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The wonderful thing about our bodies is that they naturally cleanse. You don't need to do anything at all, it just happens. Who would have thought. Eat at a deficit. Log and track your food. Actual food.

Name: Stephanie Age: 36 Height: 5'5" Start: 208.5lbs August Goal: 204 lbs Overall Goal: 150 lbs Weigh-ins: August 7th: August 14th: August 21st: August 28th: Weight -/+ this week: Weight -/+ this month: Successes / struggles this week: My husband is away at depot for 6 months and I'm alone for the first time, with our 10…

Not sure why everyone is picking on you and being rude, but in any case. It's easy to fit in 10 minutes of exercises here and there. Get some little hand held weights, use them while you study. Jog to and from classes and your horses stuff. Get up 30 minutes earlier or stay up 30 minutes later to do some heavier / more…

What everyone here is basically telling you - find what works for you and play around with it until it does. Eating 3 meals a day leaves me feeling hungry all the dang time. So I make sure to have 5-6 "meals" a day (within my calories). I eat when bored, so I've found projects and "things" to do to keep me occupied. I like…

Please feel free to add me :) My diary is open and honest and I have the same weight loss destination. We can do this!

Hello! Glad I found this thread, though I have seen a few others like it I haven't spoken up before. Right now I have my goal set to losing 95 pounds, but that will bring me just to 150, and I know I have to lose more than that in the long run. I didn't want such a huge daunting number to look at right away. I'm currently…

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Your body already cleanses. You just need to listen to ^

I don't have a free day or a cheat day etc. I'm also not on a diet, so there's no reason for me to have those types of days. I learned portion control, and moderation with my eating which has been way more important to me. Since I've started losing weight (6 months in and 37 pounds down so far) I don't crave the junk that…

1. Keep trying. 2. Weigh and measure everything. 3. Don't "diet" because when you go back to your 'regular' eating habits, your body will not be pleased. IIFYM 4. Don't be afraid of talking to everyone in your life (and strangers) about your healthy accomplishments. Over and over. You will be surprised how many others are…

Ottawa here as well ^.^

Be sure to check out your local farmers markets! Fruits and veggies that are in season and locally grown are often MUCH cheaper than what you would find in your typical grocery store. I found that since eating better I have to go to 3-4 different smaller stores to get everything I want at a reasonable price but it's…

I've had my fitbit one since April, and adore it. It even survived a trip through the washing machine and still works. When I set MFP to sedentary it still over estimated the number of calories I burned a day for my weight / height etc by about 100-200 calories, so I like knowing at a better estimate how many I've burned.…

Female 5"5 SW (march 25th 2013): 238 CW (today, July 30th 2013): 207 GW: 150 I eat between 1400-1600 calories a day, depending on how active I've been. Sedentary days are 1400 or so. I use a fitbit to monitor how active I am since I work from home, and allow it to adjust my calories here on MFP.

I don't delete for inactivity, who knows why they are away, or when they will return. However, I am not interested in people who are on fad diets, or eating an unhealthy or unreasonable method. I try to get to know MFP friends enough to know if they're on a doctor specific diet or some such, but I use these people to…

I got my fitbit one back in April, and absolutely love it. Since I have a pretty sedentary day-time life style MFP was over estimating how much I was burning, and I feel that this gives me a better estimate. It's a great motivator, and the sleep tracking aspect works really well to tell me how soundly I've slept. No…

You're not burning calories to lose weight. You're eating at a deficit to lose weight. You're exercising to not look horrible once the weight is off, and to try to keep some of your muscles from melting away during the process and to work on your metabolism. You need a calorie deficit of -500 from your maintenance to lose…

I do this, all of the time. I leave my diary open and I admit, I browse through what others eat and look at my list and some times it makes me laugh at how different we all are. I love it. I wouldn't leave comments about it because it`s none of my business what people put into their mouths (unless they ask my advice…

Thank you for reminding people about this. I've lost 25 pounds since March 18th. I eat healthy (1400-1500 calories on non exercise days, almost 1800-1900 on exercise days) and I don't deny myself food as long as it fits in my calorie intake for the day. I don't exercise nearly as much as I should yet, I'm hoping to move…

If you're eating as much as you should be (150 calories off isn't that bad), I would certainly get checked for your iron levels (and other vitamin deficiencies). I was feeling low energy, my hair started falling out, and all sorts of other smaller issues. Turns out I was borderline anemic, I've been taking iron supplements…

I'm terrified to go to the gym (I suffer from agoraphobia). I think if people are brave enough to go there, get stuff done, look great or don't look great, whatever, take a picture and share it with the whole goddamn world because you are amazing. As long as they're not purposely being rude or obnoxious (preventing you…

I would pay a small fee, if ads were removed. My health is worth it, I use this site every day, I appreciate the work that's been done, and even if it is a user generated food database I'm comfortable with it. I believe in donating and supporting these types of motivational tools. Someone took the time out to create it and…

I use my fitbit too, I go 500 under whatever fitbit has told me I've burned (and log any exercises there that fitbit may not recognize very well). Then I sync it here and log my food here through the day. MFP overestimated how 'lightly active' I was since I work from home, I prefer working with numbers that are at least a…

They're not so bad in smoothies ;)

Unless you have health related problems (or are maybe concerned about retaining water weight, though that does go away fairly easily), don't be over critical about your sodium intake.

Haven't you ever wondered when logging food why a large hard boiled egg has 78 calories, but a raw one has 70-72 or so?

This. MFP calculates your TDEE based on the exercise level you input and then averages it out as to what you should eat weekly if you INCLUDE your exercise. If you do NOT include your exercise when calculating your TDEE THEN you would eat them back. It's very simple. If your TDEE is calculated using your weekly exercise…

I personally love browsing food dairies because I like to see what has worked for people, and just natural curiosity (I leave mine open for the same reason). I read the forums, see someone post a success story, and think to myself "they're the same size and height as me! I wonder what they're doing!" - nothing rude though,…

In that case, no you would not eat back what you burn. It's calculated into the 1700 it gave you. 2200 is your average TDEE if you combine your non exercise days with your exercise days and average it out. 1700 same thing. For me it was just easier to eat more or less depending on what day it was. I eat 1500 on non workout…