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How horribly frustrating! I'm not a doc, but I don't think you are eating enough....

in the TDEE plan, you count your exercise cals... as part of your TDEE. My TDEE is around 2300 cals for the exercise I do every week + my bodily needs, breathing, sleeping, digesting and such. My energy needs if I am laying in bed all the time is around 1600 cals, so If I eat less than 2300, and more than 1600(to keep from going into starvation mode) I should lose weight very very slowly. That being said, I eat less than 1600 many days a week at this point... I have a baseline of 1310 cals a day, then eat back all my exercise cals.... so I eat between 1310 and ? around 1750 usually.... This is less than the TDEE plan recommends, however, when I was eating 1200 and not eating back my exercise cals I was not losing any weight... I took that up quite a bit, for a while, did not gain, the made a cut to where I am now, and have lost around 5 pounds in the last 3 months. Its an improvement. To do it right you need to eat at your TDEE until you stop gaining weight (!!!scary)then make a cut of around 20% or less depending on how much you need to lose, and go from there....they also say cut back on cardio/aerobic, and up your lifting time and weight.... please read the links, I may have something wrong or be saying it poorly....

Doing weight bearing exercise help with bone loss too...none of us want to go THERE! Heavy people have some big bones because of this... when we lose weight, we can lose bone mass at the same time if we don't add weight to our workouts/life activities.

Pretty early on I knew I wanted veggies back in my diet, so started making veggie soups. I really couldn't eat salads very well until after 8 months, now I eat them like a champ. I'm not sure where they go~! I must have a hollow leg or something, I can eat a pretty huge salad. I eat apple slices with peanut butter, carrot or cuc slices with hummus.... fine chopped kale with sesame oil and chopped fruit and veggies/nuts.... I just started by eating them cooked... and slowly added raw bit by bit. I couldn't eat apple peal for the longest time, now, 2 years out, no problem. I just love getting in all those colors and fiber and vitamins! I love the taste too and not many calories at all...as my stomach has relaxed, and my hunger returned some, the veggies really help to fill in the blanks.

Good luck!

You need to figure out what your goal is... look at a chart or talk to your Doc for this. Then take the pounds you have already lost, devide it by the total amount you want to lose, this will be a .something number... this is your percent EWL. I needed to lose 90 pounds I have lost 69 pounds 69 devided by 90 = .76666.... so my percentage EW lost is 76%

Good for you Jane! I did something similar... not so much booze but treats and not keeping track... I have finally found a place where I'm not too hungry and still lose ...very slowly... more like 1/2 a pound every two weeks... but thats ok as long as I can keep it up for about a year! Then I will be at goal! I still have hope! I have lost about 5 pounds of the regain so far...

Under garments really make a difference.(do you watch Gok?--How to look good naked? http://www.channel4.com/4beauty/style/fashion-tips/how-to-look-good-naked-fashion-tips ) Start by getting fitted for a bra. Almost ALL of us are wearing the wrong size.As others have said... I think a realy great gift you can give yourself after all the body changes is get a shopper or well dressed shop girl to loan you her eyes while you are trying things on. You might also work up two or three types of looks... for school, flirty and sporty or something like that. I have always worn bags during weight loss stints, then when close to goal bring on the well fitted cloths, and BAM!! People really have something to say... all positive... so even though your uncomfortable with compliments, get ready, deep breath, enjoy and say thank you! No "I really planned to lose 5 more pounds" or "Ths old rag", let people compliment, and let it sink in. I try to update my makeup and hair now and then too...to keep up with my body shape and personal style. You are already a beautiful lady, inside and out Coops, its time for the big reveal! Good luck with the shopping and once you get the look and size that works, it will be easy peasy!

I bought the exact ice creaqm maker that she uses... the reviews are good for it for the price. I got mine on sale for around $35 I think...

Thats it!!! Thanks... My memory may be shot, but I do love my NY! (No more abreviations!)

Haha! Sorry, I must have been sleeping or something when I typed that! I don't know what the heck I was referring too...

