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Chucked into Maintenance
Did anyone else find themselves unceremoniously chucked into Maintenance? I hit my goal weight last week (yay!) but I was completely shocked. Primarily, because I had been losing about .5lb - 1lb a week and then I stalled, four pounds away, for two weeks. So I tightened up my weighing (got a better freaking scale that…
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WHYYYYY!
Alright I am currently 217lbs 5,7. I have lost 83 lbs and plan to get to 160- 170lbs and maintain. Now even though I may do a lot of cardio and have gotten really use to it, it is not some thing I want to do everyday. Problem is in order for me to eat good and comfortable without gaining weight I will have to do cardio for…
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Is 17 days long enough?
Hello everyone! So I've been working at maintenance for 17 days. Trying to make sure I find out my correct TDEE. I don't like to do the NEAT method... I'd rather just eat the same everyday... Less complicated and my workout regime has been solid for a good 8 months. Anyways, I worked out my TDEE to maintain my weight using…
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Maintenance... panic
I switched my settings to maintenance today, I've been eating around 1200 a day for over 300 days... I'm a couple pounds under my goal and I've started lifting weights so I figured it's time to add more calories, but now I'm freaking out... I'm allowed 1830 a day... anyone else felt panic at the idea of eating so much…
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At goal weight. I've been working on getting Lean and building some ab and arm muscle.
I've always been relatively thin but after a couple kids, things were not perportioned right anymore. I'm 9 weeks into my workout journey to make myself lean and fit looking. Taking a beach trip in 3 weeks and trying to hit my leg and tummy goal by them
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Maintain weight
hey there Over the last four months I've lost just about 4 stone and am now happy with my weight and size. I'm Currently between 140-142 pounds and am now starting to increase calorie intake to help me maintain my weight as opposed to keep losing it. My fitness pal suggests 2290 cals to maintain a 140 pound weight. I'm 20…
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Maintenance help for gastric bypass
I was wondering if anybody was to maintenance yet. This is hard for me because I only know how to gain and lose. I read that gastric bypass patients have to eat less than 1000 calories to maintain. Has anybody found that to be true? I've been on maintenance for about a week and my weight fluctuates up and down a couple…
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how to "maintain" your current weight!! (BASICS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW) !!
So you're here because you want to know what your calorie intake should be for you to stay just like you are ( maintenance ). Maintenance means: you're NOT gaining any weight and you are NOT losing any fat. You are just trying to keep your current shape/weight. Here we go.. Remember this: If you're a active person that…
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Getting WAY off track on vacation!
So here is my story. About 20 years ago, I lost 50 pounds and have maintained that loss (more or less). However, the past few years I've gained and lost the same 10 pounds over...and over...and over. It's always the same situation. I go along just fine until we go on vacation. I determine I'm going to indulge in…
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Am i missing something
Hi, just signed up and completed my first day recording calories in and calories burnt from exercise. However i read somewhere that we burn calories even when doing nothing. I have a desk job so I'm spending 8 hrs behind a computer screen and i guess must be burning energy even when doing nothing. How do you account for…
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Problem maintaining weight
I had a really hard time loosing weight intially - successfully lost about 70 pounds. I am now 16 pounds less than my original goal. I currently weigh 119 and was hoping to stay about 125 - I keep loosing now and not maintaining. Am I not eating enough? I typically eat about 1600 cals a day and am very active. Should I try…
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Staying fit
I've been on this sight now for about 6 days now, love it. Friend me because I like reading all of your breakthroughs .
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Looking for Maintenance friends in their twenties!
Hi all, looking for people with similar stats to mines so I'll get this started by saying: Hey, I'm Emma! I'm 22 years old (23 next Friday, woohoo!) I'm currently maintaining on about 1500 cals a day or 1600 on more active days but I'm still playing around with this. I try to go to the gym at least twice a week. I'd love…
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Best Method of Maintenance
What's the best method to maintain your goal weight? I'm finding it hard to continue counting calories because I have already reached my goal. I recently weighed myself and I gained a couple of pounds that I am trying to lose before May. How can I stay motivated to continue calorie counting?
