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That would be awesome! Of course, the older and smaller you are, the harder and harder it gets. As a general goal, I think all of us would like to be able to maintain a healthy weight and eat as much as possible.

Anyone having issues with syncing to MFP today? My exercise calories sent over to MFP from misfit seem okay, but on the misfit app it counted my breakfast seven times!

I was hungry all day today!! My protein numbers were good, and I actually ate a decent sized lunch, for me. But I just felt un satisfied! I think it was because my fat was low. I ate pizza (just two slices, so not too much) for dinner, and I finally feel full. It is both physically and psychologically difficult to do this!…

Lifting to add/retain lean mass helps. I am still struggling, And up from my lowest (112 after MFP) by just under 20 lbs. but even though I re gained 20 lbs, I can still wear a lot of the clothes I wore at around 112. That is because I was lifting during part of the time and some of my add was lean muscle. Otherwise I too…

Bumping. I was all psyched up to go back to my lifting (non circuit training) this week, but then I apparently overdid my Monday run and ended up with a sore knee and hip. So it is one more week of circuits via body revolution, since it is easier to modify them to be less demanding on the knee and still get a decent…

I've got to jump in here. MFP set to 1 lb loss per week, and then adding and eating exercise calories worked like a charm for me until I got close to goal. Then TDEE worked better. MFP method of adding exercise calories and then eating them back helped me to understand the importance of exercise in weight management. It…

And again, OP, this post is so inspiring to me!!!! I will think of you every time I want to cheat.

Not to hijack this thread, but I will say also that the spreadsheet has been helpful. I am still not quite where I would like to be. Likely because of not being as dedicated to my lifting as I should. I am quite compliant with my cardio and with my calorie goal (although accuracy can be an issue), but a little more…

Me too add me!

Wow! There is a huge difference!! Your latest picture looks awesome! This is inspiring and makes me continue to be hopeful. I had something of a similar experience in taking a picture last week (my new profile picture) and being surprised at how much better I looked than I thought. I have been struggling with losing and…

Okay I miss the edit feature from the old forums. So here is my edit: Meant to say that I will drop 100 more cals if I don't continue to lose on the average week to week. If I continue to drop I will stay the course as I have been.

Okay,I am really not trying to bump this thread over and over out of impatience, I am just adding info either as I think of it, or as I have time to add. So I hope you read my above entry with the strength training info. It has warmed up here, and probably will be mostly warmer up until March, where it likely will get very…

If I have a day where it is likely I will go over, I still try to stay within what would be maintenance calories for me. That way, I am not really doing harm, just not as much good. I keep in mind that I might have a maintenance day once a week, and I try to plan ahead and use it either for "date night" (usually Friday or…

First of all, all of a sudden, it is working! I have lost almost 2 lbs in the past week. I know that some of that is hormonal water weight, but I am still soooo glad to be heading in the right direction. Now if I can just make sure I lose more than I will gain at the next hormonal surge. . . . and keep it going. . . . I'm…

When I put on my largest jeans and they were so tight I couldn't sit down! Five years ago, and I'm still going strong!

It is tough. First, it is easier to base all workouts from home, so that way I don't waste travel time. I have lots of dvd's and lots of dumbbells up to 25 lbs, and will add more as needed. Second, I took up running as my primary form of cardio because it burns a lot of calories in a short time, and it can be done from…

Thanks for the protein suggestions. I do love Greek yogurt, but I hadn't thought of adding protein powder. I'll have to try that. And I love tuna for lunch. Unfortunately, my boys don't love it (except for in my tuna-pasta salad with lots of veggies, which is a little carb heavy), so we don't have it for dinner often. I am…

I absolutely agree!

Good news--I am down just over 1/2 lb this week!

Okay, protein without adding too many calories is ALWAYS a challenge for me. For one thing, I like carbs (!), and then there is the money thing. Adding carbs to your meat really stretches the budget, and feeding two teen boy athletes gets pretty expensive! I do shoot for at least 70 grams. And obviously fail fairly often.…

Pimples on my wrinkles. Yep! Some things are just not fair.

During my period this happens several nights. Soooo annoying and gross. When will it end???

The last straw for me was the day it said I burned 2500 calories when in reality I missed my workout that day and sat at my computer typing for several hours. When I looked at my graph, it reported typing as moderate activity. (at 130 lbs, most calculators predict a daily calorie burn of about 1400 without a workout!) No…

You can't spot reduce and choose where the fat comes off. If you reduce calories below what you burn, the fat will come off (and stay on) in whatever way your body is genetically engineered to store fat. Cardio exercise will allow you to eat more and still lose. Strength training will help to actually re shape your body to…

I'm using a Misfit Flash ($50 but I got mine on sale for $25). It syncs to my phone and seems to be pretty accurate. Before, I used a Bodymedia fit (no longer available) which I think is now similar to the high end jawbone product. It was VERY INACCURATE. Basically it overestimated my calorie burn by about 1000 calories…

The fewer hours you are eating, likely the fewer calories you will eat. I think that is how it is supposed to work. Probably not the best plan for those with families, unless you can watch your family eat while you sit and starve. For me personally, I would rather spread my calories out during the same time period as my…

Looks like if I am very careful, 1300-ish will produce about 1/4 lb per week. That is not too far off what I would have expected. Activity was a little erratic this weekend. I missed 2 workouts, but I was on my feet a whole lot more than my normal weekends. I would expect my overall TDEE was a bit less than with my…

It is all about calories in and calories out. With that being said, some people's bodies are good regulators of appetite--in other words their appetites match what their bodies need to be healthy. I think many of us are born that way. But at some point we learn other habits, and then we can no longer listen to our bodies…

Pretty much everything is higher calorie than I thought! And it adds up fast! One of my happy discoveries, however, has been that a donut is lower in calories than a bagel. Yay!!!

Here is a scary thought--if you enter 10 items and are under by 10 calories each, you have already lost 100 calories of your deficit!