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@Hiawassee88 Those aren't MyFitnessPal classifications though although nicely detailed they also include exercise (for a TDEE calculation) whereas MFP specifically separates daily activity and exercise.

It's neiher available or relevant to us here in the UK as our food labelling regulations are net carbs, like the majority of the world.

I toally agree - it could be so much clearer with minimal effort by MFP. Things missing include: Not making it clear that activty setting on here excludes purposeful exercise (Hence the dozens of threads from newbys asking what their activity setting should be and listing their exercise routines!). Not making it clear that…

CICO is a simple expression of calorie balance, it's not a method or a tool. My weight trend gives me enough data to know if I'm in balance, gaining or losing over an extended period of time. Mindful eating is my method but that leverages CICO just as your eating style does. The bolded made me laugh a bit! I found my…

Don't create your own thing when you don't have the knowledge and experience to do it well. Have a look in the Must Read threads pinned to the top of this forum and you will find loads of off-the-shelf programs which would be much better to choose from. On the upside as a beginner just turning up and doing this mish-mash…

I skip breakfast because it's easy for me not because it "takes a lot of mental discipline".

All diets are macro diets so would be helpful if you expanded on what your particular macro diet looked/looks like? The range of healthy diets is massive and can have wildly different macro composition as long as certain essential nutrients are included. My version of calorie counting while keeping an eye on my macros was…

I'm sure you know that CICO and calorie counting are not the same thing. You managed your energy balance (CICO) via satiation and I (for a while) managed it via calorie counting. Regarding the bolded sentence - not everyone has the same root cause. My root cause was eating too much of a very healthy diet so calorie…

Stop using cups and spoons and just weigh everything, the calories are in relation to the weight and not the volume of items. If that doesn't change anything making your diary public would give people far more data to work with.

Yes I would suggest switching to Very Active setting. Being 60lbs overweight does mean picking 2lbs/week loss becomes far more reasonable as a start. For sustainability (which is more important than speed) rapid loss does make a hard job harder but it does sound you need the boost of seeing some tangible results after 4…

OP - it would be helpful if you told people about your situation for context. You could be highly trained with strong/ chunky abs waiting to be revealed, not trained at all with under-developed abs. You could be obese, you could be normal weight...... Remember you have abs already - everybody does, but most people aren't…

Yes - they aren't anything special to me though and were never a problem as regards weight control.

"The app tell me that my goal should be 2050 calories a day to average 2lbs a week." That statement needs unpicking a bit. The MFP app actually works out your weight maintenance calories for a day with no purposeful exercise outside of your daily normal activity. But with all those steps even picking the highest activity…

If you are on Strava there's a weekly challenge for MFP members - https://www.strava.com/clubs/179287 I'm a regular road bike rider and this year's big goal was hitting a PR for a century ride at the end of May - done!

Easily lightly active I would say. In reality it's your best guess of just one element of your overall calories needs and calorie estimating so after a period of weeks your weight trend will tell you if you need to adjust up/down/not at all.

I meant your non-exercise activity outside of work. In MFP terms activity and exercise are two separate things. e.g. Two people with the same working day could see one person sitting on the sofa all evening and weekend watching TV while the other is bouncing around the house and garden with DIY, heavy duty gardening,…

Apple watch - heart rate to calories relationship is massively variable and often not a good choice, sometimes a terrible choice! HR is very variable due to lots of factors (genetics, fitness level, heat, stress, hydration....). It's also going to be a gross calorie estimate so quite inflated for long duration exercise. I…

What are your goals? What kind of workouts appeal to you? Without knowing your goals and capabilities people can't give you personalised advice.

That struck a chord! I long ago realised that my default mode is steady weight gain and had to implement conscious controls whereas some other people (like my older brother...) seemed to have instinctive checks and balances. Some training suggestions but also random ramblings which might be of help. My maintenance is down…

@drtradecraft Search in the CARDIO portion of the exercise diary for "strength training" and you will get a research based (and METS based, not such a good idea!) calorie estimate but it's pretty modest and reasonable. Log the entire duration of your workout as rests between sets are assumed.

Definitely not sedentary. What does your activity look like outside of your working day as that counts too?

I followed the philosophy outlined in this post of setting minimum goals for protein and fat and regarding the remainder of my calorie allowance as being flexible to come from any of the three macros (but personally I thrive on a lot of carbs). As it happened the fat goal looked after itself so my macros became very simple…

"The Chimp Paradox" - Prof. Steve Peters. A fascinating read and Peters has worked with many elite athletes. It's your "chimp" that is shouting those negative thoughts and there are techniques to calm and box off your chimp.

"I guess my question is how long will it go up for?" Depends on what you do, if you keep making yourself more sore it will continue to go up. When the soreness tapers off the inflammation goes. Keep training when you are already sore will make it last longer (and also make your workouts suck....). "How much more will it go…

It's a crowd-sourced and global food database so there will be entries for dry, cooked, in cups and in grams. There will also be a lot of inaccurate or out of date entries so beware when picking. No point using a cup (volume) based entry and converting to grams (weight), just use a dry weight in grams as the calories are…

I think your conclusion sounds spot on. The BMI range is so wide to cater for many different body shapes and builds and determining where our personal best part of the range sits does take some reflection, especially if we have been overweight for a while. My initial goal weight also turned out to be too high and I…

Yes - waist / height ratio and carrying a lot of fat around the mid-section is a health risk factor. From the NHS: "Why waist size also matters Measuring your waist is a good way to check you're not carrying too much fat around your stomach, which can raise your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke. You can…

"What I still don’t understand is the second week. If weight loss is a science (as some say) of calories in/calories out, why did I not have a loss at all?" I've just come back from a long and hard bike ride and am 2lbs lighter than when I set off. Clearly I didn't burn 7,000 calories in a few hours so of course you would…

Yes. Start weight 198lbs, currently 166lbs. Was in an IT desk job when I lost weight but retired from full time work 5 years ago. I'm a high-volume exerciser (especially since retirement gave me a lot more time) but appearance isn't the driving force for that. Personally, I don't find weight maintenance particularly hard…

If it's any comfort it wasn't until middle age I came to realise that the only opinion that really mattered was my own. You are well ahead of the game in having these thoughts so young. Yes, as a young woman you are under more pressure "to conform" and it takes confidence or just a IDGAF what other people think attitude to…