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What if you gave yourself 1-2 days a week to eat at maintenance and eat at a deficit the other days? Could ease you into success with fewer days way over.

It works for me to pick the setting worded closest to “sedentary” then track my walks on my Apple watch. It syncs calories burned to MFP if you connect them in settings. Of course plenty of people will say it’s not an accurate read, you shouldn’t always eat back exercise calories, etc. Hasn’t been an issue for me. If it…

Weight loss is not linear because so many “things in our body” have weight. (Water, waste, etc). You will see little spikes and dips. As long as it keeps trending down, you’re great. This is perfectly normal. It doesn’t mean you gained fat. It means something else in your body that “has weight” is up a little. Don’t look…

I say this because it has helped me tremendously. I got to 128 then moved from 1350 calories to 1500 calories. This is just about 100 calories under what I thought my maintenance was. I ate at this level for a month and enjoyed being able to eat more. Then checked my weight again. I actually kept losing, so I am enjoying…

If it was me, I would eat at maintenance for a few months and practice staying the same size before jumping back in.

what if you don’t use a timer in MFP and just enter what you eat within the window you allow for yourself?

agree with all these people. eat at maintenance and lift.

nice account name.

no phone / computer two hours before bed and no looking at a screen when you wake up in the middle of the night

That’s tough. I have a tear in my hip that according to orthos is “probably not” causing some of my chronic pain. So we are leaving it alone. I had to learn with both PT and ortho input regarding what was strengthening vs worsening. In the end my ortho wanted PT to stop certain standard exercises and pivot to others. I…

Got it. What does your maintenance seem to be based on your tracking?

Have you met with a professional about this or is this more of a self diagnosis? I’m only asking because outside of a formal issue that needs professional help, our self talk is powerful. Instead of “I am addicted to sugar,” “I can have two squares of chocolate each day and appreciate it without having more.” I wouldn’t…

switch to digital food scale!

the first step is to get really good at logging everything you eat. without even aiming for a deficit. then, can you learn to eat at maintenance? then, can you eat in a deficit? no need to even add exercise right off the bat.

we can’t be all in with all the things all the time. maybe eating at maintenance is more realistic at times if what we need to prioritize is rest or work. maybe we’ve got anxiety about family and we need to spend time with them more than we need to be toting around a food scale. i think seasons are ok.

I’m curious what difference you think three pounds will make when you are already so small. Are you trying to get more visible abs?

Wait 4-6 weeks. It hasn’t been long enough.

Your body is made up of so much more than just fat. A 2lb increase could be food sitting in your intestines, could be a shift in the amount of water in your body, etc. Your preferred weight should be a RANGE (like 145-150), not a single number.

9 days isn't long enough. Follow the 4-6 week recommendation, then evaluate. Personally, I maintain around 1650 (42 female, 128 lb, 5 foot 5) but my muscle mass isn't that impressive. It's POSSIBLE that you would need to lower but it's way too soon to tell.

How are you estimating the number of calories you burn when you exercise? What tools are you using to weigh and measure your food so you know how many grams / ounces you are eating of eat item when you log it?

This doesn't sound sustainable to me because instead of learning how to eat a variety and become skilled at managing all your options, you're stuck in a very specific pattern and ultimately replacing meals with drinks. Why can't you change the beef to a little higher fat content for calories? Or add a bun? Why not half a…

Is there one day you can cook (like Sunday afternoons) then portion it into tupperwares for the week? Here’s what I mean: 1. shred a bunch of chicken breast in the slow cooker on sunday 2. make some rice on sunday 3. portion (weigh / measure) some into tupperwares. the the day you want to eat it, add a veggie you can make…

Are you actually gaining or did you stop losing weight? It’s unclear. How much have you lost and over what period of time? What has happened since the weight loss stalled — and over what period of time?

Not yet. Hasn’t been long enough for even this to happen! OP - carry on. Reassess in 4 more weeks

I agree with starting with ONE thing. Even if it’s just logging what you eat without trying to eat less.

When I really needed to cut, I ate before parties and said no thanks when I arrived. Didn’t take long to get used to. I didn’t always say I was trying to lose weight. A lot of times I’d say I was working on getting stronger for a goal a had (a specific hike, for example) so I was committing to a specific eating plan at…

Can you explain what you mean by "watching my calories"?

Find a PE or lifting coach at school!

The way that I feel when I'm consistently eating well and exercising is enough of a reward for me. I have more energy, I sleep more deeply, and I am just happier.

I love what Leitchi said about giving yourself permission to stop after 15. I've done that before (just one short video in front of the TV) but once that one is over, I feel fine and can add a walk or do another video.