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I was 6'-1", 338 lbs. Probably ate 4000 - 6000 cal/day or likely more. Ate out every meal 4-5 times/ day. Breakfast burrito every morning. Plus frequent visits to a random Taco _____ fast food joint, Whataburger, or other fast food burger. Always double meat/ cheese and the largest size combo. 6-12 sodas a day and very…

I agree that the activity level descriptions are vague. If you want to have a realistic idea of how many calories you are burning I would suggest something like the Bodymedia Fit. You say you have purchased an HRM and you may be able to get the same kind of information from it, but I haven't used one so I'm not positive.…

Newborn calf and a rack of baby back ribs .... and still more to go :O

Some people eat back exercise calories and some do not. Really it's up to you, but the reason your calorie remaining changes is because the goal is to maintain a consistent calorie deficit for controlled weight loss. For instance MFP has calculated my Calories Burned from normal daily activity as 2840 cal/ day (based on my…

I'm spending significantly less than when I was eating out (fast food or restaurants) at almost every meal. Of course I'm eating significantly less food as well.

Yep, I weigh myself everyday that I am in town (meaning only on my own bathroom scale). Some days it's down, some days up and some days the same. After 6 months of dieting if I look at a graph of my daily weight I count 12 increases of more than just a few tenths, but in the end the overall trend is down and that's what…

I used to hate going to the Dr. for checkups because I would get the you are too fat talk and she would send me home with these pamphlets describing proper diet and exercise at every visit. The biggest surprise so far was how much she praised me the last time I went in for a checkup. She was really happy for me and excited…

1. I would also suggest focusing on one problem at a time and moving on to the next when you feel like you have a handle on the first one. Trying to change everything at once tends to overwhealm me. For instance, when I started I changed my diet almost completely and it took some time to get a handle on it. I spent 1-1.5…

Fuller's London Porter, Guinness, or Murphy's Irish Stout. Love them all.

I keep mine on a hard level surface and never move it which is part of the reason I'm worried about the accuracy. If the scale is stable I feel like it should be giving more consistent readings. As far as reading my true weight I'm not as worried about that I just want to know that I'm headed in the right direction. I had…