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Reflections: How my week went
I gained 1.4 pounds this week and had a few bouts of overeating, so the gain was expected. I felt shame about the gain and ate even more today, so to reset, I've come out here to write about what happened. The main thing that triggered the overeating was a lack of good sleep and feeling some stress and anxiety about…
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Body fat at 37.7%!!!!!!!!! HELP!
I recently purchased the withings smart scale and the numbers seem to be inaccurate. I am 5'1, 25 years old and a curvy girl with 34DD chest size and I do have large butt. My measurements are as follows: Waist: 28inch High Hip: 35inch Hips: 40inch I workout 6 days a week, heavy lift 4 days, cardio 2-3 days and abs 3 days…
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Does calorie deficit really helps in losing weight
Hi I'm kinda confused with calorie deficit concept, I need a total of 2100calories according to BMR, but I only end up having 1200-1600 calories a day which have a 500deficit excluding little work exercise. My weight is not going down(7kgs up from 2107-2020), what wrong am I doing?? Could you guys help me with this. Thanks…
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Difficulty losing weight -pcos
Hello everyone, I just wanted to see if any of you are on the same boat. I have been eating healthy and working out but I can’t seem to lose any weight. When I weigh myself it’s always around 160-165 and when the scale finally moves to 159 the next day I’m back at 160 ish. I know we shouldn’t rely on the scale by itself…
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When you're feeling a bit rough
How do you cope and not completely fall off the health and fitness wagon when you're feeling a bit rough and exhausted and all you want is beige food?
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strange question
Hello :) This is probably a really weird question, but every so often a take a picture of my face to see the difference as I lose weight and I have taken one tonight but my face looks a lot bigger/puffier then the one I'd taken at the beginning of this month, even though I weigh less now than I did then. I do realise that…
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Started My Calorie Deficit and Gained it Back Overnight, Why?
Hello! I started my calorie deficit about a week ago and I lost about 4 pounds. I eat 1400 calories a day as I am 5 foot 8 and weigh about 230 pounds, I am a male. My meal plan only has about 500mg of sodium in it. I switched my dinner up from the usual 8oz of pork loin and a sweet potato with a stew that had about 1500mg…
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Exercise planner/exercise plan for weight loss
Hi, I'm looking for some help with finding a exercise plan I can follow for losing weight. I would love to find a website or app that where I can add in the exercise equipment in and get a plan for each week or day. But any recommendations for exercise plans would be brilliant. I'm over 350 lb and I want something to give…
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What is my ideal weight
Having been BMI overweight/higher end of healthy range my whole adult life (I’m 37), I’m looking to work out what weight would be suitable for me to aim for. Is there a way of calculating this using age, height, build, fat % etc? I’m currently about to hit 11stone (9lb down since Feb1st), and at 5ft5.5 that puts me at…
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75 Hard April 1
April 1st a friend and I are starting 75 hard. I'm anxiously excited for the program. I've done MFP successfully in the past which is when I decided to go with it this time. I'm also need cutting out a food completely is not something I will be able to stick with. Counting calories gives me the freedom to eat what I want…
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Does anyone use tokens (like real, physical tokens)?
This is not my first rodeo. I’ve successfully lost a lot of weight on here a couple of times; I’ve lost a few pounds on here many, many times. My issue seems to be incorporating drinks. I’m most successful without them. But I also give up my plan altogether sometimes because I’m tired of zero drinks. I’ve tried just…
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Are you struggling to lose weight even though you track everything and eat low calories?
There are lots of threads on here from people who are struggling to lose weight and yet they record ALL their food, and eat below 1200. Lots of the responses from other posters say you need to weigh your food; it’s frustrating isn’t it? You know how much you’re eating and something is wrong but everyone blames your…
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Macros Help
Hello! I need help with understanding my macros and why I’m not losing weight. Originally I used MyFitnessPal to calculate my calories and macros but then a trainer friend of mine suggested I use IIFYM to calculate it. I am working out 5-6 days a week; 45 minutes weights and 30 minutes cardio a workout day. My job is…
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30 Y/O male trying to slim down No clue where to start
Hey guys, thanks in advance for taking a minute to read this. I am a 30 year old male, 5'7 and 239lbs. I want to trim myself down to around 180-190lbs but not looking to really get chiseled. I quit smoking about a year ago and am just trying to journey to a better healthier me. I have read some things online and talked to…
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Alternative snack bars
So I used to buy larabars since they were the only one that didn’t have some sort of oat orwheat im them. I just saw thattbey started making oat cereals and therefore the larabars are no longer safe for me. Anyone have a suggestion to replace them?
