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Well, we'll still be here for you when this doesn't work and you're even more frustrated, and possibly, weigh more.

I'm set to sedentary and usually get about 300-400 extra calories a day from hitting 10k steps. I suspect OP's activity level is not set to sedentary.

I never got rid of my smaller clothes as I gained, so I sporadically go through the boxes in the basement. Just pulled out all my size 16 pants yesterday!

At 20 lbs down, no one had noticed. In the past few weeks, I'm down a few more pounds. In the past two days, someone pointed it out, I'm down two bra sizes, I fit comfortably in my size 16 pants (down from size 20), and my back fat rolls are shrinking to the point where I could no longer tuck a pencil in them. So it was…

6-7: wake up 7:30: 10-20 mins of walking 9: to work 10: breakfast and coffee-- cheese and crackers or protein shake ~200-300 12:30: lunch--something I batch made on the weekend ~300-400 2:30: 20-30 min walk 3: snack--berries, jerky, nuts, cheese, or protein bar ~100-200 cals 6: dinner--leftovers, Amy's entree, Tasty Bite,…

I'm 47, 5'8", and currently 197, aiming for 1lb/week loss. MFP sets me at 1480 cals per day, which just isn't quite enough to satiate. I have lately been getting 10k steps a day, which gives me another 300-400 calories to work with. 1800 cals a day works fine for me, and I lose on pace. As long as I get those steps in.

I eat mine; I earned them! Plus it really helps it feel sustainable. I'm not in a huge hurry, and I know this is how I just need to live and eat from here on out.

Logging my food, without even restricting it, was the first big step for me. Being brutally honest and accountable to myself for what I was putting in my mouth made me realize that I am in control.

I'm 5'8", set to sedentary with 1460 cals a day for 1lb a week, but I find that I really need 1800 cals a day so I earn and eat those from lots of walking.

@lorrpb You didn't see that period in front of the 4! Four tenths of a pound this month. :blush:

I lost a grand total of .4 pound this month. It was me and my husband's birthday month, we had a party, yada yada. Up two, down two, up three, down 2. So no real progress for July. But I always knew this was a long-term thing, and I know exactly what I did to thwart my loss, so I know exactly how to get back to it. And…

I carry my water bottle with me wherever I go.

I'd like to lose another 20 (with still another 10 left to go) by the end of the year.

As close as I've found! 5'8" F SW: 220 CW: 199 GW: 170

I only have one cup of coffee a day and I mix in a packet of hot cocoa. It sweetens it plenty and lightens it enough, and it's 80 calories vs. 140 when I do my standard sugar and half and half.

I have a hiatal hernia and I don't limit fat. Mine is a sliding one so sometimes my stomach pops up above my diaphragm. It's not painful, but uncomfortable. I can always tell when it's acting up by the way I breathe. If I take a deep breath and my tummy goes out, it's fine. But if my chest and shoulders rise instead, the…

I'm 5'8" and currently right around 200, and I get about 450 extra calories a day when I hit 10k steps. So yeah, it's way off.

My best advice is if you don't even know where to start, read. Read these forums, read all the stickies. Read, read, read. Learn, young padawan.

Two words: anal leakage. Is it really worth it to you when all you have to do is log your food accurately?

Log your food.

The very first thing I did was start tracking religiously. I didn't even try to reduce calories, but it's eye-opening to start learning how many calories your common foods might be. I dropped 5lbs right away just because I realized I didn't really need or want some of the things I was mindlessly eating. I very much…

Mine was open until I got unsolicited advice, even though I was doing fine (omg I wasn't measuring in GRAMS!) Also I drink a lot of beer and you guys probably don't need to know that.

I also don't really worry about macros. I eat what I want, and generally it's pretty consistent.

I also leave my activity level at sedentary and them take advantage of some, not all, of the extra calories my steps give me. It's more incentive to me to earn them than to have them already counted in and know I still have to do them.

Female. 1500 plus some exercise calories, so average ~ 1800.

I find it helpful, but I still really wish I was a person who could naturally eat my maintenance calories without tracking. But I know I can't, and so I will track forever.

I'm 5'8" and female. I started at 220, and first goal was to get below 200, which I've just done. At 170, I'm a size 12, and I feel pretty comfortable there. But part of me also would like to get to the middle of the healthy BMI range. I'll reassess at 170.

My standbys: -Cheese and crackers -Protein shake -Egg, ham, cheese in a microwaveable bowl -Veggie egg muffins -Nuts and berries -Insta breakfast sandwich

I went on my honeymoon to an all-inclusive in Cancun in February. Ate what I wanted, when I wanted, and drank quite a few beers. Gained a few pounds, came right back on plan on our return. It did slow my overall loss for February but I don't regret a thing. I'm in it for the long haul.

I read that one thing successful weight loss maintainers regularly do is log their food. Since I want to be a successful maintainer, I just decided I was going to track my food, pretty much for the rest of my life.