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Really? Nothing? I'm a little disappointed, MFP.

I'm 5'9, 24 years old, and on 2,000 calories I could maintain at about 150 pounds. That's solidly within healthy weight range for my height. Right now I'm losing weight on 1910.

There is likely a button on your UP profile that says "allow negative calories." Basically, if you don't get in as many steps as UP thinks you should that day, it's taking away calories. I don't have UP so I don't know where that setting would be, but I've seen it with the Fitbit so I'm pretty sure it exists.

I'm sorry that happened to you. Having little kids point out things can be the absolute worst. I'm sorry that you and your daughter had to experience that.

I didn't know this existed, but now I want it! This looks really great.

That's very true, and not something I'd thought about. So MFP assumes that at maintenance you burn 2920 calories a day. 2 pounds a week gives you 1920 calories a day, because that's a deficit of 1000 calories a day. However, doing your maintenance-25% (essentially the TDEE method) would put you at 2190 according to MFP's…

My goal is to lose 170 pounds, which is not only half my body weight, but will also put me at 170 pounds (That makes me excited because I'm a nerd...). I'm a touch over halfway there, having lost 103 pounds so far. It can definitely be done, and after coming so far I'm confident I can get there.

This isn't really your question, but if both MFP and TDEE are giving you numbers closer to 2000+ calories a day, why are you eating 1400-1600?

You can't share the actual recipes, but you can copy a person's meal. First, you have to be friends on MFP and one of you has a diary open at least to your friends (doesn't have to be completely public). On the app, go to the "friends" tab and select the friend whose meal you're going to copy. Click on their diary icon so…

When you say high carbs during exercise and high protein after, do you mean as snacks? Or as meals? For example, you might have a high carb lunch, then exercise, then high protein dinner. Or maybe you just eat a protein bar afterwards. When do you exercise, and are you looking for meals that fit those goals or snacks?

My dad, for eating like a man (and me for copying him!). Also crescent rolls and Mt. Dew.

As someone who is in a similar situation to you, I can understand the hesitation, and I can understand other people's hesitation that you might be a good owner. First, I'd caution you on the kind of dog you get. The basset hound might be cute, but others have said that they're not great apartment dogs. I don't have…

I weigh it. Almost every brand of ice cream I've had has been 60-65 grams for a serving. This is whether it's cookie dough, mint chocolate chip, or plain chocolate/vanilla. I think even the green tea ice cream I got once was in that range, though it seemed like a denser ice cream to me.

You're not weird at all. I feel myself up all the time. I've never had collarbones, so I have a tendency to catch myself just absently feeling them up. Not to mention my waist/hip area has started to smooth out a lot more. And I have a jaw line! It's just another way to confirm that you're really losing the weight and your…

I use a Polar FT4, and I did get it for about $60. It's been great for me to use while going on runs and I've had it for about a year so far. Definitely worth the money to me. As someone else mentioned though, it's only for exercise, not a general tracker. My aunt has a Fitbit for general activity tracking (she doesn't do…

I want to do cardio at least 3 times every week. My boyfriend keeps insisting that I exercise with him, but he's so wishy washy that he's throwing me off my game. Also, I'm moving into a new place with weights, so I want to start weight lifting this month! Aiming for 2 days of weight training a week once I move into my new…

This! The world will do enough to put you down. Don't call yourself disgusting. Even just looking at yourself in the mirror and telling yourself that you look great and have accomplished so much can do a lot to help your mindset. Besides, I don't see anything wrong with your arms. You might have some extra skin, but I…

According to Yummly: Plum oatmeal crisp Plum sorbet Plum crumble Plum Kuchen (basically a plum pancake. Looks delicious!) Sugar-roasted plums Plum Galette There are more, but basically look for something that cooks the plums. Then it doesn't really matter if they're a little mushy.

Bump for later! My boyfriend loves Ruebens and this'll be great for lunch come winter.

I don't think the protein powder is an issue in addition with a healthy diet. If you're concerned about it though, but want him to continue staying full, maybe he needs more protein in the mornings. Peanut butter or eggs are often a good option, and eggs take maybe 5 minutes to cook, or you can hard boil some the night…

Khan Academy is fun and free, and has both lessons and problems for math. Honestly, one of my favorite math games was on Neopets. They have a specific one called Maths Nightmare that is pretty good, and gives you neopoints to take care of your pets with. Maybe Neopets isn't cool enough now though? I'm sure they have other…

Huh. That is weird. I agree with lemurcat, that the label was probably misprinted. Because even if they don't add any sugar to it, lactose counts under a nutrition label's sugar. Any yogurt, and particularly Greek yogurt because of its density, should be pretty high in sugar. Definitely not 2g.

Hahaha. Actually, I showed this post to my boyfriend and pointed out my grade school pictures; he said I was a pod person because I didn't look any different then vs. now. It's even hard for me to tell how old I was then! I had to go by the fact that I permed my hair in 4th grade and then my nephew was born when I was in…

This. Go for healthy range, then reevaluate. That's exactly what I'm doing. I'm also 5'9" and have never been in a healthy weight range. My first goal is 170, then I'll see from there how much more I feel I have to go before I get to where I want to be. Most of the girls I've seen who are 5'9" end up happy somewhere in the…

No, counting calories is not necessary. It's a tool, just like any others. Some people have long term success with it and feel like it has helped them change their mind set to make good choices. But lots of people lose weight all the time without counting calories, or there wouldn't be so many fad diets out there. If you…

I just moved in with my boyfriend. He was long distance for the last 5 years, and we've only been living together a month, but I hear you on the de-railing each other bit. He eats out a lot more than me and when he gets a craving, he's relentless. Even with counting, he eats differently than I do so he can usually fit one…

Thank you so much everyone for the support. It's really exciting to be able to post these pictures, and I can't wait for next year to do my goal weight success story. My best bit of advice is to take it easy on yourself. Some people dive in head first and that's just how they work, but I needed to take it a step at a time.…

Oh dang it. Of course my pictures wouldn't cooperate. Give me a moment. Edit: There. Got my pictures working. For some reason, Photobucket didn't want to show off pictures in the album I made.

Why did you go from active lifestyle to sedentary? When you say you're an active person, do you count the exercise, or just general activity? If the exercise, do you log it in MFP again? Example: A person works at a desk job all day, but goes for a walk over lunch and exercises 6 days a week at home. They log their…

Bump so it's in my feed. I want this super badly right now. Mmmmm.