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I can totally relate. I love amusement parks, but was getting pretty depressed at them. It was embarrassing to have to wait for the 'fat seat' of the roller coaster while the rest of my family got on that train. And then you sit down and pray you can get the restraints locked. We'll be at Great America in Gurnee at the end…

Did you sleepwalk in the middle of the night and eat 24,500 calories? Is there a sheet cake or a side of beef missing from your fridge? If not, it's water. =)

Best part of MFP is that you don't have to give up wine and cheese. You just have to plan for it and consume in moderation. Using MFP, you could easily lose that 25 by the end of they year. A 500 calorie deficit for a 1 pound a week loss isn't too hard to adhere to. Tracking calories helps the willpower, it seems. It's…

43 here. It can be done! No after pictures yet, sorry. I have a wedding to go to at the end of June, and hope to be 50 pounds down from the last wedding I went to in October last year. Going to be a great before/after pictorial with all the professional photos. I am really looking forward to sharing with everyone on MFP.…

Congrats! I love the milestones. Keep striving for the next one! And eat your maintenance calories on your trip. Have fun!

Be careful on eating back calories from workouts. General feeling is that MFP over estimates it. Use a HRM if you can. Should work well for running, hiking, and cycling. Don't forget that loss isn't linear. You say, "then nothing." How long of a span is that? I have had a couple of 2 week periods when I've lost nothing,…

I bought the Polar H7 a few weeks back. Love it. It gives me the HR on my Loop as I am working out, and gives me calories burned when I sync the Loop to my computer. (H7 will sync to iPhone too). Calories seem accurate, as far as I can tell. This past week I ate back 80% of what it told me I burned, and I lost weight over…

Clicked in also to suggest eating maintenance calories. That's what I do for special occasions. Perhaps bank 50 calories a day leading up to it too (more if you exercise). 300 more from 6 days leading up is a nice bonus. (just re-read your OP. So make up 50 a day when you get back). Get an activity tracker that will…

You can get a scale that calculates body fat percentage. My weight has stayed the same for the past 2 weeks, but I have lost .5% of body fat. It was nice to see that go down, since my weight was on a plateau.

You might get more of a response to your post if you had a more descriptive subject. But based on that picture, I am not sure you need any help. Dayum.

I weigh every day. A half pound 'increase' is nothing. Sometimes my Sunday weight (after my big, salty Saturday) is 2 or 3 pounds more than my Friday or Saturday weigh in. It tends to go down over the course of the week. There are a lot of factors, including hydration, glycol levels, solid and liquid waste currently in…

Congrats. I really think that's what makes MFP work for me, my doctor (who recommended it), and for many people. Having that concrete, tangible number looking you in the face multiple times a day. Like your comment said, that breakfast would have been 800 calories. Knowing how much that would eff your day really makes you…

Well, you don't have to do it alone. People on this site are very helpful and friendly. Your issues seem rather specific, with the thyroid and hypoglycemia. I would suggest a more descriptive message topic to catch the eyes of browsers who have experience with what you struggle with. I am afraid I don't know enough about…

My vacation is coming up in about a month. My wife and I won't be tracking at all. We plan to enjoy the vacation thoroughly. Plus it'll be hard to estimate much of the eating out calories (ball park food, amusement park food, etc) How much weight can we really expect to gain? If we eat 1000 calories over our maintenance…

Came on to mention the Fuel Band being discontinued, but was beaten to it. I purchased a Polar Loop and H7 HRM recently, and they work well. Went with that combo so I could have both the HRM and an activity tracker.

We get a ton of leaves too. So many, that I just mow them up and bag them. Regarding the question above about actually logging such things, for me it really depends. Anything that's 100 or so, I'll tend to just leave there as buffer for bad food estimates. A quick shoveling of the walk that takes 10 minutes, for example.…

Push mower, not self-propelled. Hilly yard, so it includes quite a bit of up and down. Bagging the clippings, which needs to be done 3 times. Currently 240 pounds. MFP's estimate for me mowing for 38 minutes is 380. Took me about 45. If I just walk for 45 minutes at 3 miles an hour, that's walking 2.25 miles. A treadmill…

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^^ What he/she said. I do the same thing. I bank calories during the week and enjoy a dinner out with the wife on Saturdays. I am usually 300-500 over my daily goal on Saturdays, but for the week I am at or below it. Sunday and Monday scale is never friendly, but I know that's just water. It drops off during the week, and…

Weight loss isn't linear, even as you get weeks and months into it. Three weeks ago, I lost nothing, doing what I had been doing for months. In the 2 weeks following, I lost 3 pounds per week. So overall, for the 3 weeks, I averaged 2 per week, like my goal is set. As long as you stick to your plan, you should see the…

Seven cans a day, 170 each is 1190 calories per day. People on a 2 pound per week goal cut their calories by 1000 per day. So by eliminating all your soda, you'd likely lose 2 pounds a week, if you are currently maintaining.

I really have about 40 more I could lose. That final goal number gets me to 220, which sounded pretty good when I was at the top. I am also planning to go to 1 a week after my neice's wedding in 8 weeks, and hopefully be on full maintain by the end of the year. What's also funny is my calorie limit now that I adjusted it…

Be careful about MFP's exercise calorie estimations. Common board wisdom is to cut their number in half. I just got a HRM, and am curious on how accurate my exercise numbers are.

Your goals are a bit extreme. At your weight, 2 per week should be a good goal to start with, cutting back to 1 a week as you get closer to your target. That being said, regarding exercise, do whatever you like or can. Whatever puts you at that calorie defecit will work. If something hurts your feet, don't do it. A…

Was going to say the same thing. My MFP is set up to lose 2 pounds a week. A couple of weeks ago, I didn't lose anything for the week. In the 2 weeks since, I've lost 6, which put me right on the 2 per week average. There are weeks I lose 0 or 1, then there are those I lose 3 or 4. As long as I am keeping a healthy and…

MFP determines your daily calorie goal to maintain your current weight. If you want to lose 1 pound a week, your daily calorie goal will be 500 lower than that maintain value. Your NET CALORIES must be equal or below that calorie goal (on average) every day to lose that 1 pound a week. If you exercise, the calories you…

This might help. I was measured for a suit in October when I weighed ~286. Chest was 52. I weighed in at 247.5 this morning (MFP FTW!). Remembering this thread, I found my wife's tape measure and checked my chest. It's showing 46. So at 6'0, 248, that vest would probably fit me. My 38 pounds took me from 52 to 46, so your…

Though the diary is split out in one-day segments, you don't have to be perfect every day. 3500 calories is what it takes to lose one pound. That -averages- to 500 per day, and that's what your daily goal is based on for 1 pound of loss per week. So if you go over one day, just make it up over the next few days. No big…

Since you put in Lightly Active, don't put any exercise in for your work. You can put in any additional exercise you do, like a walk, sports, or other workout, whenever you do it.

The TDEE system that PP is talking about takes your lifestyle (sendentary) and adds in your exercise to get you a calorie daily calorie goal. I don't do that system either, since my exercise isn't consistent. I do the 'eating back your exercise' method. If MFP is telling you 1400 a day, that sounds right to lose 2 a week.…