lunahbby Member

5'2" and a goal weight of 123 (started at 193 so I figured, nice even number of weight loss), although probably anywhere between 120 and 125 will keep me satisfied.

Fat isn't bad for you, especially if you're also eating low carb ^_^

My BMR - using a calculator that ACTUALLY takes into account my 40% BF and DOESN'T assume that at 170 lbs, I am at a good balance of BF and LBM for my height - is about 1370. In a sedentary lifestyle, my TDEE is 1644. Not everyone is running 2000+ TDEEs, and not everyone is eating "extremely low calorie" at 1200 or less.…

Everything I see just talks about counting steps, and how good it is at counting every step you take. I can't find anything that indicates it measures your heart rate at all. Counting steps doesn't tell you how many calories you've burned.

As far as I can tell, fitibit is a glorified pedometer, NOT an HRM, so the calories she's tracking probably aren't accurate.

No way. If she's sedentary she definitely SHOULDN'T be eating back calories, and most people tend to OVERESTIMATE their activity levels, so it's highly unlikely she's underestimating.

Eating back your calories is actually not a good idea, because caloric burn is typically way overestimated. In general, if you know you're exercising with some effort, stick to eating half of them back, not all of them, because chances are the number you see on MFP is higher than the number of calories you've actually…

Don't eat back your exercise calories. They're typically way overestimated, and you'll just be doing yourself harm, unless you are really going hard.

with the added benefit of being toned if he takes the weight training advice. ;)

Nope, this is wrong. Your BMR is not the minimum number of calories you need to eat each day. It's the minimum number of calories your body needs to sustain itself. It can take sustenance from all the fat you have if you're overweight. (If you're underweight and/or mostly composed of muscle, don't eat below your BMR. Then…

Diet soda does not raise blood sugar. At all. Ask any diabetic who monitors themself. This is misinformation that won't stop spreading around. They've done countless studies on this. Artificial sweeteners do NOT raise your blood sugar. Diet soda won't make you gain weight. I like carbonated drinks because they make me feel…

According to http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/ this calculator, if you eat 1700 calories a day (including the ~300 calories' worth of exercise that you regularly do), you'll average about 8lbs a month in weight loss. That's 2lbs a week. Start with that and see if you're comfortable.

Eating below your BMR is DEFINITELY safe if you're overweight, first off, so everyone can stop saying that. Eating 1450 is definitely doable, but if you feel like it's impossible to sustain then DON'T DO IT, because if you're constantly hungry it makes it that much easier to fall off the bandwagon. There's no rush to lose…

age: 18 height: 5'2" sw: 197 cw: 186 gw: 125 i think we're pretty much matched up :)

Age: 18 Height: 5'2" SW: 197 CW: 186 GW: 125

Hey! Age 18 5'2" Never been pregnant (at age 18, I'd be concerned if I was :P) SW: 203 CW: 188 GW: 135