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Start by reading this. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants Only you can provide yourself with the motivation because it's going to be you that has to put in the work. Just set a reasonable calorie deficit and have patience. It will happen. Good luck!

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If you're only eating 500 calories a day, you are eating way too little! Doing that over an extended time will have a negative impact on your health. Your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is the amount of calories needed to sustain you if you were in a coma. Your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) is the amount of calories…

If you've been on a plateau for this long, you're likely eating at maintenance. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/…

You just need to create a calorie deficit. You can do this without having to eliminate things like pastas, breads, etc.

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You don't indicate how many pounds your are trying to lose by then, but 1 to 1.5 per week is a healthy amount. Just be aware that there are no quick fixes, magic pills, shakes, etc. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

Your muscles will retain water to help repair themselves so when you started a new exercise that likely happened. Also, you may have increased your sodium intake by switching to cereal (just because sodium is in so many products). As far as the carbs causing water retention, that's a little above my pay grade.im sure some…

Towel, water bottle and tunes.

It's a good problem to have. Since I'm not at my goal weight yet, I'm holding off buying new everything. Since I dress casually all the time, I'm just getting a couple of pairs of shorts and pants at a time. You might consider going to thrift shops or consignment shops in the meantime.

I read this somewhere not too long ago that the sizing itself is not the same as it was a few years ago. I think it was in the context of having a size 000 instead of size 0. So take that for what it's worth. Found the news link: http://www.wbtw.com/story/25998221/j-crew-under-fire-for-new-size-000-for-womens-clothes

tl:dr What do you consider as your activity level? Using IIFYM.com calculator (which does have 3 different formulas), I just plugged in sedentary. BMR 1475 TDEE 1769. This is regardless of what your goal weight is. In any case, you don't want to eat below your BMR. Even if you start out slowly, say at a 200 calorie…

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Take a deep breath! Ok, now when you let that breath go, you let go of beating yourself up over this. It happened. But now you know you just need to get back on track. Today. The very next meal. You've lost the weight before, you'll do it again. You got this!!

As long as you are in a deficit, you should lose weight. Meal timing makes no difference. Are you weighing and logging everything you eat? Get a scale and actually weigh food items instead of logging as cups, tbsp, etc.

1850 would be your total because TDEE takes into account your exercise already.

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Have you tried one of the various calculators to determine your TDEE? Once you know your TDEE, eat at that level. If you eat above it, you'll gain; below you'll lose weight. There's no need to cut back on exercise unless you want to. As far as the diet, you may end up with more calories to consume.

You may want to consider either the Garmin Vivofit or Polar Loop. These two devices combine an activity tracker (like Fitbit, Nike Fuelband, Jawbone UP, etc) with the ability of an HRM. However as a previous poster indicated, HRMs are designed for steady state cardio such as running, biking, aerobics.…

Way to go!! <high five>

Just get a good brand of Whey Protein and make your own. I use either skim milk or greek yogurt as my base and then add either assorted fruits or peanut butter.

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A lot of this just comes from trial and error. But I'd start with the usual suspects that hamper our weight loss: Underestimating how much we eat and overestimating how much we burn. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think Are you using a food scale to weigh your food? If…

You can do exercises that use your body weight. Push up, squats, lunges, etc. You can use canned goods as dumbbells. Or get exercise bands.

Started seeing this one show up on the forums recently. http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee

10 pounds a month is definitely not safe. You'd have to create too big a deficit numerically which is not good for one's health. Two pounds a week is generally considered the max per week. If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1…