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I'm sure you'd be surprised if you looked at all the nice, normal, older people around you and found out how many of them had self esteem issues when they were younger. I don't know... I think it's something just about everyone goes through at one time or another. I know I had my time, especially when I was around 18-19 I…

My two cents -- there are a huge variety of workout videos on Youtube. If budget is a concern, you could always try some stuff out this way. If anything, it could help figure out what you enjoy and assist you in making better dvd purchases (or it might be enough without you having to spend anything). Many of the intense…

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/804985-this-is-how-hard-it-is-to-reach-1200-calories Eating enough is not a challenge. Healthy proteins and fats, with the occasional splurging (you could totally eat chocolate in moderation), will get you to your calorie goals easily. 1200 calories is not enough for the amount of…

How do you have MFP set up? To lose 1 pound a week? .5? 2? Let's assume you have it set to 1 pound a week. Here's the thing - if you MEET your calorie goal, then you're set to lose (roughly) that pound per week. So, two things: being UNDER your goal means you're trying to lose more weight than that pound/week, which can…

Yep yep! Since you set yourself as "sedentary," you need to account for the exercise calories as extra. If you'd set yourself as "lightly active" or "moderately active" or whatever, those exercise calories would be accounted for in your daily total (i.e., it'd be higher than 1410) And I do what you're talking about -- if I…

Sounds like you have things figured out - just about everything I read sounded correct :) Whether or not you should eat the calories you burn exercising is probably the single-most debated topic on here. Some people want the "extra" weight loss they think they can get from not eating them back, other people think that not…

Wow, that's incredible progress already :) Hopefully you've developed some healthy habits getting this far, I'd say just trust yourself and know that you can do it. Everybody has their freak-out days, you just have to get past them. No worries. 1400 calories may be a bit on the low side given your stats? Just know that as…

That original post was exhausting! :) I think you're obsessing with your day-to-day weight too much, and doing way too much yoyoing around. There's a difference between IF-ing with a plan and being so all over the place and inconsistent. Yeah, I'd say take it back to basics. Pick something, do it for a month or two,…

Oh, and I would add that I think a small amount of cardio is good for anybody, especially HIIT-type stuff, but excessive cardio seems kind of pointless? I also think the lighter weights/more reps idea is BS. And I think how you spread out your calories over the day is mostly a preference - do what keeps you happy. I'd be…

You have too many opinions and you come here looking for more? ;) I don't know, I see a couple things from what you wrote. One, your weight is already kind of at the low end for a guy? I wouldn't really be concerned with losing any more Two, those body fat machines are notoriously unreliable. I'd pay much more attention to…

If you're not lying on your diary, you are NOT overeating. You're fueling your body to help with the crazy amount of exercise you're doing. In fact, I see many more days where you're UNDER your calorie goal than where you're over it. I think you have to recognize that when you work out a ton, you have to eat! You're…

You can probably get away with this, so long as it averages out, but I would be very wary of starving yourself one day just so you can binge the next. I think there's an obvious difference between planning out your week to eat lighter on some days and heavier on others, while still eating fairly healthy (if you look around…

Looking at your diary, I see two things pretty quickly. You almost never eat all your calories (you're supposed to lose weight by eating to that goal, not significantly under it), and you never get all your protein. Pretty sure if you worked on those two things, you'd be fuller. Plus, do you have MFP set to just lose .5…

Great advice :) Lift weights! Strength train! Your body will thank you

Your weight is already well within normal for your height First off, with so little to lose, it should really be set to .5 lbs/week. I can guarantee you won't see 1.5/week (for more than maybe a week or two, if you're lucky), regardless of your regiment Second, you should probably be much more concerned about your body fat…

Are you actually looking to lose weight? You're already at a healthy weight. Something to keep in mind -- is it pounds that you're interested in, or just the way your body looks? If it was me, I'd be much more concerned with losing fat/gaining muscle and much less with what the scale says. Maybe that's not what you're…

There are a million websites that'll do it for you, but I like this: http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/ But in reality, all you can do is take a number from a website, eat at it for a few weeks, and see what your body does. Adjust accordingly. I'm 5'6", started at 150 pounds, and have lost about 7 eating 1600-1700 on…

Not sure if this helps, but you could put in the numbers for your goal weight, and see what the BMR/TDEE are for that. As weight decreases, the BMR/TDEE numbers also decrease. So while your BMR may be around 2100 now, it gets a bit smaller as you get smaller. So maybe you're eating the right amount of calories for the…

2 pounds a week is an enormous success! I know everyone always wants to see their weight loss immediately, but you have to understand that you're exactly where you should be. Most of those people doing "weird diet stuff" do not maintain their weight loss because they're not developing a healthy lifestyle. That's not what…

I hope you get immense satisfaction knowing that you made all this progress through your own will and fortitude, and not through some medical procedure. I'm sure you had lots of support, but YOU DID THIS. I wish you continued success towards your goals :)

I'm sure if you keep doing what you've been doing you'll be fine Congrats on reaching your goal! That's awesome :)

Weight is the easiest measurement to take, but it's not the whole story. As a 5'6" woman, it's entirely possible for me to be a 140-pound size 10 weakling or a 140-pound size 4/6 beast. It's all about how much lean body mass you have. If you google "why the scale doesn't matter" you can see a lot of stories about how…

I wouldn't worry at all about the fruit, but if you start to have problems reaching your goals maybe reconsider more of the grains? Anyways, as long as you're still losing and moving in the right direction, who cares? :)

I started out at 150 pounds, and I'm 5'6". I've lost about 6-7 pounds over the past couple months eating 1600 calories on days when I'm not exercising, more calories when I do. Maybe you're starving because you need to eat more :) My typical advice is to add about 200 calories, give it a few weeks, see how you feel. Maybe…

I can "gain" (or lose!) 3 pounds from one day to the next, more over the course of a week, just because of water retention / too much sodium / alcohol / whatever. You've got to look at the long term trends in your weight, and not get hung up on a single week. If your endurance is improving I'm sure you're doing awesome!…

What I'm hearing is that you were losing weight at around 3000 calories, but you thought it wasn't fast enough. So you ate less, but now you feel like that's not enough calories. Soooooo... perhaps you should just be happy with your previous rate of weight loss? Or go back to the higher number of calories but increase your…

This is what I do, because I'd be miserable otherwise. I started out at 1300 calories and was a grumpy pain in the... you get the idea :) I eat around 1700 now on days I don't exercise, more when I do Your weight loss might be slower if you're eating closer to maintenance, but I think the loss will be easier to maintain in…

At this point, you're ready to slow/stop losing weight. If you're losing weight with your current calorie/exercise combo, I think it's obvious that you need to eat a little more (or exercise less, but I think eating more is the better option) :) Keep in mind that your BMR is the bare minimum of what your body needs to…

Facing crazy temptation and only giving in to have 2 cookies is a success, I would think. 2 cookies, I don't care how sugary they are, will barely set back a single day's worth of work. Be glad you enjoyed a treat in moderation and keep it up :) Never giving in to the awesome foods in life is only going to make you…

You could choose to go by measurements, or just how your clothing fits, and throw away the scale :) This ingrained idea that you have to weigh yourself all the time can be an little masochistic, I think