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Calorie counting is making me insane.
I've completely lost desire to make nice healthy home cooked meals ever since I started counting calories because it's extremely time consuming and sometimes inaccurate, but if I stop, I'll gain weight. I'm obsessed with the scale (both food and weight); I can't live without either. Sometimes I have a strong urge to binge,…
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Frustrated with Maintenance
Ok, I found losing weight easy. I work out every day, I watch my calories (1300 or so), ate part of my exercise calories, splurged sometimes, and I lost 14ishs lbs - below my original goal of 130. I'm supposed to maintain at around 1800 calories. SO NOW, I'm finding maintenance ridiculously complicated. I read up on all…
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When to stop counting calories?
Alright, so for the past two days I have eaten whatever junk food has come my way. I work in a cafe so that means frappucino's, scones, panini's, cookies, brownies, definitely not low cal stuff. However I'm actually under my goal weight and realized I need to gain back a few pounds. I know this is not the healthiest way to…
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new at maintaining.
I'm a mom of two little kids, my youngest being 1, started at 172.2 and only 5 foot, I knew I had to lose the weight, my goal weight was 140, so after 4 months of MFP and doing exercise 6 days a week I've reached my goal. I'm wanting to maintain now and not sure how to go about it. Can I reduce exercise days to 3-4 other…
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Fitbit one or polar loop?
I'm a student so I'm pretty sedentary except for the time when I exercise for around 30min a day. I want to be a little more accurate about my calorie burned so I'm planning on getting activity tracker to eat my calories but I don't know which one to choose... Please give me some advice! Or should I just get a HRM?
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Am I eating too little?
I am 6 foot, around 138 pounds, and I have been having strange things happen ever since I started having a deficit. I usually never eat more than 1500 calories a day, and recently I have been always feeling cold(even when it's warm), I have been having odd bowel habits (spouts of constipation and bloating), I feel tired…
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Help and advice please!
Hey everyone, this is going to be a long post so I beg you to bear with me. I'm 5'6", 113 pounds, 18 years old. I'm sedentary and only workout 3 hours per week. Its been a while since I started counting calories to keep track of my weight. I've only lost about 5 pounds but I don't want to lose more, I want to maintain.…
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How did you decide?
How did everyone decide they wanted to switch from losing weight to just maintaining? I'm trying to figure it out for myself. Thanks!
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Close to maintenance and suddenly HUNGRY!
Hi all, As you can see in my ticker, I am close to my desired maintenance weight. I'm only 5'1", so I'm going for a weight/size I was at healthily a few years ago. At the rate I'm losing weight, it will probably be another month or a bit more until I get there. The problem is, since getting under 109 lbs (4 lbs from goal…
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Re-Losing weight.
I need a pick me up!! My husband was gone for 9 months for work and now he is back and I gained 10 lbs back since January. I stepped on the scale this morning and after my results and thought "****, I don't want to re-lose the weight I already lost!" This blows. I am discouraged. Anyone else have this happen?
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Gaining weight just from going over daily intake?
So ive been worrying sick about gaining weight i don't know why but this question ive always wanted to know the answer too Is going over your calorie intake the only way you gain weight? so for example going over 7000 calories is the only way to put on a kg? I've been eating alot lately and i mean 16 weetbix and 4 slices…
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Question about glycogen/ water weight
Back story (feel free to skip): I recently lost about 20 pounds using MFP calorie tracking. Once I hit my goal weight, I felt great, I looked great, /confetti, hurrah. Then I switched to maintenance and BAM! +5 pounds right back on. After a little "wtf"ing, I found that post about glycogen stores that people are always…
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worried about my goals
Hi there! I don't need to lose anymore fat I weigh around 55-56kg I'm 19% body fat and 45% body muscle. I don't know what goals to set in terms of my fitness? At first my goal was to lose a little fat but now I don't need to lose weight just maintain? I think it's important to have goals but I don't really know what my…
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Questions about Maintenance
Hey everyone, I've lost about 55 lbs over the past year and I think I am about ready to switch to maintenance (im a 19 year old male, 5'7", and weight about 133). My issue is that I still have a good amount of belly fat, but not much fat elsewhere. My question is, can I lose belly fat while eating at maintenance? I know…
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Losing weight when I decided to maintain?
Hello all :) several weeks ago I decided to switch to maintenance calories (won't go into why). Most online calculators (and from my own experience) told me I maintain at about 1500-1700 calories a day, which seems reasonable. I am 5"2, 18 years old at 130lbs. SO last week I went kinda off track and averaged an intake of…
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How do I maintain my weight again on my old diet?
