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I'd call 3ish hours / week as lightly active, yeah. Most people aren't actually sedentary, really, so the sedentary setting tends to lowball for most people.

There is a lot of debate on this, as Robin said, mostly because calorie burns are estimated in MFP based on your height, weight and reported intensity. I have found that my burns in MFP are a little overestimated so if I were to eat back from an exercise I'd eat back 50-75% rather than the whole thing. I personally use a…

If you are running into a problem where you feel like you aren't satisfied until you are full-full, maybe try adding, like, a spinach salad on the side of your meals. A cup of spinach is, like, 10 calories or something (I'd have to look again, I don't remember exactly) and the amount of food may help you while you…

I'm 5'3" also and 125 is lower than my goal weight so you are golden there. It does, at this point, come down to body recomposition -- your figure may not be 100% the same as it was before but if you build muscle and lower your body fat percentage (strength exercising and eating plenty of protein will do this) you may even…

Heh, it's 95 degrees Fahrenheit out here this time of year so I haven't even begun to think about this, but it is a smart topic. It doesn't get quite this cold where I live (last year I think it hit 40 once) but this is something I'll have to think about this year because I recently started running. I figure I'll be ok in…

You can drop inches from exercising without losing actual weight - body recomposition will do it even if the scale doesn't move down (and may actually move up because muscle is more dense than fat). I'd say start with core strength exercises (you never know how much your abs can hurt from basically lying there until you do…

5'3 and 106... The healthy weight range for a 5'3" tall woman is 104-140. If you're looking for a certain body shape, perhaps it is time to look into strength training and eating more. Trying to lose 5 lbs off of 106 at 5'3" puts you squarely into "underweight" and those 5lbs will do nothing for body appearance. I don't…

I love mine as a motivational tool and I love the charts and stuff on the fitbit dashboard (and app). It works for me. ETA: I have a Zip, got it on sale at best buy a long time ago when I had some left over best buy rewards certificates that were close to expiration so I don't remember exactly what I paid, somewhere in the…

It really depends on what you LIKE to eat, too. We have a lot of poultry around here. I like to get boneless, skinless turkey breasts and roast it in the oven. It's around $10 or so for 3 or so lbs of meat. We buy loads of chicken - it's cheaper to buy the whole bird and roast it or cut it up yourself than it is to buy the…

Water retention is such a beast. Heh. Yeah, there are tons of factors that can cause weight fluctuations. Not to mention that weight loss isn't anywhere close to linear (as irritating as that can be). Lack of sleep and stress can be factors because they mess with body function and hormone regulation, yeah. I take it with a…

I'm doing C25K also, finished week 1 last night. I didn't think I could run either after multiple strains and sprains over the years (the most recent is just over a year old and I still have some balance issues on that side sometimes). It sounds to me like, aside from probably needing a new pair of running shoes, that…

(Kidding, kidding) No, you can't spot reduce but you can tone problem areas and while they may still be larger than other areas, they can still be nice and strong and as body fat percentage lowers, the Shape will be nicer.

I wouldn't call it a binge if you could quit if you wanted to but didn't because come on, it's Ben and Jerry's.

I would suggest looking into your TDEE numbers, eat at a small surplus and start lifting if you want more muscle mass. 115lbs at 5'9" is considered underweight so you can healthily gain a good 10lbs to be at the line between healthy and underweight and if most of that is muscle you'll stay looking really lean, may not even…

My mother and I to make some homemade energy / protein bars. She thought they were good, but we used some soy based protein in them and apparently I can't stand the taste of that stuff. Next time we'll use whey.

Best: "Don't think of it as a "diet" in the way that most people think of a "diet" - think of the other definition: the kind of food that a person, animal or community habitually eats. It is for life, not for a few months - otherwise it's a yo-yo." Worst: probably when I was talked into trying HCG. Good lord that was a bad…

Eating below BMR can cause issues more for people who have less body fat - it's hard enough to maintain muscle mass on a deficit anyway but if you have a lower BF% your body won't have much choice but to take from the muscles. Your body cares a whole lot less about your guns than it does about keeping your heart and brain…

Before I switched to more of a TDEE-20% method I struggled on rest days to reel in the calories. I like the TDEE method because my calorie allowance a little higher every day but I don't eat back exercise - so I have a larger number to work with every day. Do I go over sometimes? Sure, but not quite as often as I did on…

Are you talking about a centralized ache or an ache on one side or the other moreso than the center? Centralized - could be from not breathing efficiently, or it could be from a sore upper abdomen (since those muscles are used for posture and stabilization while running). One side or the other could be as benign as a…

I assume you're using a 1200 calorie diet plan, which is much easier to hit earlier in the day than a higher limit. There is nothing wrong with exercising to earn back some calories, sure. Depending on your burn (so your height / weight) you could probably earn a chicken breast and some veggies through walking an hour or…

Not a thing. I weigh right before my shower so I'm stripping anyway.

I'm in. I have a pact for 4 days / week but can easily bump it. I finished C25K Week 1 tonight, so I'll be doing that 3 days / week for sure and am going to start some "you are your own gym" stuff come Monday.

Start weight: original: 231.8 when I started in July Goal Weight: 191.5 (Christmas), 140 (first major before review) Lbs to Lose: 20 by Christmas, 71.5 ultimate 08/01: August 20 -- 211.5 (where I set my "by Christmas" goal) 09/05: 10/03: 11/07: 12/05: 12/26:<<<GOAL WEIGHT>>> 191.5 OR LESS! ;)

Yeah, you can overdo anything, whether it's a nutrient dense food like fruit or a nutrient poor food like donuts. If you don't run a calorie deficit, you won't lose weight so be sure to keep an eye on that at the end of the day. Some fruits can be have quite a few calories in relation to size, and most are quite high in…

The battle is won in the kitchen, but exercise will help you maintain most of your lean muscle mass and will help keep your body strong while you lose some of the extra weight. You don't HAVE to exercise to lose weight, though.

A calorie, at its basest level, is just the same as any other calorie (yeah, yeah, flame on). HOWEVER, it is much more conducive to a healthy body to consume the majority of your calories from nutrient rich sources (lean meats, veggies, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes, dairy and whole grains).

I would say a good 5-10lbs is water. The body can fluctuate up to 5lbs a day just based on water and/or food not eliminated from the body yet. Now, that said, if you have a LOT of weight to lose, it's more likely that more of that is actual fat loss than if you only have, say, 20lbs to lose.

I'm a little more concerned about the people around here immediately defending OP against her family when she started out saying that she wasn't as happy with her figure at this low body weight as she was before and that she stated that she's missed a period. Whether or not she's healthy at this weight (although missing…

There are days that you netted with a negative???? I think this may be why you're on a roller coaster. I would suggest not having a net in the negative. Ever. That should help keep you from feeling completely empty or ravenous in the evenings.

I used the TDEE calculator on IIFYM (website: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/ ) and got: Your BMR: 2452 Your TDEE if sedentary: 2942 Your TDEE if lightly active: 3371 I believe the teacher setting in MFP is close to "lightly active" so your estimated daily expenditure in MFP could easily be around 3400, making a 1000…