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How do you know maintenance calories
How do I know how many calories to eat to maintain my weight loss? It is just eating your BMR or less? My BMR is only about 1,500 which is sort of a bummer lol. Any advice or tips? I'm nervous about keeping weight off after I'm done!
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Calories needed for maintaining
Hi everyone! I started dieting and doing sports last November and since then I have lost 10 kg(from 70kg to 60kg). I have now reached my target weight (I am 171 cm) and I need some help about calories needed to maintain this weight. I used to eat about 1300-1400 calories daily and i would lose about 200-300 through…
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Eating 1200 weekdays and binge on weekends?
Hello so I'm going to do a little math lol in order to maintain my weight I need 1600 calories daily (according to websites) that would be 11200 calories. If I ate 1200 calories Monday thru Friday and ate 2600 on Saturday and Sunday could that work as well?
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about how many calories needed to maintain?
For a female who is 21 years old 5'6" and weighs 96 lbs how many calories? I've seen mostly between 1500 to 1600 per day?
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Coasting into goal?
I am about 5 lbs away from my starting goal, picked out of thin air. I may go lower but anyway...This has been on my mind for awhile now. Instead of sticking with a deficit and slowing the deficit (15%, 10%, 5%) as you get nearer to goal, could you pick a goal weight and simply eat at that maintenance number as you near it…
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Still having trouble eating breakfast
I've never been overweight but have been known to put on a few and take the weight off again. The only time I ever want to eat breakfast is when I'm dieting and genuinely wake up hungry. Now that I'm eating normally again, I don't feel like eating breakfast. I will make a breakfast and never finish it. It was the same when…
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Trying to Maintain but slowly losing
I hit maintenance back in October/November. My goal weight was 155. I decided to try to maintain at about 152.5 - meaning a range of 150-155. That is essentially what I did through February. In late February and early March, I noticed my weight trending downward, which it has continued to do. I didn't focus on it too much…
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Terrified
Hello all! I've really been working hard at eating healthier, portion control, and staying more active. I really feel like (as cheesy as it sounds) that MFP and my friends have saved my life. I was pre-diabetic and knew I had to change. Some of my highlights: - losing over 60 lbs - wearing jeans I hadn't worn since high…
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I am not sure i am eating enough
Hi All, I really need your help I have lost a lot of weight in the last 8 months! (About 4.7 stones)I managed to reach my goal and I would like to keep it up and not to over do either way!. From one side I feel what I eat every day is not enough from the other I think that if i start eating more then I would put all the…
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Moving In
*waving hello* I think I am going to move in here now. I've lost 22 lbs in the past 18 mos, having gained and lost 5lbs a few times in that period. I will be focussing on recomp and starting NROLFL in a few weeks. I'm 5'5", 110 with a wee bit of a baby belly left. I've been sick with gastro this weekend, and the weight…
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Body Fat % Confusion!?
Hi! I've been using myfitnesspal for about 3 years now and it's been incredible, I've so far lost 3 stone. But now I feel a bit stuck... I'm a 21 year old female, weigh 112 pounds, around 5'4 , gym 3/4 times a week and Zumba once a week, and today just out of curiosity have measured my body fat which has come out at 15.2%.…
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Looking for fellow maintainers ....
Hey all. I am looking for a few more friends who are maintaining like me. I lost 60 lbs from May-Dec, starting at 189 and currently weigh in at 130. I've been fluctuating between 129-133 for about 4 months now. I still work out 5-6 days a week and watch what I eat. I eat around 1600 calories a day and am comfortable eating…
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Body recomp and ed recovery!
Up until now I've been averaging about 1500cals a day, but I've been looking at a few websites and most of which are telling me I should be eating around 2200 cals a day to maintain my weight (I'm healthy at 140lbs for 5ft7). I trying to do a body recomp and build muscle while losing fat. At my lowest I weighed 123lbs, too…
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Is 1520 too low for Maintenance?
Hey! So I've been in maintenance for awhile and have been maintaining eating about 1520 a day. I'm 5'2.5 and weigh around 103 pounds and am 18 years old. I was just wondering if eating 1520 is too low? I've been maintaining on it fine but should I be eating more? MFP calculated 1520 as my maintenance on sedentary and to be…
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I suck at eating the right amount?
