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Your goal seems to be to lose fat and get muscles but your strategy of low calorie eating (and therefore less building blocks for keeping the muscles you have) and then drinking large amounts of nutrionally void beer is counter productive to your goals. You could eat plenty of protein and healthful fats (olive oil, nuts,…

I am not really sure, I'm no expert. I tend to feel that you if you can be satisfied hunger wise on your current cals then stick with that I guess it is a personal thing. Some people who are very successful on here run with the philosophy of "she/he who eats the most calories and still loses weight wins" so they tend to…

Don't feel like an idiot, I think you just needed to read the mfp info a couple times and read the stickies. Firstly you chose in mfp a loss of 2 pounds a week so that's a deficit of 1000 cals a day. Secondly how mfp is designed to work is that you eat the amount of cals it calculates for your chosen weight loss, then if…

If you are taking potassium and magnesium supplements that you don't really need (which is most people) and that haven't been prescribed/suggested by a doctor on the basis of blood tests you can actually retain more water not less. If you are taking a fair amount of them, the body will dilute your blood to try to maintain…

I have a theory about the still fitting into old clothes thing, especially when you have lost an initial amount and haven't gone clothes shopping. I think (and I definitely know for myself) that people are often squeezed in to their current clothes when they decide to lost weight and that some of those clothes might even…

Ignore, cups, number of chips etc, go by the grams. For example: if it says one serve is 15 chips (30g) for 150 cals (numbers chosen at random by me to illustrate point), weigh out 30g and that's your serve, ie your 150 calories. Same goes for the icecream or anything else. The best thing to do is weigh things in grams, as…

Or trendweight is good too...

I used to do it, I liked that it was a really hard work out that varied a lot and was scaled so you could see steady progress. I didn't like the cheering and encouragement etc that goes on when the people who finish first are encouraging the people who are still going. I'd rather finish up a tough work out on my own…

Thanks goldthistime, I might think about starting an eating window. My usual patten is to eat well/normally until about 3 or 4 pm after which I start eating big quantities of poor nutrition food, deluding myself that I will start again tomorrow.

Thanks I think it was Brain over Binge. Its funny how I read that but it was actually an obscure article about gambling addiction that got me really thinking. I am the sort of person who has everything under control except my weight and I have never been able to understand it. Maybe it is just a bad habit that has gone on…

I am sure you will do just fine. I just wanted to add to the above that perhaps you need to be kinder to yourself. Think about if your situation was actually a friend of yours. I am sure you wouldn't say you are as a big as a house and all the other ways you describe yourself. You would probably say to her: You have been…

And pasta :( very sad

Interesting all the hating on activity trackers. Does anyone buy one really expecting that a piece of technology you wear on your wrist is going to precisely and accurately measure your daily activities and then use an averaging algorithm to precisely and accurately calculate your daily calorie burn? It seems like there…

What they said above but to start off with don't worry about that stuff, just aim for your calorie goal. As you get used to that you will be able to start thinking about your macros (fat protein etc).

I guess the other thing to keep in mind is that this is a FREE app generated from a FREE website so unless you are paying for premium I don't see the justification in posting a big whinge about it not working how you think it should. Perhaps an email with a polite suggestion for improvements would have been better?

Apple here too. I used to worry about my waist, it never seems to shrink much and with 20 odd kgs of weight loss I think it only shrunk my 12cm and was still way over the recommended amount but then I read about a moderate waist loss (10%) actually sees a significant amount of visceral fat lost that reduces your risk…

That reminds be, the Beck solution suggests eliminating the word cheat and just acknowledging that you made the wrong choice or decision for achieving your goals and then moving on without any horrible self talk to yourself about it.

I am finding a book called the Beck Diet Solution really useful. It was recommended on a thread on here (thanks to who ever that was I can't remember now). I "know" the practicalities of losing weight but find the mental stuff really holds me back and as a result have yo-yo and binged my way to being 70pounds or so…

I was thinking this too, besides the nutritional aspect, isn't counting macros effectively counting calories? Maybe it feels different (and better for some people?) to do it that way?

I suspect this is because you are eating bread made in the US. I was unable to eat bread when I visited there due to the horrible taste you describe above. Bread where I am from, no sugar in it, unless its meant to be sweet, like brioche or fruit bread. I agree with others here, include things that you like in your diet,…

You might get a better response if you put it in the correct section and are a bit more polite, it is a free app after all (assuming you haven't paid for premium).

Exercise is a small part of the weight loss equation. Diet is a big part. You don't mention how much you are eating. It doesn't matter if you eat healthy (and that means different things to different people) if you are eating too much. Maybe read some of the sticky posts at the top of the forums. Sounds like you both are…

In chatting to my friends it seems that people who haven't/don't exercise much seem to view sweating as a bad thing. Its my personal view that sweating is the goal or the aim, otherwise I don't feel like I have worked hard. Maybe I am just used to it because I have always done some exercise no matter what my weight? The…

I am an apple, my usual pattern for weight loss is that I lose off my hips and legs but still have to wear the same jeans because I have lost nothing around my waist (attractive saggy pants look) then I will drop just a few more kgs and suddenly my waist shrinks enough to go down a jean size. The the same thing repeats…

I was at the counter at my vet's having just received some horrible news about my dog. I was paying for the visit and a lady was in the waiting room with a great big badge that said "lose weight now! Ask me how!". I could see her eyeing me up and down and I thought go on Herbalife Lady, I dare you ......... She didn't,…

I am vegetarian and actually find that dairy, like full fat natural yoghurt helps to keep me full and doesn't involve stacks of calories so I am interested that others recommend cutting dairy, I can't see the problem calorie wise. It took a while to enjoy the taste but a bit of fruit like banana or berries chopped up and…

Thanks so much for posting your photos and story. I am the same height as you and the same start weight right now, I am also the same bodyshape and there aren't many postings of our shape on here, seem to be lots of pears! Your photos show me what I could look like if I keep trying. Can I ask what if any exercise you did…

Also consider the outside chance that this could happen: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-01/supplements-linked-to-at-least-6-australian-organ-transplants/7207472

I think in this case that you will end up double dipping so to speak on your exercise calorie credit...

Foot pain is horrible, I haven't had a stress fracture but have had plantar facitis and achilles tendonitis. You can lose weight without exercising as long as you keep to your calories with your diet. Exercise is good for your health but lots of people on here have lost weight without it. Maybe you could focus on your…