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Lots of good advice here. Ultimately, though, if you don't know what's going in (eating) and going out (exercise), it's going to be very difficult. As someone else stated, at least try to estimate what you are eating and log it. If this is important to you, you will find a way to do it. Good luck!

I have to agree with Achyra. You really have 2 options, both of which are fine, in my opinion... You can go and ask for a stripped down version of a menu item.. For example, a chicken breast or steak WITHOUT all of the added sauces and toppings, etc... OR, just bite the bullet for that day and have a relaxing dinner, log…

Great job with the initial weight loss. I notice that your diary is not public. It's great that you are eating "clean" and exercising, but none of that really matters if you are consuming too many calories. If you are logging, open your diary for advice, if you aren't logging, you need to start that ASAP. Good luck!

Logging the calories in a can of regular Coke did it for me. I don't really care for the taste of diet soda either, so I pretty much stopped drinking any soda.

Exercise if you want to improve your overall health, in addition to losing weight.

So, 2700 is a 700 calorie deficit? I think you are fine not eating back calories.

It makes sense if you consider that you are already starting out at a deficit. Not eating back at least some of the calories you burn COULD potentially leave you with insufficient nutrition.

Seems to work for me too!

I don't understand your question?

Sounds like you are overdoing it. You've only been running for 6 weeks and are running up to 5 days per week. You really need to ease into it... Especially if your overall conditioning is not good. Having said that, there could be a multitude of causes for sore legs. Are you running in well fitted high quality shoes? Are…

Like someone else mentioned, if you are using the MFP app on a smartphone, just scan the bar code.

Are you concerned your heart rate will go too low?

I don't think that you should ever force yourself to eat. If you are becoming more active, you need to be sure that you are eating enough to fuel your body, but take cues from your body and you should be fine. Good luck!

Please share links to some of the articles that you found. I am always interested in learning.

You should really open up your diary. One day with no indication of the calorie amounts is really not that helpful. I also agree with the poster above that vegetarianism is not really useful as a weightloss plan. It's just about the calories. Good luck!

If what you say is accurate and you are eating below your BMR, you are severely undereating. If you know what your TDEE is, you should set your daily calorie intake approx. 500 below that.

If that is really all you ate that day, it's certainly not a lot of calories. I wonder though what your calorie intake was in the previous days? In all likelihood it's water weight, but if you routinely go over your calories (though not on this day) it could be fat. Good luck!

I'd have to say that if you didn't care, you wouldn't be on this site asking for help. I'm not a therapist, but it could be that you are telling yourself that you don't care because you are afraid of failing, which is TOTALLY NORMAL! Take baby steps. Start by logging your food... Everything you eat. Don't eat differently,…

I saw a couple of days of logging and I have no idea how you are eating so little. My guess is you should be eating about 1800 calories per day minimum. What you are logging is not sustainable. Good luck!

It's fine, but the body does not dump the calories. Happy Birthday!

My body hasn't said much yet!

Nutritionally, virtually no difference. I happen to prefer the taste/texture of steel cut oats, but I don't always have 1/2 available to cook breakfast!

They're not little... That's the problem!

I've been spinning for about six months... one or two classes per week. A couple of tips... 1) Do not think you have to, or even try, to keep up with the class. Hopefully the instructor will explain this, but one of the great things about spinning is you can go at your own pace. 2) Do not try to set up the spin bike…

My inclination is to always err on the cautious side and use the lower number.

Will be doing my best to keep track, though not always easy to be accurate in cocktail party situations. Little of this, little of that, etc... Good luck!

Same here. OP, I suggest that you go with the lower number, which in your case is the machine. You would definitely rather err on the side of understating your burned calories. Good luck!

I don't find it possible to eat a lot of "junk" (defined as chips, cookies, fastfood, etc...), stay within my daily calorie allotment AND not be hungry. Let's face it, those things are very high calorie and tend to be carb heavy as well. For me, I couldn't get through the day, I'd blow through my calories by 5pm. It just…

True, but you can target specific areas of the body to develop those muscles - i.e.: legs, abdomen... So that when you have reduced the fat, the muscles will be more prominent.

Well, that seems to be a high calorie burn, but then again, 165 bpm for a walk is pretty high too. I would just do a reality check and part way through your walk just take your pulse the old fashioned way. If your heartrate is really that high, then that might be an accurate calorie burn. Good luck!