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Thanks everyone. So shed some light on more exercise - cause if you exercise you have to eat more so how does that hep?

how many did you increase? thanks.

I cooked the bacon this weekend so it's leftover. You can get obrien potatoes in the frozen section. It has green and red peppers and onions.

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Trust me - I asked this question 2 weeks ago and was in the same boat. Yes you have to eat all those calories and even more if you exercise. It works - I've been dropping 1.5 lbs a week by eating 1200 cal a day. It seems silly but you have to eat to lose! Good luck!

Totally right - now that I'm eating the full 1200 cal a day I'm seeing those pounds drop down consistently even if I don't exercise. Thanks everyone!

Ok - so if I understand this correctly I've had this calorie thing wrong the whole time. I thought that I had to start with 1200 calories and have a deficit at the end of the day. So, what I really want to do is to stick to eating at least 1200 calories a day and if I burn 300 calories then I can eat a total of 1500…

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I appreciate all the advice. I went to a website to figure how many calories I need in a day and this is what it reported: Age: 37 Height: 5 feet, 5 inches Weight: 137.5 pounds Activity Level: Moderate Exercise (Exercise 3-5x/wk) Gender: female Calories burned per day: 2134 So would I see more results if my target calorie…

Thanks so much for the replies. I know it's all a step in the right direction but when you see people say they lose a lot of weight it gets frustrating. Thanks ladies!