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Im not fat
very since my groin injury, Ive been gaining weight excessively. For the past year, I've slowly come to the realization that I'm fat. I'm in need of support and also am willing to support those in need.
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Starting to Maintain
I recently hit my goal weight of 115 lb. I'm 26 years old and 5'4". I was actually this weight before christmas but continued at 1240 net calories because of the shameful amount of cookies I ate. With the holidays over I'm definitely happy with where I'm at and want to switch to maintenance. I've seen a lot of posts about…
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Recommended Macronutrient
Hello, I'm 5'8 and weight 151 lbs and I'm a 20 year old male. My question is what is the recommended macronutrient ratio to build muscle while maintaining my weight and losing some belly fat?
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sodium & fat
Not sure how much of these 2 I should have per day. What does the minus sign indicate?
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Not Sure What Happened...
Hey all. I'm just looking for some possible advice on what might have happened. I've been around 170 pounds for years. Last August my weight dropped all the way to 150. I was excited. My goal was 140. I watched what I ate and became very active. But when school started, things slowed down. I didn't get to exercise much. My…
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Lessons Learned & Learning 13: 390 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. My thirteenth 30 days looked like this: Here's how the thirteen 30-day periods compare: Weight: I had reached my goal weight of 150 lbs. on Dec. 17, 2013 -- this most recent period…
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Need help with maintaining/gaining
hi everyone, My names daniel, I'm 18 years old and an active teen boy. I'm currently weighing around 46kg and I'm 5ft 7. I'm looking to know my maintenance calories and how much i should eat to gain about half a pound a week. could you guys help me estimate? I'm active everyday other than sunday, I walk at least 3-4 hours…
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Now to decrease body fat percentage
I'm a 58 year old female, and have reached my weight goal of 60kg. My aim for this year is to decrease my body fat percentage, which is probably around 28 to 30 percent based on my Withings scale. I'm active, go to the gym and take Pilates. Any ideas, folks?
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cheat meals while maintaining
Hello all, I'm new to maintaining after finally reaching goal weight. I have a vacation coming up and was wondering your thoughts about cheat meals now that you maintain. Previously while on a calorie deficit I didn't worry too much about a cheat meal because I knew the deficit throughout the week cancelled it out. Do you…
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how to stay??
I'm new to this app and every tine I mention my weight I get negative votes lmao. Anywho I've increased my calorie intake but I keep losing weight at a fast rate. At this point I'm not even sure if its worth it to keep up. Any supportive tips? What do you do when you're having trouble reaching your goal? Any motivational…
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Maintaining weight on the Whole30 Program
Hi I am Becky. I am on Day 9 of the Whole30 program and wondered if there was any one else doing whole30? I am basically trying to just maintain, could lose maybe 1-3 lbs but that is it. I need to get tone as I put a few lbs on over the holidays and it has gone to my stomach area :( I am also doing a workout called…
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get healthy
I would like to lose 25 pd more & keep it off. 2013 I had lost 110 pd but gained it all back with the next year
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New goal advice / friends.
I weighed 364 when I started this process and I set an ambitious goal weight of 250. I achieved this goal very rapidly (6 months). I reassessed myself at my goal weight and decided to goal lower. 235 lbs which is pretty good considering I'm 6'6. I know I can reach my goal but I'm scared to ease up on my diet. I think I…
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Glycemic Index Values
I'm trying to cut back on my sugar intake. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas if MyfitnessPal would add the GI values to the site. I think this would be a great way of maintaining and losing weight. As it is now, I can watch my sugar numbers and fiber, but if I could actually see the GI number associated with the food…
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My First Post - Just an observation
I reached my ultimate dream super yay goal the second week of December! I'm 5'7 and at 136 pounds I felt amazing. I am in the best shape of my life and my body has never looked so good, I pranced around in my size 6 little black dress at all the Christmas parties. Yay me! I can kill a 5k and I love lifting the weights...…
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Back to the wagon
Hi there I gast gastric bypass six years ago had three presences and gained weight back and lookin to loos around 100 lbs hit me up if ya wanna add me:-)
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At what point did you get your rings re-sized?
