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Motivation and Goals
It took me close to 1 1/2 years to lose all the weight I wanted to lose. Since June I have been successfully maintaining my weight. Part of this journey has been setting fitness goals. I've recently accomplished just about all of my fitness goals and now I'm like, "What do I do next?" I can't run (bad knee). The weather…
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Losing 7 kg
Hey I want to lose weight and tips
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Age affect MFP's calorie calculations?
Like the title says, does MFP take into account age when figuring out calories for individuals? I am 5'5" and range generally between 127-129 lbs. MFP gives me 1470 calories to maintain at sedentary. So many others on here are about the same height and weight but their maintenance calories are way higher. I am 57 by the…
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Do I really need all this food?
Hello, I am new to maintaining and I’ve recently lost around 56 lbs during my diet. I’m 5’4, male, and I’m 132.8 lbs on a good day! I walk a lot at work, about 7 miles a day apparently. I’m in retail and I’m a supervisor and I mainly walk the floor all day. Myfitnesspal says I lose 500 calories doing it (I’m using my…
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Having trouble eating enough Protein
I was at maintenance but i've decided to slowly lose 3-4 pounds, so i'm only eating 1600/1700 cals a day as opposed to my usual 2000 cals (TDEE). The thing is, i'd like to up my Protein but find it very hard on this amount of calories. I don't drink protein shakes and i don't eat eggs or cottage cheese. When i could eat…
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Nervous about maintenance transition
I'm a couple pounds away from my weight loss goal. Male, 36. Right now per MFP I'm on 1600 calories. Once I change to maintenance it says 2600 calories. Seems like a large jump. How have others handled the transition? What's the weight range I should target before I start having to lose weight again?
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6 kilos less
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Throwing in the towel
When did you guys decide you were finished with weight loss/gain? Was it when you reached your goal? Did you get sick and tired of eating at a deficit/surplus? I'm mentally ready to be done with weight loss, just looking to see how other people did it and why.
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Lightly active or active?
Hello! I was just wondering what everyone's input would be for this, I'm set at lightly active, I'm 5 ft 9 inches and around 120-125 pounds, (yes I know it's right at underweight,please no negative comments) but I was wondering if I should set it to active? I don't use a fitbit or anything or ever add in my exercise…
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Understanding Nutrients - Help
I hit my goal weight in April and have lost a total of 198 pounds. I want to focus now on eating the right types of foods, as I know I'm low in iron and protein. It drives me a bit crazy that MyFitnessPal measures nutrients sometimes in % of daily, without saying what that is. Am I missing something? Is the only way to…
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Energy level when At Maintenance
I'm 13 lbs away from my goal weight (which would be 90 lbs total). I've been having issues with energy levels (even though the weight loss has slowed down) being very poor. I'm wondering if from experience anyone can say that their energy picked up after going into Maintenance? I think my body is tired of the 15 month…
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Recomp- bit of advice!
Ok can I ask a few questions please to check I've got this right?! I'm 5'2, weight is 122lbs and BF% 23. I would like to recomp. I need to eat my TDEE daily? Is this correct? No extras for exercise or anything as TDEE includes this? And lift? How often? Any advice for beginners or programmes I could look at? Lots of…
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5 ft 6 - 8 stone 12 (124lbs)
Heyy! I will be soon reaching my goal of 124lbs (2lbs to go) from loosing over 3 stone, im wondering what 5ft 6 8stone 12lb (124lb) person eats to maintain there weight with there lifestyle activeness as im wondering what ill need to eat as im on 1200 atm, id say im moderately active everyday as well as short workouts,…
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Aiming to maintain my current weight and tone up
Aiming to keep a similar weight to my current weight <3
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When to start maintaining?
