Angierae75 Member

Did you walk faster on the day you got more calories? Did you get those steps in longer bursts? All of those things can make a difference.

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If you lose 5 pounds one week, and 0 pounds the next, you're still averaging 2.5# per week, which is actually a little high. You need to look at your overall numbers.

As everyone has said, log it, move on. It's fine. Sugar isn't a big deal unless you have a medical reason for watching your sugar consumption.

My advice is always to eat back half for a month, then evaluate. Are you miserable? Are you losing too fast? Too slow? Then either bump it to 25% or 75%, depending on what your results look like Personally, I have a Fitbit and I've eaten back all the calories it's given me and I continue to lose weight, so I'm just going…

This, pretty much.

To be honest, the best thing I did for my plantar fascititis was getting cortisone shots from my podiatrist, and then after that only walking with good shoes with inserts. I still have days where I'm a little achy but I've never had days where I'm limping in terrible pain. (I got my shots in 2011 and I've never had it get…

And lucky you! I find eating 1700-1800 calories incredibly easy. Sadly. :P

I eat back most of mine. During the first six months of my weight loss I lost 25 pounds, which was pretty much exactly on target with the 1# per week I was shooting for.

Oh man, Timbits. I love them so much. I got a Timmie's coffee today (Black w/sugar free vanilla syrup) and I was soooo tempted to get Timbits, and then I reminded myself that they're like 60 calories EACH.

Whatever you like to eat. I have never been able to stick to a diet of "diet food". I eat the same things I've always eaten, just in smaller portions and with a heavier lean on the healthy stuff and less of the unhealthy stuff.

Once you're using your Fitbit for a while, you'll start to see patterns in how many extra calories it gives you. I'm set to sedentary. On an average day (10k steps), Fitbit/MFP will give me an additional 400 calories, give or take. So I pretty much build that into my menus for the day unless I know I'm going to be less…

Yup, that's what I meant. Thanks!

I didn't have a thigh gap when I weighed 120 pounds, so it's not something I've ever paid attention to.

Cereal, definitely. A serving of cereal is so small I don't even bother unless I'm going to have a very active day and get the extra calories to make a "real" serving feasible.

This is exactly why my plastic surgeon told me not to worry too much about weight loss post-breast reduction. I went from a 40H/I to a 38C five years ago, and basically because she had to fit all of the non-fat stuff into my new breasts, there's very little fat in there anymore.

I'm jealous of people who say they cut fast food and when they tried it again, it was gross. I didn't eat fast food for six months once, and lemme tell you, that double cheeseburger was AMAZING when I broke down and ate it. *sigh*

I'm pretty sure my goal weight still puts me into "overweight" according to BMI, but I don't put much stock in BMI, so it isn't part of my decision making.

If you are using fitbit and MFP, track your food on MFP and pay attention to your numbers there. Let Fitbit add/subtract calories based on how active you are, but worry about the numbers MFP shows.

He's not going to want to lose weight until he's ready. You can't force him to do it, even if you think it's for his own good.

Fitbit will also keep track of how fast you're walking, and give you more for faster. That's why they have the "intense" "moderate" etc levels. 10k steps, with me set to sedentary, will give me about 400 extra calories, so I figure 10k steps isn't really sedentary, it's "lightly active" for someone of my height/weight. I…

I lost 25 pounds and went down a size and everyone was saying how good I looked and then I took two months off because hey, whatever. Back on the wagon again today. Could you possibly try to lose slower, so it's a little easier? If you were losing 1# a week, maybe drop it to .5#?

Depends on where you shop, too. I can wear and Old Navy 16 but at Target I'm still an 18 (5'1", 195 down from 220)

I eat anything that fits into my calories. Fast food. Ice cream. Chocolate.

You can eat them. 10k steps a day is not "lightly active". You can move up to "active" or you can just eat back the extras.

After my first week or so, I'm rarely hungry. I learn to space out my snacks so that I don't get too terribly hungry. I want to be ready to eat by the time my next meal rolls around, but I don't want to be so hungry I over-eat. One thing I learned with my Fitbit was that I was eating too little. I am more active than I…

Nothing, lately. I love movie theater popcorn but it's so expensive and such a calorie hit. I could make it fit, but it isn't really worth it.

I've lost 24 pounds eating back what my fitbit gives me. I trust it.

I have a Flex. (Wristband)

(And I eat back most of what my fitbit gives me, and I'm losing.)