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See our 2024 stats, then share about your year!
Let’s look back on our year together, and inspire each other for the year ahead! All your efforts added up this year! Check out these impressive stats we racked up as a community: 👟We walked over 2 billion miles 🚰We drank over 23 million gallons of water 🔥We burned over 533 billion calories And of the 10+ billion foods and…
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Welcome to the MyFitnessPal Community: Health and Weight Loss
The Health and Weight Loss section is here for members to ask questions, seek advice, and discuss topics related to health, diet, weight loss, and overall wellness. Kindly ensure your posts are placed in the most suitable forum category to keep discussions organized. Off-topic posts may be moved to the appropriate section…
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Most Helpful Posts - Health and Weight Loss (Must Reads)
These are posts that have been recommended by our community members regarding general health, fitness and diet help. * Logging Accurately..step by step guide * Logging accuracy, consistency, and you're probably eating more than you think * Diagnosed/Living With PCOS? READ ME! * Starvation Mode - Adaptive Thermogenesis and…
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Water
What other beverages count as water in counting the water ozs?
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Supplements (collagen/glucosamine/fish oil) and water retention
So I've had a 2kg jump on the scale lasting multiple days for no reason, and all I can think is that I started back up on my collagen/glucosamine/fish oil after a period of not taking it. Otherwise, I've eaten within my calories (a few high days but more than covered by some big exercise burns) and nothing's changed from…
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I am an absolute failure. I have not lost 1 inch.
I am so angry aggravated and defeated. I have not lost one freaking inch since I’ve been watching my calories not one freaking inch. I’m stuck in a 38. I’m so sick of this.
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I think I'm under eating? Wellness program doesn't want calorie counting (long post)
Even after reading reliable sources on the internet and other posts here, I'm still a little bit confused. I just read a helpful thread here on MFP, but I don't want to muck up the other person's post. I'd like to check my understanding of RMR and TDEE against my nutrition stats because I'm not sure I'm eating enough. I'm…
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Weight loss for upcoming fertility procedure
Hi everyone, I need to lose some weight to get my upcoming procedure done my bmi is 30 plus their requirement is a bit less.i m eating all clean and healthy and in limits but somehow it is so stuck. Can someone please help me. Thanks 😊
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Measurements
I just want to say, especially for those of us who don't have a lot of weight to lose, the importance of measurements. Muscle weighs more than fat. I started at the beginning of the year watching what I eat, and working out. I have been tracking my weight and my measurements. So far I have only lost about 5lbs, but I have…
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80lbs to lose for surgery
Hey all, I'm lucy, 51 MtF trans current weight 20st 6lbs (286lbs) would really love to get to 200lbs as I'm being told i need to be under a certain bmi or surgery is a no go. I'm brand new here (2 days) and i would like to connect with people who can help keep me honest and motivated as i tend to get lazy or complacent.…
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Newly sober gaining weight
Hey, I'm a month and a half sober from alcohol. I've also been put on buspirone(buspar) to go along with my other mental health meds. Ive been eating a lot recently and drinking a lot of fluids. I also have to eat right before bed with my meds. Want to work on diet currently. I was last weighed at the dr as 264pounds. 5'8…
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how can I gain lean muscle? To where my veins pop
I am a young girl who is 3-1/2 months in to her workout journey. I want to gain lean muscle to where my veins pop out. any good suggestions? for the most part I mostly just eat lunch and dinner but not a lot I weigh around 90-100 pounds but have a hard time losing body fat. Any tips..?
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Deep Ketosis
I am a nature bodybuilder and starting a contest prep for April. We all know as we get older it is harder and harder to lose fat so this time, I was going to try something different. Instead of dieting with macros and dropping calories I am going to try to do the lion diet and get into deep ketosis to force my body to burn…
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First shot of Semaglutide today 😬
Hi 👋 I'm Brittany! And, I have PCOS and have tried basically everything to try and lose weight. I was prescribed Ozempic to see if I can get anywhere with it. First shot of 0.25 down today! What's been your experience with Ozempic and PCOS if you've tried it? Any suggestions for possible side effects or tips and tricks!?
