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To open your diary got yo My Home> Settings> Diary Settings> and select public if you want everyone to be able to see it (you can chancge it any time). It's only been 2 weeks and you've lost 7 pounds so you're doing good. You probably lost taht darn water weight and now it's time to start on the dreaded fat. You can do it!…

Okay so your BMR is 1320 that's why it's giving you the 1200 calorie goal and if you're only slightly active your TDEE is about 1584. So at 1200 calories a day NET you're 384 under per day. Which means it would take a little over 9 days for you to lose a pound. I'm kinda in the same boat and it's kinda depressing that it…

Can you tell us your stats? height weight age ect? 1200 is a very common goal that MFP sets but if you don't have much to lose then less than a puond a week is a bout as fast as you are going to go.if your BMR is over 1200 then eating less for extended periods is not a good idea.

You are correct and I'm gald you realized that if you eat 1200 and exercise away 500 that you're left with only 700 abd that's just not enough for most adults on a regular basis. It does depend on height and weight of course but it's probably fair to say you could be eating more than that. Also your body has gotten used to…

I just got the Polar Ft4. It's great it tells you what your target zone is and tells you when you are in that zone and it calculates how many calories you burn. I got it online for lie $61 and I'm very happy with it.

Well I eat 1300 usually and eat back most exercise calories but feel free to browse my diary if you need ideas.

Okay well you need to up them a little especially if you don't eat back exercise calories. Your BMR was over 1400 when I ran it and that mean your body needs over 1400 to keep your vital organs running properly. It's all just math. To lose a pound you have to burn 3500 more calories than your eat but the closer you get to…

I don't know about thriving but when I cut carbs that drastically I'm a huge B**** so to spare my friends and co workers I will never go no carb. lol No one way of eating works for everyone you have to do what works for you so if you feel better eating some healthy carbs I say go for it.

Well what is your goal for calories each day? If it's 1200 constantly being under probably isn't good b/c there's almost no way your BMR is less than 1200. (I'm 5'1 133 pounds and mine is 1365). How far you are under makes a difference too. if' it's less than 100 calories then it's probably not a huge deal. In case you…

I think maybe your definition of "bulking up" is different than some of the prople that responded and that's fine. My definition of bulking up is visible muscles you can see like on those who body build and compete in fitness competitions. I do think that level is very hard to get to but maybe what you thinko f when you…

Oh, okay so I just didn't find a day with a protein shake and I did see a couple days where you were much closer than others to your protien goals. I do agree that cutting back on prepackaged and tracking sodium might help a little. I helped me. Okay so I did a quick BMR check guessing you were 6' and your BMR is 1891!…

You might start your own thread. But I went to the tools tab and put in your info and your BMR is 1445. You're not too far overweight so you might want to set a smaller deficit. if you set your goal to 1400 calories and eat that much and eat back at least some exercise cals it might work for you. It looks like 1200 isn't…

So just to clarify if you check his diary he is eating more like 2000+ he's just exercsiing a lot and netting 1450.

I'm no fitness brainiac but 1450 net calories for a guy who weighs 220 seems low. You have HRM so your calculated burn should be about right. How do you track food do you eyeball portions, use measuring cups or a scale? Edit: Looked at your diary it looks like most days you struggle to get all your protein in. Have you…

First, I love your Profile. Too funny. Here's what I say it's no big deal to go over or under by a few calories here or there. Some people do a cyale where they do high a few days low others to even out to a weekly deficit goal. One day at 600 over won't hurt you, but don't make it a habit. Also you only have 15 pounds to…

I'm 5'1 too about 133 right now and my BMR is 1365. But MFP gave me 1200 calories. i don't think it's doing large amounts of damage but I'm of the camp that thinks you really shouldn't make your goal well under your BMR. I set mine at 1300, b/c I figure I make up those 65 in underestimation here and there. I only had 10…

Hmmm well maybe open your diary to see if the experts have any other suggestions. What's your current height and weight? Did you calculate your BMR and TDEE where do your calorie goals fit into that? Maybe you just need to twaek your calories a little.

Yep cheese and eggs. Some good sources are greek yogurt, cottage cheese, edemame, eggs (and for quick snack I go with hard boiled) and cheese. Also when I'm way behind in my protein I go for smoothie with soy protien powder. I'm not a vegetarian I just don't always have time to cook a full meal especailly just for myself…

Sounds like you should be retaining less already. You might want to ask your doctor just to be sure. A couple th8ings I have heard that might not hurt: Drink green tea, drink lemon water, try a calcium supplement. Also if it's retention in muscles that are sore and trying to repair themselves I like a good epsum salt bath.

Who wants to bet her trainer suggests she lift some weights?

I do: 1/4 plain yogurt 1/4 vanilla soy milk 1 scoop soy protein powder vanilla 1/2 c frozen strawberries a handfull (whatever is in season) fresh berries so for now it's about 5 raspberries or balckberries crushed ice and a little water On heavy workout days when I have extra calories I add 1/2 to a whole banana. Also if…

What kind of exercise are you doing? Is it a lot more intense than before? I find that when my workouts are particylarly harsh my muscles retain water. I had a couple bad days last week too no where near 8,000 extra calories and have been up 2 pounds for about 5 days I'm finally back down to last weeks weight adn owuldn't…

The activity levels on MFP are for what you do normally. So if you work a desk job and never worked out before this, then sedentary is the right selection. Then you log each workout and eat back the exercise calories (or not some poeple don't but I like to eat most of mine.)

I would say yes. On all the charts I see the low for a 5'4" woman is 114, so according to that 105 or even 108 is underweight.

sure use measurements or a pair of target size jeans instead, maybe.

It's only 3 punds. Dont; beat your self up you've lost 21! That's awesome! Just dust yourself off and get back tot he healthy foods and it will come back off. No one is perfect everyone falls off the wagon (I know did last week too!). You CAN do it!

500-800 is TOO LOW! I know some will say starvation mode doesn't exsist but in this case your body probably feels like there's some sort of famine so every little morsle it gets ti's going to hold on to. I would suggest finding your TDEE and eating at the TDEE for 105 (maybe 100 cal less at first) and you will eventually…

I'd have to agree witht hose who say you aren;t eating enough there's no way 850 calories a day is above your BMR. If by some chance you did happen to drop those last 8 lbs this way as soon as yoy started to eat your maintenance amount of calories you'd probabaly gain again. You're so close maybe you need to figure out the…

I agree you don't have to stop but maybe step it down a notch. It's only 2 days till Monday so resting one for those 2 days won't hurt you and the other day just take a nice long walk. Not only will the less vigorous exercise fit your calorie budget better but it's a different kind of workout than your body is used to and…

I just got my Polar Ft4 this week. I think it's awesome! I didn't really know how much the machines in the gym and online calculators were over estimating my workouts. Today the elliptical said I burned 425 and it was actually more like 325...what if I ate back all my exercise calories faithfully every day? I'd be eating…