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It could mean a variety of things! For example: that what I'm eating is fine! and I want to count my calories.

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I love how everyone jumps to the conclusion that I'm eating complete crap.. no. I never said that. But 1200 calories is pretty low and I haven't even waited that long. Maybe I'm not being patient enough. I drink plenty of water, by the way. If I set myself to sedentary, that actually DOESN'T take my job into account. If I…

I'm confused about this, too. I'm not sure what to do. There have been times that I've eaten them and haven't lost weight. Now, I'm trying hard not to eat them. It's tough to stay at 1200 cals for me. I don't eat a ton of vegetables or healthy foods, but I don't eat totally horribly, either. I'm not really trying to cut…

Only if it's turkey bacon! Tastes much better and there's no nasty, chewy fat to pick off.

Cadbury dairy milk. it's perfect!

I had a small slice of a frozen pizza and the sodium was at 1,000 mg! for just ONE slice! Unbelievable. It did have hot sauce on it already, though, so I think that contributed a lot.

I set mine to sedentary even though I know I'm not, just so I'll know how many calories I burn at work, etc. I dunno if it works out right, but I haven't lost any weight and didn't when I had it set to lightly active, either. So w/e. Totally unrelated to your question, sorry!

The scale hasn't budged for me since I started this whole thing. It's extremely frustrating and I almost feel like giving up.. but I have hope that eventually, maybe I'll start to lose.

Katy Perry. I already have the boobs for it, now I just need the stomach.. and height, which won't ever happen. :P

Wish we had Trader Joe's here! I've never been, but heard a lot about it.

I have this problem, too. If I have a banana in the morning, I'm instantly over on sugar. It's a little discouraging to see the red there, but what am I supposed to do? Never eat bananas? I try to shrug it off since I'm doing ok with sodium at 1800 or less per day and usually within or under my calories. This is a tough…

112-123 would be ideal for me according to this site. Good to know, since that's right around what I was shooting for.

Interesting how wildly the standard differs by country. I agree that 2500 is far too high. You can customize yours under home>goals>change goals>custom.

Exactly! I completely agree.

For those who are talking about how "cheap" and "easy" it is to eat organic and unprocessed foods, I don't understand what planet you are living on. Or how huge your food budget is. I don't know about America, but eating all organic and raw foods in Canada is EXPENSIVE. There's a reason the only Whole Foods I know of in…

I'm having trouble trying to figure this out, too. I have no idea! I guess I'll have to speak with my doctor about it. What a drag.

Haha!

2 hard boiled eggs and 1/2 a grapefruit with sweetener.

How self-righteous! Let's all be perfect, organic, raw food eating vegans. $8 for organic milk, while regular old skim or 1% is only $5. It adds up and not everyone has the resources. Rolling my eyes at this, honestly.

1200 calories. I want to lose 50 pounds, but that might be too much.. losing 20 would probably be more reasonable/healthy.

This was a planned vacation before I started trying to lose weight/MFP. I knew before hand that I'd most likely end up not following through with my calories, etc. It's not a big deal, really. Vacations aren't a regular part of life, they are so rare.

Thanks for the replies. I feel that I am under on sodium most days, but I definitely have not been drinking enough water. I don't eat when I'm working, so I have 2 meals and some snacks most days. It's my niece in my photo, btw! No kids for me just yet. I don't work out at the gym, but I just log my shifts at work as…

Yes, of course I KNOW that it's better to eat healthier foods, but that's not always an option when you have a very strict food budget. I'm just concerned that I won't lose weight.. and although, yes, I do want to live a healthy lifestyle, I'm not going to lie and say weight loss isn't my ultimate goal right now, because…

Ahh, thank you!! Got it working now, I think! :)

I just based it on my height and what I think would look good. That may change, however, once I start losing! I'll stop when I look in the mirror and like what I see.

Thanks for letting me know! We are exactly the same height, so it gives me a good idea of how much I might want to lose.

Wow, you look great! How tall are you, out of curiosity?