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If you have your calorie adjustment set to ALLOW NEGATIVE CALORIE ADJUSTMENT - then yes you can eat them back. It measures your calories burnt against what MFP calculated you would of burnt and gives back the difference. If you aren't 100% sure eat part of them back and see what your losses are and manually adjust from…

@SCoil123 - go to EXERCISE - SETTINGS and I believe it was second option from the bottom of the list there is a box showing allow negative calorie adjustments. Tick that box. Now Fitbit and MFP will auto adjust your calories based on the steps you take ALL day and will ADD calories to your daily limit as the day progresses…

oh boy... It was in the settings when you link up your fitbit and MFP.. there is a box to tick off that says something in line with allow negative calorie calculations I think it was...Ill see if I can find it - unless someone else knows exactly where it was

for those who wanted an update - today I weighed in at 196lbs. I finally got below the 198 mark!

the chart above (in my post) is from Weigh Grapher. you don't need a wifi scale... which is why I use it

If you use fitbit... you should be at Sedentary and allow negative calories... It is what I do, and it works. I have to walk extra in a day to hit my 8000 step goal.

here is an image of my last month. I pretty much weigh everyday. you can see on the end where my weight spikes WAY up over 200lbs... that was my TOM. This morning, I am 196. I can go up as much as 8lbs when TOM is on the way...

like another poster said, always use the WEIGHT shown as the serving size, not the cups.. those are always inaccurate (as you found out).

So, this morning I weighed in at 197.6. Yesterday was 198.8. I am leaving on a camping trip tomorrow and will be back on Monday. Not sure if I will get reception (as I didn't own a cell phone last time we were there last year) - hopefully we will and I will be able to continue logging.

I am on birth control - so ovulation isn't a problem. As for the Sodium I had replaced it with Iron because I had been told an iron deficiency could be cause for fatigue and such - which I have been experiencing lately. Generally my sodium was within the limits set by MFP (sometimes over for sure - and I would retain water…

absolutely nothing! I will try to stick to it.

I can understand the issue if I don't take heed of the EXTRA I eat - but I don't see what harm it does if I take the higher number to be logged. If I ate something worth 120 calories but logged it as 130 calories as that is a serving - it isn't detrimental to my weight loss. And I don't arbitrarily deflate my logging. If I…

I log my walks with MapMyWalk - I don't know how accurate the calories burned are with that app - but it wouldn't matter as I don't eat them back anyway. I also use my fitbit flex which keeps my calories in line with the actual activity I do in a day (set to sedentary and negative calories are allowed) I will keep plugging…

It was 2 peppers before I cut out the seeds and such... that entry was overestimated because the calories are minimal for the food anyway... and when my bread weighs LESS than the suggested serving, I log 1. When it weighs MORE I log is accordingly 1.23 etc... I did mention that in an earlier reply...

I only log the serving size as higher when I am just under the serving size. I have always done this out of habit 'just in case' I figure it isn't doing any harm and is helping make sure I am not over on anything. I don't know - I just always did this. I am going to check the fresh stuff against the USDA (as you say it…

but I am not estimating... I am using the information (in grams) from packages for my food. I THOUGHT I was using the proper entries for other items like fruit, vegetables, etc... but as @kshama2001 pointed out - she found entries that were slightly off from mine (kiwi and corn on the cob - 1 lower by a bit and 1 higher)…

But it seems most of my food has the carbs! I suppose I can replace the Ozery morning round in the morning with a hard boiled egg or 2? I can stop eating the sandwiches for lunch and only have my Mason Jar soups... But even the fruit and veg I eat has carbs! I don't mind trying it out - but I need this to be something…

For the Kiwi Fruit and Corn on the cob I googled it and used the Nutrional information that shows on the right of the screen. I am really not sure where that comes from... but that was where I took it from. (and why is corn on the cob so much higher than canned corn?!?!) I also live in Canada - and not all the prepared…

Well I just went to double check the most common items on my diary... like avocados, and some of the snacks.. and it seems I used the correct entries for them. And I have weighed the portion with my scale so I know that that is correct... I am kind of stumped... lets see what tomorrow brings I guess.

but I don't that I know of... from what I can see, my entries picked are good - I have to start double checking them all when I have the time after work - but this is why I was hoping others could check the diary and see. It is open for everyone - and you can see for yourself I am almost consistently under. And 'under by…

@cathipa Thank you for your reply! I do know I have some days that are heavy in salt and usually the next day I see a spike on the scale because of it. I honestly never tracked the carbs and such, I only worried about the calories. I only had a couple of entries when the "your carbohydrate goal is XXX and this item has YYY…

@malibu927 - I can see your point... I usually take 1 avocado and prep it 1/2 - 1/2 by weight to log the same for 2 days. As for the bread - I do weigh it and when it shows as UNDER the weight on the "serving size" I will leave it as the serving size - knowing it is now a bit higher than what I actually ate. I would prefer…

@solieco1 - the problem I have is that generally speaking - I am about 500+ calories UNDER my goal everyday. I also don't eat back any calories I get from my walks or bike rides - because I do them in the evening, and by the time I get home and shower, I usually go to bed. I could try to up my protein in general - and…

The previous weekend we were camping and I didn't have any signal to access the site so I din't log anything. Last weekend - I did log... that is what I ate all day... I do use a food scale - and when I say "do the math" I mean if I only ate say 83 grams of something, then I know to enter 0.83 of 100g on the food log. Some…

doesn't allowing the negative adjustments take care of this? If you aren't where MFP thought you would be at that point in time, you will get a - adjustment. In the morning, I usually have 1600 calories + (-) 80 = 1520 calories allowed (for example) because I havent done anything yet to boost my fitbit adjustments...

you know I used to eat these all the time, then stopped when I started watching what I ate. Mondays and Wednesdays I tend to eat cereal or an omlette for dinner because my son has soccer and by the time we are home it is after 8 PM and I dont feel like eating or cooking. These would be a great idea instead with some frozen…

Initially it was because I hated the person looking back at me in the mirror.. that got me started the first time. Lost a few pounds, then gained back and some. My second (this) attempt was when I would walk, I could feel my back fat rubbing together...I mean come on!

weight loss is not linear. one day you are up and one day you are down. Starting an exercise regime will also increase your weight as your muscles will retain water to heal. If you are eating in a deficit, then you WILL lose - you need to be patient. As you said, you took 6 years to gain your weight... you wont lose it in…

my diary is open... I dont have the most varied items though...

I personally compare my Fitbit "calories remaining" and my MFP calories remaining and usually by the end of the day they are very close. Maybe about 20-75 calories off. Considering I usually have about 400+ calories LEFT in my daily budget - I don't worry about it. But I agree with the others who say it is good to compare…