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Weight loss isn't linear. As long as your tracking accurately (meaning: get a food scale), you'll lose the weight. It just may not be consistent. Its normal to maybe see less or none one week and then another week you lose more than normal. Weight loss is about the trends you see over weeks not the day to day. Especially…

I have no idea what your info is (heigh, age, etc. or what your goal weight is, and if your sedentary or not). So using the power of math, and pretending your 26 at 5'7" and sedentary, let me throw some math your way. (The same math mfp uses). https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-DLWjY06OfKTFZ5UGRaNjNlbFE/view?usp=sharing…

Weight loss is about the calories in vs calories out so assuming your accurately tracking everything then it won't matter in terms of weight loss. I personally think macros AND micros are important though because of nutrition purposes. Its also really hard to get that nutrition in at just 1200 calories.

I used to not log 0 calorie drinks (coke zero, the occasional Monster Energy drinks). I do now though because I noticed I was probably drinking them more than I should lol. I need to learn to like black coffee.

I picked the mid point on healthy bmi as a guideline I'm sure it will change as I approach it.

I recommend getting a food scale ($10 dollars or so for cheap one), counting your calories accurately by weighing what you eat and logging it on here and eating what you want within your calorie goal without the added expense of these products your looking into. Weight loss is calories in vs calories out, these products…

Well if you pack lunches you will genuinely enjoy that helps keep you from eating the free food at work. Soups, different types of sandwhiches, chicken/rice with veggies, yogurt, fruit, etc. I would look up bento box recipes even if you don't' have a bento box. If your work is bringing in food from a chain restaurant those…

When I switched from college to university last year I stopped mfp (like an idiot), and gained 10 pounds back of the 42 pounds I had lost through mfp before stopping. My advice is to stick with mfp, if it means bringing your own food so you can track accurately then bring your own food. If your college has nutrition…

Calories in and calories out is the key to weight loss. If you eat less calories than you consume you will lose the weight. Buy a food scale if you don't have one, weigh everything to get an accurate calorie count, and follow mfp plan. If you find the plan you picked is too aggressive (1200 calories, etc.) then don't' be…

Depends on the housework. Though, I don't usually try to estimate my calories burned for housework unless its strenuous (lifting lots of things all day if your moving or something, then I would just say i'm not sedentary that day).

I got a fitbit one recently for steps/general daily activity (I found it hard to gauge if I was sedentary or not), and got polar ft7 over a year ago to help me determine calories burned, but now just use it for non-step cardio workouts (my favorite exercise is rebounding, which is just a mini trampoline, swimming, and…

Ft4 and Ft7 are almost identical, I believe the Ft7 gives you zones (fat burning vs fitness), the ft7 can store more training files. So if you loved ft4 you'll love ft7, though if you still own your ft4, then I'm not sure why you would purchase ft7. I'm not 100% sure about ft4 but the ft7 batteries are ultra easy to find…

I'm not sure if this is helpful. But the way I figured out my calorie goal is I figured out what my TDEE would be at my goal weight, and subtracted 250 from that (which is .5lb week goal, which is what you should aim for as you are close to your goal). Then eat your exercise calories back. So at 5'4" 29yr old female (from…

Technically if you want to do things as correctly as possible mfp needs you to get a food scale (which is like $10+). But yeah, losing weight is just a matter of proper logging, don't need expensive stuff to lose weight. Though getting the occasional toy (hrm, fitbit, etc.) is nice, but in the end thats all they are, just…

Don't do stupid crap that the juicing movies say where you just juice all day every day for x amount of days, those movies are just elaborate juicer commercials. If you don't like to eat your veggies and you LIKE juicing its an excellent way to get veggies in your diet in a way you enjoy. This is what I do, I like kale…

I have 90 something more to lose, everyone feel free to add me as well.

Etsy has amazing stuff for all the fibits. The ones for the charge I saw were mostly clipons or bands that go over it.

I had a 10 dollar one from Amazon that lasted me a year, however I had some minor annoyances with it because if I put a bigger dinner sized plate on it I couldn't hardly read the scale because the plate would be covering the display. So I opted for this one when that one died and I love it because its so easy to read the…

Customs goals have no problem with mfp. This. Fitbit works perfectly fine with custom goals. Just remember the TDEE it gives you includes all step based exercise.

I consider the protein they give a min not a max. I'm happy to see red on my protein numbers at end of day

I don't know if it's helpful but I just treat the number mfp gives me as a min for protein. I find its a nice general thing if you don't know your lean body mass. If you feel mfp number is too small (think it's 20%) then increase the%.

You can always make your lunch the night before and not the morning of, that's what I do. Helps with sleeping in all you can in Morning. That way you can weigh everything and record and not be rushed. As for morning, I like putting frozen fruit into yogurt cup into the fridge night before and fruit is thawed by morning. If…

If you financially can't afford it then it's never worth it because the only things you NEED to succeed on mfp is Internet access and a cheap food scale. However, it and devices like it can be good motivators. In the end though all they provide you is data and you have to decide what you want to do with the data and if…

As a general rule when syncing fitbit with mfp, you use mfp to log food and fitbit to log exercises. So yes, in this case it looks like it was a double dip a bit. So if you manually add an exercise in you should manually insert it through fitbit not mfp.

Sent a request, also 24 and from ohio lol! I have 70 or so more pounds to go and been here on mfp for a year now and have lost a bit over 40 so far. Feel free to send me a friend request (anybody) :smile:

I've been here a year almost (the 16th), though november and december I didn't log (didn't gain back but didn't lose during that time either). Lost 44 pounds on my first year and hoping to lose a lot more :) Feel free to add me anyone.

Assuming flatjacks are pancakes, typically you can take your favorite recipe and replace half the flour with protein powder and it will taste the same and have the same consistency. Cuts the carbs down a lot and ups the protein considerably. I find if I go more than half the texture isn't the same and less enjoyable and…

I've been on myfitnesspal for about a year (6 days from now). Counting calories and eating less calories than you burn will allow you to lose fat. You need to be accurate with your logging though, which means getting a food scale (which you can buy brand new for 10 dollars or so). Macros are good for ensuring a balanced…

Absolutely necessary for counting calories accurately. I also find them extremely helpful now for having consistent recipes for things. It was pretty surprising how a "cup" of something can very from time to time depending on the ingredient. Its also nice because now I don't always have a million measuring cups and spoons…

I like juice/smothies as what they are, a drink. I find juice/smoothies really deliciouis ways to incorporate more veggies and fruits into my diet. However I do not think they should be used as a diet exclussively, but rather incorporated into a lifestyle and balanced food choices that you can live with everyday, and only…