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There you go. Love it. Must read for newbies!

Did you calculate your numbers through the formula or are you guessing? With the above system you do not eat back exercise calories. It is already factored in when you put your activity level. To me that makes it easier and my pounds started to fall off once I switched to this system. I really liked heybale's spreadsheet…

Great ideas here. Yes it is hard to fit it in, but you just need to figure out what works for you. I have to do my workout in the morning since after work I am too tired to do anything (stressful work, on my feet all day). I made all kinds of excuses forever until eventually I just decided to DO IT. In my situation I have…

Listen to this guy here. Read that. Do the numbers and then plug them to Heybales spreadsheet here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/750920-spreadsheet-for-bmr-tdee-deficit-macro-calcs-hrm-zones (another good thread with great simple and updated Heybales spreadsheet.) Both guys know what they are doing. I wish I…

I do not know if you have seen this yet. If not, please read. It is golden. Don't get overwhelmed by the looks of it. Just read first. Then at the end (10) you will see link to a spreadsheet. Use the Simple Setup and measure your numbers. You might need to go to the links in the PU's explanation to figure some numbers and…

oopsy, that previous thing posted "too fast". hah haaa. Still learning here. I think for me it was so fantastic since I have been reading so much the past month. First getting totally confused with MFP system and by reading some posts in general forum. More and more confused and unsure about everything. Then I finally…

Candy, chocolates, pastries. Not that I have cut them out totally. No. I can not. I will not. NO NO NOOOOO. But the fact that I have to bloody moderate it, is sometimes driving me bananas. Moderation and portion control sucks. And I will do it, since I have to. But it is still hateful thing to do ;) (amazingly I am getting…

I freaking loved that spreadsheet!!!! It was SOOO easy to use. Like you said Heybales, just start from the top and read what it asks you to do (and not to do), keep plugging along. If you have the measurements it doesn't even take long - and VOILA!!! It was AHA moment in the biggest sense. I was so impressed with that…

I eat 1750 by MFP on those days when I do not go to gym (that is with me "scheduled to loose 1 lb a week). I believe that is about as low as I am willing to go. Someday naturally just little less if I am not hungry and busy, but most days it is pretty much that. Now if I exercise I will eat more since am usually ravenous…

I wear 38D and LOOOVE my Enell High Impact sports bra like the other lady earlier in this thread. I got mine from Title Nine because their customer service rocks!! It keeps your girls in place. Nothing will be moving. And yes it is not the prettiest thing, but a)who is going to see it (I go to gym but I have t-shirt over…

kmcosgrove, thanks so much. All that helped. It cleared my head from some confusement. I think I will do the simple thing: on the days when I work out (and I do it hard) AND I'm hungry (which I am most of those days), I will eat more. But If I'm not especially hungry I will just eat little bit more but not all the "given"…

ahhh....I see. I do hard cardio for about 1 hr (30 cardio and 30 weights). I am so soaked that my hair is wet in the end of cardio and I do serious weights (no minnie mouse weights and no big breaks if any breaks, lifting until failure). Would this be considered HARD.....I don't want to eat the calories if I actually…

I loved the write up! Thank you! B ut I am still confused about the exercise part. Can somebody clarify for me if am doing it correctly. So when I signed up, I put all the info (weight, height, gender, activity level in general and how many times a week you exercise etc) on THIS (MFP) website and it spit the number of…

I love the tea idea and I have actually done that! I am the save way, the cravings hit me like hammer and they are hard to keep at bay! It is hard. During week I go to sleep REAL early and that helps a lot - less time to think about the food. I love the brushing the teeth idea and logging in here idea. I will try both in…

I couldn't believe this would work - but it freaking does. I put my numbers in and I'm following the calorie amount it gives me (I put the recommended 1 lb a week weight loss) and it has been great. I can eat a lot and I am loosing for first time in LOOOOONG time. I have lost 5 lb in 2 weeks, which is such a miracle. I…

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Very interesting thread! I'm newbie and this hit home. Sweet things and carbs are my thing too and the evenings are hard. It is lot better for me now since I do not have time to watch TV during a week and I go to bed early so the window for eating the "naughty stuff" is smaller. But I can so relate - since it's never just…