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I lift all the things but I'm a pescatarian. So I eat lots of things, but not all the things. We can be friends and you can look at my diary if you want :)

^^^ What they said. I assumed you changed from a 2lb/week to a 1lb/week thing on MFP. If you did something with exercise or TDEE, ignore what I said. Also, you can change "calories burned" to 1 if you did account for calories burned, then you can log your exercise but not be confused about net calories.

MFP often over estimates calories burned during exercise. I eat back 50% (ish) unless I verify with another source (or a HRM). So I would eat 1580 + 235-ish. Also, if you're not hungry stop eating. Unless you notice that you're consistently not eating over like 1000 calories or something.

When I get a cold, I am never hungry, so I just roll with it. I know that I'll make up for it later.

If you've got a fair bit to lose, do TDEE-20%. So 2298-460 = 1838. Dont eat less than your BMR, thats the amount of calories needed just for basic chemical processes. Also: 1. Measure all of your food with a scale. 2. Be honest and track everything. 3. Be honest about how many calories you actually burn, MFP overestimates…

Calculate your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) and your BMR (basal metabolic rate). If you have lots of weight to lose, do TDEE-20% and make sure that number is greater than your BMR. Then, eat that. Also, don't be surprised if you initially gain weight. When you eat too little, your body can over react and store…

This: http://scoobysworkshop.com/gain-muscle-lose-fat/

Can you change when you fast?

I went to lululemon to buy myself a reward for losing 10lbs and I got a size 4 top rather than my usual size 6!

I got my food scale at goodwill. Try there?

I'd be careful eating below BMR. You'll be using energy stores just to do basic chemical processes. You'll probably lose weight quickly, but it won't be very healthy! Make sure you are feeding your body!!

Thats all water. You can't gain fat that fast unless you ate 7000 calories extra. So don't worry! It'll drop off just as quickly :)

Target makes "curvy" pants down to a size 0. Thats what I wear (I don't wear a size 0)

Have you been weighing all your food? It makes a huge difference. Also, have you been measuring yourself?

How long have you been plateauing for? Are you measuring/weighing/tracking properly? How much have you lost so far?

Rock climbing.

TDEE accounts for your exercise already. You tell it you exercise 2-3 days per week, it averages those extra exercise calories into your daily calorie goal. So if you eat back exercise calories, you're double counting.

If the OP is on a small deficit and getting sufficient protein, they can build muscle at a rate of about 0.5lbs per week. Unless they already have between 5-10% body fat (as a male) or around 12-15% body fat as a female.

Are you measuring? I thought my scale was stuck until I looked at my measurements. I chronicled it here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1212409-my-non-linear-weight-loss

Boo hoo. Or you could think of the part where you're already down to 228 from 240!! Thats 10 extra pounds lost!! WAY TO GO! :D

Have you tried skiing or sledding or any other winter sport? I found that getting out of the house and playing outside. Actually playing has really helped me, and I moved from FLORIDA to CANADA 4 years ago, so that was a HUGE shock for my body. Try getting some outdoor fun times on sunny days. Even if its just bundle up to…

Thanks guys, I really hope this can help some new, frustrated people out. The first few weeks are SO deceiving!!

I nearly ruptured my L achilles a year ago hiking a mountain (and had to crawl down). It took me 6 months of LOTS OF ABS and pull ups/knee pushups but I worked through it Crossfit 2-3x per week with literally every work out tailored for me. You can do it. I actually found I was MORE motivated when I was injured because I…

The Lululemon outfit I promised myself! Oh, and feeling better about myself :-)

Thanks guys! I'm a PhD student in bio math, so it didn't take that much time to make up these figures. But I found it so helpful for me in visualizing the changes my body was making. And I see SO many threads saying 'I've "only" lost 6lbs in 4 weeks, what's wrong!' So I was hoping this could explain what's "wrong". And for…

It doesn't need to be sustainable, unless you plan to quit working out at your goal weight. When i was injured (broken ankle) I had to really restrict what I was eating (no more cookies) and I wasn't on a diet, because I exercise so much when I'm healthy. I still put on 6lbs (in 8 months) but without dieting, I lost that…

Evidently posting was the key ;-) I'm down a pound from yesterday morning.

I'm in a similar boat with being lie "EAT ALL THE FUDS" after a big workout. Have you tried limiting your sugar? When I go on big ice climbing trips and eat really sugary things (Chocolate protein bars, larabars, gummies) I get sugar cravings allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll week. I just crave sugar all the time and then…

Edit. Ok. so I've been doing some non MFP research and I think that I might actually be building muscle/losing fat at the same rate. And I'm okay with this.

I'm really inconsistently active. Some days I work out 6-8 hours (climbing/hiking trips-- usually weekends) and some days I work out 3 hours, and then I have rest days. So maybe I'm doing this wrong, and I'm open to suggestions, but it seemed to me on the days that I'm doing a climbing trip, where I'm burning 1200-1400…