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Getting back to MFP after a loooooong break
sure shows you how slick your brain is at rationalizing. I've had a great week getting back to logging and am sort of shocked at how different my eating patterns and amounts are when I'm forced to be aware and acknowledge what I am doing. Literally hundreds and thousands of extra calories were getting by my warning system,…
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I don't remember what it was like pre-MFP...
I'm wondering if I'm alone in this? I've been on MFP for about 3 years (well, my anniversary is next week, lol). And I cannot for the life of me remember what I used to eat before. I remember skipping breakfast, and eating whatever I wanted all day (mostly junk food, and cheese), and eating out a lot (well until we got…
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Did maintenance (reaching your goal) meet your expectations?
Hi all, I've a bit to go before reaching maintenance, but catch myself on occasion wondering how I'll feel once I get there, will it be what I thought it would be? Happy? Sad? Will it prompt new goals? I really can't know until I get there, I guess, but would be very interested in hearing about your personal experiences of…
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Know that feeling
I've lost over 50 pounds and now people say the same thing to me too that I'm too skinny and why do I want to lose more These are people that have never known our struggle that can't even believe that a fat person can really be skinny It's a high only we know about I want to lose more too it's my body I know when to stop
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Is your BMI "normal" now?
Well, is it?. There's more to being healthy than the BMI number which only takes into account two factors: height and weight. After losing 91 lbs, (5'3 Female) I'm at 144ish and I keep feeling sort of guilty for going to maint and not seeing to it that I get to a "normal" BMI (which would be 140 lbs at the high end) but I…
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I'm switching to maintenance....
...tomorrow and want to start a recomp. I had gotten to where I had the deficit thing figured out, and now I'm feeling nervous and new again. I guess I'm just supposed to switch my setting to maintenance and brace for the initial scale increase as my weight levels out? (I don't know where the thread that explains that is…
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FINDING MY COMFORT ZONE
Hi all. Its so good to read all your posts. I have experimented with maintenance for a few months and I kept loosing a bit every week, but I think I have finally reached a stage where my weight is steady or at least does not fluctuate much. For the last 3 weeks I have added in a big meal on saturday nights. I do not count…
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Eating calories back on maintenance
I know this probably isn't good but i have been eating back my calories that i earned during exercise when i was actively losing. Being able to eat some of those calories back was my primary motive to workout. Now that i am in maintence i was wondering if most of you eat calories you earn in exercise. After 3 years and a…
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Real VS false weight gain
So I got to my lower weight of 135 right before Christmas (2 weeks) however on the 25 my weight was 137 and today 141 :( I didn't track everything but still seems like a lot! So how do I go from here? Back to losing mode? Normal maintaining? About how many days the weight starts to settle to know for sure how much is real?…
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Starting weight
I didn't put in my starting weight (on the 1st day I started). How can I go back and add it?
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Weight fluctuates
Hello all! I have reached my goal weight finally! My dilemma is the weight fluctuation by a pound or two even when following the maintaining weight calories ! Any thoughts on this would be so appreciated !
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Does anyone use jawbone/bodymedia?
I'm considering getting the Up3 when it comes out, has anyone maintained for a while using a Jawbone or Bodymedia? Just curious about how accurate they really are.
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Happy with my body
I am 46, 5ft 4 and weigh 149lbs. I workout 3 times a week and in between go for walks and have just taken up hoolahooping. The thing is the gym I go to do measures/weight, they like to do them every six weeks or so. I very often decline but every now and again they sort of insist . Until the measure I'm happy then I get…
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pregnancy weight maintenance - calorie goal?
While I appreciate this is not a time to be trying to lose weight I am currently overweight and gained far to much weight in my previous two pregnancies so really want to gain minimal amount this time round. Just wondered what other mums to be out there set their daily calorie limit to in order to minimise their weight…
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Need help toning and building muscles
Looking for ideas on how I can tone up and build muscles. What to eat and exercise routines. All suggestions are welcomed.
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I can't maintain
alright so to start off this thread; In less than a year I dropped from 240-260 to 138-140 I am 6 foot I am incredibly happy of course seeing as a lot of my physical health problems have vanished. I now can't seem to stay in my weight range I keep going up no matter how much I eat I can't treat myself without feeling a…
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Needing help
Hi i had weight loss surgery about 2 years ago and have now been diagnosed terminally ill with bowel cancer. I have a lot of trouble gettinh enough nutrients because of surgery any ideas. Looking to gain weight but tend to get a stomach first rather than gain muslce
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I know this is normal for maintenance but I'm worried...
I just reached my goal weight. The most recent calorie allowance amount I had was 1440. Once I changed my goal on MFP to maintain it puts my calorie allowance to 1920. That's a MASSIVE difference. How will I not gain weight essentially going back to a 2000 calorie diet? Do I add the calories back into my diet slowly? There…
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Struggling with maintaining!!
UGH!!!! I am so struggling with maintaining! I have always only known how to do 2 things....gain weight...lose weight! I lost 100 pounds by doing very low carb, but VLC is not something I can personally do for the rest of my life. SO counting calories seems to be the way I need to go. But for some reason I am having a hard…
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Lessons Learned & Learning 25: 750 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. The vertical red lines on my chart for average weight…
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fat loss/maintain weight
Whats the fastest way to drop the fat while maintaining weight?
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Short, relatively small women in long-term maintenance
I'm 5'1" and recently hit my goal weight after losing 50 pounds this past year. I'm aiming to maintain between 105-110lbs (I'm currently at 106), all the while working on fitness and strength goals to keep motivated. I think that maintenance for us small shorties presents certain specific challenges. For instance, our…
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Getting back into it after a bad month?
Thanksgiving, a wedding, mix in PMS and the treats family has been sending over and my willpower is all but gone. I've been on MFP for almost 3 years and maintained for 1.5 year but for some reason it's much harder this year! Working out is not a problem at all and I'm constantly improving. But the eating... ugh. My…
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How often to you weigh?
What the title says. How often to you weigh yourself? I am thinking of starting maintenance soon and I currently weigh every morning, but I'm starting to feel like maybe I need to do it less often due to daily fluctuation.
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Binge eating pros and cons
Hopefully the title wasn't misleading, but I have been wondering for some time as to whether healthy eating 6 days a week and binge eating on the seventh would be less healthy than spreading out the junk food over each day? In other words would it be better to eat a slice of pizza every day or eat no pizza for a week and…
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Lost period, new year.
Hey guys, So i've been without my period completely for a few months. This isn't rare for me. About two years ago I lost it for about a year and a half and then was prescribed some kick-start 10 day pills. Well, this worked but i lost it again shortly after. I lost my period due to low weight and excessive exercise. Well,…
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Help please
Does this app have an area where it projects how long it will take and what my weight should be if I stay on track of the diet
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Post-Wrestling Season
So eversince season started I went from 120lbs to 102lbs (12% bodyfat to 6%) I had to buy new clothes that were smaller to fit me well. After season is over, would I just have to stick to this app and eat accordingly to stay lean and keep these clothes I bought?
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Explination?
I recently got my period back after a large period of amenorrhea from exercise and lack of nutrition. It is very light (to the point where I don't even need to wear a pad) but still there, with some common PMS side effects (bloating, increased hunger, etc.) I was steadily maintaining my weight for about 3 months but since…
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How to eat intuitively?
Hey guys! So I'm currently 19, and had been recovered from anorexia in the last month. I'm 5'2 and my lowest weight was 41kg, and now I'm currently 50kg!! But I'm still struggling with learning how to eat "normally" again as I still have a bad habit of counting calories. Maybe this is another reason why I have not gotten…