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Unknown reason for weight gain
Hi everybody.. How do I determine if my weight gain is new muscle or fat? My diet, calorie intake and exercise routine has been the same for 2 yrs and my weight has remained the same for the same time. However, since June to the present, I've gained a total of 7 lbs. I weight lift 3x/week, stretch & planks 3x/wk, and bike…
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You lost weight & have maintained it. Did you focus on healthier foods or just restrict calories????
I know exercise is a huge part of maintaining weight loss, but how have you had to change your diet? Do you eat less the same foods or did you focus on eating healthier, more nutritious foods?
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Eating at goal weight maintenance to reach goal weight
Hi. I’m currently losing weight following a very restrictive calorie deficit. I appreciate this is controversial and really don’t won’t to go into that discussion if it can be avoided when answering my question. I’m coming to the end of this phase and am working out my next step. I still have around 25-30lbs to lose. What…
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Advice needed !!!
Hi everyone hope you are all well. I’ve reached my goal weight today 🥳 but I’m worried I’m not going to able to maintain it can anyone recommend some ideas to help ??
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Weight management
I have hit my first goal 40 pounds gone next goal ten more,baby steps.Started at 200 now 160,shooting for 150 then 125 is my final goal!!Here we go a new day to get it right,one day at a time!!
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Yes MFP helps
I had pretty much maintained for 9 years until COVID. Always good healthy weight. Then I dropped ten pounds and gained 15 - suddenly my pants were tight despite a lot of daily exercise. I also quit logging - it wasn’t influencing my eating (I thought) and I knew the drill. Well. Restarted logging a month ago. Lost 7 pounds…
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How much weight can water weight be
About 1 year ago i was 360pounds 6ft i got down to 202 my goal is 190 well 5 days ago i had a relapse and ate about 10k cals at a party my weight had gone up to 207 i thought ok must be water weight 2 days later was down to 205 and was like ok 3 pounds for that cheat day sucks but its fine thats my punishment 2 days after…
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July 2021 Maintainers' Check-in!
1. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability and support. 2. Copy the form below by copy-pasting and edit to suit your personal schedule, then fill in your information and post each week. 3. Have a successful month, whatever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!! Name: Age: Height:…
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Subject to Emotional Eating
In this past month, I have had TWO binges. Both came as letdowns after a period of high anxiety or stress. (At five feet tall and weighing 95-97 lbs, MFP limits me to under 1400 calories before it warns me I'm on a weight gain trend - and its projections have been accurate enough that I do take this seriously and continue…
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Weight gain after a month of overeating
After years of being overweight I finally.reached my goal weight very slowly and steadily and honestly.without much effort but now I have gained 6 kilos in 6 weeks of overeating everyday. It's depressing me and giving me anxiety! If I gained 6 kilos in 6 weeks, would it be possible to loose those 6 kilos in 6 weeks if I…
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Adjust calorie goal?
Hey guys, first time on here. Not sure if this is the best forum for my question but I'm trying to lose weight so thought this may be it. My question is that I want to adjust the calories I get from exercise but it seems you can only turn it on or off in goal settings. I want to recognise (and consume) more calories on…
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Gone WFPB and lost 45lb now concerned how to “not lose more”
I was 210, my goal was 165, which I’ve now achieved. I’ll probably try 155 as my Amazon halo body fat app makes me look better at 10% body fat (and I’ll get bored without a goal). Since going WFPB (Whole Foods Plant Based) my TC dropped from 283 to 143 (unmedicated) everything is great, dropping g dairy was hard … I LOVEd…
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June 2021 Maintainers' Check-In!
1. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability and support. 2. Copy the form below by copy-pasting and edit to suit your personal schedule, then fill in your information and post each week. 3. Have a successful month, whatever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!! Name: Age: Height:…
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Logging again
Hi all - I had logged for 9 years (May 2012). My weight was fine and I wasn’t using MFP to change my eating. Hit a wall in October and decided to take a break after logging everything for almost 10 years. I am back! I need to drop some pandemic weight. I am at my original weight loss goal but up from my low point. My hips…
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Should I stay at a deficit until upcoming vacation?
