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Stuck, Time to Adjust?
I've been logging for just over 75 days now and even with 25 lbs lost I'm so discouraged right now. I feel like I still don't know what I'm doing! So far I've tried to stick around 1200 calories on days I don't work out and when I do work out, usually 5 times during the week, I eat back around 50-75% of my calories back.…
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Done With 1200, I Want to Lose and Start to Build Muscle
From what I have read on the boards, the "1200" diet is not a sustainable or healthy long term weight loss program. I want to stop and do this the right way. I'm 5'7'' currently at 185. I started around 2 weeks ago with 1200 calories and have lost around 8 lbs with a healthier diet, the reduced caloric intake and adding…
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Toning Up While Losing. Recommendations for routine?
I'm still new to MFP and my main focus is weight loss, however from what I have read it's important to lose weight WHILE toning up and doing weight rather than waiting until I hit my goals. Problem is that I don't know where to start or how much is too little. Especially for a woman. The goal isn't to become a lady…
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Up My Calories Alread?!
I've been tracking religiously for almost two weeks. I set MFP to the lowest activity level and chose to hopefully lose 2 lbs/week. It set me up on 1200 calories a day. Since the initial set up, I've been working out 5 days/week. The first week I would burn in the 250-350 range and eat 75%ish of my exercise calories back.…
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Newbie Needs Advice : )
I need to lose weight and so far, it's been going really well. I'm 24, 5'7" and currently 188. (WOAH, did I really just put that on the internet??) I'd ultimately like to get down to right around 140. I may be happy with results before then but we'll see. I've been going at it for one week today, working out 5x/week and…
