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Given your weight, 1600 calories may not be enough. Calculate your BMR (MFP provides this on the Apps tab if you're on a computer). BMR is what you burn just being alive and breathing. Also, be honest about your typical activity levels when you do your calculations. Don't call yourself sedentary if you are up on your feet…

I do this too. :smile:

This!! It's a choice, like all others... You choose to do this. I pre-log in the mornings while enjoying my cup of coffee. Then I can see how my day looks and how to react to changes if necessary. My husband and I try to cook for the family a few times a week and we use the extra for lunches, dinner another night, etc. We…

I agree with everyone saying put a picture from your starting weight and a pic from your current weight side by side. You're bound to see a difference. 80 pounds is a huge loss, no matter how high your starting weight. Many never make it to an 80 pound loss. Ask others who will be honest with you if they can see the…

There are a lot of things up with that... Weight loss isn't linear... You're not going to post big losses every week. Some weeks you may not lose much. You likely dropped mostly water weight the first couple of weeks and that's gonna give you bigger losses than dropping fat. A healthy rate of weight loss is 1 to 2 pounds a…

Agree completely...

Don't feel bad. My MIL did everything from wanting to know what sort of pills I took to lose weight to accusing me of having an eating disorder. Seriously... She tried to embarrass me at a family gathering by being rather loud in her comments and questioning, so that many of my in-laws could hear. I fired right back…

This list could be my list! Completely. :)

This. Weight fluctuations are normal throughout the week. Pick a day and weigh yourself about the same time that day every week. I don't weigh daily. It would make me crazy if I did. I weigh once, sometimes twice a week. As for what could be causing fluctuations, @StaciMarie1974‌ covered the most common ones well. One…

This...We all fluctuate. I only weigh myself once a week on the same day each week at about the same time of day. If I weighed daily, I'd probably be stressed. You can fluctuate day to day and throughout the course of the day, you can fluctuate a few pounds as well.

YES!!! My dad is pre-diabetic and he was never put on anything that low by a doctor. Being pre-diabetic, I think you need to run any diet plan by your doctor and ask for a referral to a nutritionist/dietician who works with diabetics. There are nutritionists out there who teach classes, etc on how to cope with diabetes and…

this... Through error, inaccurate logging, something, you're not in a calorie deficit.

He just said he has a work lunch at the place. Don't think he has that choice this time... THIS!! My philosophy is one meal won't kill me or derail me. Good choices the rest of the week still leaves you in a good place.

I agree. That's a really neat idea.

I'm also curious on how the BMR came about. I'm a short female in pretty decent shape... not quite 5'3" and my BMR isn't that high and I've calculated it a variety of places and not come to 1500. Granted, you do have a lot of weight to lose compared to me and that could be the entire difference at this point. I would say a…

Here's my best attempt: Let's say you told MFP you were sedentary when you set up your goals, it's going to calculate recommended daily calories to achieve your weight loss goals based on that, whether you said you want to lose 0.5, 1, or 2 pounds a week. That number doesn't factor any exercise and puts you at the calorie…

@lishie_rebooted‌ - I honestly didn't like them as much as other shoes I've worn. They are a little heavier than the Kayanos I recently got. I think they also have more correction than I need. When I was fitted, they said I have a very slight overpronation and the 3000s are great for that, but I honestly think it was too…

My current shoes are Asics Kayanos. I've also used the Asics Nimbus and GT-3000. I do like Mizuno as well. I've never heard of the Karhu brand. I'll have to research it.

The closer you get to your goal, the more your body wants to hold on to what it has. It knows it needs some weight there. Its quite easy to drop 2 pounds a week when you have 30, 40, 50 + pounds to lose. When you get down to 10 to 20 pounds, you have to really undereat or really exercise hard to do that it seems. Both of…

This!!!! This is so not true. Calories in < Calories out is how you lose weight. At a deficit either through eating less or exercise or a combination results in weight loss.

I don't log my steps. I only log my workouts. I have a desk job, so I consider myself sedentary for MFP. MFP gives me a target and I know on days where I'm running more doing laundry, chasing after the little man more, etc., I can go a little over that and be okay. I log my workouts and don't eat back all those calories,…

This! One day doesn't make or break you. It's the habits over time that do...

When it works for you... I've been known to exercise in the mornings, afternoons, evenings... Depends on my schedule. Getting the exercise in matters more. As long as you exercise and make the effort, you will see the reward. And I don't subscribe to the empty stomach party either. That's crazy. How can you work your…

I run... A lot. I'm currently training for a half. Several things come to mind. It could be any of them, none of them or all of them. I don't profess to be an expert by any means... Even if your shoes fit comfortably, they may not be the right shoes for you and how you run. Get fitted at a running store. Pay a little extra…

This!!! Sounds more like the friend isn't happy for her friend... OP - Congrats on your success so far and I agree with everyone. No big deal. I have days I'm under my calorie goal, sometimes by a few, sometimes maybe 100 - 150, other days, I go over a little.

Go read this OP on this thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1217573-so-you-want-to-start-running It is hands-down one of the best "intros to running" I think I've ever seen. I run, run regularly and had been for quite a while when I saw this thread on MFP. She put a lot of time into the post and it's great. I…

I run... A lot. There's no way in heck I could eat 900 calories a day and train successfully for a race of any distance. That's crazy. There's no reason at all to eat that little every day. And there's no way you're getting all your nutrients in on that few calories. MFP recommends not going below 1200 and I lost eating…

OP - First... Congratulations. You've done amazing. Second - I understand your rant completely. I didn't have as much to lose as you, but I did have a fair amount to lose and worked hard at it, too. I've had people ask if I was starving myself, had an eating disorder, was ill, etc (all family members). Guess hard work and…

OP - As a diabetic, I think you should talk to your doctor about a referral to a nutritionist skilled in working with diabetics for a food plan and calorie goal. As someone already said, you can go to the goals page and customize your goals, but you should some professional input on what those goals should be given you…

You could very well be eating too little. Everyone's different and that's possible, especially if that means you're netting between 1,000 and 1,200 on your workout days... I don't eat back every calorie MFP or anything else tells me I burned, but I do eat back some. Depending on your workout and intensity, you could eat…