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Consider this trip the exception rather than the rule. Make sure you have enough body fuel to carry you through the trip. Better to have more (within your carrying capability) than less. Better to overeat slightly, than to get woozy and stumble from overexertion and underfeeding. Two days of extra salt/cals are better than…

All I see in those pictures is your success. Congratulations, well done!

On an overnight hike, I would err on taking slightly too much food, and not worrying so much about calorie count, but making sure you don't come up short. Here's are some reasonable tips: https://rei.com/learn/expert-advice/planning-menu.html ETA: PS - Enjoy! I understand that's a very nice hike.

No, exercise makes you heavier because "muscle is heavier than fat". ;)

Well done! Such a sensible plan! Way better than people who want to lose 40 lbs in 40 days. I'd say carry on as you are doing. Your losses should slow down shortly. As far as the weighing goes, make sure you are doing it the same time of day (e.g., first thing in the morning), and that your scale is on a hard, flat…

Thanks for the info. What is your daily intake, averaged over that time? And what is your MFP target intake set to?

Did you just get started? When I started at 279, I dropped 10 lbs in the first week, 6.5 lbs the second week, 4.5 lbs in the third week and 4 lbs in the fourth. After that, it settled down to a more typical 1-2 lbs per week. Most of that early loss was water weight, and a bit of, er, digestive track clearing of the intake…

I have a Salter scale as well ... this one looks close to what I have, and I did find it at a Tesco Extra (or whatever the bigger stores are called). I also have a Salter kitchen scale, as as one by Terraillon (can't find an exact match, this one is close). All three scales have worked flawlessly. And yes, find a hard flat…

I guess I should be caged, poked and prodded, alongside those lab rats, considering I drank diet cola while running a net calorie deficit all the way down to a 100-lb loss. Clearly I'm a freak of nature.

I was just about to do a detailed analysis of the last 2-3 weeks of your diary, but it appears you have made it private again. As someone who started at 279 and watched the pounds melt off when I got serious about intake tracking, and has spoken with plenty of friends (male & female) who started in the 250-300 lb range as…

Did it at age 52 and 100 lbs overweight. In the 20 years leading up to that, the only thing holding me back from succeeding was me. But when I saw a picture of myself, my attitude ... and my results ... turn around completely. For some inspiration read my success story.

The general concensus across the site is the numbers seem to be higher than people's experience. Those of us who have been around for a while discount them, and as a result, recommend eating back no more than 50%. If you want something a bit more accurate, get a chest strap heart rate monitor for your cardio workouts. I…

The 100 cals per 2k steps sounds like a reasonable rule of thumb. I used to try to figure it all out, but now that I have an activity tracker on all the time, I do the following: - I set my base intake to match a sedentary level - If my activity level gives me exercise credit, then I take in less than 50% of that, to a max…

Agreed. From your (the OP's, that is) post in another thread regarding hiking, you said in two hours you did 2 miles in, 2 miles out, so you averaged a 2 mph pace. I'd suggest you use walking at 2 mph, rather than hiking, for your cals burned. If you are measuring intake as precisely as you say, then if you are eating back…

I set my base MFP input per sedentary, and I eat back some of the Fitbit adjustment (but never more than 50%, and rarely more than +500 cals), the amount depending on whether I'm maintaining, or trying to lose a bit.

Great, thanks. I have plenty of repeat meals. Not an issue.

Ah, I thought your story sounded familiar. I've seen you asking about hiking calories before. As far as those 200 mins of hiking goes, unless you are stomping away that whole time, I'd say your burn numbers are too high. That said, I've looked back a few days into your diary, and you don't seem to be eating much into your…

With your specs, I've rerun your numbers for a sedentary person: - 2460 cals to maintain - 1970 cals to lose ~1 lb per week - 1700 cals to lose ~1.75 lbs per week Going below 1700 is looking ill-advised. Opening up your diary, and making sure you're not missing anything in your logs, will let those 'successful people' give…

Let's see. I went from 279 to 174. Breakfast nearly every day was (and still is!) oats, a banana, and either 50g of blueberries or 20g peanut butter. My daily breakfast banana didn't seem to have a negative impact on me. ETA: Every once in a while, however, I go for a "Full English Breakfast". Heaven on a plate.

I was in your shoes - went from 279 to 174 - so I know you can do it. You listed only your weight, but not your height or age. I'm not making any guesses from your photo, but for a hypothetical 280 lb female of height 5'4" and age 30 yrs, my calculator says that her maintenance calories are nearly 2400, 1900 will get her…

PS - There are tons of references across the web for "body weight exercises". Using yourself, stairs, chairs and not much else, you can do lots. If you want to spring for it, a set of dumbbells, will give you further options.

If my experience is any indication, as you lose more and more of that weight, your knees should feel a lot better. After I dropped the first 30 or so, it was like I had new knees. At that point, as an experiment, I picked up 30 lbs of weights and tried to walk up and down the stairs. The pain of old returned. I didn't have…

^^^This! @AnAbsoluteDiva ... you're on a roll!

So he has no right to bake food, or have food that he likes, in the house just because his wife is on a diet? Sounds like a pretty crappy way to have a marriage.[/quote] And you would be the person, who would drink a keg, in front of the friend who trying to quite drinking.. Great friendship you would have.[/quote] I sat…

@AnAbsoluteDiva - Your wisdom - and possibly your patience - equals my wife's!

My wife doesn't always want to eat the way I want to eat. I don't always want to eat the way she wants to eat. My boys can eat us through house in home, whether healthy stuff or not. The problem is not theirs ... it is mine. I'm an adult. I have to take responsibility for my own actions.

Different things work for different people. Like you, I found I ate mindlessly when I had a drink, so when I started, I cut out alcohol for a few months, and then re-introduced it, being aware of my prior tendency to nibble. But, having to log everything, including the drinks and the nibbles, helped me see the calorie…

Because it's true! It's way, way easier to overeat and gain calories than it is to under eat - for example, if I let myself, I could eat box after box of cookies/cakes, and pack on a 5000 calorie surplus in a day, but I if I'm doing a deficit of 500 cals per day, that means it will take 10 days to burn off that binge!…

For me, the last two weeks of December included a number of holiday dinner parties. I didn't think I ate ... or drank ... that much, but on Jan 1st I was up 10 lbs. It happens! And just as temporary as that gain was, after a week, 8 of those 10 were gone ... as soon as I reverted to normal eating habits. The other 2 lbs,…

Were you actually hiking ... uneven footpaths, with upward and downward grades, carrying a pack with at least 10 lbs of stuff, and at a brisk pace ... or were you walking on a paved path or on a treadmill? When I was 279 and getting started, my calculations came in at about 135 calories per mile. Did you maintain a 4 mph…