StaciMarie1974 Member

There is no absolute definition/answer. Do you feel stressed/guilty/anxious if you don't log/weigh/measure? Do you feel stressed/guilty/anxious when you eat, even if its a reasonable sized meal? If yes or maybe, it would not hurt to find a professional to talk to.

There is no official post because it all depends. On the person, the circumstances, etc. The simplest way to handle it is to set your activity level based on your day to day home life/hobbies/job. THen to log intentional walking that lasts for X amount of minutes or more. You choose what is appropriate. From there, its…

PS-accurate and honest food logging AND patience are the keys to getting the scale to move. Though if it has not changed at all in 6 weeks (up or down even a slight amount) then it may be time to get new batteries or even a new scale. Its normal for body weight to fluctuate a little day to day, so staying exactly the same…

What was the 1123 goal based on? Your BMR is about 1700, and for sedentary lifestyle (referring to your home life, job, hobbies) then you would use about 2125 worth of energy per day. So I am guessing you used an online calculator that came up with something similar, and you get 1123 when you put in 2 pound per week for a…

For me, its Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup. Its one of those comfort things from my childhood. But its also easy on the stomach. My husband turns to cream of chicken soup.

While 3 weeks is not really reason for concern, I'm confused by what you said in your posts. You indicated you're eating 1500, your maintenance is 1800 and you had been losing 1.5 pounds a week on average for several months. The math does not work. But the good news there is that most likely your maintenance is higher than…

Do you weigh everything, every day? Even things like pieces of bread, pieces of fruit, scoops of protein powder and whatnot? Do you use recipes from the MFP database that sound like your own, or do you enter your own recipes? Do you account for cooking oils, beverages, condiments? And another thought: do you often consume…

I'm no expert, but my understanding is hormones can result in water weight and the mini pill feeds your body a level dose of hormones.

I do not know the medicine or its side effects. As you research it and perhaps seek a 2nd opinion, start NOW if you have not already done so: log your intake accurately and honestly so as to eat at a deficit. If you're being recommended for weight loss surgery, I assume you are more than 100 and possibly more than 200…

What you weighed 4 years ago should not have an impact on how many calories you need now. When you set up MFP, if you considered your exercise when selecting your activity level: then do not log/eat more for exercise. If you based your activity level only on your job/hobbies and NOT your exercise, then you can earn extra…

Two possibilities, and more than likely it is a little bit of both: You need to be more patient. Water weight from sodium, stress, TOM, muscle repair is hiding your weight loss. Your logging is not accurate. Even with the best efforts, we are human and are going to have logging errors. But as others have mentioned, using a…

What is your purpose? To lose, maintain or gain? To become leaner? At 5 feet and 106 you are in a healthy range based on your height/weight. Assessing what you want to accomplish is important. Since we don't know that, we can't really say. It would be like me saying: I am in Atlanta, GA. Which direction should I travel? If…

I bought a couple of pair of Balegas this past weekend at the Peachtree Road Race expo. I got Ultra Lights and Enduro. Really like the Enduro.

I've been getting $2-3 weekly from Pact, with 6-7 workouts, 15-25 veggies and 7 days food logging each week. It adds up, over 3.5 years! Sad to see it ending. I have done some Step Bets. Currently not in any, taking kind of an easy week. Then back to it...

I'm not sure how long it has been since you have lost weight? If its been a week or two, you may just need a little patience. But it would never hurt to improve your accuracy. Ways to improve your logging accuracy: Food scale, use it for all solids. Even for single serve items like pieces of bread, fruit. Don't forget to…

BMR is the energy your body uses for basic living functions. The calories you burn for your heart/lungs/brain and other organs/bodily systems to function. For your body to maintain your temperature in a normal range, to digest/process food and waste, circulate oxygen/blood and such. Then you also use energy to move thru…

Yes. Though being realistic, you would not be able to manage a diet of 100% fat as most food that is high in fat still has SOME carb/protein content. There are many people who intentionally eat low carb/high fat (and moderate protein) and find success eating at a deficit but still being satiated.

What are you eating now?

I eat food. Primarily food I know I like, but here & there I'll try new things as well. Think of your nutritional needs like a budget. When it comes to your finances, you know how much money you have yes? You know you need to pay rent, and buy food and such. Once you take care of the things you MUST pay for, you figure out…

To each his/her own? I personally don't use this term because I can't cheat on myself. But that is me...

My first thought, if your scale gives the exact same reading everytime you step on it, is to check the batteries. The body's weight fluctuates. Up a little, down a little... If it does not change at all over 3 weeks, not even by an ounce or two, I'd suspect a bum scale.

You'll lose weight faster if you eat at a bigger deficit. Keep in mind though, that when you lose weight its not just fat that is lost. Also lean muscle mass. A more aggressive deficit will result in more lean mass being lost.

Get a food scale. How much rice you fit in the cup, how much peanut butter you get in the tablespoon, etc. is likely more than the 'cup' and 'tablespoon' should hold based on weight. Cups/spoons are terribly inaccurate for solid food. If you were eating at a deficit, 7 weeks should be enough time to see SOME results on the…

IF using a Fitbit/connected to MFP: it does not really matter a Fitbit communicates your true activity level to MFP. But in general, I think people are afraid of over estimating and thus eating too much. If you say you are lightly active and you are actually sedentary: you're not burning as much as MFP assumes.

Maybe it will help if you find a way to put these occasional meals/days in perspective? Feeling guilty about what you eat is not a good thing. Thinking on the numbers: imagine you eat 1000 calories over maintenance once every few weeks. That will not destroy you. If you normally aim for a 1 pound per week loss, this would…

Was not paying any attention to you being a guy. :) Gender is a factor and guys tend to have higher BMR, TDEE than gals. So my example of a 1500 BMR is going to be lower than YOUR BMR.

A body uses energy daily. The functions of keeping you alive (breathing, heart beating, brain activity, etc.) as well as moving you thru your day. The basic living functions can be summarized by BMR (basal metabolic rate) and can be estimated based on gender, height, weight, age. The 'moving you thru your day' part is the…

While a 2nd opinion is never a bad idea, I think you've only gotten partial info from your doc. And since most docs are not highly trained in nutrition, that is not surprising. Increasing your carb intake will cause an increase in water weight. But water weight is temporary. Its not the same as gaining weight/fat. Eat at a…

I take a multi. And I take an OTC iron supplement (otherwise my iron is too low, get rejected for donating blood) and a vitamin C OTC as taken with the iron: vitamin C helps in iron absorption.

Some foods can easily be made in bulk and then frozen. It may be easier to store things like stews, chili in freezer bags than in containers as they take up less space. I'll put individual meal portions in quart sized freezer bags, then put those into a bigger, gallon size freezer bag.