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Hit a plateau? 😭
Hey everyone I've been following a CD since end of Nov last year. 1400 cal I'm a office worker and 44 F. I've lost 7.4kgs (16pounds) and have hit a plateau for about a month now. I'm currently 103.1kgs (228pounds??). The scales just won't move or go up n down 500gms or so and silly me hasn't measured from the start! It's…
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Do you know how to lose a stubborn pound
I’ve been stuck at 103 for so long, I won’t lose the pound but I’ve been doing everything right
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Losing weight on a crunch
Hey, I’m new here! I’m hoping to lose 15 lbs before mid April because I know my long term boyfriend is planning on proposing sometime around then and I want to be confident in pictures! Please give me any advice you can 💕
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Advice/complaint
Hello there! So I’m starting my journey about 2.5 weeks ago. First I was trying to go for loss of 1.5 pounds a week. I wasn’t happy gaining pounds within my second week even tho I was fine under the 3 pounds by 2nd week format. So. I’m going harder. 16:8 IF timeframe AND lower calorie intake for the 2lbs a week loss. Idk…
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What is my ideal deficit?
This morning, I have been going around trying all sorts of BMR and TDEE calculators. The numbers are all different, but I get that there are different scale models they’re using. My main question is this. If my BMR is 1918-2120 (sedentary to lightly active), and my recommended deficit takes my daily calorie intake to…
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Best started kit for home workouts?
I'm just starting out and don't want to spend money on a gym membership due to schedule limitations with the gyms in my area. I have a sit down stationary bike, and an elliptical. For weights, I have stretch bands that came with a bar and handles that are suppose to be the equivalent of weights up to 35lbs. (Step on the…
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Choosing the correct activity level
Found this and thought it was actually useful: When you have to find out how many calories you burn in a day, you put your info in a calculator and it undoubtedly asks for your activity level. So what do you choose? Here are the meaning of the activity levels: Sedentary If you’re sedentary, your daily activities include:…
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Accurate website for calorie counts
Hi, I'm new here. Can anyone tell me what is a good website for accurate calories in foods? For example, I'm looking for calories in 100g of lean ground chicken. I've seen as high as 237 in Fatsecret, also 160 in a later post by Fatsecret, and this site here has many different answers, some as low as 100. Hard to plan a…
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Why am I not losing weight?
Hello, I am just starting out on my weight loss journey. I am a 68 year old woman and for the last week I have been faithfully logging my meals, exercising and drinking water. I am following a high protein diet, moderate fat, low carbs with a caloric intake of 1200. My macros has been planned for me by a specialist…
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Anyone else having a hard time hitting their protein and fiber targets while taking Zepbound?
I’m on my third week of taking Zepbound and I’m having a hard time getting anywhere close to the protein or fiber that I should be getting. It’s been so hard to get myself eating during the day and then I’m trying to shove in these small meals of protein and fiber towards the end of my day and still not hitting my goals.…
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Macros
Hi guys I don’t totally understand my macros I know I shouldn’t Google but it says 50-150g of carbs a day is good to lose weight But I’ve set myself all up and it’s given me macros of 225g of carbs, 91g or protein and 60g fat Can somebody just explain to me I mean can I eat 225g of carbs and still lose weight? many thanks…
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i need somone to help me lose weight
It keep telling me IN 5 WEEKS YOU WILL WEIGHT *** but I keep gaining instead of losing After 5 months I gained 10 pounds!
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Weight loss journey
Hi I currently weigh over 300 pounds. I am looking for a mentor who is willing to meet with me at least once a month if not biweekly or weekly to go through this weight loss journey with.
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Carnivore
Is anyone following carnivore, I have a few questions.
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How do I know if calorie limit set is good for weight loss when just starting out?
Just starting, I’m a wheelchair user so how do I know if calorie count is appropriate for weight loss?
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Emotional eating
Hi, I feel myself eating more when I am stressful, sad, happy and whenever I want to escape from these emotional ups and downs. Do you have any advice on this - I mean how to deal with this?
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Lose weight
How can i loose weight ? I am 72 and i want to be 58 kg . I am 36 yrs and gained weight in prehnancy an year back . I used to be 58 kg for almost 12 year before baby. How to be the same
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Tracking Over/Under Daily vs. Weekly
Hi, Maybe I'm missing this function. I'm on the free version but will probably go to the premium version (been on it before). I often enter my meals for the whole day ahead of time because I'm busy like all of you and take a lunchbox to work. I was UNDER by 600 calories yesterday but as I tracked it today I'm over 83.…
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Please Help!! Advice needed
I am 51 years old 5'9 248 lbs. So to start off i have to mention i have struggled with my weight my whole life. I had baratric surgery 2 1/2 years ago. Took 1 1/2 to lose 80 lbs then what seemed like overnight i gained 50 back. So I have started trying to take my health back under control. For the last month I walk an hour…