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Just to point out...unless the doctor has told you not to squat, I would seriously consider giving it a try. I have bad knees too...it's very strange, but I tried to do bodyweight squats and they KILLED my knees. I gave up on trying squats for a very long time, then I decided to randomly give a proper squat (with a barbell…

just to point out that because you are within a healthy weight range, you should try to aim for a really small calorie deficit (200-300). 500 is a bit too aggressive for those only aiming to lose vanity pounds.

if you're actually burning that many calories through cycling you should be eating WAY more than 2000 calories. probably more like the 3000 mfp suggests. you will put yourself in starvation mode doing that (i learnt the hard way) lol.

defintely get into heavy lifting! squats and deadlifts are the way to go! i have MASSIVE hips - now 52 inch compared to a 33 inch waist! lol. when i first started to lose weight, my hips didnt even change except for about an inch or so, with 40 pounds down. after that, i lost about only 10 pounds, but started heavy lifting…

hey guys, thank you all so much for all the support and advice! i feel so much better now...if i hadn't of had these comments, i know i would have gave up and waited until i was smaller to weight lifted and ended up a big ball of fat :( lool. so everytime i doubt myself now i've got something to look at to keep pushing…

well i ALWAYS eat late at night and have lose 40 pounds in 3 months with no problem! i eat my dinner around 9pm...have a snack at about 1am and then go to bed. and2 days of the week i work til 12am so i eat when i get home then go straight to bed! never affected me in the slightest - i actually lose a few pounds the next…

well if there is one thing i know, you cannot go off weight to work out clothes sizing, even more so when you're tall. its all about muscle mass. for instance, i am a 5ft 11 female, and when i started out at over 350 pounds (im not sure how far over because my weight wouldnt register on scales :s), i was only wearing a UK…

you are probably not losing because you arent eating enough. 1200 calories is the lowest amount of calories that should be eaten, and that is for a very short, very small, sedentary woman. you most likely need to eat more. find your bmi and do not eat less than that

you need to eat to get your calories up to AT least 1200. it's not that you're literally going to starve - starvation mode is to do with slowing down your metabolism. so even if you are not hungry...try eating healthy fats that are high in calories like nuts, olive oil, peanut butter, avacodoes ect. these foods won't fill…

well the lowest amount of calories a male should eat is 1500...so u definitely need to eat at least some of the calories back! like suggested before, i would eat about 2/3 of them back, in case mfp has over-estimated calories burnt. that will leave you eating around 2000 calories, which seems like a good amount for an…

when you are near to goal weight, you need to start eating more. it is better to try lose about half a pound a week at that weight, so all that is needed is a 250 calorie deficit. so, if you are burning say 2000 calories a day, eat 1750. you need to do it slow and steady for the last few pounds or you will end up losing…

yup you got it :) good luck! i promise you the journey gets much easier when you realise you can actually eat a fair amount and still lose weight :)

if your bmr is 1317...you should really net that. 1200 is the amount a very short, small framed elderly woman would need to be healthy. i know a lot of people are stuck on jumping straight into 1200 for some reason...but imagine, everyone reaches a plateau at some point, and to get over this...you may have to drop your…

noooo...1200 is the bare minimum number of net calories you should eat a day. net calories means food intake - calories burnt from exercise. so if you really want to force yourself to eat as low as 1200 calories...on days where you work out, you MUST eat back the calories you burnt, otherwise you will end up going into…

yes you're correct :) your net cals must be AT LEAST 1200 :)

actually what i said is correct...even an adult female of 4 ft 11, weighing 90 pounds has a bmr of over 1200 (around 1250 to be precise). whereas a 70 year old of the same stats has a bmr of 999. we all know you are not supposed to eat under your bmr...so please tell me, what is wrong with that statement exactly? lol

yes that is correct....but that is the BARE MINIMUM anyone should eat (say a very short, small, elderly female). ideally, you should use a bmr calculator on google to calculate your bmr and eat this amount, plus any calories you burn in exercise.

^^ i second this

you need to eat more food! your ruining your metabolism eating like this. 1200 is supposed to be the bare minimum number of NET calories, not the amount of food you eat. so the calories you eat, minus calories you burn doing exercise should equal at least 1200 (which is still not enough really). so if you're set on a 1200…

you need to understand that it is supposed to be 1200 calories that is the bare minimum NET calories, not how much you eat. so if you are exercising at all, you must eat back your exercise calories, otherwise you will fall below 1200 and ruin your metabolism. also, like everyones saying, at your weight, you will most…

i'm sure its your net calories that are supposed to be nothing less than 1200...so if you eat 1500 don't start doin more exercise because then you will just have to eat more again lol

when you have lost a lot of weight, you end up needing to eat more to lose weight (strange I know) lol. so look into raising your calories and that should get you over the plateau. Its because as you get closer to goal, you should decrease the calorie deficit you have daily, as large deficits only really work well when…

hi hun...since your not overweight or anything, you just seriously need to take this slow! don't have a high deficit at all, then you will lose the weight and tone up nicely at the same time. If i was you, I would aim to have a daily calorie deficit of about -250 (aim to lose half a pound a week). Your metabolism should…

ps, don't weigh yourself the day after a cheat day if it involves a meal with lots of sodium. i did this once and nearly died when i found a 5 pound increase lol. but that had gone with an extra 2 pound the next day after a serious amount of water lol

i have a cheat day every sunday...but i eat my maintenance calories, (around 2600). that means i don't undo any of the hardwork i have put in during that week :) and i do always seem to drop weight the next day, so it seems like it does give your metabolism a kick-start :)

using the calculator i have always used, classing you as lightly active, you should be able to maintain on 1849 calories. but like suggested before, slowly work your way up to this amount and see what happens to your weight :) dw....you will not easily put on a lot of actual fat weight, if you do gain, it will just be…