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Those foods are full of sodium! Too much sodium leads to water retention and water retention leads to weight on the scale.

Coffee. I can't eat in the mornings.

1400-1600 before. I wind up eating 1700-2300 a day, depending on exercise. Run days get me closer to 2300

Before a run I have something light. Then once the run is over I eat something more filling. For me, eating too much before a run causes me to have stomach issues.

I have been in maintenance since February. This has been the last few weeks for me. Anything can cause weight gain that isn't fat. I know for a fact mine isn't, but between TOM, sodium amounts and the lack of water I've been drinking and starting a new weight lifting routine and adding more miles to my runs, I know what it…

That's definitely not a lot of time. Give it more time.

Are you weighing your food? Eating back all your exercise calories? It's possible you're underreporting what you're eating and over reporting what you're burning. How tall are you? I'm short so 1500 is my maintenance calories. Tighten up your logging, don't eat all your exercise calories. If you still struggle, reduce your…

I have a fitbit surge. I don't really use it to track heart rate all day, but I use it for tracking all my exercise and gps for my runs and of course my steps. I got it as a gift so I probably wouldn't have one if i didn't, but I really do like it.

I went Over by at least 2700 today. Kid had a tournament out of state, we had lunch and team meal at Texas Roadhouse. I am now eating cheesecake and drinking a daquiri, I'll just divide that 2700 by 10 days and eat at a deficit. ( I'm in maintenace) it's all good. And it was all good!!

200 sticks!

I do the same as these people. I have not given up sugar. Or anything really. In fact, I prelogged my Saturday dinner a few days ago. I know exactly where I'm going and what I'm getting and I wanted to make damn sure I could work those babies in.

This month I also have went up in weight a bit. I am attributing mine to water weight since I have increased more strength training this month and also increasing my mileage on my runs. Here is my monthly weigh ins. I do track daily to watch for trends.

I am in maintenance now, and am a daily tracker with fitbit aria. I also like seeing the daily fluctuations. You see what day spiked? Happens every month and without fail a few days after that is that time for me.

I did it slowly. Started at the end of February and just recently got to eating at full maintenance. My maintenace range is way higher than mfp suggests which is good for me. It says 1530 before exercise, but I usually get an extra 200-600 calories. (3 days a week I run a 10k) My full maintenance range has been about 1800…

I weigh all meat before. For casserole type dishes involving chicken to avoid confusion, I weigh each piece and cut it down to the proper serving size before hand.

It actually minimizes the amount of lean mass you lose while eating at a deficit. Will you still lose some muscle? Yes. However it won't be as bad as it could have been without lifting

I am 5'2. My goal weight was 125. I got down to 115 and didn't like it. I am maintaining between 120-123 and feel I look great there. My before and after at 123.2 is my profile pic

It takes a good 20 or so lbs to see any difference if you have a lot to lose. The first 10 is often water and a little fat. Keep at it.

Cheating implies guilt and wrongdoing. I eat what I want and make it fit. If it doesn't, oh well. Log it and move on.

What are you eating? Are you weighing your food? 1. You may be eating more than you think you are if you're not weighing your food. 2. Most people can only handle a few days of low calorie diets. If you are exceeding this, go back to 1 or it's possible you are hungry but ignoring the cues. If you have to lose weight, you…

I added 100/week. So week 1. I went up to 1500 after exercise, then second week 1600 after exercise. I find some days I can have 2000 calories but other weeks my body seems content with 1600. I definitely don't have a number. I have a range.

5lbs is actually a pretty good range. You won't always be one number. I hit 116 and have bounced around between there and 123 (one time as high as 127) ever since. Yesterday 125 Today 121.8 It happens.

Hmm. I reached goal weight and never had this issue. I always ate all of my calories given to me. Maybe it's dependent on each person, but I have myself at sedentary and am not sedentary at all based on steps and lost weight and maintaining just fine by following it. OP, eat back a little of those and see what happens. Add…

This too.

Do you plan to cut out treats forever? If no, you're going to have to make them work for you. I don't have cheat meals or treats. I eat what I want and make it work. Last night, I had ice cream and apple crisp. I planned my entire day around it--because it was that important. lol

32 grams of peanut butter is the serving of most pb. And it is actually a lot! If you scoop out a tablespoon and level it off and weigh it, you should find you can add a little more. As others have said, always weigh your food by the gram or ounces that is usually in () in the label in serving size.

Crockpot chicken and rice (with corn and cheese) with a salad as a side Breakfast I made scrambled eggs with onions, bacon and green pepper and put it in a pita pocket For lunch I had a orange, raisin bread with some butter and a bowl of veggies with hummus dip. I'll have some cottage cheese with pineapple at some point…

Body weight exercises.

Sodium. In a coke zero there are 70mg. Sodium always does that to me, too.

Diet soda has a lot of sodium in it. I would keep track of your sodium intake. You may be retaining water. Also if you're not weighing your portions, you may be overestimating your burns from walking and underestimating your caloric intake.