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Agree with Precious Kitten. What I tell people is you can always mess around with your calorie intake by adding things in and pushing the green button to see what your weight would be in "five week" if you ate those extra calories.

First of all, good for you for doing it for your health and your family. The first step in actually doing it is deciding you are serious and utilizing myfitnesspal shows that you are serious. I do believe the best way to start is just recording your food using the food diary. Be accountable for every little morsel you put…

I'm having the opposite issue. I used my heart rate monitor and biked to the gym and back. It takes 40 minutes and I burned 700 calories but MFP says 435? I just stay with the lower number and continue on!

Being new myself, I have had the same questions. What I like to do is to put different scenarios in and hit the green button at the bottom and it will tell you what you will weigh if every day was like that day. Even if you don't feel hungry, add something to the diary for that day that you might eat and then hit the green…

Being a person that has trouble with "diets" I just want to say to concentrate, not on fats or carbs and how many, but on just filling out your food diary every day and staying accountable for every little thing you put in your mouth. If you use your food diary and just concentrate on staying at your correct calorie…

The nice thing about this site is that you can personalize your food and eat what you want. Therefore you are more likely to stay on track for life. I am also on 1200 calories. I have been on for two weeks and I weigh in tomorrow. I lost 2 pounds the first week. I usually like to have the majority of my carbohydrates…

I was just wondering, are you staying under your calories that you are supposed to? Yes, muscle weights more then fat, but if you stay under your calories you should lose something, although, my sister has a hard time and has the same problem. She also carries her weight in her middle section. Have you had your thyroid…

I too wear New Balance because I have a wider foot and the Nike's are way too narrow for my foot. They all have a model number and the larger the number, the better the shoe, ie, an 800 series versus a 400 series. Good walking!

Alot of the low carb dieters would say that is too much, but I truly believe it really is in the calorie count, as long as you stay within your calories for the day. I love bread too and fresh baked is a weakness! Yum! But you need to do a lifelong program and deleting things you love is not the way to do it. Have fun with…

Congrats! I am starting at same size and have lost two pounds this past week. I am doing a lot of exercise along with using my fitness pal for calorie count. I am 48 years old, so I do not want to get down to that size, but looking forward to beint at around 140 lbs at end of summer. My husband and I joined a gym which…

Great recipe. I'm new so glad you reposted it...thanks!

I got the blahs too even earlier then you did. It is very hard to stay motivated, especially when you love food. I found that you really need to make your losing weight experience a fun thing. Make new recipes yourself using low fat food options and store them in your recipe file. Tonight we had bay scallops and tilapia…

Very good for you! I am 48 years young but I have two sisters who are active and they are 58 and 60. My 60 year old sister does Zumba and swims. My 58 year old sister is an avid bicycler. Just make sure you be careful and don't overdo it. My mother was doing aquacise at your age and tore a rotary cuff just doing the arm…

What happens is that when you start exercising regularly your body will at first kind of "rebel". It likes being lazy. It will give you these signals to try to get you back to "comfy" mode on the couch. It should eventually subside, that is if you are sure you don't have some kind of flu, mono or possibly allergies. I have…

I know how you can get in a rut on what you are eating. You want something exciting! Don't forget your seafoods like shrimp and scallops. A couple weeks ago I splurged and bought myself a piece of king crab! At my grocery store they have turkey filet mignons, those are delicious! And you can also find some really good…

I agree, Go for a walk. Looks like you have some kids and a family walk right after supper is a great family builder also. It is very easy to eat while we are bored, I do it too. Sometimes its hard to be outside when its cold out, so its good summer will soon be here, and then you can be more active and also its warmer so…

I work at the zoo in the gift shop and last Saturday a little tomboy 2 year old girl was chasing her mom who is deathly afraid of snakes with a fake snake with her mom screaming!

Actually you need the protein so don't rule out these high sources. Grilled chicken over spinach is a great meal and even a grilled hamburger would be good, and if you don't want carbs, eat it sans bun. Shrimp cocktail is also a good choice if you like seafood.

Hi protein and low fat and no carbs or very low carbs. Grilled chicken breast with spinach or darker green salad with a very light dressing, or grilled white fish like tilapia with some type of green like asparagus, broccoli, brussel sprouts, spinach, etc. If you have a sweet tooth, try a couple of strawberries or a low…

Just remember that you need to "balance" your life. You can be overweight and there is no balance in overeating. You may be an overexerciser and there is no balance in that either. Just make sure, whatever you decide, that there is balance in your life.

Julia, congratulations on your weight loss. What a great start and you will just love MFP. The food diary makes it so easy to stay on track and make sure you get some sort of exercise 3-5 times a week. I have arthritis and I usually walk my dogs every day 50-80 minutes. They love it too! Good luck on your weight loss…

First of all, you are way too hard on yourself. That won't help you enjoy the process of coming back to your normal comfortable weight. Just chalk it up that you had "insert how many years of fun eating here" and now you are ready to get back to work. I am very lazy also and it helps if your husband is on board with you.…

I guess they are trying to say is only come to Cheeseburger in Paradise when its your cheat day!

Well first of all, I am really proud of you for your hard work already. Just know that anything that says "shred" in it will mean usually high protein, low fat and no carbs. This is an extremely hard diet to follow, and if it includes a lot of weights, then it could make you feel bulky. What I love about myfitnesspal is…

Use a stainless steel water bottle to transport it after you make it with a few pieces of ice in it and shake it throughout the day until ready to drink

I have two great friends who have this. One has a terrible time with it and her weight. The other has learned to manage it with exercise and diet and I think also medication. I will have to ask her. I have psoriatic arthritis and it hurts to walk and exercise sometimes but in the long run its helped me feel better, plus I…

Good question. I think most people allow themselves whatever they want but one thing would be better...lol... I myself have a 30 year class reunion to go to in June so alas, there will be no cheat days in the future for me!

I too like to bake in oven. I like to do it in a clay based pan and cover with aluminum foil. It turns out very moist

Well, to make you feel better I just saw a little while back on tv a man who did an experiment on calorie intake and he watched his calorie count to make sure he lost weight, but he only ate junk food, fast food and candy. He lost the weight. Now I am sure that is not a great weight to do it, but don't fret this one and…