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That’s definitely interesting. My Fitbit and AW were only 87 calories apart yesterday (AW was lower than Fitbit). They never seem to be more than 100 calories apart. Sometimes AW is higher and other times it’s Fitbit, but the numbers are pretty darn close for me.

Still sounds like a VLCD which is against the rules to promote/talk about here. You don’t mention dietary fat, but keep in mind some minerals/vitamins cannot be absorbed by the body without it.

After awhile they would probably start to feel extremely fatigued and have a hard time keeping to the routine. They also might be more irritable than normal and lash out at family/friends/coworkers (hangry). The rapid loss could also cause them to get gallstones. They could also end up losing lots of lean body mass and…

18k steps is above active Sedentary = less than 5000 Low Active = 5000 - 7499 Somewhat Active = 7500 - 9999 Active = 10000 Highly Active = 12,500 or more MFP’s Sedentary is about 3-5k steps. Lightly active is about 5-9k steps. That said it’s only been 2 weeks. Have patience. You want to give it 4-6 weeks as our monthly…

I recently switched from Fitbit to Apple Watch Series 4. The calories burned total is actually pretty close between the two. Over the years Fitbit models with HRMs have been accurate enough for me to lose/maintain/gain as expected based on the calorie burn (even with roughly 200 unlogged calories a day). The only thing I…

I wouldn’t log it. Your Fitbit adjustment will include the calories you burned during that run.

I have to continue logging. When I reached my goal in 2016 I had lost 140lbs. Due to a combination of not logging and a BCP that made me feel ravenous all the time I started 2018 23lbs heavier than 2016. So my conclusion is that I am horrible at eyeballing and will have to continue to log food 95% of the time to keep it…

Do you track your drinking? 1.5 oz of Vodka is about 97 calories https://www.rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/Tools/Calculators/Calorie-Calculator.aspx So if you are drinking, but not keeping track you could easily undo a deficit. Than you have to consider any food choices you make if you get drunk that you may not have…

It’s really up to you. You could also do body recomposition if you are unhappy with your current body composition. I think you look great. That said I am also aiming to get to around 120 or at least until my clothes fit again. I’m just a tad shorter than you and I am starting to be able to wear some of my size 4’s again at…

I haven’t read all the posts, but OP the National Institute of Health recommends only losing 10% body weight over 6 months for sustainable weight loss. So for example, I am only looking at 2.2lbs per month loss which is around 0.5lb per week. That said there are also recommendations like a max of 1% body weight loss per…

It’s personal preference. I weigh daily, but watch my overall trend. This helps me see exactly what is happening. Like this: My sudden weight drop is from stopping exercise. I had Nexplanon put in and was told not to exercise until it’s fully healed.

You don’t have to log any exercise tracked by on MFP. Your adjustment is a calorie burn comparison between what MFP thought you would burn and what Fitbit tracked your burn to be. Your current adjustment is saying that even though you burned 191 calories on your walk you are only on track to burning an additional 112…

With Scooby’s calculator make sure you are changing the formula used. Not all formulas use BF% in the calculation. Katch-McArdle and Cunningham use the amount of lean mass you have in the calculation. The other 2 formulas do not. edit: Just ran both using the Katch formula and the result: Scooby: 2218 Calculator.net : 2214…

Increased food intake will show on the scale for a bit. So if I understand correctly you were losing 3.7lbs per week. If so that means you had approximately a 1,850 calorie deficit per day. So add 1850 to what you were eating before and you will have your approximate TDEE. How close are you to eating that number of…

You know the best way to figure out if it’s right for you is to try it for a few weeks and see what happens. It’s highly possible that’s right for you. For example, I eat on average 2000 calories for weight loss and I’m not near as tall or active as you (plus I’m a woman and weigh 120lbs less than you).

The Omron is using BIA which isn’t known for its accuracy.

What are you using to measure your body fat?

Try a couple 100 step count tests (that’s what Fitbit CS asks you to do when you think their device is missing steps). Manually count 100 steps and then check to see if both devices step count increased by 100. I’ve owned both a bunch of Fitbit models and tried a Samsung Gear S2 at one point. Both reported similar step…

With only 7lbs to go 0.5lb per week loss would be better. How much weight did you lose in January?

You say eating well, but what exactly do you mean by that? Is it possible that you had to large of a deficit? (Which can result in feeling lethargic) If I don’t eat enough I feel lethargic and that in turn results in me not wanting to workout. I will also start to get moody and lightheaded after awhile.

MFP doesn’t include exercise when it calculates your goal. So that 1550 is for 1lb per week without exercise. When you exercise you should eat some, if not all the extra you get so that your deficit doesn’t get to large. Some people like to play it safe and start with only eating 50% and then adjusting up or down based on…

I got my information from the National Cancer Institute. https://epi.grants.cancer.gov/physical/MET/atus-met.php?keywords=Dancing&metval_min=&metval_max= And this is the site where you can find the more in depth list based on published evidence: https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/home

Fitbit doesn’t sync individual workouts over. It sends MFP your calories burned for the day and your adjustment is the difference between what Fitbit says you burned and what MFP thought you would burn. So while your workout burned 454 calories, you do far are only on track to have burned 267 more than what MFP thought you…

Dancing has a MET value of 4.5. This means Dancing burns about 4.5x the calories you would burn at rest. So 2 hrs nonstop dancing for me would be approximately 504 gross calories (NET 392). You also went on a walk which can have a met value of 3-4.5 depending on speed. Then you have daily activity that you have to consider…

Depends on my activity, but I typically avg around 2000 total intake for weight loss. Currently 2000 calories is about 0.5lb per week loss for this 5’4.5” mom weighing 134.8lbs. Due to being unable to exercise at the moment (doctors orders), I am aiming to stay between 1500-2000 calories so that at the very least I…

I eat my goal + exercise. Lost over 100lbs doing so.

Sounds like you are doing fine and that your current intake is appropriate for you. I lost most of my weight while eating an average of 2000 calories and I’m only slightly taller than you at 5’4.5”.

Daily fluctuations are totally normal and a 1kg weight increase is well within normal fluctuation range. http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

How are you measuring your food intake? If not using a food scale than you could easily be eating double what you think you are. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU

I generally don’t. That said I’d be lying if I said I didn’t take a walk after a meal that had more calories than expected. That’s not to burn all the excess calories, but just to lessen the impact a bit. One day eating around maintenance or even in a slight surplus isn’t going to ruin everything after all. If you are…