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I made those macros up, so set your macros to fit your paleo or however you like to eat. If you need guidance, iifym would give you macros to start (but those might or might not be easy with paleo -- if you want to continue paleo). Personally, I'd log how you normally eat with the calorie target you want and see what the…

Yep, trust your Fitbit calories from lifestyle (steps). If you find you're getting huge adjustments and that that is annoying, up the activity level set in MFP. Like if you're actually active, but put sedentary, you'll keep getting huge Fitbit adjustments. Putting MFP closer to your Fitbit read would give you less…

It's not an either/or. Your macros are just your macros... you have macros no matter what/how you're eating. Counting macros means deciding on how you want to split your calories by macros. That's it. So if you normally eat 80g carbs (320 cal), 100g protein (400 cal), 60g fat (540 cal) = 1260 cals. But instead of trying to…

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819925/the-basics-dont-complicate-it/p1 That. And there may very well be some habits you want to change. But just change them, don't demonize it. Like if you're eating half a box of cookies every day, don't do that. But that doesn't necessarily mean you can't have cookies...…

I don't see any logged exercise. Do you workout? MFP intends you to log that and eat those calories back, because it doesn't factor that in up front. You may also average a slightly higher activity level than you set. Like if you said sedentary, you might be lightly active. And finally, the calculators are just starting…

I have not been in the situation you are describing. But, I have had periods of chronic pain and disability, as well as other health problems. If you can rally enough to track your calories and stick to a target -- even a modest one -- you'll lose weight, even without the exercise. (Though exercise will allow you to eat…

Of course. You can lose weight while eating anything... you just need to be in a deficit. (Like hitting the calorie target MFP gives you when you set it up right.) Yes, I've lost while eating cereal. However, I find the calories in cereal really high for the fact that it doesn't help me stay full. So I don't eat it that…

Do you weigh everything every time? I see a lot of repeat weights. Do you weigh and measure the coffee ingredients every time or just guess? (If you've ascertained that it is ballpark 40 cals per cup, you may be fine, but little overages on creamer or milk or sugar could add up.) You should try weighing packaged foods too…

If you're counting it, and it fits in your target, you're fine. How are you tracking? Do you use a food scale, or are you measuring, or are you eyeballing? Do you eat out a lot or eat food prepared by others a lot? (This is not "bad" it's just tougher to estimate, so if you do it a lot, it could explain not losing when…

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

Nah. Weight loss is math. If you ate 1000 over your maintenance, you slowed yourself down by 1000. That's like 2 days if you're aiming for a 500 deficit per day. Less if you only ate 1000 over target and not maintenance. So if you were a perfect robot person, you'd lose 1 lb 2 days sooner. But no one is perfect, and…

Everything above. But if you've been losing 2 lbs a week anyway, including recently, on 1100, then add 250 to that. That gets you 1350 calories and should get you 1.5 lbs a week. Real world results are going to be more accurate than calculators. Maybe you are more active day to day than your activity setting shows, or your…

How did you determine activity level? Because that's a TDEE calculator. So on something like MFP, when you choose "sedentary" or "lightly active", you're talking about your activity outside of workouts. With a TDEE calculator, you're trying to account for ALL activity. And then there are also multiple formula options (in…

It won't have to impact your weight loss. It just means you'll be eating less than you COULD eat if you were burning more. Or that you'll decide to eat a bit more anyway, and lose more slowly than you otherwise could. Weight loss is all about your deficit. You can create a deficit however you like, including through eating…

Yes, probably. You may want to lay off it for awhile.

Oh, definitely agreed.

Yikes! Outside, I am assuming? Definitely seconding headphones. And reflective sunglasses. Think intimidating and unavailable. If they think you won't hear or see them, or think you might turn on them, they might not bother trying to get a reaction out of you. And I like the tank top above. :D Maybe take a look and see if…

My BEST guess at salvaging that: The article says earlier on that she was diagnosed with celiac disease. She probably thought that going gluten free would at least have the silver lining of weight loss... and when she realized not so much, she stopped buying "gluten free" packaged stuff and started focusing on foods that…

You can eat whatever you like to eat! Try to eat mostly foods that help keep you full (fat and protein are good for this, as is fibre) and also work in some treats. Don't eat mainly foods you loathe or that bore you terribly -- use spices and herbs and onions and garlic and such for flavour, and plan out meals you'll…

There's no set period. It's more like this: You have 12 lbs to lose, so let's say you're expecting 0.5 to 1 lb a week loss. You just started exercising, which can pack on some water weight. So can things like finals, and vacations, and your menstrual cycle. Plus, weight loss is not linear... sometimes we don't see the…

Erm, no. I am 5 foot 4.5 and my max for healthy is around 145-150, depending on the website. So there's NO way that your max for a healthy weight range is 136. Your healthy weight range looks to be 118 to 160 for BMI, so knowing that is a good starting point.

Does his gym have recreational stuff? Hot tub, sauna, etc that he might be spending time in after his workout? Or a place to get a protein shake where he might get talking with gym friends? I dunno, I would go the "communicate with him" route. If you're worrying for nothing, it can be solved with a conversation, and if…

You should either buckle down and stop cheating on your diet, to give it a real try, or chuck the idea and just stick to a calorie target, eating whatever. You may have been given a low carb diet because, once you adjust, it often inhibits appetite. But not if you keep eating tons of carbs so your body doesn't adjust. And…

Vegetarian diets are often pretty high carb, that's why I was confused. Oatmeal and wheat (grains in general), fruits, vegetables, dairy all have carbs. (You should eat however you want to, I just was curious.)

It's not really necessary to know, if you KNOW you're in a deficit. If you're just working out but not counting calories, then I guess you'd need to see that progress if you're not willing to count. But no, the first couple pounds are not just water weight, not necessarily. But it isn't uncommon to lose weight in say, the…

1. I use MFP alone at the moment. 2. Pretty accurate if you're accurately sticking to it. It's a good starting point -- your body may differ a little, but it's as good a starting point as any. malibu927's advice on testing it is basically the best way to find out. 3. Yep. :) 4. Avoid. Do try to eat protein and fat at every…

I think that if you log it as exercise, you'd get a higher calorie estimate. So logging it as lifestyle might be safer no matter which way you go. Although you could play with the settings to see the calorie differences that you get between lightly active and active, and then go into exercise and play with a few estimates…

You don't need to go low carb (you might like low carb, you might not, but it is not necessary). If you lost those 18 lbs in the last two months, you are doing fantastic and don't need to change anything... even if you haven't seen a change recently, you will. Weight loss isn't linear... sometimes we lose in chunks.…

Oil has a lot of calories! About 120 per tablespoon (or 40 per tsp I think?). And it's totally fine to use, especially if you're eating "clean" and may not be getting much fat from other sources. (Like if your plate is a bit of chicken breast and a ton of broccoli and an apple, the oil is probably more important than if…

Probably lightly active or active, to start. See how you do in a month or so. The worst that happens if you underestimate by a bit is you may be more hungry and lose a bit faster than you expected. If you overestimate by a bit, you may lose a bit more slowly than expected (but you also got to eat more, and maybe felt…