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congrats on the success! I gotta share your story with my 6'1", 240lb husband as well! If he had abs like that, man oh man! :-X

monica lewinsky, i think its the hair ;-)

thanks!

Thanks!... now how to go about that... :-/

you look fantastic! you go girl! :-)

To OP, this was a great question! I'm on day 1 of meeting my caloric goals, and it as so hard to! I already had a boiled egg, avocado, and some cheese, however I wish I could easily find lactaid yogurt in the market - I feel like that's a healthy yet calorie dense snack, but dealing with the gas is too painful :-/ But…

Hi All! I say I'm 5'2" for convenience sake, but don't really reach the 5'2" mark. I'm 5' & 1.75". Nevertheless, I had maintained my weight at 118lbs for a long time, even dropped down to 115 (which I wasn't happy with - couldn't tell me and a 15 yo apart), but in the last 2 years, I've miserably noticed my weight creep up…

Hi All, I'm new t MFP, as of last night actually, and nice to see that this group exists. I'm planning on following the MFP calculations for the first two weeks, and if that works, great! Otherwise I'll be switching to IIFYM formula. NAME: Nadia HEIGHT: 5'2" CW (Current Weight): 130 UGW (Ultimate Goal Weight): 118 CBF%…

Thank you for your input, much appreciated! and good for you and your husband! I'm hoping that I see success using MFP in a month, so that way the proof can get my husband to start as well :-D

Thank you! I know it's going to take some time for absolute perfection of accuracy, but with the current tools at hand, I'm hoping it will get the wheels turning.

Thank you, will keep you posted... And maybe even start another thread if I have more questions...! :-)

So far, the IIFYM has me at about 1500 calories a day for weight loss of .5 lb a week. I'll definitely try to follow that, but I'm starting to foresee that 118 will be an impossible goal especially if I start incorporating strong lifts/heavy lifting into my workout regimen.

Was just going back through this thread, and thoroughly read this post... and after all the generous information and education I received last night, this definitely makes sense to me now. Thank you!

Thank you, that helps! I was confused about manually entering caloric goal, but this clears it up...! On our website (MyFitnessPal), when you enter your goals, there is a prebuilt deficit designed to keep you in the "normal" metabolic functionality while still burning more calories then you take in. This goal DOES NOT…

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it! I'm looking forward to making the changes you and others have suggested, finding which method works best for me. :-)

Okay understood. But you do seem to be agreeing with the notion that you need to eat a couple hundred more calories per day. And agreeing with the ones giving you bad advice, not the ones giving you much better advice. Well, as a newbie to calorie counting, until a few hours ago, I was under the assumption that I was…

Thank you, I just used the IIFYM website for some calculations. The BMR Calculator gave 1386 as BMR. The TDEE Calculator resulted in the BMR as 1279 and TDEE as 1871.

It really does! Thank you Heylee :-)

Not at all MrM27. My initial msg said "Can someone please explain what I'm doing wrong, and what I should be doing to see results.". I know for a fact, whatever method I've been following thus far, is a complete failure. I appreciate what everyone has to say and and I will have to give each suggestion a chance to find out…

That's what I have to get used to. As of tomorrow, I'll have to consume at least my BMR to get started... That's going to be different, because I've eaten so little for the last year, at least. :-/

Thank you! so nice to know that everyone on here is so encouraging and supportive! Will definitely measure up my curves tomorrow... Eeek!

reading the nutrition facts label, and using calorie counting apps... I know I know, I have to be very meticulous about it here on out... That's why I'm here today, whatever I was doing before wasn't right.

Wow, that's insane! Well thank you so much! :-) and Good Luck with your weight loss journey, seems like you've figured it out!

my point exactly. 130, eating what I felt was 'not much', and not losing?!? well, like I mentioned, I'm new to MFP, and today is my first day. Thanks to you knowledgeable and motivating people, I'm going back to logging and tracking! Hopefully I'll be back to post before and after pictures sooner than expected! with a…

That's great, thank you! will definitely look into heavy lifting. That definitely explains why some of the most petite girls at the yoga studio I go to are actually lifting the 8lb and 10lb weights, compared to us 'not that fit' girls lifting 3lb and 5lbs...!

Thank you very much! luckily someone gave me a weight watchers scale as a house warming gift a few years ago... it's still in the box :-/

Thank you!

So my BMR is 1280. If I consume 1280 calories, and go to the gym, I'll see results? Or will I have to eat more when I go to the gym? If so, how does that work?

Ok, so does that mean if I'm eating 1200 calories, I need to burn off 1500? I mean how would I do that? I couldn't possibly be at the gym for hours, and I wouldn't have the energy. I'm not trying to come off as argumentative, but I don't understand?

I actually love that... It's something I have refused to accept for SO LONG. Even in high school and college, with the gain & loss of 5lbs here and there, I refused to buy bigger sizes. I'm going to follow MFP guidelines for the next two weeks as 1princesswarr suggested, but if I don't see a difference, then I'm gonna go…