kellicci Member

I like to do this too. Sometimes even the night before! =)

I would go with lightly active.

I usually do. Word of advice tot he newbies. If you have a small amount of weight to lose eating them back is not counter-productive! However, make sure you are measuring all your food and only eat back all of them if you use a HRM if you're going by estimates on MFP or gym equipment only eat back half to 75%. When you…

Only problem is it's not actually open. =)

I have a fitness room so I often use the elliptical there but otherwise I also do walking (with my dog is always faster), stairs, push-ups, sit-ups, squats, burpees and and all that fun boot camp stuff. Every day I'm adding new actaivities I can do at home and when I need a good workout I pick 4-5 and mix and match them…

I work with a Zach Brown, everyone asks him where his band is. My best friend actually works with celebreities all the time. She does interviews with them them (think ET Access Holiwood etc), I always ask her how skinny those models really are.

The second one. Don't go below your BMR. That usually works at first but when your body decides it's done losing it's time to up your goals to be at or around your BMR and eat back exercise calories. That should still leave you a calorie deficit for the day b/c your TDEE even at sedentary is 1.2xBMR.

Not being a psychotic, way too young drama queen who was definitley not marraige material.

Sometimes a number on the sacle doen't look like you thought it would look on your body.Any time you reach one goal you can alwasy set another one (as long as it's healthy). A lot of people decide once they reacha scale goal to strive for a different kind of goal like lower body fat % or more muscle tone. The desicion is…

I agree with those who say get a lunch box/bag and a little ice pack. That way you can have yogurt, salads and cheese sticks. My norm when I don't want to bother with the microwave is greek yogurt with some granola or nuts, grapes, cheese stick, and maybe a sandwich. For snacks nuts a are a great choice or dried fruits.…

Do you mean for the recipe tab here? I always use the weight of the meat before cooking in the recipe and then after I cook it I adjust the number of servings to what I have cut it into. If I cut 10 equal peices I enter 10 as the number of servings and that seems to work.

My dairy is open. I eat around 1300 a day if I don't work out and 1600-1800 if I do.

Actually I took effexor over 10 years ago and for me it caused weight loss so it doesn't cause gain for everyone. If you need it for your overall health then please listen to your doctors and get on the meds you need...meds do different things to different people but it will help with your depreesion and anxiety. I think…

eta ^^^^yes listen to this guy he knows his stuff! Don't think of it as upping calories think of it as fueling your workouts. The extra calories are only to make those workous really work for you. I would suggest changing your macors a little and uping protein just a bit that will help you in your recompsition goals. Also…

Unless you ate over 14000 calories in those couple days then it's not fat that you gained so don't be to alarmed. Make sure you always weigh in at the same time of day and the same way. Most people do mornings before the shower. I always weigh 3-4 pounds more in the evening then in the morning. Then I always gain a little…

All these calculators are just estimates so it's always possible that they are a little off. That does seem to be quite a bit off though (at least from what seems to work for you). I have seen many say that men should not eat below 1600 calories a day and I have to agree 1300 sounds way to low. You've only got 25 pounds…

It's 100% up to you. If you can weigh in every day and not get discouraged by the ups and downs then go for it. if every little change inteh scale makes you completely nuts then weight once a week or even every other. Just make sure whenever you do make sure it's at the same time under similar circumstances. I weigh every…

If you don't like the up and down of eating back exercise calories you can always do the TDEE minus 20% method and eat that amount every day exercise day or rest day. Lots of people here do that and log exercise as 1 calorie just to keep track of it.

As you get closer toyour goal sometimes you have to lower your weekly goals and up your calories a little so for you upping to right around your BMR would be a good plan. Also don't eat back all of your exercise calories if you're just going by the mfp etimates thay can be as much as 50% off so unless you use a HRM only…

You need to keep in mind that weight loss is not linear. For most people it has dips and peaks. If you chart it out you'll see all sorts of ups and downs but with and overall downward slope. So don't get discouraged. If you find you gain a couple pounds after a cheat meal that's probably just water from the extra sodium…

If you've been at this for a year maybe you just need to shake things up a bit. Go up to maintenence or maybe a hundred under for a couple weeks to reset your metabolism then change your macros to slightly higher protein than what MFP starts you out at and yes by all means start some weights. Or even bodyweight exercises…

I didn't read all the posts but I think you have seen enough to knw that maybe toning is what you need. Go ahead and eat more and as much protein as you can fit in to help tone up. Don't be freaked out if you actually gain a couple pounds. When I started here I thought I wanted to be a certain weight now I'm 3 pounds…

I looked into buying a BodyMedia Fit. Not sure if it's waterproof. But it was my favorite of the one I always hear about. There's also a new one by Nike but I don't think it's waterproof enough for swimming.

Yep, lots of people do it this way. It will come off slower but you'll also be closer to your maintenance intake so when you move to maintenance you'll be ready for it. Congrats on getting so close to your goal. keep it up!

Seriosuly, someone please stop this! We don't need your personal diet plan in every topic. Thank you!

If you never really went to the gym before it's also possible your muscles are storing extra water and glycogen as they repair and try to prepare for the next workout. Don't be discouraged and remember if you burn more calories you do need to eat more. Sometimes extra protien helps muscles repair faster so maybe change…

I took a peek at your diary and the problem might be that 1200 is too low for you right now. At your current weight (and an average height b/c I guessed) you'd have a BMR of 1557. So you're not eating enough to fuel your body at 1200. I would suggest upping that to around 1500. and eat back your exercise calories all of…

Feel free to look through my dairy. I often eat at my desk and I too want to keep breakfast under 300 with drinking my coffee and I have to have creamer. I end up having instant oatmeal a lot but sometimes that's not enough protein. I don't know if you have access to a microwave or hot water from a coffee maker like I do…

I just ran your numbers through the BMR calculator and I knwo this is only and estimate but it says your BMR is 1411. That measn you're not eating quite enough. It probably worked at first but with the 30DS you need to fuel your body. So I suggest you up your calories to maybe 1400 (or even 1350 would probably be okay…

We need to now a little more about you to really be able to help. WHat is your curent weight, your goal weight, activity level, height, age. How much and what kind of exercise are you doing? Do you measure your food or just eye-ball it? It would also be good to see your diary 1200 calories of junk or processed foods isn't…