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These diets often have results because of the satiety a high-fat high-protein diet confers, thus making people feel full on few calories (hopefully lower than their maintenance). But you are absolutely right, especially for a small person, this is a big risk to take as you may easily end up eating over maintenance if you…

Initially I started from the MFP estimate, and after a month I started doing my own estimations from the weight loss data. If you're interested you can check it here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1111515-for-the-nerds-in-you-tdee-estimation-with-graphs At our size the errors are pretty small in the estimations,…

I started at 141, now I'm at 123. Same height. Took me 3 months. Stuck to a 500 calorie deficit and exercised every day - there are no tricks really, just stick to it and you'll be fine.

QFT Everyone that used to make fun of me for either dieting too strictly (saying no to certain products) or not dieting as they thought would be right ("ohh you're eating chocolate! haha!"), or usually both, have stopped laughing and started looking into their own habits. My boyfriend became all of a sudden interested in…

First of all 2 weeks is not enough to say anything about your weight trend as a woman. You can easily "plateau" for 3 weeks due to water and hormones - most women do. Weight usually drops in "hops". If you have reduced your intake you're also likely to go to the bathroom less often, be a bit more bloated and so on. 2 weeks…

1. Replace your snacks. I go for roasted almonds, wasabi beans, dark chocolate (individually wrapped squares), whole-wheat sesame crackers. All these are about 30-50 calories each. 2. If you eat so many calories, then treat it like another meal and redistribute calories accordingly (shave off 50-100 of the other meals) 3.…

If you are at a significant deficit, then no, it will not be a problem, I was just worried you might be at a small deficit and thus end up eating at maintenance unknowingly. Just reassess in a couple of months :) Second - if you're worried about LBM loss, the rate of loss is very important. The higher the deficit, the…

Yes. The calorie breakdown default in MFP is dreadful, but it's not their fault - it's the "recommended" requirements from the WHO (or some other similar organization).

Few notes: 1. Basing your TDEE on the weight loss over 2 weeks, when right at the start, might make you overestimate your TDEE a bit. I'd be cautious and reevaluate on the "lower side" 2. Your macros are just fine - I'd even take it up a notch and make sure you have at least 1g protein per lb of lean body mass, as many…

Your body doesn't know the "magic number" 1200. That's just a guideline a bunch of nutritionists decided to be a fair bottom line for most people, it doesn't have any biological meaning. What's 1200 for you is 1569 for someone else and 995 for another someone. Second, your body doesn't understand 1440 minutes (24h). It…

I'm 5'4'', 123lbs (my initial goal) and realized I'm not quite there yet - aiming for 119, so I can easily understand the "last 4 pounds" issue:) I do think that you've received very good advice there with strength training instead of cardio - it will slightly boost up your caloric needs and help you maintain or lose fat…

Yup - every time I go astray I get a bad stomach ache... That being said, I did find few restaurants which make food that really agrees with me - so I do go out about once a week and have a nice (calorie heavy) dinner, because I enjoy the experience :)

As many people mentioned before, there are very good tools such as trendweight and libra which you could use to visualize your weight trend! All you have to do is enter daily weigh-ins and it will calculate stuff for you, make a nice, pretty plot:P I'm going to quote someone from another post:

Many of us don't have big stomachs - we got fat on sweets, pastry, sweetened drinks etc, not on big quantities of food. When switching to a clean diet you can feel full on 800 calories a day - for a while. It's just an adjustment period, that I personally don't see needing to be "fixed" as long as you know what's going to…

If you've just started you're likely to feel that's enough for now, and you can go on for a while. But in a few weeks you're going to start feeling hungry and weak, and at that point, don't be afraid to up your intake because 400 net calories is unlikely to stick. If you feel hungry or lethargic then you're eating too…

It's just a way to redistribute calories over the course of the week. As long as you net at a deficit at the end of the week, you'll lose weight. If not, you won't. It's a question of convenience for people with certain lifestyles, and will suit some and not others (especially the ones with an unhealthy relationship with…

Hard to tell without knowing your height...

Double posts are against policy :)

Use this calculator to get an idea of what you should eat, calories and macros: http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/

Increasing slowly is great advice. Just keep in mind 2 weeks is not really enough to set a baseline, especially for women. So if you happen to seem to be gaining weight slightly after 2 weeks, just maintain the same level for another 2. Don't go crashing back down. Patience is key here. And don't worry about your…

Mine always gets very short when I start a new workout - 17 days-ish. But then it creeps right back on track (which is not a very "stable" track to begin with)

You're asking to lose 1 kg/5 days = 200g/day = 1540 calories deficit per day. You could theoretically hit such a goal but it will take a huge toll on you - mentally and physically - and very very few people could do it. And don't take that as a challenge - it's really not a sensible thing to do. That being said, if you…

It's highly unlikely you pee more than you drink, but yeah we all have issues with peeing a bit too often when we drink loads. You just get used to it:)

Haha, Well, I had 5 pizzas over that time, and only one bumped my weight up. :D

You can download mine to get you started. Link just few posts up:)

Yes you can change the date as well, just insert your initial date in the first row and then drag the column down. Excel will automatically complete it :D If you have any issues feel free to ask me I can help you set it up.

That just means that your RMR is slightly higher than what you'd expect for your weight, height and age, therefore MFP estimates you at lower levels. If you've gotten actual measurements those trump the MFP defaults. So go with your dietitian's advice.

Depends who you ask, of course. I'd define a plateau as a period in which you don't lose weight. I would also say they are usually FAKE plateaus, because your overall weight loss doesn't stop, you just retain water for long periods of time (due to the monthly cycle, exercise) but then it all drops in a day and goes back to…

Haha, oh I'm a true MFP heretic! I also eat below my BMR and net below 1200. Should I hide from the crowds that cry "burn the witch" ?

The first things you need to look at are: 1. How much do you eat? You are not very big so you might be eating at maintenance without realizing 2. How accurate are you tracking calories in and calories out - for the same reason