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Are you burning calories? Are you choosing to eat fewer calories than you burn? Then yes, you can lose weight.

This calculator will tell you not only your BMI, but how many servings of various foods to eat to maintain that weight. If you enter your healthy goal weight this will help you plan your food intake. https://www.bcm.edu/cnrc-apps/healthyeatingcalculator/eatingCal.html

Here's a calculator that takes into account age, height, weight (either goal or current), and activity. https://www.bcm.edu/cnrc-apps/healthyeatingcalculator/eatingCal.cfm It will also tell you how many servings of the food groups you should be eating.

Unless you're morbidly obese, 9 lb in 1 week is way too much. If you're more than 100 lb overweight, 5 lb a week is manageable. As you get closer to a healthy BMI, you'll lose less. You need to discuss this with your doctor & dietician. And stop thinking of "cheat days". Either you're eating within your calorie goal or…

My favorite recipe site / magazines: http://www.tasteofhome.com/ I've only ever had one thing that I made using one of their recipes that was not good. You can search by ingredients, or the name of what you want to make, or hover over "recipes" in the menu bar & look at "cooking style"... they have 'easy', 'slow cooker',…

Losing (or gaining) weight is entirely about calorie balance. Eat less than you need, lose weight. You don't need to "eat clean" or do any special diet, avoid any foods, etc. (That being said, do have a hard look at which ones have empty calories and which ones bring plenty of useful nutrition. Have less of the former &…

Welcome aboard. Here are some helpful posts. Definitely read sexypants. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10012907/logging-accuracy-consistency-and-youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think…

Do you have calories left? Can you fit in a small healthy snack: piece of fruit, container of yogurt, piece of string cheese, ounce of nuts... Do something distracting & incompatible with eating: Go brush your teeth. Go for a walk. Do the dishes. Take a bubble bath. Read a book. Call a friend. Turn up the music & dance.…

Just follow what your doctor & dietician have told you and you should be fine. Hopefully your health improves with the special prescription diet. :smile:

WW costs money, MFP is free. That's enough of a reason for me. WW doesn't exactly teach real-world skills, what with its "free" foods and "points" & external locus of control. MFP uses real foods and accounts for everything, but you have to put in the work. For an example from someone else, have a look at this. I saved…

Instead of having a HUGE bowl of pasta, I have a _serving_ with lots of veggies & some meat. Probably equal amounts of meat & pasta, and twice as much veggies. The exception is tortellini or ravioli. Those just get sauce. But they're rare. I do have/keep/use rice (brown), quinoa, barley, and couscous. I still prefer…

What toxins are you hoping to remove from your body? (Specific names like "dihydrogen monoxide", or "sodium bicarbonate", not vague general woo statements.) Why do you think your body won't get rid of those on its own, if those things are so bad for health? Why do you think drinking or eating anything specific (beyond…

Definitely read sexypants. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10012907/logging-accuracy-consistency-and-youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think…

No. Just eat at a reasonable deficit every day (500-1000 cal below what you need to maintain your current weight). Neither my doctor (endocrinologist specializing in weight issues) nor my dietician had ever heard of the concept of "eating back exercise calories". First, unless you're weighing / measuring everything, you're…

Here's a table which explains the healthy macro ranges, from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/88/1/1/T1.expansion.html carbs, 45 - 65% of calories (4 cal per gram) fat, 20 - 35% of calories (9 cal per gram) protein, 10 - 35% of calories (4 cal per gram) And you're not going to…

Here's a table which explains the healthy ranges, from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/88/1/1/T1.expansion.html carbs, 45 - 65% of calories (4 cal per gram) fat, 20 - 35% of calories (9 cal per gram) protein, 10 - 35% of calories (4 cal per gram)

Check with your doctor & dietician for appropriate recipes.

Nuts, beans & legumes are the biggest things. Quinoa also has a lot. If you stay vegetarian, not vegan, eggs.

I saw some idiot on facebook post the meme about salad costing more than steak... Then she went off about the cost of the salad bar at [area grocery store chain]. :/ Well, yeah, if you go to the salad bar, with everything prepped, waiting all day in refrigerated comfort, ready to eat, it's expensive. Most convenience food…

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23244741 Double trouble: restrained eaters do not eat less and feel worse "high levels of dietary restraint do not appear to reflect actual caloric restraint, it has been found to be a risk factor for a wide array of maladaptive eating patterns. ... restrained eaters do not eat less than…

Feeling good. Feeling like I look good. Wearing normal-size clothes. Being able to move freely. Not worrying about fitting into a seat in: waiting room, airplane, etc. Not being discriminated against because I'm fat. (Even medical people do this, and I hate it.)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23244741 Double trouble: restrained eaters do not eat less and feel worse "high levels of dietary restraint do not appear to reflect actual caloric restraint, it has been found to be a risk factor for a wide array of maladaptive eating patterns. ... restrained eaters do not eat less than…

Maintenance, by definition, is maintaining. Most people fluctuate a few pounds one way or the other, and it's no big deal. Decide where your "big deal" limit is (10 lb up?) and what you're going to do about it (cut 250 cal/day until you're back under that 10lb limit?), then stop worrying.

If you're feeling lousy because you overindulged in lots of less-than-healthy food & drink, then start eating correctly again. Nothing else is needed. No special diet, no "cleanse", no "detox", nothing out of the ordinary other than perhaps increasing the amount of water you drink for a few days. If it makes you feel…

A book I'm reading which might be useful for you: Overcoming Binge Eating Dr. Christopher Fairburn ISBN 9780898621792

Try searching the groups: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/groups More specialty discussions there.

Check out the groups if you want post-surgery support. But for specific information on your situation, depend on your medical team. Each situation is unique, and you can't compare yourself to anyone else (healthy or post-surgery). Here are some useful links, from quality sites:…

Given your age & inactivity, 1400 is probably more than you need for the whole day just to maintain your current weight. Yet you're eating that for dinner, plus what's probably at least 800 cal in shakes (please consider eating real food instead!!!), and surprised you're not losing weight. Go back to your MFP account setup…

Neither my dietician nor my weight-loss doc (endocrinologist specializing in weight issues) had ever heard of "eating back" exercise calories. Don't do it. Treat exercise as a bonus toward losing weight. You can't be sure that the machine at the gym (or MFP, for that matter) accurately calculates your calorie burn, and you…