My wedding/engagement ring have been loose for awhile now, but since we are now having winter weather where I live, I find that they are really, really loose (cold hands all the time). I'm a little worried about losing them, but I would like to stay at my current weight for awhile to be sure I can maintain it before…
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Holiday weight almost gone, calculating "where to stop" for maintenance for smaller ppl
So I only have 2 lb left of the holiday weight to lose. To maintain at the desired weight, I've read here that it would actually be smart to go 5 lb below goal so that when I eat maintenance calories, I will end up at my actual goal due to the return of glycogen and water stores in my liver and muscles. Supposedly that…
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muscles
Hello Everyone I recently lost 75 Pounds in 9 months and achieved my Dream weight. Now i have quick questions to build some muscles and maintaing my current weight. 1) Should i start eating my burned calories back now to MAINTAIN my weight so i don't lose more? 2) Which excercises do you guys recommend to build muscles and…
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What body shape do I have?
My measurements are 36-22-33 bust-waist-hips dimension or 34-22-33 shoulder-waist-hip dimensions. I have always gotten that I'm an hourglass with most body shape calculators though either way. I know I'd be a neat hourglass as oppose to full because I'm petit. I also have a balanced body shape. I think I have high hips…
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Back from vacation
Just came back from vacation: nearly three weeks in Thailand and Cambodia. Nearly three weeks without internet and counting and I have not gained any weight even though I had 2-3 glasses of coke or similar sweet stuff each day, and quiet a few small bags of crisps. Guess I really needed the sugar and salt in that humid…
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Why do I still feel fat ?
I have slimmed down from 215 lbs to 135 lbs and I do feel good, but I have been trying to lose this last 11 lbs for me to reach my true goal of 124 lbs, and I seem to struggle so much with this last bit, my family and friends, all say that I look fine as I am and I don't need to lose anymore, but I feel like a failure, for…
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New to Maintaining
Hi guys! I'm still new to the maintaining thing (just lost 10 pounds, so it wasn't an extreme change), and am wondering what tips you have. Obviously I'm going to keep eating healthy foods and working out, but I still don't know how to switch from low-cal eating to allowing more foods. Let me know what you've found helpful!
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Anyone else really cold?
I am freezing all the time. I can feel the air is warm. I am dressed in warm clothes. I am COLD. Fingers and toes feel cold to the touch. I am inside in front of a fireplace wearing a sweater, flannel shirt, jeans, socks, slippers and a hat. I don't have an eating disorder (really - I've been on here a long time and eat…
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Sticking to a Healthier Me.
Sometimes it gets hard to maintain, when you don't have help, especially cooking for a big Family. Looking for support ;)
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Banking to maintain.
So I have decided to maintain at my weight. I eat 1550 calories on weekdays (burn 350 on the treadmill everyday equalling out 1200) and eat 1400 calories on weekends burning 200 calories on the treadmill. My maintanence calories are 1450 so I added up 250x7 equalling 1750. If I ate 1750 calories over my 1550 just for one…
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Looking for friends at goal or close to goal
Hi all! Over the course of a year and a half, I lost 50 pounds and came within a pound or two of my ultimate goal weight. I ventured into maintenance because I felt good where I was. I began to slack off on exercise and logging my foods so I am now 10 pounds away from my ultimate goal weight. It only took about 8 months…
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weekend
Have a great weekend and be good to yourself and the family.
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Maintaining weight but decreasing body fat percentage.
Hi all, I'm new to this... I'm a 25 year old female and I'm quite petite, I'm only 5ft and weigh about 49, I've decided to start get fit and healthy anyways what I would really like to do is build muscle, and decrease body fat percentage I don't want huge muscles like body builders I just want to look tonned with muscle…
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Maintaing Weight
Hi everyone..........I hv been trying to maintain my weight.... ihave been eating under my calories everyday and I gained weight.......Anyone knows what is wrong?????? I normally eat less than 1000 calories per day