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Last week over 7 days I lost 5.6lbs. It happens every so often, nothing much moving for a couple of weeks then woosh, a whole months worth in one go. Doesn't concern me as it doesn't happen every week - it's most likely hormone related anyway.

I'm a little way off now, but I've been wondering about this too. Having a plan helps me so I made one. My plan, go a few lbs below my goal and then slowly increase calories until loss stops. The few lbs gives me some wiggle room during the adjustment process if I overshoot a bit. Well done and good luck!

think about animals that live in cold climates - they have a layer of fat (blubber) to help them stay warm. They don't do well in warm places - zoos often have to cool them if it gets warmer than usual. I feel the cold a lot more now than I did last year and I used to suffer in the heat. not so much now.

Nope, not me. If I want a beer or an ice-cream I will go have one. Exercise is cycling to and from work not hours down the gym.

Cycling to work and back most days has done wonders for my cellulite.

I drink it all the time - it's not causing any issues with me. I gave it up early on to see if it helped. Started again after some months and there was absolutely no difference in my loss or the way I felt.

I find that if you edit something, it gets put on the bottom of the list when you search for it the next time. Usually it's an instant change.

Thanks - time does help though (I know it's a platitude but it is a true one). I've started putting things back together in my life now and the weight loss is a major part of that! :)

In my case, not sure what drug it was, but I had to give myself daily shots for the suppression phase, then add in another shot to stimulate - so, 2 shots a day until the HCG trigger. :( I lost the two I conceived from the 2 rounds with donor eggs, and one from my first IVF with my own eggs. It's a very difficult thing to…

I did 3 rounds of IVF with my own eggs and 2 rounds with donor eggs, starting at age 36. The first shot basically simulates menopause so be prepared for hot flushes (if you're anything like me). I wasn't trying to lose weight when I was doing IVF so I can't say whether it will help or hinder. You'll just have to play it by…

Try it out and see how it goes - see how you feel. Bear in mind the less you have to lose the slower the loss will generally be. Don't give up after a week! If you're starving and going over on calories anyway, then bumping things up a bit should help with that. It's often a mental issue -seeing all those red numbers and…

Oh, and at your weight and amount to lose, you should probably be aiming for around 0.5 lb/wk anyway. Finally, eat back your exercise calories!

ok - 7 days of your 20% from TDEE calculates out to 2849 calories - it takes ~3500 for 1 lb/wk loss. TDEE takes into account your activity level and very few people are actually sedentary - not even those with desk jobs. What is the TDEE that MFP calculates for you - not the calorie count, the calories burned you see under…

My ticker. I look at that and realise I've come too far to waste all that work.

I only really try to make sure I hit a reasonable protein level, watch the calories and try to keep salt down. The rest falls as it falls - if I go high on carbs one day, it's usually a lower fat day, and vice versa. Seems to be working for me..

I tend to eat afterwards - my exercise is currently cycling to work and home again. I eat breakfast when I arrive at work (no appetite when I first get up), lunch between and then have my dinner when I get home.

So SO happy mine are finally shrinking - hated having cartoon sized boobs but I lost everywhere but them until recently. Now they are shrinking to proportional size.

Is this what you are looking for? If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal. If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal, If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal, If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal, 

MFP will not allocate fewer than 1200 calories a day - whatever you choose to set your desired loss to. Obviously, by setting 2lb/wk loss you would need a deficit too great to maintain than minimum calorie goal. MFP does not take your projected exercise calories into account when setting this goal, so extra exercise will…

Same here - slow or no loss during most of the month. First 3-4 days of my bleed I lose around 4lbs (the whole months loss in one go really).

Snack smart - my goto snacks - baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, pickled beetroot - basically low calorie but tasty & filling.

It's generally right for me - I've been recording it for months now and cross checking. All depends on how I ate on the day - if I had a day where I go over then it gives a wrong (weight too high) 5 week result. On days where I'm on track it is giving me a reasonable 5 week loss value.

I have had it - cured it by never going barefoot, wearing shoes with good instep support (I have a high instep) and resting them on the worst days by not standing around too much. Used to be so bad I have been known to crawl on my knees to the bathroom in the morning. Losing weight has helped as sometimes if I stood around…

Do you have an item of clothing to aim to fit into? I have some things I kept from the weight I'm aiming for (and which almost fit now), and I kept one of my largest items to try on every so often as a reminder.

It gets easier as you go on - motivation for me now is looking at/trying on the one item I kept from my highest weight and seeing how far I've come.

Most likely water weight from glycogen refill of muscles. You need to give it more than a day or two - it will probably take 2-3 weeks to settle down.

There will be some other losses - blood volume for example will decrease with your size, body water content will also decrease with your size (even if the overall %age increases). Content of your digestive system will also vary. Unless you suffer from osteoporosis, your bone mass should not change over time. Brain - well…

I get mine at the moment by cycling in to work and back.

Brown means old blood - so it's not exiting as fast, often happens with lighter flow or towards the end of the period. Red is fresh and comes with heavier flow, usually at the start.

With a lot of weight to lose I am less strict with logging some stuff (milk in tea for example). I can afford to at the moment. Of course, as I get nearer goal, I will have less wiggle room so I'll have to be more strict.