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When did you know it was time to maintain?
Obviously when you hit your goal weight right? But what if your goals keep changing? :\ Were you ever unsure about maintaining when you started? How did you know it was the right time? Is it ever?
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weight the same but look fatter?
everyone says its because I've lost muscle and gained fat instead but it doesn't really make sense in my case. I've been maintaining for 2 years now but I never exercise. I lost weight by cutting down on calories and now I maintain by eating 1450 cal a day (weekly calorie counting). for the past month or so, Ive been…
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When Did You Finally Believe?
Sometimes when I see a photo of myself & my knee-jerk reaction is 'who the heck is THAT?' At a closer glance I see that it is obviously me ... 35+ lbs lighter. This odd phenomena is usually followed by repeatedly asking the Hubs 'wow I really lost the weight huh?' in an attempt to somehow confirm that it wasn't just a…
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panicking :(
so yesterday I was down to 104.5 lb (5'4 23 y/o f) and this morning im up to 106.5!! I ate 2500 calories yesterday though when I include my popcorn & cereal before bed binge... wtf?!
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I gained two pounds this month...
I still want to lose a few pounds but been mostly trying to eat at maintenance the last couple months, because I've just been so hungry. With the numbers I got, I was expecting to gain a pound this month... but it looks like I've gained closer to 2, which means I need to adjust my calories down by 100... and really try to…
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1 Month in: Progress Report
So far, so good. Officially hit my 'goal' of being below 130 4 weeks ago. Since then I dropped a little further and so upped my calories a tad bit more. Now aiming for 1900-2000/day and staying active. That's my main detail: I don't want to go back to where I was before meaning being a couch potato! Pretty consistently…
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Confused
So I've been eating 1200 calories for the last I'd say 8 months or so, for the past 3 months I haven't lost any weight, even though I've only been eating 1200. I've reached my goal weight, I reached it a long time ago actually but for some reason I haven't been able to bring myself to maintain. Mostly because I've been…
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Maintaining weight, but changing composition
So I'm at my goal weight, but I achieved it primarily through calorie deficit and running/cycling, which has left me with a little bit of fat still around the middle and very little upper body strength/mass (but DAMN do my legs look good). In the interest of aesthetics, I'm looking to build some upper body muscle and…
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trying raw till 4
Over the past week I have been getting more cravings for fruits and vegetables, I basically don't want to eat anything else so am going to try raw till four, I will also be working out 4 days a week. Is anyone else doing this? any success?
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Getting Rid of Fat, Upping Muscles
Hey! So, I am 5'3" and 116.8lbs. This is considered a healthy weight. HOWEVER, I still have an overhanging belly. I just wanted to ask, how can I get rid of this belly fat? Thanks! MM
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question about BF%
I am at goal weight and don't want to lose any more lbs. but would like to lower my BF% more. Is this strictly now a what I eat deal or how do I go about this. Thanks for your help.
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im not understanding the energy expenditure.
Here's my question why cant a sedentary person maintain on 3,000 calories but a active person can?
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How many calories should i be eating a day?
Hello peeps, i am new to this site and i am learning about nutrition and dieting and that sort of thing. I was wondering how many calories i should be eating a day? My stats are - 19 Years old, 5 foot 9 and a half inches tall (Maybe 10), Around 160 pounds. Most days i am doing things around the house or at college so i…
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Gained 5kg. since I went on maitance
Okay, so I'm 19 years old girl, I went to my goal weight (and even below for a short time) 50 kg. Went on maitance and gained 5kg. So now I weight 55kg, I don't like the way I look. I'm trying to go back eating 1200 calories and working out 4 times a week (that's how I lost the weight last time), but seems like I can't get…
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What sort of "range" do you use?
I'm really curious about this because I finally got to a maintenance weight for the first time in my life. I've only been here since Labor Day Weekend. I went out of town for a wedding 3 weeks ago and was 3 pounds heavier when I got home. I sort of freaked and set my calories back to lose a 1/2 pound a week. Now I'm only 1…
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Research on maintenance
A lot of what you see quoted in the press about how to maintain a weight loss comes from these studies: http://nwcr.ws/Research/published research.htm One weakness of their studies is that their subjects are self-selecting, and so far have condisted of a narrow band of mainly white women, with an average age of 45, and so…
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Is this the right weight for my height?
