spara0038 Member

To answer your questions, yes I am being monitored by a doctor, and no, I don't care about losing muscle. I'm looking to get healthy by following a plan my doctor is comfortable with. And I am "parading around" insisting it's fine because it is. My doctor cleared it. The general populace may be a different story- but that…

I don't have a goal. I just want to eat enough to be healthy. I find if I eat under 800 I feel weak, over 1800 I feel slow and bloated. I usually try for about 1400 because that's where I feel good. That's not including exercise, which I tend to do about 2200 cal/week on average. I have been losing about 1-1.5lbs/week…

Slowed metabolism, perhaps? I have actually been to a nutritionist and that's what she told me. She told me to up my calories to at least 1200 and that's when I lost weight. Trust me, I'm not pulling this info out of my rear; I did seek medical advice. SugaryLynx, I respect your opinion, but I am going to take it as that-…

When is that? I haven't had a day off logging since March...

Yes. If anything I overestimate because I plan to eat something that I'll put into MFP ahead of time then I just won't eat it. Not because I'm trying to starve myself, but I'm usually either too busy to eat or not hungry. Honestly, my weight gain was because of lack of eating so eating UP TO 1400 calories a day is a…

Actually, it's less. My net on weekends is about 1400, and during the week it's in the 400-1200 range (check my food diary if you don't believe me). My average net is about 1000 and I eat what I want most of the time- whiskey, beer, pizza, chocolate, etc. Today it should be around 895 net after eating a hamburger,…

Mine is close to that, if you'd like to take a look. Typically: Breakfast (about 300 cal) Oatmeal (the type you have to actually cook) with cinnamon 1 cup 1% milk 4 tbsp egg white green tea Multivitamins Morning snack (about 100 cal) Plain greek yogurt or fruit Lunch (about 250 cal) Salad w dressing or black beans…

I've heard intermittent fasting works for some people, but to be honest I'm not totally sure HOW that'd work. Think about what you just wrote. Eat nothing for 14-16 hours, then eat 1200-1300 calories all at once, then not eat anything again until the next day. For starters, I'm not sure how you'd healthily consume…

I don't know about anyone else, but if I ate 5-6 slices of any kind of bread in a day, I'd be so bloated it wouldn't even be funny. Also, reduced fat does not equal reduced calories, so you could be eating as much as 600-900 cal/day in bread. (or maybe more- again, you'd have to weigh it) Cutting your eating does NOT mean…

MFP defaults are almost always wrong. I have a desk job too, but I also hit the gym 3-5 days a week (and you exercise), so that makes neither of us sedentary. The next thing that determines MFP's goal is what loss per week you enter, but that's a little silly. I only had 30 lbs to lose (and I'm now within a healthy weight…

Without seeing your food diary, it's really hard to tell. Generally, high sodium intake will contribute to water retention, which will skew your scales. High carbs was also an issue for me too. 1200 may be too little for you, though. I'm 5'2" and try to get around 1400 calories- that was enough to prevent me from feeling…

I'm 5'2", have a desk job, and before I joined MFP, I ate around 900 cal/day. That's what caused me to gain weight, but it wasn't overnight. I ate that way because I was in college and I was poor/forgot to eat sometimes. When I started eating that way, I actually lost some weight in the first year, then gained it back and…

I guess my only hangup would be not to wear all white. If you have a nice white top or white pants, go for it. But, white on top and bottom (like a white sundress, for example) would be a big no-no, in my opinion. That's pretty much how I feel about if people wore white to my wedding too... White top or bottom is fine, but…

My mom used to be like this. We're the same height/weight/clothes size. I think my mom thought of me more like a twin than a daughter. Anyway, I came to realize that she would do that only go out to eat if I did too. It wasn't so much an issue of her actually caring whether or not I ate anything, but it was an issue of…

- I reiterate: Weight fluctuations are normal. The only cause for concern is if you didn't consume excess calories. If you went up 3.6 lbs in a week, did you eat an extra 12,600 calories? No? Then it's probably water weight. Don't worry about it- give it time. - Weight loss is an average. I've lost 18 lbs in 13 weeks. Let…

