Jessen7

Totally awesome, dude!

I wish mfp had a maintenance forum. I could really benefit from discussing issues related to maintaining my weight loss. Any suggestions on where to get this support?

I have this problem as well, and I only lost half of what you did. I guess we can't expect a lifetime of being one way to change, even in a few month.

Your story is very inspirational because it is a life change, and not a quick fix. I am finally at my target weight and very worried about my ability to maintain it.

My favorite part of myfitnesspal is being able to each whatever I want, in moderation. I have not changed my diet much at all (ate pretty well before), except I eat less and exercise more. Instead of a huge bowl of ice-cream I just have a cup. Instead of a bunch of dressing, I just have a little. I have lost 45 pounds on…

I love that your health problems have suddenly disappeared! Congratulations.

Someone can correct me if need be, but I believe you have a misunderstanding of how this site calculates your target calories. They already calculate a deficit for you (those are the calories it tells you to eat every day), so if you don't eat back your exercise calories you have a larger deficit than you need/want. Lets…