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I tend to keep it closed because last time I had it open everyone had an opinion and it got pretty nasty.

Thank you!!! I'm so excited!!! My first all-inclusive resort vacation! :)

Thank you! It's been a little over 4 weeks, but also my measurements are not budging. So I don't think that it's water retention - that had occurred to me at the beginning. I mentioned something like this to my OBGYN and she looked at me like I had 2 heads, LOL. It is interesting to me, though, I'll have to look more into…

I'll take a look, thanks! I have NONE of that in my diet. I'll take a look at those macros, I love protein, so that might help. I have in the past, but since I started up again, no. I'm not sure I can exercise more than I already am, LOL. I'll definitely take a look at this. I can't imagine raising my carbs though!!

I see what you're saying. I guess it's difficult because there's no real good way to estimate my TDEE with activity. I will try to be patient - thank you for your input!

I normally do try to have a rest day, but I'm going to Punta Cana in 39 days and I was trying to push for some more progress! I have been active my whole life so my body is used to doing something 7 days/week, but you might be right that I may be pushing it too far right now. Thank you for your input!

Thank you. Did you see my post right above with the 2 different calculations based on me putting in my body fat?

So this was interesting. I did 2 different calculations - one with my body fat percentage and one without. Very different results. I'm not sure how accurate my scale is with the body fat percentage so that's why I didn't use it to do the calculation at first. With the second calculation, it looks like to eat 500 under my…

No, I did the TDEE based on a sedentary lifestyle. But I'm 5'8", 232 lbs. I'm 40 years old.

Yep, I follow a program so I'm doing it every single day.

I weigh naked, LOL. I have one of those scales that measures body fat percentage and weight, water weight, etc. I will say that I drink very little water every day. It's something I'm working on. But other than my workouts, I tend not to drink anything. I basically lost about 4 pounds right off the bat (water weight) and…

No worries, replies were quick - I just updated the original post. Yep, logging every damn thing, LOL. I have a great kitchen scale that I use and I weigh absolutely everything. Thank you and thank you for your kind response! :)

I understand that the calorie burns are not 100% accurate - which is why I don't eat back any calories at all. My TDEE is 2411. So 500 calories under that would be 1911. If I'm eating 1600, shouldn't I be dropping weight like crazy?

Sporadic meaning I joined a few years ago, so I didn't use it constantly, but when I'm "at it," I log everything, every day. So for the past month, I have been.

Hi, sorry! It's been a little over a month now.

No, I don't eat back my exercise calories. I eat 1600, regardless of whether I exercise or not. Sodium and sugar are pretty low because I cook all my own food and don't add anything to it. Thank you so much for your friend offer. Sometimes I hesitate to post on here because people can get nasty to each other. I'm not about…

Gross 1600. I eat 1600, regardless of what I burn or don't burn. This has been going on for over a month now.

I've heard that sometimes if people are expending a lot of calories, sometimes their body likes more in order to burn more, so that's why I was considering it. I've been at this over a month now. Yes, but that's also why I don't eat back my exercise calories. Even without exercise, my basal metabolic rate is higher than…

First of all, solidarity. Been there SO many times....there's a reason why not everyone is fit and thin - it's hard!!! It can be really daunting to try to do it all at once. I know you want to lose the weight NOW but sometimes you try too hard and burn out and wind up in a worse spot than you were before. My advice is to…

Very very helpful, thank you so much!! I'd rather overestimate, so I think I will log as either a large or extra large fast food fries. This is why I hate not having control over the food! Thankfully this is a rare occasion. Thank you so much for your help!

Bump for saving...thanks for the great ideas!

GREAT job and I absolutely love your attitude! I am finally successful now after realizing 2 things: 1) I don't need to eat Paleo, clean, vegetarian, etc. I can whatever I want and stay within calorie range and be happy and successful. 2) This is all a lifetime way of eating. Moderation. No "cheat" days, maybe days I go…

Amazing!!! Love the facial hair too, very hot!

Awesome results!!!!! I have 1 1/2 weeks left and I feel amazing. I can't wait to take my after pics, I hope they look as great as yours!! Are you going to do another round or do something else? I just got T25 so I'm going to do that, and then probably do the PiYo/T25 hybrid schedule.

I know, and I even said later in the thread....that's exactly why I'm back, because it didn't work, obviously. I guess it's just hard when it came off so quickly in the past to see it come off slowly now, even if it's better for me. I just have to get my head around that, that's all.

Thanks, but I get spammed enough on Facebook by Visalus people.

I definitely will be doing that in the future. I have found that if I try to jump in excluding foods or focusing too much on macros, etc., I get myself burned out quickly, so this time I wanted to start slow with calories, and then maybe start setting smaller goals for myself, like more water, certain number of…

Very helpful link, thanks for sharing! LOL, ok. Sure. That's what I said. :laugh:

It definitely helps to hear others' experiences with this, I really appreciate everyone for sharing!!! It's extremely helpful and keeps me going. :) I do have a followup question for those that don't lose regularly: That 3 lbs. was all at once (I know it wasn't really, but that's how the scale registered it). So for the…