ChrisM8971 Member

Our mind is a wonderful thing, it took me a long time to accept that I was obese and even now at 77 lbs gone I sometimes still struggle to accept the weight loss. I still grab for the XXL t-shirts before forcing myself to get the M instead. It takes time but self acceptance does come eventually :smile:

You are making the assumption that faster is better and thats not always the case.

First suggestion is read this post http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1 Looking at the diary there are a lot of generic food entries there and you are often using cups instead of weight for measurements, particularly of solids Accuracy when logging can make or…

There are two possibilities that immediately spring to mind: 1. Have you just started these intense gym workouts, if so then your muscles could be retaining water to help them repair. 2. Are you weighing and logging everything you eat accurately. Its pretty easy to over eat on chicken and rice. Don't worry it wont be…

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This is just my opinion but log with a computer to start with because it is far easier to identify the MFP entries over the user entries than it is with the app. Also be very careful if you use the bar code scanner on the app because it just links to an entry on this site not the published nutritional information for the…

For his height, weight and age 2500 is not a lot of calories, I am shorter, lighter and older, lead a mainly sedentary lifestyle (drive for a living) and still lose about 1/2 lb per week on 2000 calories per day plus any exercise calories that I eat back.

I would read this first and try accuracy for a couple of weeks https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide If still no weight loss then maybe look at changing other things

When comparing calorie goals from different calculators you need to remember that MFP is based on NEAT so expects you to eat any additional exercise calories, whereas most others are based on TDEE and already include exercise calories

I only cut right back on things that I don't find fulfilling for the calories but haven't really cut anything out completely. I eat processed/pre packaged foods when I need convenience, I just choose the ones that fit my macro requirements

Beat me to it but I am particularly partial to a ripe Camembert or a dolcelate at the moment

If you weighed it after cooking enter this into the search: Fish - Salmon, Atlantic, wild, cooked, dry heat Its 182 cals per 100 g (I am European for my sins) and you will notice there is no * before the name so is an MFP rather than a user entry

Looking through the last few days your measurement are the problem and you are almost certainly consuming more calories than you think you are: So many foods are logged as 1 serving but what constitutes a serving? Chicken legs are entered by the leg, how big was the chicken, was it the same size as the one used to set up…

Use olive oil to cook with and dress salads, eat nut butters and nuts & seeds in general, full fat dairy, avocados etc. It will soon add up

Lift heavy weights, use compound lifts, particularly squats and you will get there, worked for me. Went from struggling to do crunches to doing full sit-ups using this method

Not wanting to argue but how were any of the posts promoting unsafe weight loss techniques or Eating Disorders? The OP questioned the calorie goal set by MFP and was advised to increase the calorie goal?

With only 18 lbs to lose you don't want to be losing too fast, say 1 lb per week. While this glitch is around go to a TDEE calculator such as http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ input your stats and set the deficit to around -15% and manually add the calorie goal into MFP. Using a TDEE calculator means that, unlike MFP, it…

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There are numerous TDEE calculators out there such as IIFYM, fitnessfrog and scoobysworkshop. Enter your details into one of these sites and set at -10% and manually enter that figure here as your calorie goal. Using this method your exercise calories are already taken into account so remember not to eat them back.

I don't tend to label how I eat but when trying to lose weight I go for moderation. I also try and meet my protein, fat and fibre goals by eating nutritious foods, which includes processed packaged foods, I just have to read the labels to make sure it fits with my personal nutrient goals. Once I have met those goals then…

If you are logging everything as accurately as you can, weighing & measuring etc, then you should lose the required amount of weight per week without exercising. Therefore MFP expects to eat back an accurate representation of your exercise calories, unfortunately its estimates of calories burnt is normally over the top. If…

Beat me to it, read this ^^

BMI is a great measurement tool when looking at populations, for example statistically if the average BMI of the UK is x then we can say they are an overweight/obese nation. From a personal perspective it is not that accurate and is used so much by the medical profession because it is easy and cheap to use. Personally I…

I have been back through your diary and need to ask if you are using a kitchen scale to weigh all of the foods that have a weight against them? I notice that you are also using tablespoon and cup measurements for some high calorie items such as butter and avocado, I would suggest you weigh these on a scale as well because…

I am no expert and may be wrong in this as well but I believe that when people say fat burning mode it means you burn dietary fats as your energy source and doesn't mean that you suddenly start burning large quantities of body fat

You need to eat low calorie to lose weight, going low carb is a dietary style and that alone won't result in weight loss unless you are eating at a deficit calorie wise.

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Sorry but there is no way to spot reduce any part of you body and unfortunately fat comes off from where it wants to come off from and never where we want to lose it (or so it seems) Lose body fat while trying to retain lean mass by eating at a calorie deficit, meeting your protein requirements and and lifting weights Add…

Providing you can stick to one brownie and that you arent leaving yourself hungry then there is nothing wrong with eating a brownie instead of any other food whether we perceive them as healthy or not. The big question is would you be less likely to stick to this if you cut out those foods you enjoy