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[quote=Anonymous]As an avid user of MFP who used it to drop 75+lb, I have a few thoughts:

1. Weight loss is math. If you consume more calories than you burn you will put on weight. If you burn more calories than you consume you will lose weight. That is true if you are perimenopausal, menopausal, or an 18 year old boy. The only reason menopause impacts this is because it could impact your basal metabolic rate.

2. If you aren't losing weight it's because you aren't burning more calories than you are taking in. There are only two ways to fix this. Either reduce your caloric intake or increase the amount of calories you burn through exercise and activity.

3. MFP uses averages to calculate your base calories. But those are estimates and not specific to you. Your Basil Metabolic rate is probably lower than the average and therefore you are burning fewer calories then the average person by living your everyday life. There are things you can do to increase your basal metabolic rate and allow you to eat more calories and still lose weight. The biggest one of these is weight training. The more muscle mass you have the more calories your body burns just by living life.

4. How are you measuring calories burned? Are you using a fitness watch like an apple or a garment or a Samsung health? If you aren't you definitely need to get one.

5. I have never had anorexia. And yet I can tell you there have been times where my use of MFP has bordered on the obsessive. I have no medical training but I just want to say it seems like the history of eating disorders and MFP is a potentially dangerous combination so please keep an eye on that and stay in touch with your doctor.

Good luck![/quote]

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