My mind is always on food and I end up overeating quite often, this has been the longest I've actually been able to maintain my weight and not gain and I want to keep it that way, any tips on how to improve self control or stop from overeating?
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Finally hit my goal but i just sprained my ankle :(
This has to be the absolute worst timing for an injury! The last time I rolled my ankle it was a good week before I was back to walking normally on it. I wasn't in any fitness routine back then either. Now that I've dropped 30 lbs and am so excited (and nervous) about maintaining I'm wondering what I can do to not get…
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Rest/Recovery days
Hey All, I'm trying t figure out exactly how often I should be resting. I'm currently trying to gain weight, but I am not doing a regimented strength training program. What I AM doing is 2-3 days/week of running for about 40 minutes (I know that that is NOT what I am supposed to be doing for weight gain, but I just really…
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Maintenance Help Please
Hey all! I took about a month break from tracking everything, it was causing some major issues, bringing up some old eating disorder habits etc. I was bingeing and then laying in bed all day depressed, or I'd give up when I was already over on carbs and just throw in the towel. I've decided to start back up and focus on…
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do calories matter?
So I was reading an article on how 'calories don't matter if they come from healthy and nutritious food'. Do you guys think this is true? Let me know please
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Lessons Learned & Learning 4: 120 Days of Maintenance
My 30-day maintenance update is here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1176760-lessons-learned-learning-first-30-days-of-maintenance My 60-day maintenance update is here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1202553-lessons-learned-learning-2-60-days-of-maintenance My 90-day maintenance update is here:…
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Recomping, strength training advice
Hello, I just joined MFP about 2 months ago with the goal of losing 5 pounds. After reading some of the posts here, I think maybe what I really need to do is recomp/maintain. I'm 5' 4" and right now about 117 pounds. I have a VERY small frame and really not much muscle at all, so even at this weight I have a few fat rolls…
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Low - 111. Now -114. Set point or maintenance failure?
I have been trying not to freak out over the few pounds gain, but I am getting curious how much I am supposed to weigh! I went from 134 to 110.5 in 2.5 years, little pains, just log, exercise etc. In other words, no starvation. BUT I did start with 1200 cal/day....then 1300/day....then 1500/day....so there was some serious…
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Does saving calories on weekdays for weekends work?
I've heard lots of people saying that they're eating a deficit on weekdays and eat those calories back on weekends does that really work? Are you still able to maintain your weight that way?
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I Hate my Gym/Confidence Issue
I lost around 95 pounds (not using MFP- on my own) and lately I've just been feeling really bad about myself when I go to the gym. It all started when I started taking new classes and everyone, including the instructor, turned out to be endurance athletes. I live in SoCal, and currently in a VERY image-conscious part, and…
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New to counting calories & feeling hungry
I have been using weight watchers on-line for 3 years with great success. I lost 40lbs in the first year and have been able to keep it off. Since I was only doing on-line (never going to a meeting) I continue to have to pay the monthly fee. I cancelled my membership and thought I would give MFP a try. My problem is I am…
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How much Sodium do you average a day?
Hey, I'm really trying to concentrate more on my macros right now because I want to become healthier but one thing I've really been struggling with is sodium. Some days I go over 3000, while other days I'm super low. I'm sort of confused with the amount of sodium that I should be eating. I've heard any where between…
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Maintaining goal weight seems insanely easy
So I put in my information for when I expect to be at my goal. 21 male 74 inches tall weighing 205 pounds. Lightly active. Scooby says my maintaining calories would be 2942. 2942!! This seems absurd to me. I don't know what other sites are credible but if you know of one can someone link me? Thanks
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Muscle Gain
Hi, Last year I lost a fair amount of weight and was considered slightly underweight. I eat very healthy and stay active. Recently I've been eating the same but have been taking more fitness classes with weight training. I have had 10 lbs appear on the scale and i feel a bit bigger for no reason that i can think of other…
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How Much Stock Should I Put In A Weigh-In?
So I am transitioning into weight maintenance and trying to find my "sweet spot" calorically. I thought I found it on monday when my weigh in was steady from last week (on tuesday my weight was the exact same again). However, today I am down a POUND! I don't want to lose anymore weight, do you think I should up calories…