but then it would need to add a category to each food item so that would probably be too complex. So just ignore it if the reason why it's "in the red" is because…

397 does sound off for your weight. Which HRM did you buy? With serious hills/mountains, I burn about 500 calories in 5 miles (run/walk). I'm about your size.

I'm doing 30DS right now. Completed day 9 this morning. Will be moving to Level 2 on Wednesday. Not noticing any changes, but I have been binging a bit and was already near maintenance. Hoping to get the binging under control, have been in control since yesterday. It's a start, right? I'm also doing 30-45 minutes on the…

Wow is it all females saying we are in this same place too? This is enlightening or maybe it's just coincidence?

I'm in this same place too. Lost 65 pounds and am playing around with 5 pounds for the past few months. Have not at all reduced my exercise, food is causing me all sorts of issues though. I was soooo determined before, nothing could break me. I am not even a sweets person, but boy do I want sweets now. Hoping that this…

So I've just now looked at your diary, and yeah you aren't eating properly if you want to lose weight. You are eating too many very high calorie things, which are not leaving you enough room to eat other things that would make you satisfied/full. I eat all day long, and I can do that because of what I am selecting. I pair…

The problem with tracking your sugar on here is that they aren't excluding the sugar in fruits and other things that are considered okay. It's the added sugar that's the problem.

Make sure your healthy meals are high in fiber and/or protein. That's what makes you full. You are probably eating healthy food that is low in these but high in other great things. You need the fiber and/or protein to stick with you longer.

Can't help until we see your diary.

What program is it? I did the HMR Diet last year, medically supervised for 12 weeks and then transitioned to phase 2 and quickly went into maintenance mode. I'm almost a year out now, still attending support meetings and learning from the dietitian, and haven't gained anything back. The key has been my exercise routine…

Is it hard because you are hungry or missing junk food?

Have a small piece of protein with each snack to help stay satisfied longer. Any time I have fruit or veggies as a snack, I always also have either 1 ounces of cheese, small portion of nuts, or Greek yogurt with it. There are other protein options, but those are my frequent choices. I was starving all day long before…

This is my goal too.

Thank you. The "Servings per Container" needs to be changed to reflect that there can be a huge variation, simply stating "Varies" would make me happy, lol. Mine is almost 3 times bigger! I'm going to savor this sweet potato at lunch. I love sweet potatoes!

Thank you! I'll start ignoring prepackaged produce labels too then. I too try to use the official entries as those others can be hilarious.

I'm talking about the food label on the potato itself, not what's in the MFP database.

I did weight it. It's about 350 grams/12.5 ounces.

I wish they'd fix the food label on this. I'll see how much it weighs when I cook it and will use the non-user submitted MFP's nutrition info for a sweet potato.

I have two Polar FT7s, one for at home and one for at work since I was working out at both locations and wanted to keep track. Well both stopped working after I had lost a lot of weight. I just didn't have enough fat where the chest straps goes. I have plenty of fat elsewhere, but I am skin and bones on my ribs. Polar had…

I am the same height as you and weigh about 100 pounds less. I burn about 600 calories in an hour of running (mine includes hills). I think you are way off on your calories burned estimates. I'm wearing a heart rate monitor. Are you?

You need to net at least 1200. Some say to net at least your BMR. You are probably in starvation mode at these numbers.

Not everything is in there. Add the missing ones and use a heart rate monitor to know how much you burned.

I'm very interested in a follow-up when you go back with an HRT on. I went to Pump It Up recently for a birthday party and played with my kids as well as other kids. It was super fun. I calculated it very low to be on the safe side. I think I put in 150 calories.

I've had hypothyroidism for about 20 years. I'm on 225 mcg per day of synthroid. They don't even make a dosage that high, so I have to take 2 112 mcg instead. So that puts me at 224 mcg per day, lol. Anyway, I've always had problems losing weight no matter how strict I was. I mean I could lose weight, but it was very…

I would NET 1688 to perhaps 1821.

Dinner is my big meal. I weigh 50 pounds less than my husband, but I eat more than he does at dinner. My dinners are healthy, but due to the quantity they range from 500-800 calories. I ensure that I have enough calories for my big dinner and even a snack later at night.

I looked through your journal. You need to eat more or maybe you aren't logging everything. Your body needs fuel (food), and it appears you aren't giving it enough.