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Finally had to drop back to deficit - My Aha! moment
I've been on MFP four years. Lost my weight in 6 months and have maintained since. I've had a 5 pound range - 150 to 155 pounds. I dropped under that last summer and had to up my calories. Last January I traveled for 3 weeks and, although I swear I logged everything and stayed under my calories, I moved up to the top of my…
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Fitbit question
Does anybody know why my fitbit always says I'm over on my calories in/ calories out goal? I'm trying to maintain my weight so I figure I should eat what I burn but I'm always in the red? Last night I had 63 calories left but this morning it still said I am over!
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Help finding my maintenance calories. Hungry all the time.
Hi everyone! So I'm done trying to lose weight and I have started maintenance. I'm 19 yo, 5'1 and weigh 104 lbs. According to many tdee calculaters, I should be consuming 1350 calories to stay the same weight. And that is with a sedentary lifestyle, which I had but then school started. According to my fitbit, I walk…
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What to eat
I need to lose a few pounds but atm im happy. So i was wondering what foods are best to eat to maintain your weight and to stil enjoy food. Thanks!
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Trying to gather an army of MFP friends..
I have recently lost 30 pounds. I am having a very hard time maintaining my current weight. I am looking to add as many friends as I can to help me do this. This is seeming to help me...Add me! :)
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losing inches
Hi all, I am 5'2 and I was 160 pounds, I have lost 5 pounds since early August...looking to drop to 145 eventually... Counting calories and exercising is helping... Really want to be down to 145 by Christmas.. That would be the best Christmas present from me to me. Much luck to you all.
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Tedious Question
Hi every one :) I'm new to the maintenance side of MFP so I apologize in advance if this question has been asked a hundred times before. I have around 10 or so pounds left to lose until I'm going to consider entering the maintaining phase (I'm finally nearly there!). I'm currently on 1500 calories per day and losing around…
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Help switching mindset.
So I've lost 225lbs and I'm now at goal. Below goal actually. I went from 355lbs to 130lbs. I've had a tummy tuck and an arm lift. My question is. How do I switch my mind to maintenance instead of loss!?! I've "dieted" my entire life so it's hard. I don't want to get out of hand or comfortable and start putting weight back…
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Weigh in
Hi people! Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on when the best time to weigh in is? My weight fluctuates a lot throughout the day, so I weigh myself numerous times, but I'm never quite sure of how to calculate my true weight. Does anyone here have this issue too? If so, do you average your weights throughout the day?…
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impatiently losing body fat..
looking for advise, tips on decreasing my body fat. I've been on MFP for 7 weeks and lost 8 lbs doing low calorie as well as low carb in the first 4 weeks and now am trying to maintain my weight but decrease body fat and continue to build muscle. I've slightly increased my calories once I reached my goal weight but not…
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An eye opening weekend
This weekend I learned that I'll be logging for life. I decided to take a weekend (which ended up being more like a full week) "off" and not log, not count calories, not be mindful. I stepped on the scale this morning 6 pounds heavier than last week. I can chalk most of it up to water weight, I'm sure, but not all of it.…
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Interminable question - working in "treats" in maintainence - do you do it? How do you do it?
I'm not technically in maintainence as I still have MFP set at a 0.5 pounds / week loss goal. However, it is a lot more liberal than when I was at 1.5 pounds per week (and I was hitting 1.75 / week besides). In a lot of ways, I'm getting used to what being in maintainence is like right now, I think. It's weird. So, here's…
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Basic maintaining question ?
i went down from 125 to 105 by working out 6 days a week/eating crazy healthy..I got a new job & I can't workout as much probably like 5 days a week but I'm scared I'm gonna gain weight back ! Since I'm at the weight I wanna be can I relax a little without gaining ?
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Reached my goal today!
And now the battle really begins. I started at 155.6 lbs in April and I'm down to 139.6 today, smashing my goal of 140, lol I started this journey in 2010 at a SW of 167 which was just a few pounds over my healthy BMI range at 5'8", I went on Weight Watchers and started to exercise and was down to my goal in 2 months. Fast…
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Lessons Learned & Learning 21: 630 Days of Maintenance
"Wait, what?" Edition 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. The vertical red lines on my chart for average weight indicate the day that I…
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help?
first off I would like to tell you guys that I am currently trying to recover from my eating disorder so if that scares some of you guys away then I dunno? but I am kind of freaking out because I haven't eaten this much and kept it down in such a long time. I ate 610 calories so far and it isn't even noon. and I just woke…
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Ate 3200 cals in Sunday oh MY!
Anyone else have a Bingy weekend? What's your game plan going forward?
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Scale/ accountability
hello Once you hit maintenance, how often do you weigh yourself and how many pounds do you let yourself fluctuate by?
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New to MFP and need some help :-)
Looking for people to help with my situation.. im 20, im about 5ft 10 and im 95kg. Need help with my goal of burning the little amounts of fat covering my muscle and get down to about 10% body fat!
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How to Log Movie Popcorn?
Hello my MFP friends, Wondering how everyone handles logging movie theater popcorn. I've been to 2 movies in past week and got a small unbuttered popcorn each time (just can't go to movies without popcorn...) My question is, how do you log it? I estimated using the MFP database, but was wondering if there's a better way?…
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BURNING FAT and MAINTAINING WEIGHT
Looking to discuss tips and tricks of keeping weight and muscle as much as possible whilst burning the unwanted fat! Ultimately for me its as simple as reducing the body fat percentage! But how?!
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Do you ever just get tired of thinking about calories?
I've had a hard day. I'm usually ok about the counting and the avoiding the sweets or snacks. For past few days i have found myself resenting fact that I can't just eat what I want. That my husband can eat cupcakes and ice cream every night ... And that I get an orange. That I want fudge and brownies ... And am starting to…
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day 21 it can happen
I'm loving the support from everyone in this group, no drama and plenty of amazing people
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need help for 12 year old
i am a preteen and i am so over weight and doing sports and not getting anywhere.
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Not gaining weight on vacation
I here a lot of people say they gain ten pounds and this will undo all my progress and I still wanna loose 4 lbs. maybe this seems like a no brainier but I want some advice. I will be eating at restaurants most of the week probably but I will be doing a loooot of hiking/ walking in forests and parks. I'm getting pretty…
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TDEE
hi all So I'm trying to calculate my TDEE. I'm pretty much sedentary but I work out 3-4x a week with elliptical 45 mins and weights 20-25mins. I also do a Pilates video which is about 20 mins long about 4 times a week. What would my activity level be as I'm trying to maintain my weight. I'm 5' 10" and about 128.
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Help!! How many calories to maintain?!?
I am 5'3 and 117 pounds and hoping to maintain a 40 pound loss I just had. I looked up my maintence calories for my weight from multiple online calcs and they said about 1500 calories to maintain. I think this is reasonable because I am very sedentary but myfitnesspal said 1,600! Who do I trust? I really don't want to gain…
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Low Carb Backfire?
Hi I could use some help. I thought I was decent with knowing what to eat to have a somewhat 'clean' diet. I've been back on the wagon for a month and going strong, I lost 7 lbs and went away over the weekend. I didn't eat horrible but ate some things (hamburger vs turkey burger) that I've been staying away from. I get…
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Do calorie requirements change when you have more muscle?
Everyone says that having more lean muscle mass increases you metabolism, but how do you figure that in to calories that you need to maintain? I'm around 122 lbs, but about 18% bf and I would assume I need to eat more to maintain than someone the same weight with less muscle? Any advice on this would be useful and I'm…