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Heya - I'm in Auckland too.

I'm using a BMF and I'm consistently burning around 2300-2600 cals a day so I can see that whilst 1775 seems alot it probably isn't if you truely calculate your activity (I have cut back on my cardio and only do housework, chase kids etc - I always considered myself sedentary and I know now that I'm not- I'm 5ft5 and…

YAY I'm so glad I found this group and this thread. I have about 15kgs to lose. My weightloss has been non existent prior to this (lots of cardio and a low calorie diet). Since the beginning of this year I've been increasing my calories and I feel much better (and my hair isn't falling out now). I have a BMF so I know what…

I'd say that 1000cal a day deficit is probably too high. Try putting it to 500cals a day or 250 cal a day deficit. I wasn't losing weight with the high deficit (500-1000) but I am with the lower 250cal a day deficit (so sometimes I'm eating 2500 cals a day). I have about 10kgs to go to reach the top of my healthy BMI.

I've had a friend buy from amazon.com and I ordered my BodyMedia Fit from amazon and it shipped internationally (I got it within a week from ordering). I don't have a fitbit but I have a BMF and although I've been upping my calories anyway I was still kinda shocked at just how active I am during the day. I had mine set to…

Fantastic, and this could be my story too. I relate to so much of it. Now that I'm doing eating more, I feel so much better, the weight will come off but I'm all about being healthy in the mean time :) You look marvellous :)

Add some calorie dense foods like nuts, avocados and oils - your body needs good fats too. What I done when I knew I had to increase my calories was look at my nutritional breakdown. Was I meeting those targets (I also found that MFP is set quite low so once I was consistently meeting the nutritional stuff then I upped it…

I'll keep watching, trying to decide which product to get. I didn't realise the BMF would still give data without the subscription. That is good to know.

Thanks for this. I put my numbers in there and the information that it gave back to me is what I had already come up with doing other research. I'm glad to know that I'm on the right track.

I used to eat 1200-1500 cals a day but my weightloss was NIL, I found the fat2fitradio podcasts and listened to their advice and upped my calories slowly to what their calculator worked out for me (much higher than MFP's). I'm now eating anywhere between 1800-2300 cals depending on my activity for the day. My weightloss is…

Well done, I'm the same, I'm finally losing weight after months of nothing by eating more calories. 1700-1900 net I can't believe that months and months of 1200 cals and I'm losing more eating sometimes 2300 cals on workout days. Somedays I still don't believe it and want to freak out and eat 1200 cals again but I keep…

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if you are working out that much and only consuming 1200 cals I'd definitely be upping what I eat. There is lots of great info on here about BMR and eating exercise calories etc. (read through those pinned topics at the top of the forum).

I'm going to do mine before lunch today (still breakfast time here in NZ :wink: ) as I dont' want to leave it as late as last night - not sore today which is good and the reason I'll have another shot today.

OMG I have absolutely no core strength - or maybe it's because I put it off until the night time and I'd already had my workout today I managed Plank l/side plank r/side plank 50 crunches 50 l side obliques 50 r/side obliques 25 reverse crunches and I can't even do the bicycle one And I have a feeling my form is all out…

Ok Count me in too - I'll have to youtube some of the exercises as not sure what they are. I'll probably alternate mine though to fit in with my current routine :wink: My "baby" is 28months old now so I know that it's time for ME to get myself in shape. My girls lead by example and I want to be the best example of health…

I think hiding the scales is a good idea - I've got my husband to hide mine. I think if your body has become accustomed to you eating 1200cals you may gain a bit if you go to maintenance (or anything above what you are eating now) but only for a little while. I posted a question the other day about a similar thing so just…

My personal trainer has me doing the plank or prone hold. Here is a video of how to do it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czTvjgiKbDo Currently I do 3 sets of 30secs with a 30sec break inbetween I also do crunches 3 sets of 20 I have heard that also just sitting on a swiss ball is good for your stomach as you automatically…

This is fantastic - thank you :flowerforyou: I know I need to eat my exercise cals and I've been trying to but in my head I still couldn't see it actually working. It's nice reading that it does actually work and I can stop being so nervous about eating :embarassed:

morning - Post Workout - homemade oat cookie and banana afternoon snack -Organic dried apricots with almonds after dinner - Yoghurt with kiwifruit, walnuts and maybe some jelly for a treat :wink:

Yay that sounds fantastic :) I've had my calories upped for about 9days -2weeks (will go back and look) and so hopefully at my next PT weigh in in 6 weeks I'll see a move (now to make sure my husband doesn't give in and tell me where he hid the scales before then). I think I'll try and concentrate on my workouts and take…

Thanks Banks - I have read all those links that is when it dawned on me that weightwatchers probably wasn't doing my body the best thing. I have my weightloss set at 1/2lb :) and I have moderately active which gives me an allowance of 1421 (roughly) and that is about what my BMR is according to this site. so I make sure…

I was on weightwatchers prior to coming on here and I only lost tiny amounts of weight each week even though i followed the programme to the T. I joined up here read lots and logged in my normal daily eating plan onto the planner here and found out I was consuming far fewer than 1200cals a day even though I was eating…

Brilliant - thanks that was what I wanted to hear :) I like the pain too and I like sweat (who would have thought) but just wanted to make sure pain the next day was normal :) Today is my rest day (I take my girls swimming instead) so will be back at gym tomorrow for another workout :happy:

I'm new to the forums on here but not new to weightloss :ohwell: From what I've read on here it is advised not to eat under your BMR so my first point would be to workout what your BMR is. I'm eating around 1600cals on my non exercise days and around 1900cals on my exercise days. I eat ALOT of food I feel like I'm forever…

I've always eaten well on WW as we mostly eat whole foods etc but because of my weight and height I was only on 19pts a day which in reality isn't alot (and they kept suggesting I go down to 18 which actually made me gain weight :cry: ) . So now I'm going to try allow myself some "luxuries" nuts and seeds being the biggest…