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Thing is I can feel full with just 1200 calories a day....sometimes less. Just depends on what I eat

I really don't want to fill my body full of fast food even though places like McDonalds shouldn't even be considered food :(

Yes it is self induced but so is a lot of diabetes, high BP, liver disease, skin cancer.....

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Thank you, I appreciate it. I'm going to try this even though I have no idea how I am going to eat around 2500 calories :S I can barely get to 1800

lol, no that wasn't it because I've been doing that a lot lately :P

I'm getting ready to start walking again. I just can't for a while after my back goes out because someone would find me on the trail on the ground unable to get up because of muscle spasms, lol. I had a hard time even getting to the bathroom sometimes. I dropped a couple of pounds now so maybe my body was holding on…

I was just saying that I haven't been able to exercise because of my back and exercising does help your metabolism.

No, I had just eaten really poorly the week prior. It was my birthday and while I was exercising, I was not eating good food. Basically whatever I wanted. So I understand it was mostly water weight. And I don't expect to lose 13 pounds every week, lol. I know the first week you lose the most. Just frustrating to not see…

I'm not using the back as an excuse. I literally have had to be flat on my back for days by doctor order. If I was using it as an excuse I would say oh well and eat what I want. I've been eating well just not a lot of moving.

Doesn't MFP basically take care of that for you?

I guess I should say I was eating at least 1200 NET calories according to MFP. So if I burned 300 calories exercising I would eat 300 more calories. Some days I ate up to 1600 (I get 1830). I get a little obsessive with the scale....maybe I need to have my husband hide it. I weigh every morning. It doesn't help that I feel…

Thank you...it seems ridiculous I know...I just get so discouraged especially since I can't really exercise until my back calms down..

I have a belly that looks like I have had several children....stretch marks, saggy skin....very much an overlapping belly. I'd love to see pictures or get ideas on how to help it because the last thing I want to do is work hard to lose this weight and then just have a big flap of skin hanging down :(