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all kinds of "NO" "NO" NO" !!!!

3lb loss of real weight (not water / glycogen because of a calorie restriction) is a MASSIVE loss. As long as the overall trend is downwards, then all is good !

You won't be gaining muscle if you're eating at a defecit.

Actually ..... thinking about it - you can't just add the calories burned during an event to what you typically burn in a day because I'd have burned some of those anyway ... If I burn 2,000 just by existing, then I can divide this by 24 to give me an approximate 83.3kcals burned in an hour. If a marathon takes 6 hours,…

Biggest burn in a single day was when I ran a marathon. I've done it 4 times now at different weights; First one took 6hrs 12 mins when I weighed 270lbs ..... 4 weeks ago I ran it in 4hrs 41mins at 203lbs. Those 2 "burns" vary between 5,212kcals and 3,106kcals. Add that to my typical TDEE burn of around 2,000 gives me a…

I'm a keen runner; I've lost a lot of weight to improve my running times ... and the consistent running has helped the weight come down! It has been a "win / win" for me :-)

I'm on day 11 of Whole 30 ... OP - you may be experiencing symptoms of "low carb flu" if your diet was previously very high carbs / high processed carbs. It'll pass as you become fat-adapted.

at 69/70kg - you're not especially overweight and there's little to lose. 1200 kcals is a low number and is the lowest that MFP will recommend. You cannot build muscle when eating at maintenance or at a defecit (builders will typically "bulk" and then "cut"). Your diary is set to private so it is difficult to see if you…

I'm on day 9 - still going strong :-)

we've all been there and done it. Out of interest, did you hit your goal and think to yourself "Yay - I did it!!!" ... and then slip back into old ways / stop logging etc ?? It goes to show that whilst a "diet" will provide temporary weight loss, the only way to keep it off is to stop dieting and permanently switch to a…

Need to be careful here - you will lose weight if you eat at a defecit but you CANNOT build muscle at a defecit. You need to focus either on weight-loss OR muscle-building. If your workouts are high cardio .. and you are not eating enough calories ... and if you're not getting enough protein - you will be losing both fat…

You can save something as a meal to avoid recreating it everytime or you can copy from one day to the next. There is no way to automatically have the app log days in advance for you though.

I have bacon and eggs most mornings for breakfast ... and I drink beer. I also run a lot and stay within my calorie guide of 1800 *NET* per day. I'm currently 85lbs down from this time last year.....

it is impossible to know how much weight you've lifted - how many reps - how many sets - the level of exertion you've used. You will only get calorie counts for cardio .... and moreover - they are only reasonably accurate for steady consistent cardio (ie - run for 30 mins at a constant pace). If you change your speed up…

Whilst you can specifically target areas of the body to strengthen / build muscle, there is sadly no way to lose weight first from a particular area.

carbs for AFTER a run ?? !!! Surely you mean CARBS for energy to fuel the run BEFORE .... and then protein for AFTER to help with muscle repair ?

Unless you're asking about "how" to open your diary? ... you can do that from the settings page - make it public. The fact that you've lost a pound in 50 days means you have effectively "maintained" rather than gained. Chances are, you have eaten more than you thought / not burned as much as you thought and the net result…

With a scale - you can pick them up very cheaply from Amazon. Solids should be weighed .... liquids can be measured in "cups" -

Also .. you might want to check your calorie counts ..... a small banana is actually closer to 100kcal !!

43yr old - 6ft here ...... maintaining on 1800 kcals a day average. I've lost over 85lbs since Jan and run around the same amount as you .... I've always found the MSJ formula to show higher (for me) than I could comfortably eat without gaining. I've maintained (fluctuations of +/- 1lb) for the last 3-4 months so think I…

a 1lb loss is a 3,500 kcal deficit. Unless you ate 7,000 calories OVER maintenance in one meal, it will not be 2lb of fat you've "gained" .... more likely it'll be water weight which will go again over the next couple of days....

most body weight charts are based around BMI (body mass index) and are purely a ratio of height to weight. Whilst it is a reasonable "catch-all" for the masses, it isn't great for individuals. Athletes who are muscular will often be categorised as overweight or even obese by some standards using the BMI alone. It's a…

Bacon and Eggs Ham and Eggs Omelette

^^^^ THIS

BMR is Basal Metabolic Rate (the amount of calories your body burns if you were to lay in a coma doing nothing all day) TDEE is Total Daily Energy Expenditure ....and is BMR + [the additional stuff you do through walking / navigating stairs / doing exercise). If you're short ... your BMR might be 1200 calories. if you're…

Happy to eat the fibre ..... but I'll draw the line at poo ;-)

I do loads of running ..... Check out "Foam Roller" on Amazon .... 10-15 mins of this after a run saves me 2-3 days of sore legs !!!

Calorie burn is difficult to track. A heart rate monitor will help you estimate burn for cardio workouts but they are only ever an estimate. fwiw - dump the herbal life shakes; it isn't sustainable. Just make sure you get plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and good proteins (if you're not a vegetarian, then Chicken,…

With so little to lose, set some reasonable goals; you shouldn't be aiming to lose more than 0.5lbs per week for example.... :-)