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Yep! Eat that chocolate. As long as you can fit it into your daily caloric and macro goals (if you're paying attention to macros, which I would recommend), then you can ABSOLUTELY eat the chocolate and still be successful at losing weight!

Just saw this. Bumping so that others can see it.

Sometimes the package will have nutritional info on it, and that always refers to the raw meat, so I weigh it raw. So if it says that 4 oz is 130 calories, I need to weigh out 4 oz raw. And then I log it as raw, of course.

Check out this article, which links to some scientific studies. The thing to know is that your water intake includes food and all beverages. So ignore everyone who says "only water counts." It's simply not true. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eight-glasses-water-per-day/ Some of the studies linked in the…

Definitely try not to get sweat on it, especially within the first week. Just got a tattoo in January and my artist told me cool it on the exercise for at least one week. Try not to bend it, as well. Not sure where your tattoo is, but depending on the way the skin moves when you work out, it might irritate it. A tattoo…

That's fantastic! I also had almost that exact number about a month ago, and I go for another checkup in April. I'm hoping to have similar results. My blood pressure was also high, and I am hoping that diet and exercise can bring that down, too.

Yep, it seems like that might be the case. OP, how many calories do you eat per day (at least according to your estimates)?

Haha beat me to it. Great minds think alike.

I "gain" and "lose" three pounds in a single day. No biggie. Usually it's water retention from sodium, as everyone has mentioned. If it stays that way for a week or two, then yeah, you probably gained a bit. Otherwise it's not a true gain, just a fluctuation on the scale.

Yay! I'm loving the replies on this. Don't let a number get you down! It's temporary, and if it's not, then you just need to reevaluate and make little adjustments. Just don't panic and starve yourself or exercise until you're sick! Haha. Small steps.

Well, the "eat more" part of it really means "you can eat more than 1200 calories." For most people, that is absolutely true, and it's totally unnecessary to eat just 1200 calories, particularly if your BMR is much higher than that. It works. It makes sense. But you can choose your own path, and I wish you luck!

If you don't exercise as much as you've accounted for in your activity level, you won't lose as much weight (or possibly any at all, depending on the circumstances and the number of calories, etc). But I think it's false to say that this method doesn't work or that it's only for maintaining. The people over in the Eat More…

It's because TDEE already includes your exercise, but people still want to track their workouts. But it wouldn't make sense for them to "earn" the calories for that activity, since it's already been accounted for, so they just put 1 calorie. That way, they can keep track of all the workouts they are doing and share them…

Yeah.

I think I posted this in your other thread, but really this is your best resource! Read it all the way through. If you're working out 4-5 days per week, you should set your activity level at moderate and calculate TDEE with that setting. The method of eating back calories isn't exactly the TDEE method, it's more of the MFP…

Yep. If you're doing the TDEE method, it will account for your exercise activity.

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I used to be that way. I would eat healthy and work out and then I would expect that the scale would reflect all my hard work, and when it was actually higher than I expected, I would get bummed out and it would even derail me sometimes. I would think, "what's the point?" I've learned a lot since those days!

Thanks! I hope so too!

Since you're already on the small side of things, you should definitely check out the group Eat More to Weigh Less. It works for people of all sizes, but it seems to be especially effective for people with less weight to lose. Check this out. I know it's a lot to read and take in, but it's honestly one of the best…

I'm bumping this so I can read it later. I developed panic disorder about three years ago and I recently went to a doc and had a huge list of blood tests done, and my thyroid checked out alright. I suspected it might be thyroid related but it wasn't. Luckily I have far fewer panic attacks than I did three years ago, so I…

It's not a real gain. It's just your body fluctuating, as it normally does, throughout the day.

Here's a post I made earlier. Check it out. The answer: yes, breakfast (or anything) can totally result in a 2-3 lbs change. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1202905-experiment-for-the-scale-obsessed

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Yeah, I am pretty regular in the morning weigh-ins. Although I have noticed that I might fluctuate a pound or two even then, but it usually works itself out by the end of the week. Our bodies are weird.

I definitely don't recommend weighing yourself all day! haha. I think that people become so obsessed over that number, and for a lot of people the fluctuations can be really disheartening. But I think it's definitely useful for people to see the changes, just to remind them that our bodies are constantly changing…

Just try to be consistent about logging your calories. That's the most important step you can take! I would also highly recommend a digital food scale. It's totally opened my eyes to the reality of serving sizes. If you're guessing at everything, you might not see the weight loss that you'd like. Everything beyond that is…

I consider it a binge when I just eat whatever and I don't care about logging it or stopping at a reasonable point. It is usually accompanied by some excuse: "I had a terrible day" or "I'm sick" (just recently did one of these and I ate double my goal for the day, which I didn't discover until I gathered up the nerve to…

Well, sounds like I should get myself to the nearest ice cream shop....for muscles. (and maybe some hot fudge sundaes)