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Maintaing weight...a big failure for me!
Hi everyone! Need some help here...I used FP and lost 8kg... I looked fab during summer. Since September 1st I started working at an office- first time in my life (35y.o. worked as a teacher for many years). As a result (+working long hours+not paying any attention to what I was eating+lots of carbs) I gained all the…
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Confused
So I've updated my stats to maintain my weight. It gave me about 1800 cals a week when I advised I would be working out 3 times a week for an hour each time. Should I do anything special given that those workouts are 30 minutes of cardio, 30 minutes of weight lifting? I'm thinking that perhaps the weight lifiting isn't…
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Maintaining 8% body fat or less all year round - tips?
Hio. I'd been able to maintain 11% fat for a long time. I focused on bringing it down to 8% and the latest scan had me at around 8.5%, which I've been maintaining for around 6 months. I'd like to be able to keep it at ~8 all year long. Would anyone who's doing something similar successfully offer any tips? I imagine the…
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Any tips would be super helpful!
Hey everyone, I live a very active life, love to exercise, pretty bad at eating (heavily under-eat) which I'm trying to sort out, but I naturally lost five kilos in the past few months just from my lifestyle. So now I've hit my ideal weight, and I'm wondering what tweaks I need to make in order to maintain. I've never done…
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Which is Preferable?
For experienced maintainers, which is better: Using TDEE which takes into account overall weekly exercise to calculate daily calorie need or the MFP daily need which doesn't calculate exercise and then to "eat those back"?
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Splurge day
This will be my first splurge day since being on maintenance (actually since being on MFP). Having Chinese for lunch also for the first time since starting MFP. May even have a glass of wine for Valentine's Day! Anyone else ever have an occasional 'splurge' day without feeling guilty? I know I'm going to feel a little…
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Tracking Calories on a Weekly Basis
It seems like an overwhelming majority of people track macros on a daily basis, but what would be wrong with tracking macros on a weekly basis? For example, let's say I require 2,300 calories/day (times 7 days equals 16,100 calories/week). Why can I not eat light Monday through Friday (maybe 1,800 calories/day), leaving me…
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I overate by 500 calories yesterday....
....... and I don't care. I think it's important to never feel guilty when you decide to go overboard once in a while. I am diligent and have maintained for over 2 years. Every once in a while I do this. I don't know why. Yesterday was a good day starting out. In the evening I went crazy eating. I should note this was a…
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Confused by what my maintenance calories should be
I used this site to estimate my BMR: http://www.iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ It gave me 1315 calories for BMR and 1512 calories TDEE with activity set to sedentary. But MFP gives me a goal of 1640 calories with activity set to sedentary. I do walk most places instead of drive, and work out, but it varies from day to day so…
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do you/did you feel a sense of loss the closer you get/got to your goal weight?
the question in the discussion title is directed in particularly to those who had a significant amount to lose or have struggled with their weight for a very long time. do you feel a little lost as you let go of being overweight and approach your goal? i have been getting rid of old clothing and trying to remember how i…
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Estimating calories in bakery sweets?
I'm trying guess how many calories are in these brownies (pics below), and I chose an entry on the mfp database called "Google USDA - Chocolate Brownie" that says that about 100 g of brownies is 484 calories. I don't often eat away from home, especially foods that are calorie dense, so my skills in this guessing stuff are…
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Maintenance and birth control
I've never been one to really think birth control caused weight gain, but I'm starting to question that. I have been in maintenance for approx. 7 months. I was maintaining EASILY. I didn't slack on my logging a bit but upped my cals a little and would have an occasional meal that I couldn't entirely accurately log without…
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Banking Calories
I know this has probably been asked about a thousand times but I just wanted to share my own personal situation and hear some opinions. Firstly, over the past few years I've lost about 85lbs and I'm now trying to maintain my weight. My TDEE is apparently 1600. I've been adding 50-100 calories per week to achieve this but…
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Maintenance Calories
Hi, I've recently reached goal and would like some advice on how to set my maintenance calories. I'm a mum of 3 a, 5 year old and 3 year old twins. I don't drive so do spend a lot of my day walking and pushing a double buggy for school runs etc. Before I reached goal my activity was set at sedentary. My question is if I am…
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Help!