When my weight was 135 lbs, my diet pretty much consisted of Chinese takeout, muffins, potato chips, chicken soup, coffee, tuna sandwiches, breakfast cereals, sushi, and candy. The only things I really had in my cupboard are potato chips and granular sugar. However, I ended up putting on 8 pounds drinking 3-4 bottles of…
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I'm going into weight Maintenance and I'm nervous..
Is anyone else going into weight maintenance and a little nervous you'll gain weight? I just changed my profile and went from 1200 to 1640 calories a day. It seems like a big jump in calories. Also, I'm only able to walk for another 3 weeks vs my usually exercises (due to recovery) so that makes me nervous also. I guess…
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Help with new clothes!
I figure since everyone here (or for the most part) is in maintenance then at some point you have had to buy new clothes. I am down 4 sizes from where I started and I'm basically buying a whole new wardrobe. Yeah for weight loss! Boo for being broke! It's 80 here this week and I am in desperate need of shorts. I don't ming…
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Restricting carbs makes you gain weight back !
Restricting carbs makes you gain all the weight back in the long term ?
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HELP!!
My story in a nutshell: I lost 91lbs. I hit my goal weight last June so It's been almost a year. In the summer and fall I was running a lot. When the weather was getting cold I tried to keep it up at the gym but I ended up having almost 2 months where I didn't exercise at all. I adjusted my calorie intake during that time…
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Can't commit to maintenance...
I've been 'transitioning' to maintenance for over a month now, I log intermittently but haven't upped my cal goal - though I eat extra and often forget to log it. I'm 26, 5'3, 119-120lb I am losing very very slowly now and am worried about the dreaded glycogen. I getting hung up on the number on the scale and don't want to…
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Adjusting to higher calorie goal
I need to let myself eat more. I tried weening my way into the higher calorie goal, but I'm still losing. I think 1680 is too high, but evidently trying to stay under 1300 is too low. I'm 5'5" and currently weigh 124 lbs (my goal was 125). How should I ween myself into eating more? I think it's most a mental thing, but I…
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Scared of eating over maintenance on active days.
I did 1 hour of weight lifting this morning and was on my feet all day working as a server. I usually end up feeling super hungry by the end of the day craving everything in the fridge. I don't know whether to give into these cravings or eat above maintenance. This only happens on days I've been more active as opposed to…
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Menopausal & Maintaining 1 Year Later (PICS!)
This is NOT an April Fools! Today I am starting on my 2nd year "Riding the Maintain Train" Wooo-Wooo!! A year ago I successfully dropped 81 pounds and reached my goal weight of 155: Here is that post: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/950527-58-years-old-and-81-pounds-gone-pics-too Since that time I've maintained…
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How many calories do I need to maintain? Help!
Hello everyone, I'm 18 years old, 113 pounds, 5'6" tall. I'm pretty sedentary and only do some light activity about 3 times a week. I want to maintain my current weight. Some people have told me 1400 calories is my maximum to maintain, while others suggest a larger numer like 2000. I don't really know what to do. I don't…
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Scared of maintance
I am not even near my goal, but maintance scares me more. I need encouraging stories of people keeping it off and tips!! I see so many people lose the weight (mostly family members) just to gain it back and possibly more.
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Best Pre-workout Snacks Ideas
Hey everyone! I'm finding it really challenging to find a good pre-workout snack to help fuel me through my workout mid day. I tried a Larabar and that was decent, but I was hoping some of you would have some good suggestions based on your own experiences. I always find it easier to workout in the morning because 1/2 cup…
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too many carbs, scary numbers, not too many calories!
I track my food on MyFitnessPal although I'm not dieting I'm just maintaining my weight. I don't eat too many calories per day, however startlingly enough I ate too many carbs today. I was supposed to have 150 g of carbs, and I had 260 g! It scared me a bit, honestly. However, most of my carbs came from dried fruits,…
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How much over maintenance before weight gain?
Know this has probably been asked before but I'll shoot anyway. Ok so my maintenance is currently 1600. I'm sedentary. I know MFP says that 1800 daily will make me gain half a pound a week, so basically to maintain I have to stay with the 1600-1700 range? It seems like it would be hard to keep this up as a lifetime thing.
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Wishing I hadn't switched to maintaince
Me getting to my goal was a great effort, a got there with little problems, but the last 2 months after switching has turned out out to be a complete failure, I began on 2200 (a big jump from 1500), but I slowly seemed to gaining, 2 weeks later I switched to 2000, then soon it was obvious i'll never see my goal weight…