abbadabba's Journal, 20 May 24

your not delusional the numbers are off by 10%or more on the labels and the app has so bad numbers in the database itself.i dropped my intake before maintenance 100 calories and then seen progress and after time 200 good luck 

Fat Secret is a wonderful guide but don't confuse it for an exact accounting of any one individual. Food labels have a legally allowed error. Our eyes are not calibrated to a scale or measuring cup. Fat Secret calculates calories burned using nominal equations. Memories fade. Etcetera... To get Fat Secret to work best for me, I have learned I must calibrate what it says to my real-world results. How? For me it seems to take multiple weeks to see the results from a change in my habits. So, I slowly change my food and exercise habits as needed from the results I measure toward the results I seek. Like for me, I doubt anyone else, I must achieve a Fat Secret recorded 3500 calorie a day deficit to see any weight loss.  

I always figure calories can be 200-300 calories higher than what I log. Even if I measure and weigh everything. Just entering something like "chicken breast" or "beef chuck roast" I get all kinds of different choices with numbers that don't match. I hope you don'tget discouraged. 

Even with possible error in food lables & FS it is totally doable to lose the weight. I weighed everything I could....even packaged items that had a calorie content listed....bagles, bread, cereal, peanut butter. Although I never eliminated any food group totally, I made it easier by eating more vegetables to replace things like pasta, potatoes or rice in the beginning. I usually ate 1/2 bagle for breakfast but I ate burgers & sandwiches without the bun/ bread. I ate 3 "meals" a day with planned snacks (usually only one after dinner). Any exercise I got was not calculated into my allowed calories. Meals away from home were not eliminated, but restricted. 

I sent what I had typed, since I couldn't see anymore 😊 Abba, don't get discouraged & quit! You have lost 18 lbs. so you know you can do it. I think because it can sometimes be slow, you get impatient & want to change what you're doing. There is no quick fix!! You just have to work the process.  

I think some of it is being female and my age for me. Medical problems too. Maybe it is for you also. Hugs.  

I re-read your bio. Are you still eating 1000-1200 calories daily? Is your WOE still vegan? Wanted to make sure before I comment.