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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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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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Lost weight so recalculated the daily goal by it went up
hey so I set my goal to maintain and then back to lose 1kg a week and it added 2000 kj to the daily goal Is it likely I have been wrong for 2 months, having a lower target? Or has something gone wrong with the calculation?
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Calories
If I consistently stay under the calories I’m allotted on My fitness pal, will I lose weight to meet my goal? Right now I’m starting off at 1,860 cals per day.
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21 days
Hi all! My first post here since "coming back." An accident in 2022 laid me up for over a year. I have done all the protocol with PT etc, and am FINALLY "on the other side." I had gained weight due to laying around recuperating (broken ribs, internal bruising, punctured lungs) but have lost a solid 10 - 12 of it. The…
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Really let myself go
I've gained almost 15 lbs in the last two months. Feels really hard to turn this around. How can I help myself before it all gets out of control. I feel like I have no self control anymore.
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Fitness
Just me, my playlist, and 16,000 steps later… 12 km done! #ActiveLifestyle #WalkMore
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Using food scale
hello newbie here I just bought a food scale today. Can you keep track of food in my fitness pal by the scale numbers?
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The Never Ending Story; It's Still Me and My Body
Here is am again…..23 kg gained back in 8 months. Only 13 kg from where I started. My feelings: Sadness, frustration, disappointment and……shame. My thoughts: Hopelessness, futility, and resentment Yet…here I am so I must have hope. It's my body and it can only rely on me to whisper soft messages of encouragement and…
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Menopause
Hey there my name is Jennifer and I’m just restarting my weight loss journey again. Does anyone have any weight loss tips for going through menopause? I’m struggling to lose weight.
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So Many People I Know are Taking GLP-1 or Similar and Losing a Bunch of Weight!
I think everyone has heard of GLP-1 by now and I was so against it, trying the good old count my calories and workout but there are a lot of people at my work taking it and the weight is just melting off! I am over here struggling losing and gaining the same few pounds and I admit, I am getting jealous of their weight just…
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Finally Cracked the Code for ME!!
I wanted to share progress on the start of my newest journey! It’s been maybe two or three years since I posted in the MyFitnessPal community. I was truly just disheartened by my lack of progress and trying everything that I could to lose weight but not being able to adhere to any plan. Nothing I seemed to do worked for…
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Weightloss with sensory issues
Hey there!! I was wondering if there was anyone out there trying to lose weight who has autism and sensory issues with food many even arfid. Im really struggling so was wondering if anyone out there who also trying to go through this process and maybe we could be friends and support eachother. Tasha 👋🏼
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Keep on track
help me to keep on track with my eating and exercise. Any suggestions?
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Base Goal
Hello all. My base goal is 2500 calories. I’ve been eating between 1800 - 2000. Is that too low? I am down 12 pounds but it’s going slow. Do you think I’m eating too few calories and it’s slowing the process?
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Caloric calculations
Does the Myfitness app give you a caloric allowance that takes into consideration the weight loss goals and info that you've entered at the beginning? I know this probably sounds like a silly question because obviously it should, but I'm surprised by how high my caloric allotment is on the app and I keep wondering if I'm…
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How to lose weight with PCOS?
Hello, I've been struggling with weight loss for years and I have joined this site (and many others) countless times to try to help myself achieve weight loss. I never got very far due to a lack of motivation through lack of results no matter how hard I tried. Now I've been diagnosed with PCOS which explains a lot where…
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Weight fluctuating
Is it normal when trying to lose weight that you gain a few pounds i have been mostly weight training but only for 2 week so there shouldn't be any change but I have no idea
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Gabapentin and losing weight
I started taking gabapentin (neurontin) in August for neuropathic pain and since then have found it really hard to lose weight. I'm exercising like mad a controlling what I eat, but it's not shifting like it did before. In the last week I have noticed my face looks swollen. Has anyone else had these problems? Or do you…
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How can I lose stomach fat fast?
I need to lose stomach fat before an important event and need to lose it fast. Any tips?
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10 pounds
Ugh. 10 pounds. Through problems at work, other issues going on and whatnot, I let it go and gained 10 pounds over 6 months. We all have done it at some point or another. Now it's just facing it down and buckling down again for the next 6 months. 😒 But it'd be nice to just keep ignoring reality🤣
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Looking for fellow MFP’s who take Ozempic for Type 2 Diabetes!
I’m in search of members here who, just as I do, take Ozempic to control their type 2 Diabetes. Just looking for support from people who know what I’m going through!
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Motivation
People often ask what one’s motivation to maintain a health weight/work out is. This picture represents my motivation. Please note the dimensions. My 22 month old granddaughter has this playhouse. I’m 6’2", 205 pounds and in my late 60’s. I’m able to get in this thing with her to play (through the door opening). I’d post a…
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Freestyle Libre Community
Hi all 👋🏽 Creating this thread for anyone that would like to connect that wears the Freestyle Libre. I have worn the Freestyle Libre 2 CGM since April 2022 and have dropped my A1C from 9.5 to 6.5 with better eating and medication.
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What is the best way to include Blood sugar tracking. I have a Libra Freestyle
What is the best way to include Blood sugar tracking. I have a Libra Freestyle and I'm trying to include tracking my Blood sugar into my my over all diet and fitness monitoring.
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Stuck on a plateau
I’m 52 yr female. Started 9 weeks ago. 1200 calories. I do intermittent fasting, 16:8. I work out by riding stationary bike 4-5/ week. I track everything and drink my water 64+ oz. In first 7 weeks I lost a whopping 5 lbs. now entering 9 weeks I am same weight 2 weeks in a row. I have a lot of weight to lose! 5ft 1in 210…
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Road map
I tried to login to the road map but it says the post has been deleted can someone please send me the updated link
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ITS TIME
Hey hey there folks. I’m Kevin but u can call me “Papa K”. I’m a 60 year old, peg-legged paramedic with a state of the art prosthetic leg, needing to lose 70 lbs for many reasons. I’m not new to MFP, but I need to make some new friends and new commitments. I’m an EMT Instructor but the dynamics of my job have changed. It…
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Half way there!
Hi, I am half way there! I started off at ~217 on 4/11 and now I am down to 198.5 which is half way to my initial goal of 180. I am Jon, 57, 6 foot 2 and an avid cyclist. This has to be my 4th time losing weight. I have used MFP three other times to do it, and it works. But this time is going to be different, I am tired of…
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I’m on vacation and can’t weigh myself. Is this a problem?
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Weight loss
Hey! I was wondering to know what was the most effective way for you guys to lose weight? From a specific type of exercise to a detailed tip? Also, would you think exercise is more effective in losing weight or diet?