Might sound odd but can I ask advice please. I have lost 3 stones and am now in the healthy range BMI and while I know I could lose more weight and look trimmer Im not sure I should? Thing is I am not sure when to stop reducing and start maintaining? Im aware that at my age 53 my skin will not zap back into place as it did…
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Today I Start Maintaining: My Plan
I hit my goal weight this morning, and I'm excited to start maintenance. I've been at a 250 calorie deficit for six months (with some breaks), and this week I've upped my calories by only 50 because I know next weekend I'm going to be eating a lot (9 catered meals in three days). After I survive that weekend, I'll increase…
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One piece of advice for maintenance
This thread is inspired by the one from Success Stories. Today is my first day of maintenance. (26 pounds and 4 inches from my waist; huzzah!) Some of my friends on maintenance have commented that it's really tough. What one piece of advice would you give for someone starting maintenance? Thank you in advance!
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getting used to more calories?
Hi! I'm not in maintenance yet but have about 7lbs to go so I'm in the final stretch and have been logging for a year. I have slowed my loss to 0.5lb a week and I get 1720 calories for it. Having eaten under 1500 this whole time, once I reach 1500 I start to feel like I mustn't have any more or I'll gain, which is silly…
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Do you ever go a day or 2 without counting and just give your body a break
I do this and it works. Wondering if anyone else does the same
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Need to lower body fat & maintain muscle
I'm not sure of my body fat percentage but it's definitely in the 'average/normal/healthy' radius & I wanted to lower this and maintain the muscle that I've built I have basically around 4 months to get it down, ideally I wanted it to be under 17-20% i would say I'm 22/24% Does anyone have any training programs that they…
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How many extra calories?
Hi all. So I lost 17 kgs over 18 months with IF, and I dont really want to loose more. I was loosing .3kgs per week for the last few weeks. So last week I upped my calories from 500 calories to 650 on fast days. I do 3 fasts per week. Thats a 450 pw increase. What happened?? I still lost .3kgs. What do I do now? Increase…
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Hey newbies!!
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advice on activity level setting? :)
Hello again! I've been enjoying using MFP casually over the last year, but it occurs to me often that I may not be using it right when I read some of the board topics. So...sorry if these questions are silly, would just appreciate some advice. 1. I currently have my settings to "maintain" with 3 planned 50-min workouts a…
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Brazil butt lift workouts
Hi everybody this is regarding fitness and exercise I m doing Brazil butt lift? starting Monday I already do weights and other kibds of workouts but I wanna try something new I wanted to know if I can do brazil butt lift with other workouts I do weight training 3 times a week but I want to know if I can incorporate my…
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sigh......why it got to taste so good!!!
And then right when you say you're going to stop eating it or maintain what to eat somebody comes around and says here try this or this free sample that every store you walk into and it's always the good stuff
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Weight/measurements question
Hi! Soo, over the past few months my weight has increased slightly (2 pounds). I do lift weights a lot, so a gain in muscle would be cool, but my measurements don't reflect that... they're exactly the same as before. Even the places where I ought to be building muscle (calves, quadriceps, etc) are the same size. However…
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Need LBM/BMI Estimation Please!
Hey guys, I know these aren't the easiest things to guess at a glance, but I've done a caliper test and it read way under the BF% I have. If you guys could please just help me out with a rough estimation of my actual %, I'd appreciate it a lot! Just need to get some idea of where I am right now. Having loose skin from…
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Advice for Maintenance?
I'm male, 21, and currently, I stand 6'5", and weigh 180-185lbs. I'm attempting recomp. I've been fluctuating between a recomp/cut diet to try and tighten up some loose skin/burn what belly fat I have left. I was 300lbs in 2012, but I lost that weight quickly enough without substantial exercise, so it left a bit more…
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Just curious about how you log
I have logged everything since I've been on MFP (3+ years). I skip lettuce on hamburgers sometimes and never log tea or water, but basically, if I eat it, I log it. I find it helpful. I don't like sharing my diary because it makes me self-conscious (and tempts me to lie on it), so I rarely see anyone else's diary.…
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Am I the only one?
So I recently managed to hit my goal weight which is something I honestly never thought I'd do but then for some reason I totally freaked out. I have no idea why but I stoped logging I even stopped going to the gym for a while. I'm finding it difficult to get my brain out of diet mode. When I monitor my calories I find it…