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Mexico is now the number one obese country in the world. And I lived in rural southern mexico. The diet is different than northern mexico. We always ate beans, rice, corn, chicken.. i never ate a flour tortilla until I got the US. Diets vary through out mexico. So yes I ate relatively healthy just too much. Either way if I…

In my original post I said as an adult I am taking charge. I am now aware of my habits and taking control, I no longer "blame" them but I do wish they had raised me differently regarding portion sizes.

I didn't eat chips, cakes, and "unhealthy" food to gain weight. Just because one is overweight doesn't mean they are eating unhealthy. I ate healthy, just too much food. Traditional mexican food is quite healthy but when my portions are too big I gained weight. When you're used to eating everything on your plate you get…

smoothies + straws ! good luck!

If you are a teen and already have a healthy weight you shouldn't be trying to loose weight. Your body is still growing and developing and you can cause damage if you are not feeding your body. Your weight is already very low.

Personally I would put 5 times a week. Maybe even 4 depending on how intense they are.

Your body weight is already very low, you don't need to loose more weight. If you want to get a tighter stomach and look more toned you have to eat more protein and start lifting and doing a lot of strength training. How many calories per day are you eating now?

Add me! Ive been logging 32 days now! The more friends the better! :D I'm female, 23 years old!

4' 11" here. I'm about 130 right now. Goal weight in a year: 100 lbs.

Are you seriously only eating 900-1000 calories a day or just guessing. And if you're doing 3-4 hours of cardio you are burning well over 1,000 calories. I am 4' 11" and weigh 131 lbs and I eat 1200-1350 a day!! You are eating too little and your body is resisting loosing weight. You need to eat about 1600. You need to do…

I used a reverse BMI calc. http://www.countcalculate.com/diet/reverse-bmi I want my BMI to be around 20.. so I'm aiming at 100 lbs. :)

What are you stats and how much are you trying to loose... I'm on around 1300 every day and I'm 4' 11".. that is not too much at all!

I have a polar! love it!! :D

I'm 4' 11".. loosing 6lbs/month on 1200-1340 ... 1200 was too little.. 1300 is definitely more sustainable for me :)

Yay! I'm so excited! I have 3lbs. weights and I am 4' 11" aiming for 1340 calories a day. I've never been able to stick with any program but since this one is only 30 days I think I can finish it! :D

Hmmm.. I love mexican food and I am mexican myself..lol. but I love guacamole.. avocado has a lot of healthy fats and if you add onions and tomatoes you eat some veggies. For food anything with chicken you can make a chipotle rub or marinate... then grill the chicken and make tacos. Some salsa. Fajitas are pretty healthy…

1200 is really not sustainable. I'm 4' 11" and I felt hungry so I used my TDEE number and it gave me 1340. SO I just stick to 1300-1400 a day and I've been loosing slowly but I know I can do this for a longer and I don't feel deprived.. if you loose weight *too* fast in a non sustainable manner you will gain it back! :D…

Yes.! Even if you're not loosing for a week or so.. stick with it! You will see results but you just gotta be patient! :D

I agree with everyone. Stick to 1500-1600 calories a day. This may be a stupid question but when you do you TDEE you know you're not supposed to eat exercise calories back right... just wanna make sure you know that.. http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ I used that calculator and for 20% 1651 cal ... and for 25% 1548 cal...…

1. Anything with cheese 2. Anything Starbucks 3. Burgers 4. Guacamole 5. Pizza!

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I definitely think you are eating too little! Your BMR is 1483.. that's just how many calories your body needs if you were in bed all day just to survive. If you workout 4 times a day your TDEE is 2104.. so that minus 500 calories.. or at 25% fat loss is 1578.. You should be eating around 1578-1683 at the least. It sounds…

Are you logging everything you eat, or jusr guestinating? What are your stats? You may be eating to liittle..

Hmmm... I would use the iifym calc.. i found it to be more accurate than scooby.. by inputting your stats for 15% fat loss and working out 3X at 5' 5" at 156 lbs your suggested is 1718 calories/day... I've had success with it. to me it's easier sticking to one target every day vs.. adding exercise and eating some back..…

I am also 4' 11" and trying to get down to 100 lbs (long term) and yes eating more may help you break your plateu! I am eating around 1340 and I am currently 131.4 and loosing about 6 lbs/month... i used the IIFYM calculator and ive had good results so far... I set mine to 25% fat loss and I exercise 4 days/week. Because…

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MFP calculator is innacurate and it does not take into account exercise. I would recommend using this calculator because it takes into consideration your exercise so you can eat more. http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ I was at 1200 but i bumped mine up to 1340 according to the calculator and how many times I work out...…

This is a tough question... and I suggest not eating all the calories you burn while exercising. When I joined MFP I was on 1200 cal/day and exerisicing 5 days/week. There are other threads on her about that and most people say don't eat all of them. What I found the best for me is to use the iifym calculator because it's…

It really is a myth that you have to eat 5-6 meals a day for weight loss. As long as you meet your calories deficit you will loose the pounds. Stick to what you like. I am at 1340 calories/day and it would be hard making 5-6 decent meals out of that. So I eat 3 main meals and one snack, so i totally agree with you. Check…

Iv'e heard good things about those bars! Are they any good?