Check this out.... http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2008/08/protein-ice-cream.html

My chart says I should be eating 1964 cals a day at my current exercise routine to lose 28 pounds in 190 days.... (this is my original goal that I have not reached yet...) I have been eating less than this for the last 4 months and have been bouncing around in a 5 pound range that time... and am just below the low end of that 5 pound range at this time...hopefully heading DOWN. Today MFP says I can eat 1753 because of all the activity I have done today...Looks like I wont eat all that...at 1418 right now and not likely to eat it. But many days I would eat it all. On low activity days I would eat around 1300 or so. Here is my chart....

Chike makes delicious meal replacement shakes, they are higher calorie, lots of protein and extra nutrition. Their banana and the chocolate are delicious, You can also get samples from their site to test the flavors... they have orange cream too I think...... https://www.chikenutrition.com/ You can even mix a tablespoon of Peanut butter in and make yourself an Elvis! It is thick and rich, may take a while to drink. Mix with soy or milk for extra richness and protein. https://www.chikenutrition.com/chike-variety-pack.html

This will not work for you with Celiacs , but when i really want a waffle, I use Bobs Red Mill Low Carb mix and make it myself. I can even freeze a second, and eat later when the urge calls. http://www.netrition.com/bobs_lc_bake_mix_page.html 1/4 cup= 120 cals, 8 usable carbs and 12 grams Protein

So happy for you... hard won and you deserve it!

There is a drop down menu with descriptions of exercise types, you chose one for your job, and one for your extra activities(gym and such)Go there and see for yourself! Its kind of fun to see what comes up for you! You have to scroll down the article a ways till you get to the highlighted link that leads you to the app. Then you have to approve a download of an applet thingie... it opens in a window and you fill in the blanks.

The gods toy with us.

All I know is when I eat sugar/treats, I want more later on. This can be such a trap if Im not tracking and keeping accountable. I learned if I eat some protein with sugar it evens out the insulin spike and reduces my cravings later.

At one point years ago I made a vow to never track again! HaHaHAHA! I laugh in the face of that vow. I track every day, no mater if Im on track or not with what I eat... or going out, or on vacation (really hard to track then) ... I find when I have to write it down, Im not as likely to eat it in the first place if Im going to feel bad about it after. Its like I have a naughty little kid in my brain. Whatever works. I weigh and write it all down. The days/weeks/months where I have blown off the tracking, I'm more likely to gain. Thats how I put on the bounce weight... just eating 'normally' not writing it down. I wish I didn't have to, but I have come to accept this works the best for me at this time. I try not to obsess... I just do it. I am happy that it works!

I was on fitday for many years... just switched to MFP at the beginning of this year and like it so much better. My fitbit hooks up to MFP so I can keep track of my input and output and better balance them. LilMissDiva is there too FYI.

got it!

What is the O group?

you can lose your weight in 120 days at 734 cals and the expenditure level you are doing now...then maintain at 2300(still doing the sam exercises) this is a computer model, not tested on human.

I would never recommend anyone use exercise as an excuse to lose accountability for their calories in-calories out ratio. As part of total accountability, eating exercise calories back can be part of keeping on top of this ratio. That is all I am saying. I don't want to deprive myself of nutrition or calories unnecessarily. I am cutting this deficit really close right now... I am close to maintenance... with some regain pounds to whittle off... so I am eating/exercising with a small deficit and have managed to edge down five pounds so far over a few months...after a year of gaining and not losing...while eating less.. this all with eating back most of my exercise calories. On days I don't get out and work it, I have to eat less. I also eat bread (a little), sweets (chocolate almost every day...a tiny amount)a drink now and then (maybe once a week or less. I also do not drink with meals,I weigh and/or measure my food, weigh myself every day, use a fitbit to log ALL exercise, list weights twice a week, walk at least twice a week and dance twice a week + gardening or whatever. Its the whole picture for me. I am not a person who wants to write everything down normally... but I HAVE to to make this work from my experience. When you don't eat your exercise calories, are you still logging them into your myfitnesspal or whatever? Are you accountable for that energy expended? Do you know how much energy expenditure you have? Just curious... I used to not count my expenditure, or eat back calories... but was out of touch with my expenditure at that time.