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One Pound Away!
After my weigh-in this morning, I am one pound away from my goal weight (yay!!). Is this the time to start adding calories gradually, or should I keep going until I get to goal, then start adding? What worked best for you?
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How much does your maintenance weight fluctuate?
For myself, depending on several factors like time of day, clothing, bathroom schedule, etc., I've seen fluctuations of almost 15 lbs. (!) from week to week. I try to keep a philosophical attitude about it, knowing that I maybe forgot to track this or that or underestimated something when not preparing my own food, but it…
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How do you know if there's anymore weight to be lost?
I am 0.6lbs off my goal, but still have a fair amount of (what I can only assume is) fat on my legs/butt. I have never been able to get below 120lbs yet the little bit of fat still sticks on me like it's life depends on it. I'm not sure if it'll just go over time without having much effect weight wise, or if I should be…
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Changing MFP calories and raising maintenance calories
Hello everyone! I'm new to posting here but I've been lurking for a few months all around the board. I just have a question. So... I've recently gone into maintenance. I'm 5'5 and approx. 133 lb. i started maintenance a week ago. So far so good. Thing is.... MFP tells me to eat 1680 to maintain my weight IF I'm sedentary.…
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Can't lose any more weight but afraid to raise calories
Hi, I've been using MFP to log my food for a while now but this is my first forum post, hopefully it is in the right section. I am a 5'7" female and at my highest weight I weighed 150 lbs, which is not overweight but I felt like I was a little chubby and could stand to lose a few pounds. So I started counting calories and…
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Is it possible to lose fat and gain muscle?
I am thinking if its possible by cutting some kcal intake and carbs? Can achieve that? How has an expetience on that? Thanks
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At what point does it end - or doesn't it?
Some people may stay on MFP forever, and that's totally fine, but I don't really want to do that as I feel I could become obsessed with calorie counting like I have done previously. I'm 1lb off my goal weight (which realistically I don't think I'll get to - so I'm going to try and maintain it now instead), and after two…
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Recommended Daily Amounts
My Fitness Pal thinks that I should have 196g Carbs a day, 52g Fat and 79g Protein a day, whereas national guidelines are 300g Carbs, 70g Fat and 45g of protein. Where does MyFitnessPal get this data from? Is this more accurate than national guidelines? Getting 79g of Protein is proving quite a challenge for me!
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It started out so well.
The day started off ok. Usual breakfast of cup of black tea, muesli with milk. The big difference was this breakfast was taken at 5.30am and not 6.30am (yes I am an early bird :-) ). Plus today was a trip taking my daughter to the hospital so no chance of the usual cycle ride to work and the daily exercise routine. The…
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Should I stay at maintenance? (Pics)
Hi. I've been using MFP off and on for quite a while now, but I've never actually posted on the forums until now. I was wondering if anyone could give me some objective advice? I'm 25 years old, 5'8", 155 lbs and I've been eating at maintenance calories for a while now, pretty much for lack of any other direction. I do…
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What are your real maintenance calories?
Hello everyone. I'm still a long way from reaching my goal weight but I am curious about a few things: What are your real maintenance calories compared to what MFP calculates to be your maintenance calories? How long have you been maintaining? Sometimes I hear stories from people needing to stay at 1200 cals forever in…
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Help with the math??
When I do it, it just seems wrong. I have been losing 2 pounds every 5-6 days (let's say every 5.5 days) while on 1600 calories a day. I want to stop losing weight, so obviously that calorie number needs to go up. So if a pound has 3500 calories, then 2 pounds have 7000 calories. If I burn 7000 calories that go purely to…
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What are your weight gain weaknesses?
My big three weaknesses are: 1.- Staying up too late and then 2.- Wanting some bourbon 3.- And snacking There...I confessed.
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6 Week Update
I've been with " myfitnesspal"for 6 weeks. Posting my daily food keeps me focused on my goal. My goal is to lose the weight gained during the holidays. I am very short and any weight gain shows. 4'8" fills out pretty fast. I have lost 3 pounds and I am satisfied. Will keep going toward my goal of 115.