Hey everyone! So, I am 5'0 and 100 lbs. I feel like this is a little bit too overweight for me even though my BMI was 19.5...I was just wondering if I should lose 5 pounds?
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scale & tape measure users..question
I am not weighing myself..just because i don't need the drama. But I am measuring my waist. From what i've learned -- for good health one's waist should be at least half their height. I've lost two inches off my waist..and to be int he healthy range I have three more to go. I figure I'll weight myself at that point and see…
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Eating Out
I have been maintaining for about four weeks now after losing 50lbs. My husband and I went to lunch yesterday at a popular chain restaurant and I decided after looking at their menu and mfp I could not eat there and be comfortable with that decision. We left and chose a different restaurant with healthier choices. My…
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How do you tell if you are actually hungry or just greedy?
Hi, I was wondering how you tell whether you are simply having a craving (i.e. wanting to eat food even though you are full) or whether you are actually hungry (i.e. your body physiologically needs food)? Today for lunch I ate normal portions of noodles (carbs), veg (fibre) and fish (protein) for my main dish, then I ate A…
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What's your plan to succeed in maintaining your long term, weight loss/fit body goal?
Most people start out with this plan of how they’ll get to where they’ve always wanted to be/look like/feel like/ etc. But, how do you plan on keeping that success? How do you plan on making sure that it isn’t a fleeting moment?
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Weighing for Life
Do you think that you will struggle weighing out everything for life?
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Best way to work out my daily calorie goal now I'm at my target weight
Hi all I finally got down to my target weight (w00t) - and I'm trying to work out my calories goal to maintain. Just a starting point, then I'll see how I do for me, and adjust up. I've currently set MFP at 1940 for a sedentary man at my weight, and then I add on the calories I burn cycling to work or running (about 800) a…
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Scared to transition from losing weight to maintenance.
My goal was to lose 100 lbs and I am down 97! Woo hoo! I am so close! But I am really nervous about changing my goal from "losing" to "maintenance." The past several months my weight has slowed down drastically. I went from losing 2 lbs a week to losing only 1 lb a month. Now, I know this is expected, but my concern is…
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Almost to "goal weight," not feeling ready to maintain
Ok so apparently I'm less than ten pounds from my original goal weight. I can't quite believe it. I still have what I call my "thigh butt" and I still have belly fat around my middle that I want to deal with. I know that you can't "spot reduce," and I figure if I keep up with my strength training it will hopefully go away…
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Do you suggest Mfp to other people
This lady at my work was talking about how she is trying to lose weight but she hasn't lost any weight .I have been thinking to suggest mfp but I don't want to offend her.The only reason why I am considering this is because she brought this to us.Otherwise I woudnt. So do you suggest mfp to other people when they bring up…
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MFP and IIFYM
I am going to be going into maintenance on Monday and I checked my TDEE on IIFYM and they are very similar to the ones on MFP. I guess it doesn't really matter, but since I log my food here,I'll go by MFP guidelines. This make sense?
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Just got back from vacation and no weight gain :)
Came back from a week and a half hillwalking in Yorkshire and running around London, eating tons of french fries and a couple of gallons of beer. And I'm still 5'6 130 lbs. Sort of watched what I ate but wasn't diligent. Very happy!!!
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Maintenance, thinks it's overdue
Moving into maintenance, at the point where all my local relatives have or / are are telling me I need to stop, looking frail and face sunken in. I'm not concerned with the frail, as I don't really see it. But my face I do see it, not to sure how to handle that, I mean I can't tell the calories not to go to my stomach but…
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My maintanence cals can't really be less than 1450, right?!
Hey all, So, I WAS 1lb away from my goal weight (last week). Stats: 5'2, f, 114lbs (as of Saturday morning weigh in - Friday morning said 115!), GW is 112lbs. Since last monday I have been eating about 1450 cals/day. I have been upping my cals by 50/week, in the hopes that I would still be slowly losing but it seems like I…