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How do you maintain a BMI of 18.5 or 110 lbs, if you are a 5'4" female?
Are there any 5'4" women here, who are successfully maintaining a weight of 110? If not, are there any other females who are successfully maintaining a BMI of 18.5? If so, what are your calorie goals per day and how much weight lifting and cardio do you get in per week? I don't have time to fit in exercise WITH meal…
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Fitbit help
im trying to work out a daily goal to maintain my wait but I'm still loosing. I think I burn a lot of calories some days and not others. I was thinking to get a Fitbit. Can someone explain how you work it out. Does your intake of calories a day match what you burn on a fit bit to maintain your weight? Sorry I'm not great…
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Anyone here pregnant?
Hey everyone! I'm 19 weeks pregnant with my first baby and I've decided to come back onto MFP to make sure I stay healthy and stuff is anyone else on here also pregnant (I'm sure you pregnant ladies are out there somewhere!) I would love to add you and chat to you!! Comment and I'll add you, or go right ahead and add me! :)
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How did you find your maintenance?
With 10 pounds left to go, I'm getting my head in gear for plans of maintenance. How did you guys find what calorie amount helped you to maintain? How do you keep up your motivation? What about holidays abroad and birthdays, do you 'save up' or lose a little beforehand?
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re-comp or bulk?
Hi guys. I am nearing my bodyweight goal and am mentally preparing for the next phase. Its harder going the closer I get! Self sabotage and complacency are slowing me down so I think focussing on the next step and the next goal will help. I lift weights 3 times a week (madcow programme) and circuit train twice a week. My…
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The last 15, transitioning from deficit to maintenance?
I feel scared. I have been using MFP since January,and in that time have lost 51 pounds, with 15 to go. I have read before that once you get to the last 15-10 you need to up the calories slowly, and aiming to lose 1 lb or less a week. What worries me is that I feel on the days that I go over my goal(1340, going over…
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Help in transition to maintence
I'm almost at my goal weight, only about a pound over what I think I want my range to be. So I know I need to transition to more calories slowly. And to a way that I can live with, without feeling deprived or I won't keep it up. I'm struggling with getting the protein and calories up without feeling like I'm being…
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New to maintenance - Need help w/ continued fat loss
Greetings all! Today is my 1 year anniversary on MFP! So to cut to the chase, here's where I am: Female 5'7" 123lbs BMI: 19.1 Body Fat: 27.5% Daily calorie goal: 1250 Exercise: 3-5x/week consisting of alternating workouts of 1) self-developed walking/jogging &/or HIIT workouts and 2) Total Body Tone weight based class…
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Macros for maintaining seem off
Maintenance of 1949 daily calories... 36 year old male, 5'7, at 149lbs MFP is giving me macros of: 50% Carb 20% Protein 30% Fat Does this make sense? So little Protein compared to everything else? Is either 3 more important to focus on than the others?
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Maintaining calorie goal
what would be my maintaining calorie goal , i used 1700 calorie gol to lose weight .I'm just having trouble finding my maintaining calorie goal ..my height is 6 ft 1 and weight is now 183 pounds .. please helppp
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I'm only 5 pounds from my goal...
Hi, I'm only 5 pounds from my goal weight. I've lost about .5 to 1 pound a week over the last couple of months. I only wanted to lose 15 pounds. I'm confused about calories for deficit vs. calories for maintenance. I know that to lose you need to eat at a deficit and to maintain you need to eat the amount you are burning.…
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My fitbit shows I have burned more calories than MFP
I recently purchased a Fitbit and noticed that the calories that it says I have burned daily doesn't sync completely to MFP. For example today I have burned around 3000 calories according to my Fitbit Yet only 1000 calories have synced to MFP.
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How do you work out calories burned at home/ how active you are
hi I'm a single mum and I am constantly on the go with my toddler. I work part time looking after people with learning difficulties. I have no idea how to work out how many calories I burn a day. I can Add cleaning or walking but I can't work out how to set my calories. I clean and am constantly on the go with my toddler.…
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Breaking the lose/regain cycle
So here I go again for the hundredth time. A few months ago I reached my goal weight as I've done many times before. This time I was determined not to gain it back, but guess what? I did...again. The only bright side is that I seem to lose and regain about 10 pounds, never more than that. It's just so frustrating. I…
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Weight Maintenance
Hello everyone. I am comfortable with my current weight but I do want to tone up. Thus far my methodology has been weight training with some cardio, am I going in the right direction?
