To ask about MFP

[PatrickTheStarfish]

Has anyone ever used MFP and managed to lose weight?
I've used it in the past but never stuck to it for long.

So tell me, before I start religiously entering every morsel of food, is it worth it?

YES. Yes yes yes yes yes. That is all.

Yes, it works if you use it accurately and enter everything you eat and drink. I used it about six years ago to lose about four stone, it helped me get back on track when I put a little bit back on, half a stone at one point, and I've kept it off until I fell pregnant recently. I'll be using it again after I've had the baby. I also use map my walk and map my run to monitor non gym exercise

Yep, I use it, really recommend it. Lost almost two stone. Definitely worth it. Much more normal way of eating instead of SW or WW etc.

Ooh, some fab losses there!

I'm so fed up with my roundness.
I weight 11st 3lb, 5 foot 4 (ish, maybe a smidge under) and I'm very rotund. Size 14 mostly.

I have HUGE boobs, skinnyish legs and all my weight goes on my top half, mainly my stomach and back (ew).

So MFP could realise my dream of losing 2 stone?

What calories did you all stick to?

• I weigh, not I weight 🤦‍♀️

Absolutely yes - helped me lose 3 stone!

Mine is 1500 but with exercise it normally goes up to 1750 roughly. It's given me a good idea of where my calories need to be throughout the day and means I know not to snack in front of the tv at night. Definitely worth it.

I stuck to 1250 plus exercise three times a week and one cheat meal at weekends. I do have PCOS and am insulin resistant thigh so gain weight very easily, you might be ok with slightly more calories

Advice was for weight loss, 1500-1600 maintenance, and would eat what I fancied at weekends within reason as long at I was getting to the gym three times a week

I lost 5 stone with MFP.

I am now on round 2 with it some years later, but it does work.

I am stuck with 1200 for max weight loss. I exercise most days but still try and stay under my 1200 and keep the "bonus" cals out of it.

Thanks everyone, definitely going to give it a go. Wish me luck! I would feel so much better if I shifted this weight... I'd like to feel like the old me, rather than this person I don't recognise.

It's given me 1200 calories to play with.

I have lost 2 stone in 4 months (so far) with religious tracking on MFP. However, I do not use the calorie allowance it gives you on there as it is generally too low - the diet plan I am on, based on your weight, would give you 1700 calories to have each day. I have consistently lost 2lb a week (give or take the odd blip/holiday) on 2300 calories... I am not sure what MFP would give me as I have manually changed the daily calorie allowance but it would be a lot less than 2300.

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Yes I lost 2 and half stone in three months about 4 years ago and have managed to keep most of it off. In using MFP regularly I became much more aware of what I could eat lots of and what would soon rack up the weight gain and also the impact that regular exercise would have.

I would definitely say go for it but you do need to be honest with yourself and for a while it can be a pain weighing things and putting in recipes.