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If you're struggling to keep to calories and you're feeling starving, set it to lose slower. You may be undereating for your activity level. Find the level under maintenance where you don't struggle to stick to calories. Then if needed you can lower your calories slowly so it's not such a shock to your system. It's…
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That just sounds awful. I've had several bad experiences with doctors when I repeatedly asked for help with weight loss. If you haven't seen a psychiatrist yet, I'd really recommend it if you're still having trouble sticking to what you know works. Of course, there's always good ones and bad ones in that field like…
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In addition to the above, you mention the "jiggly part". Are you sure you haven't built muscle there? If you have a bit of loose skin, you won't be able to get rid of that but may be building muscle and strength underneath. The only way to get rid of skin there is build a big enough muscle that it fills the space left by…
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I finally broke down and got a fitbit. I find it really helpful. Sometimes exercise doesn't get counted but I don't worry about it since it must not be strenuous enough to be a significant amount of calories. I do like seeing a better idea of how much I'm burning and need to eat on low activity days vs high activity days.…
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Be patient. Avoid the scale if lack of progress bothers you. I'm around the same stats (5'7 and 280) and have gone from the same weight down to 145. It will take a 10-30 lbs to see a clothes size difference which should take 3-6 months. You don't want to lose too fast as it can result in lots of loose skin and/or muscle…
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Still more accurate than simple time and current weight as MFP tries to estimate. Always best to pick a certain method and use it consistently and then you can adjust if it is estimating low or high as long term weight changes show.
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Another thing to consider if what you consider enough protein and fat. I always struggled with low blood sugar until i seriously upped my protein and fat. Also i have hypothyroidism and would have low blood sugar between meals even though I was taking meds and my numbers looked good. This mostly went away when I finally…
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Look at some of the pinned posts on how to use MFP effectively. Log everything. Maybe get a food scale to at least see if you're over or underestimating foods. Are you weighing everyday and seeing that number go up? That could be water weight. Are you eating back exercise calories? Exercise calories may be overestimated if…
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I actually finally sought out a therapist partly because I was trying all the things that had worked before to lose weight and it just wasn't working. Finally got diagnosed with adhd and learned how it can cause weight gain and binge eating due to low dopamine and bad impulse control. Finally on meds and finding it easier…
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I went from around 300 to 145 when I started out and then after a few years I started gaining and just couldn't stop no matter what I did. Finally realized a big part was undiagnosed adhd that resulted in binge eating. Finally getting treatment for that and hoping to get down again as I got back up to 290 but down now to…
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Is that your total calories for that 43 min? It may be adding the calories you burn doing nothing.
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250-500 less than your fitbit tells you is a good place to start. Sync your fitbit and enable calorie adjustments and eat all your calories.
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As others have suggested, check with a doctor or trainer to determine if it's healthy or reasonable to lose weight. Then, if you are mostly maintaining now, I would suggest just logging your food for a couple weeks for what you're eating now. Don't make any changes, just log to see what your caloric intake is now. Then…
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I just meant as a better alternative to the bike seat. That looks really uncomfortable. And you can usually find the pedalers pretty cheap so you're not at a huge loss if it doesn't work out.
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They make some that are just the pedals, no seat, that you can use with an office chair (or any chair). I would suggest that instead.
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I weight whatever I'm putting the PB on and then weigh again after I spread the PB and take that as the weight of the PB (or Nutella or Jelly or butter).
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In addition to great advice above, focus on compound lifting that works your thighs and glutes such as squats. Make sure to get enough protein and fat and lose slow if at all.
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Same thing happened to me this week. Just be patient. Give it 3-4 weeks before deciding you need to make a major change.
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This has been a struggle for me too. So I've been drinking only one or two beers and then switching to 0 calorie drink for the rest of the night. And sometimes packing a light snack.
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This was when I lost weight before I regained again. You can see I still had a slight roll around the middle even when I stood up but I learned to not worry about it. Age: 31 BMI or Height/Weight/Bone Structure: BMI - 22.7; 5'7"/145 lbs/size 2-4 (curvy fit) BF%: Unknown Number of Pregnancies: 0 Medical Conditions affecting…
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Make sure you're getting your blood work checked regularly. I've lost before going from 295 to 145lb but have regained since then. But with my thyroid and other things I have to always count calories or I gain or undereat. My body can not regulate my hunger very well. When you're on medication, you can lose, but you have…
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What is your current loss per week set at? To retain muscle and get any beginner gains you can, you should be set to no more than 1/2lb a week. 1200-1300 may be too aggressive depending on your activity level.
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I find that as long as I log all my food I can stay on track even if I go over for a day or two. It's when I let myself just start eating off plan and not even logging it that I allow myself to keep making excuses and end up taking weeks or months to get back on track. I'd agree to try a week or two with a high daily goal,…
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I get up at least once an hour to walk around the floor (~3min) when I'm at work in addition to when I get up to refill my water or bathroom breaks. If I sit any longer, my back starts to hurt.
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This^ A high fat diet may not be a good idea with your heart condition without approval from your doctor. You have a lot of health conditions you are juggling and need to talk to a qualified professional.
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I do 3 meals with lighter snacks between breakfast and lunch, between lunch and dinner, and after dinner. Works for me.
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Have you tried whole wheat pasta? I have mild allergy to egg and eating lots of enriched pasta would bother me. Eating whole wheat bread and pasta has eliminated that for me.
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When I started and lost before, I weighed everything. Now that I'm having to start again, I'm only weighing things I've found vary significantly from the label or to create an appropriate portion size. Then if I lose too fast or too slow I'll adjust how many calories I eat instead of getting picky about weighing everything…
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The first step is to determine if you binges are mostly caused by hunger or stress/emotions. If it's hunger, as others have said, increase your calories if you can (by choosing a slower loss rate or eating back exercise calories). If it's stress and emotions, you have to train yourself to cope in other ways. Make sure to…
