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For accuracy, try to keep your conditions level (like maybe in the morning after using the restroom before having water or breakfast, wearing similar weight of clothes, etc.). For how often, it's up to you. I personally weigh every morning and track on an iOS app called Happy Scale. I like to watch the trend so that if a…

Totally had me some mild boneless wings from WingStop and probably about half a basket of their regular fries, both with a side of ranch, and I don't feel even slightly guilty about it lol

Well that depends on what "healthy" is. If it's rabbit food, then no. I'm not really a veggie person. But to me, my lunch (a McAlisters Sweet Chipotle Chicken with cheese sandwich and a few plain tortilla chips with a fourth of the chicken tortilla soup cup) was healthy since it fits in my calorie and macro/micro goals…

I'm actually thinking I might want to take my goal weight another few pounds down, from 145 to maybe 141, based on a body fat percentage of around 21-22%. I'm 150 and around 26.9% now. And then just maintain and bask in the happiness and self-confidence that has come from my little journey. I might, miiiight, switch into…

I take 325 mg ferrous sulfate (an iron sup) as directed by my general physician for labs that came back showing iron-deficient anemia

I take Seasonale, and I find that my appetite increases in the one, maybe two, hours after I take it. That's why I moved it to the night, so I'm not feeling the need to eat all day long. Besides, I'm already more of an evening/night eater just because (like I'm almost never hungry during the day and can easily get by with…

I have my diary split into breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, evening snack. One of the two consistent things about my day is that my "evening snack" category usually has at least 400 calories, if not more, in it because I'm always hungry at night and have learned to not fight it and just structure…

This is exactly what I was going to say. If you just started some strenuous weight training, your muscles are going to hold that water for repair. So that could be the cause of a little weight gain there. Also, weight fluctuates, so make sure you weighing at the same time in as close to the ame conditions as possible. Even…

Cottage cheese is da bomb! I love to make a bowl with strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries, and add some cottage cheese to that. It is so good :) Also, I've heard the less fat, the more "sour" it tastes. I've got 2% small curd and really like it, but apparently 1% is pretty strong

I'm on an extended cycle pill for cramps and I've noticed my appetite increases, especially in the hour or two after I take it. That's why I moved it to the night. I've lost 16.6 pounds since Jan It's an appetite thing. If you can control your eating even with the increased appetite, you won't gain. The only form of birth…

Age: 21 Height: 5'5.5" SW: 169 (Jan 19) CW: 152.4 (This morning) GW: 145 and then see Calories: Set at lightly active with 1 lb a week goal, 1550 allowance. I eat anywhere from 1200-1550, depending on hunger. I've never eaten back exercise calories (calculated with Fitbit). I do treadmill daily and lifting every other day.…

Like above, if you've just started exercising strenuously, your muscles are retaining water to repair themselves

I'm biased because I have a Fitbit Charge HR and I love it. Tracks my calories, daily steps, any stairs I go up and down, and gives my my HR (relative, anyway) during exercise. HOWEVER .... If you don't care anything about HR for any other reason (like to just see it during the day or see your resting HR go down over time…

Beef jerky Greek yogurt Deli meat and cheese Cottage cheese with berries Peanut butter and apple or banana ... Or anything really

I lose at 1560 (age 21, height 5'5.5", weight 153 lbs, treadmill almost daily, lifting every other day). So it's possible. But without knowing anything about you, no one can really say. http://www.iifym.com/tdee-calculator/# Try this TDEE calculator. Eat below your TDEE, you should lose weight. I believe every 250 is half…

If your exercise is not steady (HIIT, for example) HR will have you all over the place. I enjoy it for use on the treadmill or elliptical though. It's even nice for tracking my lifting days. Also, note that the flex does not do stairs. It doesn't have an altimeter in order to know when you've gone up or down any stairs. So…

I don't pay attention to it, but I don't think anyone really finds it all too accurate https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10339300/you-will-weigh-in-5-weeks

I may be wrong, but I think a lot of whey isolate powders are on the lower end of the carb spectrum???? I personally like Optimum nutrition gold standard 100% whey. Tons of flavors. My fav is rocky road. I mix mine with unsweetened almond milk (no reason in particular other than normal milk causes my stomach to make loud…

Exactly as above. Water is amazingly helpful since sometimes your hunger is actually thirst. Also try drinking green tea or lemon water. Nothing super special about it, but I find having a little taste is exactly what I needed instead of a whole meal. Congrats on finishing your first week. It'll get easier and this will…

SW 169, CW 153.4. I actually didn't notice, I guess since I look at myself in the mirror everyday. My clothes told me when I went to put on some business casual clothes for a class presentation and the pants were entirely too big. My parents also came to visit me last week (155.2) and they noticed I was smaller

It's fine. The majority of my calories come within 2 or 3 hours of bed for me and I've lost 14 pounds since Jan 19

Oikos Triple Zero chocolate or vanilla, and Chobani raspberry and dark chocolate are my go-to's

Lean1 Chocolate Peanut Butter. Chocolate is a close second. Don't buy it in store. It's $37. Amazon has it cheaper. So does their website, nutrition53, because you can bundle and save (get 2 for $40, 6 for $99, etc).

1. Don't feel like a failure. 2 pounds a week is a very aggressive goal, and it's probably the biggest mistake most people, myself included, make when trying to lose weight. We want it gone and we want it gone now, so we choose the highest amount and go hardcore, but then get "burned out" quickly. Choosing a smaller goal…

Exactly this. Make sure you're weighing foods. Also, maybe get some of those measuring spoons. What I thought was 2 tablespoons of peanut butter was soooo not 2 tablespoons (I'd have a whole big pile on a tablespoon and think it was a tablespoon for some reason). It's kind of silly at first, but now I feel silly for never…

I'm ALWAYS cold, to the point that I've always got a space heater on my nightstand pointed directly at me. I'm anemic. Only time I'm not cold is when I go outside in the dead of summer (I, too, live in Texas). If it just started once you started eating at a deficit, perhaps that's why. Maybe since you're eating less,…

At college (Central Texas), mostly HEB, sometimes Walmart Parents house (North Texas), mostly Walmart, Sam's for bulk, sometimes (very few) Kroger's

Does your Fitbit app show the steps? This is always my problem (well ... As of late), that I haven't opened the app in a while and the app itself only says 0 steps, while my Fitbit on my arm clearly says I have many steps. I open the app, it says "looking" then "syncing". Then the steps update in the Fitbit app, which…

My uni requires freshman to get meal plans, and the swipe was all you could eat. I definitely gained the freshman 15 the first semester, so here's some things that helped me out that second semester (pretty recent. I no longer do meal plans, but did when I was a freshman fall 13/Spring 14) First, as someone else mentioned,…

My favorite snack at the moment, if I have time to weigh and measure everything, is strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries with cottage cheese. So sweet, 113 calories, and it's got protein. Also protein bars (Luna) are chocolatey and kill that craving. I've weighed out Cheerios in baggies and grab those most nights as…