I'm 25 but when I was in college a few years ago, I gained 20 lbs over my first 3 years. I ended up losing it by graduation by doing the following: 1. Get off my meal plan. Seriously. It wasn't doing me ANY good. Even the veggies they had in the dining hall were loaded with butter, and salad got boring after a while. I…

I definitely think they're real. I've recently been trying to remove added sugars from my diet, so I've done things like real oatmeal vs instant, plain greek yogurt vs flavored, water/milk instead of juice/soda, having slightly more veggies than fruit, etc. What have I been craving? Chocolate. Which is weird, because I was…

I'm 5'2", started at 150, currently at 132, want to be between 115-120 (so I'm either halfway, or a little over halfway to my goal weight, depending on what end of the range I end up at). I at least want to get down to the low 120s since I've been that weight before, but if I'm 125 and toned, I'm not gonna get disappointed…

Sometimes do, but for the most part I try to make a conscious effort to eat healthy and at least avoid processed carbs. As much as I love bagels, I try to limit it to a small one (I'm lucky my grocery store- Wegmans- has started offering mini bagels!) or half of a dunkin donuts sized one. That would only be about 100-200…

I had that same issue, and did 3 things to correct it: 1. Upped my calories. I went from 1200/day to 1400/day. Not a huge increase, but it was enough for me to feel more alert 2. Ate better food and drank tons of water. I don't drink coffee anymore and I rarely have soda because I find they make me thirsty (dehydrated-…

Totally understandable. And I'm sorry- I was just reading through what I posted again and it sounded a bit harsh. With the sodium thing, though- try to focus on that first, since that can have some serious impacts on your health (high blood pressure, etc). Also, I know when I have high sodium days, I retain water like…

You tend to lose weight faster when you have more weight to lose, so having that slow down isn't unreasonable. Also, have you recalculated your TDEE since losing that weight? I just plugged your info into the IIFYM BMR calculator, and your BMR dropped by about 325 calories/day (2275 calories/week, = 0.65 lbs/week less that…

My insurance switched me from microgestin to trisprintec: 6 lb gain in 1 week. I was bloated, miserable, sleepy, and spaced out. Switched back to microgestin: 5 lb loss in 3 days. Both are pills, but microgestin makes me feel normal. Trisprintec makes me feel like a raging biotch lol

So, let me get this straight- you were losing 2 lbs/week on 1600-1700 cal/day with cardio and weight training, so you stopped weight training and upped your calories? I think you just told yourself what's going on. 1. Don't stop weight training. You may stop losing weight, but you're working on toning yourself up. Which…

I'm 5'2" and my goal is 120, but 120 toned. Any lower than that would be a bonus but I don't want to sacrifice muscle for the sake of a lower number on the scale.

1. DO NOT STOP TAKING MEDICATION WITHOUT THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR 2. How long have you been at it? When I started lifting, I put on basically 4 lbs overnight. It obviously wasn't fat- it was water weight because my body was getting used to the new exercise. It went away after a few weeks. Don't worry about that if it's due…

Before I started losing weight? about a week or so... Before I started noticing a difference? about 6 weeks. Hang in there- my best weight loss weeks happened after the initial 4-6 weeks.. It seemed like things were going really slow, but I've been at it for almost 3 months now and I look so much better- which is giving me…

I've lost almost 17 lbs in 3 months... but then again I was starting at 150, not 114 like you. If I were you, I would just quit putting all of those fake chemicals in your body and eat real food- spinach, berries, chicken breast, bananas, seeds, etc. I'm sure it's probably less expensive! And drink plenty of water, too. My…

It depends on what you're upping them from and to. I upped mine from 600-900 when I was gaining weight (I was poor and just sometimes forgot to eat), to 1200 when I was just doing cardio, to 1400 when I started with weights too. Each step increase helped me burn more fat faster. But, I think 1400 is my limit for the time…

Any other suggestions? I've never been able to stomach those things, with the exception of miso (does miso soup count?). I want to take care of the probiotic angle, but all of those things make me dry heave :-/