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Bulk and cut question
I've been lifting heavy and bulking for about two months, and I've seen some awesome muscle growth, but I'm also seeing some increase in fat as well. I understand the concept of bulking; that you need to eat more calories to fuel muscle growth. That part's easy. And I understand that with the weight gain, some of it is…
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Calories Needed to Maintain Depressing
I am a small (5' 3", 116 pounds) older (48 yrs. old) woman who is quite active. When I look at how many calories I need to maintain, I get very depressed. MFP gives me 1,460 on days I don't exercise, and being small, I don't burn a huge amout of calories through exercise. I'm about to transition to maintainance, and I feel…
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Gaining Weight?
Hello there! So I am very close to my goal weight! But one problem: should I jump once I have reached my goal to maintenance calories or when I reach my goal, add 100 calories each week until I reach maintenance calories? Along with your answer, please add why and how much I might gain! Thank you for reading ☺️
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What do I do at day 1000...
Hi Today is day 911. I am aiming for day 1000, but I am not sure if I am gonna be able to stop! Logging has become part of my life now, and I still weigh almost everything as I know my portion control by eye is 'generous' even now. Is this necessarily a bad thing!!!
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Gym near Brookfield or Sussex Wisconsin.
Looking for a gym. Tell me why your gym is good for you
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woops!
That is strange! I decided to maintain when I went from 61 to 59.7kg a bit too fast for my liking. I didn't linger there for a long time as I stopped with my pill, which gave me a bigger than normal waterweight gain. The moment I started with the pill again and the weight should have gone down I went on a weekend trip.…
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Weight Tracker
Hello! How do you add in your weights from past days if you forgot to log? Can't figure it out. Thanks!
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Can't consume enough Calories
Hey Guy/Girls... need ideas to eat clean to increase my calories I am finding that i cant eat enough on training Days. I want to maintain not lose weight. I am already eating 5-6 times a day but I am not hungry. I am striving for 2850 -3000 Cal per day but when I factor in training I am always to low
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What does maintenance look like?
I've been maintaining for the past two years. Here's what maintainance looks like on MFP: What does yours look like?
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Yesterday's, long story post was the second half of this, this is both post in one.
I made a post last night that was only the second half. Thought I had posted a part one as well, but most of done something wrong, so here is the whole thing in one very long post. I've had Venus for about 10 months now. At the same time registered with my fitness pal as calorie counter, but have used other aspects of the…
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Cheat meals and maintaining weight
i had a cheat meal today, and went over maintenance by 1300 calories. Should I decrease calories to compensate for my surplus? I look leaner and vascular after eating my cheat meal....Doesn't make sense. Also, my body feels warmer too. Pls respond.
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Less Cardio= less endurance?
So I lift 6 days a week with a half hour cardio (daily) on the stepmill or tabata sprints on treadmill. My goal is to see muscle definition bc I hve lost 70 pounds. My diet is 90% clean. Too much cardio? What think ye? I'm afraid if I lessen my cardio that my endurance for bootcamps & running will lessen. I try to have a…
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Should I up my calories again?
Hello! Im new to this maintaining malarky, the first week I upped my calories by 250 up to 1450 and saw only a 0.5lb gain which I was happy about, but I thought I should stick to 1450 for another week just for my body to settle a little, weigh day is on Tuesday so if I see another gain, however small, should I continue…
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Help please - Water retention after vacation
Hi all, I was in vacation to my homeland for 5 days only, how to remove water retained in body after the 5 irregular days? My weight increased by 3 kgs within only 5 days which is impossible as I didn't break my goal that way; only 2000 kcal increase as a total in 5 days. I'm sure it is only water retention because of high…
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Excersises
What kind of excersises do y'all do?
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Ending diet; maintaining weight Help!
Hi Everyone, So, I was on a diet for 5 months and lost 21 kilos. Now I weight 61 kilos and I'm 5'7''. I'm very happy with my body but I have a huge issue. My diet consisted of 500 to 600 calories per day plan. ( I know this is very low but I was making sure I get all the neutritions required). About a month ago I increased…
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Consistent logging WORKS!
Today marks 1095 days if logging, that's three years. I lost 90lbs and have now maintained that loss, staying within "5" pounds of my goal for more than two years. Thank You MFP for a great tool, you ROCK!!!
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i am a newbie around
Hey i joined fitness pal 3 weeks ago and i am sticking to a healthy rehimen for a life time. Thats a promise to myself
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Body Image
Hey guys, first time posting in the forums, would love some feedback. I reached my goal 6 weeks ago and maintained for 5. A week ago, I looked in the mirror and saw nothing but rolls and fat, so I dropped down to 1200 cals again for the past week. The thing is, I've been miserable emotionally. My brain constantly reminds…
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Lose all the weight? or find balance with muscle gain, and toning?
So I am writing this, because I wanted to know if others were experiencing the same thing I was. So I am 6'2'' and 226 lbs, and have lost 50lbs in last two years. I started doing crossfit everyday incorporating in cardio, and weight training for 30 minutes everyday no breaks. I have found over the last 2 months that I cant…
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Calling All Maintaining Beasts
I recently just celebrated 520 days streak & a MFP bud called me a 'beast.' It made feel really good because by my own diligence the hope is that it may help encourage others. SO ... maintaining beasts - what is your highest log in streak and do you still continue to log everyday & how long have you been maintaining?…
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Coming off a diet - how to maintain
I am just coming off a diet in which I have lost 22lbs quite quickly (in about a month and a half) and I am scared to eat the amount of calories that are recommended to me. While I was on my diet, I was calorie restricting (eating about 800 or less per day, which I know is bad) and the amount of calories i have been eating…
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Hello from chilly NYC!
Hi guys, I'm recently returning to MFP after a couple of years (!!) off. I'm an ED survivor and an actor in NYC. For the last couple of years, I've been at healthy weight that I feel good about, but I'm here so I can be more conscious of what I'm putting into my body. I'm happy to add any friends who are maintaining and…
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51 years Old Maintaining 71 Kg weight
It is my 2008 year goal to keep 70 - 71 Kg weight, I am happy about the active life I'm having by keep this goal. -
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Need friends
I'm here to maintain and need friends. Thanks
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Trying to get back on tract
3 years ago I joined this app and I set my mind to loose weight. Then I went from 222 lbs to 137 lbs. after reaching my goal I relaxed a little and I gained 7 pounds. And here I am again trying to loose them.
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What Top 3 Stats Do You Focus on When Reading Food Labels?
Just out of curiosity, I was wondering what top three items do most long-term maintainers hone in on (with food labels) when trying new things or tweaking current food repertoire? In order of priority, I look for:* Total Calories from Fat (esp. Sat or Trans Fat) * Sugar * Carbs vs Net Carbs
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Skinny Miserably?
Is there such a thing? And How do you know your nearly dangerously there? I mean I'm very happy with my weight, i'm just below half in my ideal weight range, far from underweight according to my BMI (or w/e) , but lately I've been getting cranking at everyone and angry at things more than usual. I mean I know I was once…
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Secret tips to help maintain.
So here is one of mine. I work with a great group of people. But.....they do love to talk a lot about their co-workers including me I'm sure. I starting maintaining a year ago, and I am quite sure that this is how some of their conversations went. Co- worker #1, "Wow, she sure lost a lot of weight!! It's amazing, but I'll…
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Losing a bit more after maintaining
So I reached my goal weight of 135 lbs about 3 months ago. Now that I've been successfully maintaining here, I've decided I'd like to lose a few more pounds, to get to a better racing weight for performance reasons. Curious if anyone else has broken maintenance to lose more weight and if they found it was just as easy as…