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Anyone else who doesn't count calories?
For me counting calories is really boring and it makes it feel like I'd be on a permanent diet all my life. I just eat whenever I'm hungry, but the key for me was to eat until I feel satisfied and not until I felt full. I'm not afraid to waste part of a meal If I feel that my body is satisfied with what it already got I…
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Cheat days
hey guys! How many cheat days should I have a week to maintain my weight? And how do I tackle a cheat day? Do I just not care and eat chips and sweets or should I still count calories? Thanks!!! Add me! Always ready to encourage and always in need for some =D
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Maintaining weight
Finding it differcult to maintain eight after losing 2 stone
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having a hard time with maintenance
i'm getting frustrated. i keep getting different numbers from online calculators/formulas for what my maintenance calories should look like. i'm about 5 foot & 21 years old. so my maintenance is pretty low, which sucks. a lot. but it is what it is. i'm only active/exercise a few times a week, so i feel like my maintenance…
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Overate last night; so STRONG this morning!
I'm transitioning to maintenance with 54 pounds lost, 6 more to go to reach my goal of 140. (Female, 5' 5", almost 57 y.o.) I've switched my MFP goal from one pound per week to half a pound, and last week I added 50 calories per day; 100/day so far this week. But I exercise a lot, so I still lost over a pound last week and…
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should I eat more on training days?
Hey I don't want to lose weight, I want to maintain, so for example, I eat 1500 calories a day but on days I train for example if I burn 300 calories should I be eating those calories? And if I don't will I lose weight?
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Can't gain anymore weight during pregnancy
Hi I was looking for some advice on how to maintain my current weight during this pregnancy. My OB has said that I shouldn't gain anymore weight to try and keep the baby from getting much bigger. I am 33 weeks and he is already pretty big. Any suggestions would be great!
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Balancing calories and exercise
Hello Everyone. I have a question regarding balancing calories with exercise. It seems the more I exercise the more my appetite peaks especially between the hours of 2 pm to 4 pm daily. Does anyone have the same issues? It's a challenge keeping my intake where I want it to be and not overeat.
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Harris Benedict Formula vs macronutrients
Harris Benedict Formula estimates the daily calories you require or roughly ! So how much of these calories should I be taking as part of my diet to build more muscle and not put on extra weight?
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Tanita Body composition analyzer results? what should i do?
I used the body composition analyzer when a group came into where i work to see what the results said, these were the results i got; Im female, 22, 176cm (5 foot 9 inches) Weight - 56.2kg Fat % - 15.4% Fat mass - 8.7kg FFM - 47.5kg Muscle Mass - 45.1kg TBW (body water) -33.2kg TBW (body water) % -59.1% Bone mass - 2.4kg…
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Lord, help me.
Someone took my picture and that was enough. It was worth a thousand words.
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How do I maintain weight
How do I maintain my weight when I get to the weight that I want to be? I am getting close I started out at 160 and being 5'2. Now I am at 124 and my goal is 115-120 depending what I feel comfortable..I have done this all so far in 110 days. Thanks for any input ..Karen
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Going over daily calories for an occasion on maintenance, how does that work?
I've heard many people will save up calories for their cheat day/meal or an event, by creating a deficit through the week...but how do you ''prepare'' for a night out or any other kind of special event involving eating more than usual (like going over your maintenance calories by 200, 500, something like that, nothing too…
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If you eat maintenance for goal weight, why can't you lose?
If you eat maintenance for goal weight, why can't you lose? Wondering if anyone had an answer for this. How can you maintain a 180 lb body by eating 1400 calories (between 1200 and 1400). How could you even get there in the first place? I never ate over 2000 cal in my life (ok maybe once or twice a year). All I could think…
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How long does water weight cling to you when going into maintenance?
I've started the process of trying to find my new maintenance calories range, and I spent the last week on 1400-1500 daily. (I've been adding back 100 a week or so sicne recently). This morning I weighed in, and I was the exact same weight, 103.5, as I did a week/a week and a half ago...I exercice 4 days per week and walk…