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What are Your Opinions on Diet Breaks?
... So I haven't paid for groceries in over a year as I work somewhere that throws out a staggering amount of food, and it drives me nuts so I try to save what I can. This was helpful for doomsday planning at the start of the Pandemic, and have a very full freezer (that I will someday work through) because of it. This week…
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skeletal muscle increasing but muscle mass decreasing?
Hi, all. Wasn't sure where exactly to post this. I've been using the Renpho body composition scale since June. I really like it, but I'm confused about one thing: My skeletal muscle is increasing while my muscle mass and fat-free body weight are decreasing. This make me think that I'm losing muscle instead of just fat.…
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I just gotta know if this has happened to you...
My coach suggested an eating window for me from 8-4. At first I was stressed about not getting enough food so I crammed it all in to include yogurt for dessert before 4. I woke up with a headache the second day, no biggie. Had coffee, water and breakfast and it was gone. The weird thing is that I am really not that…
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Lexapro
I started taking Lexapro about a year ago and gained 15 pounds. I was convinced at my annual that it was the quarantine 15, but I started training for a marathon in February and started morning boxing classes 3 mornings a week a month ago. I had a weigh in at boxing and lost 2 pounds and .4% body fat. I am triathlon/…
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Low carb breakfast
My schedule demands that I not spend a lot of time creating a good nutritional breakfast, except on weekends. I love the breakfast bowls, heat and eat. Or hot pockets, or Kolaches, cheese egg and sausage sandwiches etc. I also love pre-cooked bacon. My dilemma is almost all the kinds of things that I like to eat because…
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It was so easy at 28, even at 38, 48 not so
Long time battling weight, I kept it off with running, being an old school weightlifting gym rat, cross fit, swimming. But life happened and over the years the guy who passed the PT standards OK has to adapt to being not as young. Old injuries, dumb choices, a job that can be very strenuous some weeks and fairly sedate the…
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Question on impact of Caloric Intake
Not sure if this is the correct board, but her is my question. Do the calories that we eat in a given day get processed on that day or does it take a certain amount of time. Basically, If I eat to many calories today, when we I see the effect? Thanks
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Net calories vs total calories
Which do you guys go by? Net calories or total calories? According to MFP my total calories/day average over the past week has been 2,074 calories. But my net calories/day average has been 1,585 (because I exercise a lot). Which number matters more? Which do y'all go by? If someone were to ask you "how many calories do you…
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Addicted to the scales
Im addicted to the scales and when they do t go down i lose motivation. Can you still lose weight and the scales be the same number? probly a silly question 🤪
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Why Don't Petite Women Do Cardio?
Ok, so I am very short at only 5'0 and a half. I have about 10-15 pounds to lose. Whenever I come across other shorter women some swear they only strength train and do not do any cardio. I know this is not for everyone, I know many definitely do cardio including myself. My question is: What is their reasoning? Will cardio…
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Low sugar????
So a bit about me....I'm 33, 81 kgs, 5'3". I have read a lot of articles on Google about people who have successfully lost 20, 30, 40 kgs in less than a year during this lockdown period and I have barely lost a couple of kgs since lockdown. The one thing in common to all these people is they eat scarily little for eg I…
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Nutrients
How many carbs protein fat should I be havin to lose weight on 1200 calories a day
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Help me choose: Samsung Galaxy Active 2 / Fossil Gen5 / Withings MoveECG - For iphone users!
The title pretty much says it all, however: I am looking for a smartwatch/tracker that has a classic watch look and not the square ones like apple watch etc. But I do actually use an iphone so it needs to be compatible. Then, I use MFP for all my food tracking and daily calories. I also use Fiton for most at home workouts.…
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Should I focus on losing just fat or recomping?
Hi everyone, Stats: Age: 21 (22 in 2.5 weeks) Gender: Male Weight: 82kg Body fat: 26.3% Height: 174cm On January 25th, my body fat was 27.2% and on March 25th, 26.3%. This is not even a 1% difference and I’ve been doing the following: •Eating in a 500 calorie defecit • eating more than 180g protein/day •walking almost…
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Same issue breaking thru low 200s-199
Hi guys i saw this post and i have literally been looking for somme support felt comfort when i saw this. Since 2018 i was 268 im currently 203.6 i had almost reached my goal before the pandemic i was at 190 goal was 187 since pandemic i put on about 15 pounds mainly from alcohol cause my nerves were up and my happy place…