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pregnant
I am loving this app it's helped me alot in tracking my food and exersize.. my only problum is there's is no setting for being pregnant. I just wish there was a setting because maintaining my weight is kinda hard while pregnant . Any suggestions or comments to help with this? :)
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Weight gain & maintance cals
hello this is the first time I have posted. I have maintained my weight within 5 lbs for a year. I want to be able to up my calories more to maintenance level with out gaining back any of the weight. How can I do this successfully? Thanks for any of your thoughts
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Calories burned
Does anyone know how many calories you burn doing 60 minute of crossfit type of class?
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how to get past a BIG plateau?!
hi (: so my starting weight was 165-170, and in 5 years i slowly got down to 135. and then just these past months i started mfp and made a big effort to lose & lost 5 more from being conscious of calorie intake and excercising! but now i've been in the 130's for so long, and idk what else to do because i already eat so…
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Maintaining yet eating MORE calories than ever :)
Am I among the seemingly few who want to eat as MANY calories as possible yet maintain my weight? I was thinking about a post I made on my newsfeed last night about eating 2200 calories that day, yet still being hungry (it was a high cardio day). I realised to some that I really must sound like a greedy gorb (and maybe I…
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Week 2 of maitenance..feeling really full...and really satisfied!
So week 2 of maintenance is going very well so far. I am up a total of 300-400 calories over my "losing" cals and it feels good. I'm trying to add the calories in by way of extra fruit and veggies or slightly larger portions of my regular meals (a tablespoon of peanut butter on my English muffin instead of 1/2 tablespoon…
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Help!!
Hello there so I'm already really slim 118lbs 5'6 19 year old female I'm really confused because when I touch my stomach its soft but can see some sort of tone and when I sit down its a lil flabby when i'v ate is this belly fat or do I just need to tighten it up? it's already really flat when I stand.
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A cheat day or one cheat meal?
Is a cheat meal considered a cheat only if you to over your macros or calories for a day? Or can you still cheat a couple of times a week if you stay within your calories? I have several cheats over the coarse of a weekend and usually stay within my daily calories. I just increased my calories this week and am on…
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Calorie increase after reaching my goal
not sure what to do. I reached my goal on 1100 calories a day. I must admit I don't always reach my caloric goal for the day. I want to maintain but I think increasing like they want me to I will gain. The calorie increase was up to 1550. I don't want to gain but I think I should increase to a manageable amount of calories…
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Feels like I'm eating way more calories
Than what it makes out or am i really not eating much? I have breakfast at 9:00-9:30am then have fruit as a snack about 12 then have lunch which is my sandwich around 2-3pm then dinner anywhere between 6-7pm & i have diet coke, black coffee water & orange squash as drinks oh and by the way I'm not very active. Please take…
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How to maintain
I am almost there but how do I maintain the weight loss? I am on a 1200 calorie a day diet now and have been losing but once I reach my goal which is about 4 pounds away, what do I do then? ANY suggestions GREATLY appreciated! I love dieting on this website because you can eat just about anything, in moderation while…
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Is this weight gain or my weight range ?
Hi I've been maintaining for over 7 months with a range of 3/4 llbs. Mostly at first I was at the low end of the range so considered my weight to be that. However I've not seen the low end of the range for a few months now so do I just accept I gained about 3llbs ? Hope this makes sense and thankyou.
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Maintenance Food Intake
Because everything I eat tends to be low calorie, getting to 1800 cals is pretty tough. I've been filling my calorie allowance with foods that contain high protein/fat to get my macros up which is working well for me - but it means I don't stop eating all day! I have breakfast, 2 snacks, lunch, 2 snacks, dinner, 2 snacks.…
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Any Ideal Protein Phase 4 people out there?
I lost over 35 lb. in 4 months on the Ideal Protein diet. Now I have gained back 5. I am working to figure out how to maintain my weight after the strict diet. How many grams of carbs do you eat? Do you have a splurge day followed by a phase 1 day? Hope to hear from others. Ariel
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Maintenance friends wanted (esp. runners)
Hi everyone, I've been at maintenance for about a year now I find I don't relate to a lot of people on my friends list anymore - not just that many are still trying to lose a lot of weight but my focus has also shifted to fitness, or more specifically increasing my running speed. I maintain at around 1800 calories and run…
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Can anybody shed some light on this "phenomenon?"
Hey all, So I made a true commitment back to fitness and health about 12 weeks ago and as a result lost nearly 25 lbs! I was feeling GREAT..up until about a week ago....and.....don't smack me, but suddenly I feel "big." I had to buy new jeans because mine wouldn't stay up anymore, and I'm getting great positive feedback…