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Give them that burial! I say that's exactly the kind of thing I might do. I don't throw clothes out either. I have one favorite stretchy 3/4 sleeve navy blue top I love to wear on walks and it's been through multiple vinegar/baking soda/Febreeze/Spray-N-Wash cycles to keep it from smelling. Nothing will help the little…

Oh my gosh, you guys don't know how much this means to me. Thank you for your support. It's been a struggle, but I'm not ready for a wheelchair! I will fight! LOL at me thinking a third floor walk-up would be fine (when I was 34 years old though…)

Broken hip recovery and weight management, June 2025 So. I've made a LOT of progress. I take my two trekking poles with me on every walk (2+ miles) every day. When I first starting using them in May I had to stop quite frequently because of pain. There are several places to sit along my route and I used them all - both on…

I don't know if you're somehow financially incentivized to keep pushing this influencer…but body fat can't be calculated online or by some random measuring…

Ha. Basically the exact thing we always say in these forums. Wait. Maybe (is it possible?) AI is using OUR ANSWERS! /end sarcasm

Yeah, some medications can make weight management difficult. Sounds like that one isn't great for you. Have you asked your medical team if you can try a different medication? Not all antidepressants cause fatigue and weight gain. Also, not all antidepressants need to be taken long-term. If you pair them with some therapy…

LOL, wrong forum. Go to the site for your watch. Or at least tell us which watch.

Here is the rather long but thorough explanation of how myfitnesspal calculates. It expects you to eat more when you exercise. You put gas in your car, right? Well it won't make it to the next state on one gallon and your body needs food as fuel. Read this explanation: How-does-MyFitnessPal-calculate-my-initial-goals

I don't know, "morbid obesity" is a term that actually helped me. It's just a number on a BMI chart, but it definitely in no uncertain terms told me I didn't want to stay there. Lana, you can absolutely do it. I lost 80 pounds way back in 2007-09 and I've kept it off by being mindful of how much I eat and by getting some…

Start writing about it. Start either an online journal or a page on your computer or phone, or even a notebook and a pen. You have to sort this out. It's complicated and involved a LOT, trust me. In the meantime, learn to log food. Study your FOOD diary and learn from it like it's your job. I learned so much from my FOOD…

The calorie goals given by any online calculator are just estimates, and so are your inputs to these calculators. Using varying Activity Levels or different ways to account for purposeful exercise or daily work/school/housework etc. will give different calorie levels. It's also a certain skill to log food, so lots of…

I would choose "Active" in the Activity Level setting here on Myfitnesspal if you're not planning to use the treadmill as designated "Exercise." No one can really answer this for you, you'll have to run the experiment. Try it for a month and then adjust if you're not seeing the results you chose in your Goals. That's what…

Here's the official explanation. It's a lot better than I could do - How-does-MyFitnessPal-calculate-my-initial-goals

Lowfat milk works.

If you're not losing, you need to eat a little less or increase your exercise or both. No other way around it. With so little weight to lose, it's going to be tough and it takes time so you're on the right track with your logging and your activities/exercise. I don't know where you came up with your calorie budget, but if…

What do you mean, hormonal problems? Me too. Log food, stay within calories, adjust if needed. It's the only way. There IS a calorie number that will facilitate weight loss without you being miserable. You can find it. I started at 220, menopausal, hypothyroid (medicated for the thyroid) and I lost down to 140 using…

Maganit, read that link I posted above, it explains how this site calculates your calories. What you saw on YouTube? What channel was that? Don't believe what it said unless it was the official myfitnesspal channel. Lots of [wrong] different opinions out there that may be discussing something completely different.…

That's the way to do it! Well done - keep it going! Congratulations on making this positive change in your life. You won't regret it.

With the little info we have, csplatt is giving good advice. Here is the official explanation of myfitnesspal's method of calculating. I always ate all the calories "earned" by exercise, but I was logging everything and my weight was going in the right direction. You may or may not have to eat more or less than you are…

Yeah, I do it the way springlering does it in that instructional post. Recipes aren't nearly as good as Meals…unless I'm not going to change the ingredients at all. I have a couple hundred meals saved now, though. It's become a bit unmanageable! At least I can use "Search" to find them if I've used a good descriptor…unlike…

Yeah, one of my good friends has the continuous monitor/app too. She had the pump for a while but prefers the injections. I would guess that would partially eliminate the issue you originally stated, but I'm talking out of my backside because I don't really know for sure.

@neanderthin Second concern I have is the unexpected drop in blood sugars for type 1's considering they rely on a completely external insulin supply via a pump which can make them more vulnerable, so basically hypoglycemia isn't something to take lightly, it can be life threatening. Not all Type 1 diabetics use a pump. I'm…

If your medical team has given you a calorie number to use, then use that. If you input your stats into myfitnesspal and it gives you a much lower number, go with what your doctor tells you. You can over-ride the calories here in GOALS, just choose "edit" and type in your number. I'm not sure if that's your question, but…

My weight data is still here all the way back to 2006. I'm looking at the web version, not a mobile app. Some things work on this platform but not on the app and vice versa. I'm on the free version.

You've gotten a lot of good answers in your previous threads. Here they are: ←——YOUR other questions.

Hey, welcome back!

Yeah, weight loss isn't a consistent thing. Lots of things will affect daily weigh-ins so you want to look at a trend over time, like 4-6 weeks. The other thing would be that you can't just set your myfitnesspal to whatever you want and then follow it blindly forever. Adjustments (by you) will need to be made. The numbers…

I made a very firm decision to lose weight. I never used the mobile app, just my computer. Too fiddly to use the mobile app and in the beginning it was super buggy so just easier for me to log food on my computer. I was on the site every day to log food and I also read a lot in the Community. I was pretty uneducated about…

What they said ^ I was ready. I started at 220 and 5'8" - so about where you are. I have been at 140-145 for most of the past 18 years since I lost that 80 pounds. A couple times I've been injured which makes exercise tough, but I never let my weight go up by more than 10 pounds in 18 years. Just start. There are going to…