jennagoogles13

Depending on how much weight you have to lose, you must calculate your TDEE with your current activity level (exercise included) and subtract 10%,15%,20% etc. Another option would be to calculate your TDEE using sedentary, and then eat back your exercise calories!

Step 1: Grab a spoon Step 2: Grab a tub of peanut butter Step 3: Go to town!!

A deep dish meat lover's pizza washed down with a monster lol

I stand in front of the mirror in a bikini...

If I try to stay away from any of my favorite foods, I just end up eating way more of something else, and feeling super guilty. Like SmartAlec said, enjoy what you want, and make it fit into your macros:)

So true about the bell peppers! They really are super flavorful on their own. Thanks for the idea:)

Anyone?

When I tried on an old prom dress just for the heck of it, and realized that I could easily zip it up with room to spare, instead of having to suck it in and have someone zip it for me!!

Lol...awkward...

MFP originally had me set at 1200 calories a day, and I quickly lost about 12 pounds doing that. However, I soon realized that it was not maintainable for me to be eating so little, and I've since upped my calories to TDEE-15% (1575) and although I'm not losing as fast as I was before, I definitely feel a lot better:)

This is my first time around, and hopefully my last. I just woke up one morning and it's like something clicked. I knew I never again wanted to look and feel the way I used to, so I committed. My progress is what keeps me going:)

Chewing gum. I really don't want to be that anal haha

The OP just edited her question so that she could change her age, and she also made sure to remove her profile pic of her face..

If you're under 18 you're not supposed to be using this site....:huh:

Thank you:)

Oh..that's awkward...I read 2100 hahaha!

If that's the record I demolished it. I actually ate around 2700

Nope. no medication here

How long should it take for the water weight to go away if I just continue to do what I've been doing, and drink a lot of water?

Thanks for the responses! I'm going to stop worrying about it, and just continue doing what I've been doing and learn from my mistakes:)

Anyone?

Your positive outlook on life is truly inspiring! Congratulations on all of your success and your bravery:flowerforyou:

There are certain foods that I have deemed my "trigger foods", which means they always lead me to overindulge and eat way more than I know I should. The best thing to do is to make sure you don't have all of that junk food laying around the house. If it's not there, then you won't be tempted to eat it! Out of sight out of…

I'm confused...do you want low carb or low calorie?

I just created an exercise for it:)

Ok. Getting Mexican food is a very rare occurence for me, so I'm planning on enjoying my burrito:laugh:

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Correct. 1700 at LEAST. Good luck:)

I recently started replacing my regular cardio sessions with strength training, and though I haven't lost any weight, I definitely noticed some changes in my body. I've lost some inches, and have way more muscle tone, so I'm super happy knowing that I don't have to spend an hour on the treadmill everyday:)

So basically what I'm hearing is that there really isn't a proven "ideal" ratio for macro nutrients. Also, as long as I'm getting enough protein and fats, and making sure I'm not going overboard on the carbs, my macros shouldn't effect my weight loss. I'm planning on sticking to the percentages I feel comfortable with, and…