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I don't think there is anything wrong with wanting to lose 2lb a week even if close to goal. I've been doing MFP for nearly a year now and totally stalled for about 6 months when I ate at TDEE. So now I'm only eating a 1000 calories a day and exercising (and not eating back calories) and it's working for me and I am on the…

Good grief. I'm 5ft 1.3 and weigh 9st 4lb this morning. And UK size 10 bottom and probably more like 8 on top.I can't imagine being 7 stone even at my height. I'd look like a child ? My goal is 8.12lb and been struggling to get there for months. My weight gets stuck here! Some of you are or want to be SO light. Even for a…

No. It's not using. It's just a flex. So Fitbit gives me the lower reading. Boo. No more cake!

Your dietician needs a new job! Absolute rubbish. Starvation mode doesn't exist. Tell the hungry people in Africa this cause they can't lose weight either... Jesus. The smaller you are the less calories you need. I only burn 1200-1400 cals a day (with no activity) so I need to eat below this if I want to lose weight.

I've just got a flex and love it! I love that it accounts for my activity and gives me a real-time balance of calories in v calories out and how much I have left. Definitely motivates me more that MFP on its own as I see at a glance how many Cals I have burned and I think 'oh I'm gonna go for a walk and get some more '…

I've tried it. It is great for a good clear out! Definitely lost a couple of extra pounds and had a really flat stomach! Obviously only because it's a laxative; - but it made me more focussed as it gave me a boost and was able to maintain the benefits it gave me. I found after a while it stopped working and I'd cleared out…

Gin and slimline tonic or vodka and diet coke is lowest on calories. But it's christmas and I am having a week of indulgence. Whatever I want. I'll deal with it in the new year but having lost 21lbs I'm gonna afford myself some gain so I can enjoy the best time of the year for food and drink! I refuse to calorie count for…

Ace.

*lose - not loose.

I don't need it to fill me up or stop me snacking. I can control my calories okay. I just wondered if scientifically I'll loose more or loose faster if I drank water as well. I just don't enjoy it and I understood by adding even sugar-free squash (for example) you undo whatever it does as the water has to process whatever…

go Yep. Got the message loud and clear thanks.

I have figured out what my TDEE is. This isn't the issue. Apart from not knowing really which is the best calculator. The issue is that I *think* I am eating at that or even below that and I am not losing weight. So either I am eating more than I think and maintaining (in which case changing it m-10 or -15 won't make a…

Good. I am appalled by the ridiculous and childish behaviour of people who I assume are grown adults.

Good advice. Thanks love x

Thanks everyone for your advice. Much appreciated. Lots to take away, think about and learn from. Kind regards.

Christ. The MFP community likes to berate people. Why so harsh? I was only asking for a bit of advice - not a character assassination. What doesn't make sense is why you can't just give some constructive advice rather than imply I am in the wrong for asking for it, when this is exactly what this forum is for. Chill out. If…

Thank you. I'm going to try 1200 cals for a couple of weeks. I do make and eat a lot of homemade stuff but try and be accurate with the calories. And I know how much a cup weighs etc. But if I go for 1200 and I am underestimating hopefully this will balance it out! Fingers crossed it will shift the last few pounds!

Thanks

Lucky you Ruth. I'm eating less than 1400 a day and only maintaining

Someone is telling me to eat 1200 cals a day, another eat 1700.. ha ha. Nobody knows really do they? So frustrating! (not your fault, I just wish there was an answer or something tried and tested)

REALLY? That's loads. I'd love to eat that much. How on earth would that make me lose the last 6lbs though. And, riddle me this.Someone else has said that maybe I'm not logging correctly and am eating more than I think ...then theoretically I'd be closer to that anyway... and I'm not budging!

Think I'll pass out! Ha ha. I worry about this as as soon as I up them again I'll put on the weight anyway? Would rather not be drastic just to get to goal as I'd like to stay at the goal once I get there.

Yes. That's kinda what prompted me to come on here today really as I had my measurements taken by my PT this morning and I was thinking 'well, it's great if I've lost inches, doesn't matter about the pounds being the same' but no.. I was the same! VERY ANNOYING.

That would be lovely - but you can understand my reluctance given what I'm currently sticking to isn't bloody shifting it. I can't understand how more calories will mean it starts decreasing - I thought that theory was all nonsense and less calories in than going out, means weight loss!

Sorry, what do you mean it's a logging thing? You think I'm probably eating more than 1400 a day but not realising or not logging correctly and thus I'm probably eating at maintenance ? I see. It's one theory... yep. Though I'm pretty sure I'm good at logging and mostly accurate. Hmmmm.

Yes it's open

Lol. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not here to cheat myself, pointless. Since around the end of June I'm fluctuated from 9stone4 to 9stone7 and can't get get out of that pattern. Up one week, down the next, up again then down.

I have readjusted my TDEE with every couple of pounds weight loss. It's been the same for a few months so I don't get why it's not working.