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A lot of gyms and similar places practice these discriminatory practices. There is a posted price, but, thin people pay less than the posted price. http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/confessions-gym-paying-pound-17852716

I'm pretty lazy, I eat a lot of convenience foods like breaded frozen chicken. However, I do also eat a lot of steam in the bag veggies. 10 servings of fruit and veggies is about 28 ounces of fruit and vegetables per day. I can't do that everyday, but, at least 10 days of the month I try to hit a full 10 servings of fruit…

Careful with anything more than 2 lbs. I mean, the first few weeks you are going to lose more than 2 lbs, but, after that you really don't want to lose more than 2 lbs a week. I made myself very sick like that a few years ago. I was nauseous everyday for almost a year after that. The only bad lab result my doctor could…

You do not want to do 3 lbs a week. 3 lbs a week is awful and is a great way to fall into a pattern of starve and binge. The most anyone should attempt is 2 lbs per week, which is a 1000 calorie deficit. The only way to go higher than that is if you are seeing a doctor who specializes in treating patients who are doing low…

I'm 5' 6" tall, walk between 12k-15k steps per day and eat around 2300 calories per day to lose at a rate that indicates a 750 calorie deficit everyday. I shudder to think how big my deficit was when I was trying to eat like 1400 calories per day. I'm set to active with a deficit of 1000 calories which ends up being 750…

If you don't want to get an activity tracker, you can always pick up a cheap Omron or other similar pedometer for around $5-$10. If you get more than 10,000 steps everyday, than you are probably safe going with the active setting. If you are logging everything and are not losing weight after a month at the active setting,…

Are you using an activity tracker like a fitbit? Then I would set to sedentary and import your activity tracker data. If you are doing something old school like a pedometer, then, I would go ahead and set it to active and see what happens. Use a site like trendweight and weigh regularly and then you'll see what your actual…

I find a room to go walk in place when I can. I work in a library, every once in awhile one of the community rooms isn't in use and I can walk back and forth in it. When I get home from work it's already dark, so, I run around in my livingroom in front of the tv. I'm wondering how long it will take me to wear down through…

Name: Jennifer Age: 34 Height: 5' 5" SW: 243.6 overall start weight. My weight on April 19th was 236.4 GW: Overall 140-145 For this challenge I'm just going to stay on target everyday and it is what it is. :) I'm betting that it will be right around 14.3 lbs though, so a finishing weight of 222.1. April 26: 237.8 (12th…

My goal this week is just to stay below maintenance. I had a crap day where I ate bagel sandwiches that shouldn't have been a big deal, but, ended up having 1000 calories each in them (made by a family member that doesn't understand how calories work). That was Sunday. Worst of it, I finished the day still hungry because…

See, I didn't read the label.. lol It just tasted just like aspartame so I assumed it was. I didn't like Stevia when I tried it either, it was more bitter than sweet. I suppose the correct word was bitter. I wonder if it's the same taste receptor that let you taste bitter in Stevia as the ones that let you taste it in…

If you mean the number the arrow is pointing at, then yes. However, some caveats, activity trackers are not accurate for everyone and can be off quite a bit for some people. I log everything I eat and weigh in daily and log all my weights into a site called Trendweight. After a few weeks, it tells you what your actual…

What if you tried for an even smaller deficit? Something you know you could do for a month? Because, if you could do it for a month, then you could use a site like trendweight to help you figure out what your actual TDEE is. You can use all the calculators you want, people vary. Even people of the same age, weight, height…

I have a fitbit Blaze and I eat back the calorie adjustment it gives me. I'm currently eating at a 1000 calorie deficit according to the fitbit data and logging. For me that is around a 750 calorie actual deficit according to results on the scale. It is very consistent for me, so even though it is not exact, it is…

I meant like walking up stairs or uphill. I get more calories for a hilly walk. Hills = changes in elevation.

I also had the Eatsmart precision and it worked great the first 3 year I had it and recently started doing the same thing yours is doing. I tried changing the batteries and recalibrating it, but, nothing worked. I bought a Weight Guru bluetooth scale and really like it so far. With the weight guru app on your phone you can…

What are your myfitnesspal activity settings? If you are wearing your fitbit all the time and using the calories from that, then your MFP settings should be sedentary. If you've picked something else, like lightly active or active, then you aren't going to always get an accurate number. Also, higher heart rate during those…

Set it to sedentary for the best results. 7000 steps is lightly active. Since you have it set at lightly active, getting 7000 steps is just getting what you already told MFP you were getting when you set it at lightly active. You know what I mean? If you had it set at active, you wouldn't get any calories until at least…

Possibly. HOWEVER, I would say that you might have something in your regular diet which has an inaccurate nutritional label. I was buying this frozen breaded chicken and it was not the calories it said it was. When I switched to another brand my weight loss was a lot closer to where it should have been. If you've got some…

People intentionally misunderstand for the purpose of arguing and feeling superior. Is she smaller than you or was she the same size as you before you started losing weight? When I lost the weight years ago, I lost most of my friends. For many of them, I was that fat friend they hauled around to make themselves look better…

I was browsing the frozen section the other day and Nestle Drumsticks has something called "Lil Drums" they are the same ice cream, chocolate and cone, but, just in a cute little tiny ice cream cone size. :) Anyways, vanilla is 110 calories, chocolate is 120 calories. They taste just like the originals, they are just…

Everyone loses weight differently, there is a good chance you will never agree with how a single family member or friend loses weight. My mom and I have been at odds as far back as I can remember about weight loss. We don't live in the same home anymore, but, weight is always going to be one of those things. She's one of…

There are a bunch of things that could be at play here. If you are only weighing weekly, are you weighing the day after your weight training? I really only experienced fluid retention the day after and usually just leg day. I don't know what it is about leg day, but, they sure like to hold water for a day or so after.…

This too.. I used to call people skinny, but, I always meant it as a compliment, as in 'you're gorgeous, you're so skinny,'. I didn't realize it wasn't a compliment. I really had no idea that some people really struggle to gain weight or are self conscious about being thin. I was fantastically envious of my gorgeous skinny…

Yup, the number MFP was telling me to eat is a dangerous number for me too. The number MFP tells me to eat is almost a 2000 daily calorie deficit. You'll know though, especially if you use a site like trendweight. It will tell you what your actual deficit was based on your results on the scale and then you can tweak it as…

I use a fitness tracker for this reason. My activity is pretty inconsistent. I have a couple days where I barely clear 10,000 steps and then other days where I've walked 12 miles. I'm eating around 2000 calories per day which for me has worked out to be around a 759 calorie daily deficit. If you don't already have an…

But, they already know. Sometimes when you are out in public, you have to try to forget that you are overweight or obese to make it through their day. Man, when I regained 100 lbs back in 2008, I couldn't even go in a grocery store. I didn't leave the house for months. My husband would make me come along in the car and I…

LOL.. Seriously? Dear god, nobody thinks it's okay to be obese. Sure, we have this whole fat acceptance thing going on, but, deep down everyone knows it's not okay to be obese. Obese people earn less. Obese people are less likely to get promotions regardless of accomplishments. Obese people have trouble reproducing…

I think that most fat people already know they are fat. But, you still have to get out there and live life no matter how big you are. You don't know what someone had to tell themselves to get out the door that morning. The problem with fat shaming is that unless you really know the person, you don't know if that 230 lb…