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You cannot live the rest of your life in this body
This body needs some upgrades and repairs at the mechanic, if you know what I mean. If you choose to live the rest of your life in this body, it will not be terribly long. You will have ailments, aches, fatigue. You will be more likely to get diabetes, heart disease, cancer. You'll go out like your father. Or your aunt or…
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Rates of loss per week: 2lbs, 1lb, .5lb
So, from looking at threads here, I gather that the recommendations are for someone who is quite overweight to start out at 2lbs a week. And that usually is recommended until about, say 50lbs to goal weight. At which point the suggestions are to switch to 1lb a week. And then with about, maybe 20 lbs left, to switch to .5…
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46F intends to lose 50
Hi all. Mid forties, met my now-husband 5 years ago and somehow all the celebrating translated into 50 extra pounds on my 5'8" frame. I've been on MFP since 2011 but I rebelled against having to track my food. I wanted it to just HAPPEN with me being sort of careful with diet and exercise, ya know? So eventually I did some…
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BMR vs. daily target calories
According to MFP's BMR calculator, I burn 1657 calories doing nothing. When I enter in my info to lose 1 pound per week, it gives me a target daily calorie goal of 1570. I'm set at sedentary. Doing the math, a deficit of 100 calories per day will take me 35 days to lose a pound. Can anyone explain how this is supposed to…
