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Weight Loss/Maintenance

noamnety

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5. How many calories roughly are you eating in a day?

Reply to patricia92243 (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 29, 2013, 09:41 AM

Jul 2013

I'm not huge on calorie counting, and have done well without it. But I did find it helpful at my first plateau to track calories for about a week on my fitnesspal.com just to get a ballpark estimate and make sure I wasn't eating way too little or chowing down 3000 calories a day.

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How long does a "weight loss plateau" last? I'm using South Beach and lost 10 pounds in two [View all] patricia92243 Jul 2013 OP

muscle weighs more than fat Viva_La_Revolution Jul 2013 #1

I've had some plateaus that lasted a month. noamnety Jul 2013 #2

No idea anymore Broken_Hero Jul 2013 #3

I am older - actually make that old! Maybe that has something to do with it. I'm going a patricia92243 Jul 2013 #4

How many calories roughly are you eating in a day? noamnety Jul 2013 #5

At the time between 1200-1600 calories a day. Broken_Hero Jul 2013 #6

The South Beach diet doesn't work for everyone Major Nikon Aug 2013 #7

You always lose more weight in the beginnings of a diet The empressof all Aug 2013 #8

I have been at mine for about 2 months maddezmom Aug 2013 #9

Sometimes "faithfully sticking" to a plan is what causes the plateau MissMillie Oct 2013 #10

One diet book that worked for me before my wedding laundry_queen Nov 2013 #13

3 weeks HUFFLEPUFF Nov 2013 #11

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