I recently reached my goal weight. I feel more than ready (mentally) to start adding back calories until I reach maintenance. However, I’m going on vacation in a few weeks, and I’m wondering if it would be best to stay at a deficit. One thing to keep in mind, I am petite and older, so I stay at 1,200 calories even with…
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Our diet-obsessed culture
I hit my "goal weight" last week- for probably the 10th time in my life. I've been a lot thinner, and a lot heavier, but this is the range that I know has been healthy and comfortable to maintain in the past- and it measures correctly on all the "scales" Hitting that number on the scale has made me pause and think about…
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can’t find accurate, consistent body weight scales
Hello I bought a couple of body weight scales and both scales vary wildly when I stand on them. Are there any decent scales on the market right now? thanks
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Please help by sharing what you do to keep yourself on track
Hi all, This is the first time I've started a thread- and I'm hoping to hear your thoughts. I lost 50 lbs in 2015. I gained about 10 lbs within the first 8 months, but maintained for almost two years. I gained another 5 after a close friend died. I did ok at the beginning of the pandemic, but after about 2 months, the…
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An experiment in maintaining a 90 lbs weight loss
So I lost roughly 90 lbs from May last year until April this year over a twelve month period, following my diet routine keto/IF/some hard core fasting. Age 50 male. I wanted to experiment with something. Just to see what happens, for a week I put in 2500-3000 calories a day instead off the 1500 calories given to me by MFP.…
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Gaining weight while reverse dieting
Hi everyone, I was eating at a deficit (1350-1450 cals) for 6 weeks and went from 140.6lbs to 133.8lbs (I'm 5'5 for reference). I started a reverse diet on June 1st starting at 1450 and am currently eating 1550 by adding around 50 cals per week. I am very disciplined and do my best to be consistent but you know life gets…
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Is it Okay to have a cheat day?
I let myself have a cheat because I have heard that cheat days can speed up your metabolism. When you hit a platue. But are there certain rules about cheat days. like how many calories you can go over. And what you can eat? I let myself have one yeasutrday but I think I ate to much.
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Hitting macros - including fibre - without volume eating
Forgive the long post. Context: Age 56 Female 5'1" Target weight:57kg Current weight: 84kg Obesity and yo-yo weight loss/gain dating back to pre-adolescence Problem behaviours that led to the weight gain* Large portion sizes * Snacking between meals * Occasional drop-off in activity (sedentary job, insufficient calorie…
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Hard Gainer, High Cholesterol, High Sugar, Fast Metabolism.
NOTE: If your challenge with "Maintaining Weight" is keeping it off, this conversation is not for you. I'm 42 and have been dodging cholesterol medication for about 8 years. This is the year I really change my lifestyle for good. I've stopped drinking beer, decreased caffeine, monitoring all of it, increase water. I've cut…
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maintaining... for now... tips
Hi, I'm kind of new to maintenance. I have lost 100 lbs. I still have about 40-50 lbs more I would like to lose. It all depends how I feel when I get to that range. But right now I need a break from being in a deficit. I was eating around 1200-1300 cal for the large part of 2 years. These days I'm trying to figure out my…
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Maintainers Building Healthy Habits for June or the Summer
I have been maintaining for almost 4 years now. I have found this group to be incredibly inspiring and a valuable way to keep myself on track. please check out the group! https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/52-building-healthy-habits You can do monthly or even qtrly. Quite a lot of inspiring folks in the group.…
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May 2021 Maintainers' Check-In!
1. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability and support. 2. Copy the form below by copy-pasting and edit to suit your personal schedule, then fill in your information and post each week. 3. Have a successful month, whatever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!! Name: Age: Height:…
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Is maintaining a bmi of 23-24 okay?
Over 2 years ago after losing nearly 40 pounds I stopped at this weight with the idea that I would lose more later on, But I've pretty much settled into it now because I know how to maintain it with flying colors. I really don't want to go back into a deficit again, I feel great as I'm healthier and I'm active. All my…
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MyfitnessPal
Hello My name is Curtis Shelton. I joined MyfitnessPal several years ago with the intention of losing weight, and lost 36 lbs For some reason, my life's routine changed and I stopped focusing on maintenance. About four months ago my daughter accompanied me to a funeral of a loved one. She related that she had just joined…
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Losing weight on the same amount of calories?
My weight stabilized around a year or so ago and hasn't really moved since then other than the day to day fluctuations. But I've noticed a obvious downward trend recently. I've lost more or less 2 pounds in the last month, So nothing extreme but I find it odd that I would suddenly start losing weight when I'm either in the…
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Gained 7lbs in one day?
Is a weight fluctuation like this normal?