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Make sure your goals aren't too aggressive. How much do you want/need to lose? What did you enter into MFP as your weight loss goal per week?

Kellibee, Tortuga is a book I'd like to read soon. Glad to hear that it's good. I'm currently reading The Third Reich by Roberto Bolano. It's mysterious but I'm not sure yet where the story is going.

When you start losing weight, you first lose some glycogen. It's the quickest energy source for your body to use. When you reach maintenance and start to eat at that level, the body quickly replenishes the glycogen and that could be 2-5 lbs or so. It's not a real weight gain but an adjustment. You won't notice that weight…

Yes, MFP already calculates a calorie deficit so that you'll lose weight. These calories (your daily limit) will fuel your body to work as it should in a healthy manner. Exercise needs to be fueled and not take away from the fuel your body needs to work, so you have to eat more to fuel your exercise. The problem is to know…

As Ricky says, it's a matter of trial and error. Set your weight loss goal to something sustainable (many people start our aggressively and can't stick to it....1200 is sometimes very aggressive and unnecessary). In a month or so, check to see what your weekly average weight loss is. If its what you set as a weight loss…

You can do this on a budget. What are you doing now that makes this hard & expensive to you? With more information, perhaps we can help with alternatives that will work. As for support, you'll have plenty of it here.

I agree: eat what they do but portion things differently (you eat less high calorie items and more low calorie items, while they eat whatever combination they wish). I find the easiest meals to both prepare and individually potion out are the simple veggies, starch and protein combo. These are also the most calorie…

Thank you! That makes a lot more sense.

You haven't answered why you are trying to reach 2100 calories of exercise per day. That is very aggressive and would be hard to achieve.

It can be done. Don't give up. Weigh all your food and log it. You can do this!

It's a good idea to just eat normally for a week and log everything. It gives you a really good idea of how much you normally overeat (above maintenance) and gives you an idea of where you can make changes in your normal diet that will be sustainable for life. You can do this. Think of yesterday in this way: if you entered…

Well, if your Dr told you to eat 850 calories a day, I'd question him on that. You had a total of 23 lbs to lose? This is a very restrictive diet. If you don't have other medical considerations, put your stats into MFP and set a goal to lose 0.5 lb/week (recommended for approx. 10 lbs of weight to lose). MFP will give you…

Try here: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

Speed comes with time. Lots of time. In C25K (or any training program), you're job is to run slow. You need to give your body time to get in sync and strengthen. Right now your muscles may be able to go quicker but your tendons may not and if you push it, you will injure yourself. Keep slow and then slow down some more.…

You can add me. I'm a solid 5K runner. You'll bypass me one day as you make your way to 10K and beyond and you'll get my support in every step of the way. I also trained with C25K. It's a great program.

5'10" here.

You want to lose about 13 lbs. With that goal in mind, it's advisable to set your weight loss goal to 0.5 lb/week. At that rate, it's imperative to weigh your food because even a small miscalculation can negate your weight loss for the week. Even pre-measured foods are inaccurate if you rely on the packaging data. Try…

Your body uses a different amount of calories each day, which means that weight loss isn't linear. When cold, you use more calories heating your body, for example, so on a day when you feel cold you may "lose" more weight if you eat the same number of calories as every other day. On a day when you move less, such as a day…

When I was loosing my weight, I didn't tell anyone except my husband and I'm glad I didn't. Some reasons are: - It gave me the freedom to choose my foods without the possibility of judgement or perusal - weight loss isn't linear, so if I didn't lose for a week or two, only I knew (again, I wasn't judged in any way) - no…

MFP really got me thinking about and realizing the reality of "portion size" and how much I personally could eat in a day. That said, the hardest part is maintaining my weight since reaching my goal. I had learned how to portion my food over the day but slowly the rationales started ("one chocolate bar won't hurt; you're…

What do you mean by "have to eat dinner and dessert with family to look normal"? How much do you eat on a "good" (non-binging) day? Is your family worried about your eating habits? Should they be?

Every body is different. MFP will only give you an estimate of what the majority of people with your stats would require to reach their goals. Since you're already losing about 1 lb/week, why not just log your food for a few weeks to see what your personal calorie requirements are? That would be interesting information for…

No, I don't feel guilty. One of the goals, for me, is to learn to eat out and live a normal life while keeping to a normal weight. One meal won't make a difference but the awareness that that one meal is "indulgent" will keep you on track. Over the next week, add some extra exercise, eat a few lower cal meals, etc. to…

You have to find a way to make your plan sustainable for you to maintain it. Losing 1Kg per week is aggressive. Try starting with 0.25Kg/week to get used to logging and eating towards a goal. Then adjust it to the healthy and sustainable 0.5Kg/week goal and leave it there. When you get to within about 10 lbs of your goal,…

Calculating calories is an estimate, at best. You can always make changes as you go along. Choose a healthy weight loss goal (about 1 lb/week), and monitor your weight loss for 4-8 weeks. If the average weight loss is 1 lb/week, then your settings are correct for you. If you're losing too much weight on average, up your…

You're supposed to consume them all (at least get as close to 0 left over as possible). Your deficit to lose your weight loss goal is already calculated into that number, so you'll lose weight eating your entire calorie allotment. When you exercise, you will "earn" more calories. These calories are to fuel that workout.…

Yes but your body won't be getting the nutrients it needs for health. You also won't be able to eat a lot in terms of volume since junk is high in calories and therefore you might feel hungry through the day.

5 lbs in 13 days is a lot. It could be that you're hungry because you are undereating and your body needs more nutrients. A healthy weight loss is 1 lb/week; which means that you are 3 lbs ahead of schedule. That's a lot of calories to undereat. No wonder you are hungry. Perhaps recalculate your daily calorie allowance…

If you want to track your exercise minutes but not count the calories, you can manually change the calories burned to 1. Or you can not track your exercise minutes.

"Save" 100 calories each day, Mon-Fri (eat 100 calories below your limit). That gives you an extra 500 calories for the weekend. Exercise over the week and don't eat back the exercise calories; save the exercise calories for the weekend. (only eat back about half the calories you exercised, to be sure you're not…