I lost 45 pounds two years ago, kept it off for a year, but I just gained 12 back and at the rate I'm eating I'm afraid I'm going to gain back all my weight. I can notice the weigh gain on my face and belly and it's really discouraging. I've lacked motivation about working out and eating healthy. Just completely fell off…
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Will calorie goal change when goal weight is reached
Hi all. Just a quick question. I hit my goal weight of 66kg 3 weeks ago (WHOO HOO) and adjusted my weight loss goals to lose 0.2kg per week rather than 0.5kg per week manually. This increased my calorie goal from 1500 per day to 1700 per day which seemed to make sense. Yesterday I weighed myself and I'm now 66.1kg (still…
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Will MFP adjust my calorie will Intake?
I've lost 24 lbs and reached goal gradually on 1200 daily calories (which I think was originally set by MFP). Now on maintenance, I expected my calorie need to be adjusted, but no, it's still at 1200. Will MFP suggest new daily cals or must I find it by trial and error (elderly sedentary female maintaining at 136 lbs.)?
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Lessons Learned & Learning 26: 780 Days of Maintenance
Prior maintenance updates: 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 120 days, 150 days, 180 days, 210 days, 240 days, 270 days, 300 days, 330 days, 360 days, 390 days, 420 days, 450 days, 480 days, 510 days, 540 days, 570 days, 600 days, 630 days, 660 days, 690 days, 720 days, 750 days. The vertical red lines on my chart for average…
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Calories not updating with new goal
I reached my goal weight recently, so I changed my goal in MFP to "maintain current weight" instead of "lose 1 pound per week". I click save, but my daily calorie goal in my diary hasn't changed. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
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Anyone have mirena and still losing weight?
Hello All! I am supposed to get Mirena tomorrow. I am nervous that it is going to stop me from losing weight. Does anyone have it and is still able to lose weight? Thanks!
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Help staying on track
Hey y'all! I'm at my goal weight, I'm just looking for some friends to help me keep up the healthy lifestyle!
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5'11 / 163 lb father of 3 (need help getting to 7 percent body fat %)
I've been at my target weight for over a month now and need some motivational MFP friends that will help me jump start my body to a lower body fat %. My goal is 7% so I'm going to need as much support and help thart I can get. I've lost 24 lbs in the past 4 months (and I worked extremely hard to get to where I am today).…
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Maintaining weight but still shrinking.
Watch strap and belt have both gone up another notch and new jeans that fit are getting looser. Any idea why? Ive upped my walking and my calories but don't do any other exercise.
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Maintaining after gastric bypass
I was just wondering if there's anybody who's had gastric bypass who are at maintenance. I'm really struggling with it and would love to talk to someone else who is doing it. Thank you.
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Maintaining tips
Hey guys! I started this journey with a goal of losing 10-20 lbs. So far I've lost a bit more than 10, and feel like I am almost done, with my goal now being lowering body fat. My question is, do you still count all calories while maintaining? Do you use MFP calculator to tell you how much? Also, when you exercise do you…
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help with meal plan for bulimia recovey
Hi I am recovering from bulimia and I need to learn how to eat normally again and get my body used to structured meal plan. I'm a healthy weight and would like to maintain. My height is 4 ft 11.
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Weight loss
Is it possible to lose 20 kgs in 3 months?
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Maintenance buddies
Hi! I lost 135 lbs using mfp. I would like to know a few friends that are losing/gaining that last 5-10 lbs consistently.. Considering that skin surgery.. All the insight and stories of our journey included!
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Recompers: advice please!
Hi guys, I am seeking some advice on maintaining and recouping vs. trying to lose a little more. By way of background, since October I have lost around 5kg/ 10-11 lbs, going from about 130 to 117-119ish. I am almost 5'4, so was by no means very overweight to start with. Since my initial losses, for the last month or so…
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Gymming
Is it ok to workout for like 2 hours straight at the gym?