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According to my calorie burns in the last two weeks, I should have lost 2.5-4 lbs. In the last two weeks, I've lost 1 lb. Oddly enough though . . . I ordered new clothes, which arrived Tuesday. A particular pair of pants I ordered was XXL/20, and not of an especially forgiving or stretchy fabric. I am about a 22 per their…

Look, if it helps you stay on target to call your diet primal or paleo or whatever, ok. Rock it. For me, that just felt too limiting and made me feel like I was cheating if I wanted to eat a cadbury egg at Easter or a piece of lovely harvarti. Now I got fat by eating lots of both of those, and I definitely lost weight when…

Hang in there. It is SO frustrating to be doing everything 'right' and to see zero progress for your efforts. First - no point in quitting! What will that do? Only make you continue to feel bad, and make you continue at your current weight or reach a higher weight. Which isn't to say there aren't tweaks needed to your…

Short answer: You can't. You don't. Longer answer: Everyone has to find a method that works for them. Counting calories/focusing on macros works for me NOW, but it didn't always and it may not always. You cannot force anyone to do anything, ever. You can do as you've done and tell him how it's worked for you, but you are…

I can't comment on anything than the fitbit, unfortunately. I CAN say that I LOVE my fitbit flex and it was one of the best investments I've made. The flex is water resistant, but for that, you trade altimeter and ability to see actual step/calorie count (I get a flashing light that indicates my progress towards my daily…

It's a basic calculation similar to what you can find online. Take with a grain of salt. How much of a workout you get depends on what activities you do - free run or island bicycle are obviously going to be better cardiac workouts than yoga positions or balance games. Wii Fit is a great tool to get you started and to keep…

Honestly, I've done it, and meh. The first go round, I felt awesome, it was great and the second time wasn't super-awesome all the time. It's just not for me - not knocking for others, but I've found I'm much happier not agonizing over almond and coconut flour and kicking out all dairy. Straight up, for me, life isn't…

An easy one for me is paleo meatballs over spinach. I have a great crockpot recipe I do, with fabulous sauce and it's yummy and lasts me 3-5 days, depending on the size of the meatballs and what else I eat. Sometimes I double a recipe for dinner to ensure I have leftovers. Sometimes I make an entire casserole and portion…

Have you linked MFP and your flex? When you link them, you have the option to log in either location. I log in MFP when I'm doing something that may not be best reflected by a step-count (yoga, strength training, etc.). Once you're linked, MFP gives you the option of entering a start time. Use that. Then the is relayed to…

Some awesome advice here. Good luck OP - glad you're sticking it out, and I hope you are feeling better with the increase in calories.

Not I! I eat dinner as my biggest meal, which seems to work for me. If big breakfasts work for you, that's awesome! I just feel full and uncomfortable with a big breakfast before 11:00 (I am allll over some brunch though).

It's taken 8 months to lose 43 lbs, but to be fair, I wasn't attempting to lose weight for 4 of those months.

So am I understanding that you are burning 660-800 calories per workout? Why don't you try eating back half of those every day? Try adding back 350-400 calories per day, for 2-3 weeks and see what happens? Choose healthy foods, good proteins, good fats. It doesn't have to be junk (er, like I eat). I bet you will feel…

If BRAT isn't helping, eat/drink what is - your stomach will tolerate it or not. My entire family had Sydney norovirus in January - I lost 12 lbs in 2 days from vomiting/diarrhea. All came back when I was able to eat/drink normally again. Don't worry about metabolism/muscle mass right now. Just take care of yourself.

If there is a choice, exercise too. Better for your overall health and fitness, better for your emerging body, better for you emotionally . . . exercise plays an important role in health and fitness beyond weight loss. I've lost weight both ways - diet was the bigger factor. I lost much more slowly relying solely on…

I drink very few - maybe 1-2 every two to three months. I have generally cut out artificial sugars from my diet - it's what is working best for me personally. I personally feel better without them, so I have left them out.

I'm losing higher amounts because I started at 350. And even then, I'm closer to 1.5 lbs per week than 2 lbs per week. What you are doing is fantastic and sustainable. Keep on doing it and reflect for a moment on what you've accomplished so far. It's awesome!

I was really uncertain about BMR/TDEE. But MFP rates you under BMR if you put in the right settings, and eating significantly under your BMR will damage your metabolism and cause it to slow way, way down. The way MFP works (if you opt not to go the TDEE or BMR route) is that you SHOULD be eating your exercise calories…

This is a communication issue for you two. Some people respond really well to that kind of feedback/motivation/accountability. My husband does, actually. He asked me to poke him in that way about his diet/exercise when he was on a dietbet last month. Me, on the other hand? You won't drive me into a eating a chocolate cake…

Do you have any sense of TDEE? I wonder if you are eating enough. My BMR as a 34 year old woman who weighs 307 at 5'9" is above what you are eating (~2100), and my TDEE with less activity (say 3-4 hours of moderate workout per week) puts my TDEE around 3500. Are you taking measurements and noting differences anywhere else…

My normal response would be yes. I log everything, all the time, even weekends/holidays, even when I'm over because I am reinforcing habits and tracking is a good thing for me. In this case, no - because you won't have access to do so, and it sounds like it would be a huge exercise in frustration. I avoid one of my…

That is what I was doing at work, which isn't an option now. I don't work out until I get home, about 9:00 in the evening. I am still working out 3-4x per week, but my actual activity level is reduced about 50% because I can't leave my desk. A month ago, I averaged 5000 steps a day at work. I'm averaging 2500 now, and…

Right, I understand all of that. But that's my question - how long does it take to get that point, and how far under do you have to be? It sounds like I'm probably not actually under to the point I need to be concerned. This has been going on for two weeks, and will likely be another month before my work situation allows…

My goal is misleading. That is to my first goal - which is 285 lbs. My ultimate goal would be a total loss of about 150 lbs. So, yeah. Plenty of room to work with (and my BMR isn't 1600 - that was a number I threw out. It's currently about ~2100. On a normal activity day, I burn about 3100, so deficit is easy. Right now, I…

That always makes a difference for me, about 5 lbs of difference on average.

Well, here's the problem with that approach - how do you know what you are logging is accurate? As a random example, on Monday I had a tall chocolate chai from Starbucks. I noticed the calorie count on the menu was 250 for a regularly made tall. None of the entries I could find on here were for a regularly made tall…

I can fluctuate 5 lbs in a single day, depending on a ton of factors. Do not weigh yourself every day if it's going to stress you out so much. I only worry if there is more than a 2 lb fluctuation, because weight is not a static thing by any means. You need to try your calorie level for a few weeks before you know if it's…

Oh ffs. While healthy, balanced meals are a noble goal, and important for overall fitness, I've been losing 1.5-2 lbs per week with multiple McDonald's runs during a very busy and stressful time at work. Someone isn't gaining because they eat a sausage mcmuffin instead of beans on toast (which I personally could not…

To gain a pound of fat, you'd have to eat 3500 calories above what you burn. You just have some inaccuracies in your scale - no big worries there. Apart from that, your body will retain water from time to time for reasons that are inexplicable (some women gain around ovulation, ftr). Perhaps you are a bit constipated,…

Is there fat there, or just skin? There isn't much you can do about skin - it gets stretched out during pregnancy, and genetics play the biggest role there. If it's fat, you can continue to try to lose weight (but you're talking about very low, very minimal loss). While ab workouts don't hurt you, there just may not be…