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MFP builds in the deficit expecting you to eat back your exercise calories. In fact, when you log your exercise, you will see those calories added to your total calorie goal for the day. Some of the calories for exercises listed are on the high side, so some folks recommend eating back less than your total exercise amount.…

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5'4" 165 currently Approx 140 goal weight 1600 cal goal Lightly active Averaging 1/2 to 3/4 pound loss per week over past 12 weeks A few days a week I seem to eat just above my estimated BMR of 1450, and a day every week or two generally pushes 2000 cals. I'm not a stickler for any exact calorie amount, but try to stay…

Doesn't help for me.

http://www.ask.com/web?q=what+is+plantar+fasciitis&askid=f943d413-1c44-4481-9de0-cb97d9af602a-0-us_mse&kv=sdb&gc=0&dqi=&qsrc=999&o=2721&l=dir I have been having the same thing. I think this ^ is what it is because the suggested remedies are helping. I'm thinking the jumping during the 30-day shred started my issues.

Why aren't you eating all of your calories?

^ This!

Thank you for the post. Interesting info.

Actually, the scale does lie...well, at least it doesn't tell you enough information to qualify as the truth. Look around the forums. There are tons of testimonials and photos of people where the scale has stayed close to the same, but the improvements in their bodies are stunning.

I'm basically doing that and am losing between a half a pound and a pound a week, for a total of 8 pounds since mid January.. I figure if I eat and move like I'm at my goal weight right now, that gives me that much longer to be practicing how I will be eating forever. I have also exchanged 1% of my body fat for 1% more…

After being confused as to why my weight loss had stalled out a bit, i was thrilled to see my body composition is changing for the better today. I am not bothered at all now that my overall weight didn't decrease by much in the past two weeks. I am confident I will reach critical mass (pun intended) at some point and my…

^this!

Love! (The food groups including icecream, that is!)

Sorry, meant to add, I live in a very remote area, so I buy most of my foods at Safeway, and a small local grocery store/health food store, and occasionally on-line.

Dairy: I consider low and reduced fat dairy to be highly processed food, so I enjoy moderate portions of the organic, full fat (grass fed whenever possible) versions. So much more satisfying, less sugar and less of those unpronounceable franken-ingredients. :). For the cheeses I prefer the strong flavored such as blue…

The only way I know to be accurate is to use a food scale (with options for ounces and grams) for solids and measuring cups for liquids.

Did you select that you wanted to lose 2 pounds per week? That'll get most anyone to the 1200 calorie goal.

Be careful not to be consistently under your calorie goal. That is the one goal you should meet as often as possible.

I didn't check your calculations, but assuming you are correct, that means a 20% is too large of a deficit for the amount you have to lose. Scale back the deficit to 10%, or just eat somewhere between your BMR (net calories!) and TDEE and you will do fine. Make sense?

TDEE-Total Daily Energy Expenditure. There are calculators to figure out the total calories you usually expend each day. Then people eat a certain percentage below that to have a specific calorie deficit each day to lose weight. They don't eat back the exercise calories because the TDEE takes that into the equation…

4 pounds since January 9th. Eating and working out as though im already at my goal weight. Slow and steady all the way to goal and for the rest of my life is the plan. :)

I have had a similar below navel bump my whole life. Years ago I asked my doctor about it and he said it was partially due to having a tipped uterus, totally harmless, but mostly just because that is how I'm built. It does get better with core strengthening work, but I will always have a roller coaster instead of a flat…

I have just poured the end result into a huge measuring bowl and determined how much the total volume is, then decided how many servings (usually 1 cup) it produces.

I peeked. Hmmmm, I think I will do my best to enjoy the next 5 days. Some of level 2 looks verrrry challenging.

So, do I dare peek? :)

I did day 5 of level 1 today. I am pretty amazed at how I have improved in such a short amount of time. Woo hoo! Actually looking forward to the next 5 days of level 1, which I didn't expect at all on day 1! Lol. I may have to peek at level 2 soon to see what's coming next. :)

I only weigh what is going into my body. No cores, skins, seeds, pits, etc....just the food.

I will bet it is the fruit and dairy. If you want to track sugars, go to Food=>Settings and you can select what you track daily. I occasionally track sugar, sodium and/or fiber in addition to the carbs, protein and fats and it is very interesting. I'm continually amazed I am 50 years old and am just learning what's really…

You can track various nutrients daily, including sugars, so perhaps you will want to do that for a bit and see where the sugar is coming from. I have pretty high sugar numbers some days, and it is always primarily from fruits and dairy products, so I don't worry much about going over for those reasons. Very informative.

You answered your own questioning your final sentence. :) MFP sets your calorie intake at the deficit you need to lose weight, so if you don't log your exercise and eat back at least most of those calories your net caloric intake will drop too low for healthy weight loss.