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That's not quite how they work. If you set it up as 'lightly active' and your tracker notes that you did 10k steps then it'll adjust your calories to give you more as you've gone above 'lightly active'. If you have negative adjustments enabled the opposite is also true. If you're 'lightly active' and you've been sedentary…

Another vote for treadmill. My fitbit is rarely accurate for distance.

Eat it? Nothing bad will happen if you go over your protein for the day, so don't worry.

You've got both Mapmyfitness and Fitbit linked to MFP, is it possible you're getting your exercise calories logged twice on here and its overinflating how many you can eat back? I've only got one device linked to my account so I don't know how it works when you link two apps, how does MFP know which one to use?

If you're already using MFP for logging your food and are happy with it, I wouldn't change to using Fitbit's tracker. I've linked my fitbit to MFP and log all my food here. I think a lot of people do that because the database is a lot bigger on MFP. Also, I had a lot of recipes and frequently logged food all set up on here…

I've had a Fitbit Charge 2 for over 2 years now and its definitely been worth it for me. The data it gives me I find very useful and its relatively accurate for me, if I log my food properly I can be confident I will lose or maintain weight depending on my goal, all the 'calories burned' is done by the Fitbit and I don't…

I would use the food scale and keep it at 1650 to start with if that is what MFP gave you (assuming you put in all your details like activity level correctly). What you will most likely find when you start weighing your food is that you've been eating over 1650. Its really hard to accurately track if you've not been…

Ah, yes. Food scale first. You need to accurately know what you're logging. Things like cups are not accurate, weighing is.

You've been losing between 0.25-0.5lb a week since you started a just a few weeks ago. Well done! It's not a plateau at all. Did you start working out and increasing your activity a few weeks ago as well or have you been that active for a while? How often do you weigh? There are other factors that can influence weight…

@MostlyWater I think the OP is in the UK like myself. Even during the peak of our lockdown we were allowed out once a day for exercise. At the moment, lockdown has been relaxed to the point where there are technically no restrictions on how many times you leave your home a day.

Well done on your running! There's a huge number of factors that cause joint problems. It's certainly not proven that running is a high risk for joint problems later in life as far as I'm aware. In fact, being active can help reduce your chances of getting things like arthritis later in life. That said, running is high…

How often do you weigh? If its only once a month then there could be a lot of other factors involved (water retention for various reasons or time of the month, for example) and you might have lost more than you think. If so I'd wait a bit longer for the data to even out over time. If you weigh daily and look at your weight…

I'd echo the good advice above to weigh less often. Also, are you rewarding yourself for hitting 109.9 with food or are you so relieved to have gotten there because you're starving? If its the former then maybe try saying to yourself when you hit a mini goal you'll get your nails done or something else you enjoy that isn't…

Okay, I'm guessing that's also a calorie counter? I was going by what you had put in your post, and it looked like you were using MFP. How have you been logging on there? Do you weigh everything? Do you do a quick check to make sure the entries are accurate? (Some of the user submitted entries can be very inacurate) If…

You aren't consistently logging on MFP, many days are blank and a lot of your entries are cups or things like 4 teaspoons of mayo. Those measurements are not accurate at all. Based on that, it looks like you're probably eating more than you realise. Weigh and log everything for at least 3 weeks (that should account for any…

Looks like it's $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year? Type into google "9.99USD in AUD" (or 49.99) it'll give you a rough idea. I think you can get a 30 day free trial first too.

2lb a week is way too aggresive when you are so close to goal weight. It doesn't surprise me that you're hungry and binging at the weekend. Change your goal to 0.5lb a week. Yes, it will take you longer, but look at it this way, you'll actually get there and you won't binge at the weekend because you won't feel like you're…

@dewd2 Thanks for replying! I know I don't have to use bands but I don't have a gym membership. I do body weight exercises at home and just wanted to add some resistance now that I'm getting stronger. I have a couple of hand weights but you can't use them for every exercise. @sardelsa Thank you for your suggestions! Bret…

Slow down! I gurantee you are running too fast, almost all new runners do. And once you've slowed down, slow down some more because you will not be running as slow as you think you are. You may feel like you're barely running but that's ok. Distance first, speed will follow. I would also recommend a couch to 5k programme…

Enjoy! Strawberries and ice cream is my Wimbledon food too! I grow strawberries on my allotment and they taste soooo good! Sadly, I used the last of the ice cream watching Federer/Nadal and haven't been out to get some more so none for me today. :(

Oops, that should be 10% :D

Gradually increase your mileage and try to run 3 times a week instead of 2. Its sounds strange to run further when you actually want to run faster but it works! Just be careful about increasing too quickly as that can lead to injuries. I would focus on adding another 5k a week at first so you're running 5k 3x a week (so…

I always find measuring inches tough, its so slow going and difficult to make sure you're being accurate. Are you measuring by yourself or is someone helping you? Its pretty tough to make sure the tape measure is in the right place and level by yourself. How long have you been waiting between measurements? I find sometimes…

If you've increased your workouts then part of the gain will probably be water weight. 3lbs can be a normal weight varience for a lot of people, your weight isn't static, it varies depending on so many factors like how much sodium you've eaten or if its your time of the month. I'd ignore the number and keep on doing what…

I feel your pain! Almost the exact same thing happened to me just before my first half marathon last month. I came down with the cold from hell three weeks before and just couldn't run for nearly two weeks. I managed 11 miles the weekend before and learnt what muscles you pull when you cough while running! Not nice. If…

It sounds like a good starting point. Try it for several weeks and re-evaluate. I'm 5'5 and pretty active and I maintain on around 2100. What is your weekly loss set to? I only did 0.5lb a week at 140, it takes longer but I didn't feel deprived, it was sustainable and I was still able to fuel my workouts.

Thanks! I'm working on increasing my mileage, I'm up to 18mpw so 40mpw is really impressive to me! I've learnt my lesson the painful way about increasing slowly so I'm pretty careful to not go too quickly and I'm only adding on an extra 1-1.5 miles a week.

Sustainable over what distance? My parkrun PB is a 7.57 pace but my long distance pace (10k and over) is around 9.20. I found the best way to get my parkrun time down was to slowly increase overall weekly mileage and have one long slow run at the weekend.

I have a Charge 2 and also love it. The GPS isn't great but my phone isn't listed as a supported device so that might not be Fitbit's problem. I like that it automatically registers my morning bike commute and I find its pretty accurate for most things. Whether its worth buying depends on what you expect to get out of it.

Calories in vs calories out is the most important thing to focus on. If you're comfortable opening your diary then we could perhaps see if there's anything that's a red flag. And I second the question, are you weighing everything? Cup sizes and estimates are not enough. Macros can help with weight loss in that many people…