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Yes. Don't worry about the fact that a fraction of the oil stayed in the pan or on the plate. Nothing is 100% accurate. For example: - in a bag of popcorn, a varying number of kernels will not pop - in any given 100g of say, chicken breast, the actual macros and calories will vary from what "100g chicken breast" would get…

Many entries are just... wrong. It would be better to find your actual coffee brand, and log that. Check the package to make sure it matches. Repeat the process with the sugar and the milk. Make sure you actually measure, or better yet, weigh your food. So "one cup of coffee with milk and sugar" is meaningless. How many…

Yoga with Adriene on YouTube. Pick out any videos marked for beginners to start!

I like Body Pump. I started it a month ago; I was not in shape, and it's been fine. I was VERY sore after my first class (I needed 3 days off) but I was able to complete it, to follow it, etc. Do your first day, maybe even week, with the lightest weights on your bar, all the way through. Use no weight if you need. It's a…

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Maybe you could just tone it down sometimes instead. If you're feeling restless when you don't "workout" then you maybe aren't getting enough activity outside of your workouts. So you could either build in some other activity (like a walk) or just adjust your workouts so that you can do them just as often, but for less…

Have you also significantly increased your fat intake? Sometimes that can give digestive issues. It might also be unrelated, or that you ate something that was old/contaminated. Other than that, I have no other ideas on top of what @AliceDark said. I think that a specific sweetener or specific protein type or any other…

If the sensation just goes away, it probably is not a pulled muscle. It does sound like it could be nerve. You would need to get assessed, in person, by a professional to get a better sense.

Another vote for keeping a consistent sleep schedule.

Agreeing that 10 lbs makes a big difference once in the healthy weight range for our height. (I'm 5 foot 4.5) No photos, sorry! I think we drop a clothing size every 10-15 lbs in the healthy range. So 140 to 130 could drop you a size or get you feeling way more comfy in a current size, on the verge of dropping. That's not…

Initial losses are often a bit more water than ongoing losses. All losses are partly water, partly fat, and partly other tissue. Your body doesn't "get used to things" in the way that gets tossed around though. It can't, say, not burn fat for fuel when you're not giving it the fuel it needs just because you're doing this…

Starvation mode, insofar as people mean that your body will start hoarding fat somehow because it's scared, is a myth. Eating too little will not stop your weight loss. It can cause plenty of health problems though. However, one day of undereating is fine if it is not a habit. (As is one day of overeating if it is not a…

I had used a food scale before MFP because I loved how it made it simpler and less stressful to know how much to log. But I learned from MFP (and the videos posted here) about its superior accuracy (which made sense once I thought about it). Ditto others' comments about the muscles in a deficit. And not so much "learned"…

It's a daily goal, which means you do not have to stay beneath it. It means you want to average it over the week. If you are eating below, you're averaging below. The caloric total is calculated based on your stats and your desired rate of loss. If you picked 2 lbs a week, you have to eat 1000 calories less than your body…

Well even weight gain would mean a set calorie target. So if you focus on the target, that should help prevent the "I can eat whatever!". Because you can't. You can eat X calories in a day of whatever it is you eat. Another suggestion is to focus on caloric density, not on volume. If you don't want to teach yourself bigger…

I find a lot of the "exercises" in the database that are really "activities" (like cleaning or moving boxes) are particularly inflated. You could just up your activity level during the moving days, or add something like 100 an hour.

That is such a good way to look at it! Thanks for giving me something to think about. :)

Do your progress photos seem to show progress? Do your clothes fit any differently? I agree that it's probably inch losses where you didn't measure. Thighs, arms, neck, face, etc. Also agree with measurement error. Measuring is tricky! I doubt you could lose 37 lbs and not lose size. Like, even 37 lbs of muscle (which you…

Is it digital with a tare function? (Easiest) -- if so, put your plate and hit tare. Put your bread slice, and jot down the weight. Toast it. Put toast back (the weight will be a bit different, I record the untoasted weight), hit tare. Scale should say 0. Add butter, record weight. Hit tare (so it says 0). Spoon on your…

Yep. Adjust by 250 calories for every 0.5 lb. If you want more consistency: Given enough Misfit data, you should be able to calculate an average that you typically burn, which would allow you to pick a calorie target that you could eat at consistently if you wanted to. Like if you burn 2500 on average (some days more, some…

Your BMR is an irrelevant number. Your deficit is the difference between what you actually eat and what you actually burn in total. So if Misfit thinks you burn 2300 in a day, and you want a deficit of 750, eat 750 less than 2300. That would be 1550, not 1200! If you don't feel well at 1200, and it is causing cravings,…

Rate of loss should slow gradually on its own as you get smaller. You can offset it for awhile by also gradually becoming more active, but at some point it will slow regardless. (And if you bump activity too much, you might find you need to bump calories also.) You may find your results show less regularly at some…

Run your goals again. You don't have to change any of them, just go in like you're going to and save them again. IF you need an adjustment, that will trigger it.

Why are you wanting to give up your coffee?

Hit your calorie goal, first and foremost. This is what matters for weight loss. Your actual macro breakdown doesn't matter that much except under special circumstances -- like if you have a medical condition or are a bodybuilder. There are minimum grams you should have for health -- you can look those up. Otherwise, do…

That's why I suggested calculating your BMR. BMR would be calories burned in a coma -- a fairly ultimate version of sedentary. And it might help you come up with a starting calorie target that is safer for you. Either way, you might want to consider getting a physician to supervise your weight loss, if you don't already…

Bigger portions. Even small changes, like using extra butter and jam on a piece of toast, add up. Give him the slightly bigger sausage or the hamburger bun that weighs a bit more, put an extra tbsp of mayo or second slice of cheese on his burger, etc. Extra snacks or different snacks for your husband. Or he can have an…

Losing weight is about your calorie deficit. If you don't know about calorie deficits, read this: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants The biggest challenge for you will probably be finding the right estimates for what your body burns in a day, so you…

Yep. But a cup of rice is not as precise a measurement as weighing the rice. (And ideally weighing it dry and using an entry for dry, if you want to get best accuracy.) Like if a serving size says "2 tbsp (30g)"? That sounds like 2 tbsp = 30 grams right? But it *actually might not* and the calories and other information is…