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Being a shorty and maintenance...
This is a trick that I discovered which will work for ME in maintaining. (Once I get there, month or 2, give or take.) I'm slowly easing out of counting calories. Still check now and again. Recently I started to notice that I have some very low calorie days (like a net total of 750), this happens when I eat lots of low…
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1st week of maintenance
Hi everyone, wherever in the world you may be, Stats: female, 25, 1m69, 63.3kg, active: stronglifts 2x/week and running 3x/week rest is yoga. So I know it's a bit early to take notes on how I'm doing on maintenance, because I still have to find the 'magic number'. But I wanted to share my findings on those first days and…
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flavoured water
Can someone help just bought litre bottle of flavoured water it says 5 calories is that for the whole bottle or for every glass i have confused
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runkeeper
I wanted to know why my RunKeeper app won't sync my results in to My Fitness Pal? Any idea ?Thanks.
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Just about to hit Goal & need advise on Maintaining
Afternoon all Well over the last 1176 days I have lost 47 pound & have 2.2 pound to loose now to hit my goal weight, I have recalculated my calorie intake now to allow another 250 till the next pound is off then increase another 250 until I'm at maintain level. My goals have always been set based on "Sedentary" and i add…
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Lessons Learned & Learning 15: 450 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. My fifteenth 30 days looked like this: Here's how the fifteen 30-day periods compare: Weight: I had reached my goal weight of 150 lbs. on Dec. 17, 2013.…
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How do you maintain your weight?
though I am still losing weight, I want to be able to know how to maintain the weight once I am at the spot where I am most comfortable. For me, that's only 10 pounds away (yay!). I know that this may seem like a dumb question, but I am not an expert at this and I am very new to this. What are your experiences with…
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Small meal with high calories?
I just started to run (treadmill) since 3/9/2015 (Monday) and I lost 5 Pounds. I know most of it should be water weight, I have started eating smaller meals too, but i sort of want to know which smaller meals pack the most calories, I need to balance my diet to properly fuel my body. I also need to find a small source or…
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I want to make sure I'm on the right track. (A weightlifting/strength training question)
OK, I'll start with the basics; I'm 23, 5' 0", and currently 115 lbs. I was eating around 1200 to 1300 calories per day and exercising (mainly running, zumba, and yoga) 3 to 4 times a week. Now just this past week I decided I didn't just want to lose weight, I also wanted to gain some muscle and strength as well but I…
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New
Hi all I'm new at this
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What's your excuse ?
On the today show this morning there is a lady that is in her 20s and has 3 boys about 4 and under. She is getting lots of response from good to anger. Did she in spire you?
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Caloric Calculators and accuracy
I've been on a cut for the last 7 months, and I'm at the point now where I'm looking to maintain my weight, and soon start bulking/cutting cycles. My problem right now is I'm having a hard time figuring out my maintenance calories. I know my maintenance calories are higher on weight training days, but I'm curious how my…
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BMI Vs How you look/feel
According to the BMI I'm underweight. Only by about 5 pounds, so I'm not extremely underweight, and yet I look perfectly fine. Yes, I'm skinny, but you can't see my ribcage . I feel more energetic, I feel stronger (Cause I've been lifting more) and people tell me I look good. And I do eat (McDonald's is my happy place). So…
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hey new here
Hey, im 7stone 5 would like to maintain my weight but tone up:) whats everyone elses goals x
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Not eating enough?
I keep getting the message that I am not eating enough. I changed my eating habit and I am eating healthier but My Fitness Pal keeps saying that I am not eating enough. What am I doing wrong. If I eat anymore, I know I will over eat, which I don't want to do. HELP!!!!
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A Study for those who lost weight and how they kept it off for long periods of time.
The The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) is tracking over 10,000 individuals who have lost significant amounts of weight and kept it off for long periods of time. NWCR Facts You may find it interesting to know about the people who have enrolled in the registry thus far. 80% of persons in the registry are women and…