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Many questions about gaining muscle
I have recently met my weight goal. Despite wearing small sizes, I don't always "feel" so small. I still have small amounts of extra skin around the hips and my butt needs some toning. It's not terrible but it is a bit bothersome. I'd like to start building some muscle. I'm not looking to get abs or anything major. I'd…
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I reached my goal weight; what now?
Well, as of Friday's weigh in, I've officially reached my original goal weight. However, when I first started MFP, I cared much more about losing weight and being thin and since then my goals have switched to more fitness centered and body composition based goals. I don't know if I should switch into maintenance quite yet…
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Master's Dissertation on Nutritional Knowledge
Hi, I’m a master’s student studying health promotion & public health. This is the last day of my data collection for my study on nutritional knowledge and eating habits amongst gym users to understand the relationship between the two and how this may change depending on the individuals desired health outcome from physical…
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Need honest opinion
So I am currently undergoing treatment for an eating disorder and dk if I see myself clearly I'm 5'2 and my measurements are 34 23.5 33 and I feel like in perfect but feel my stomach is like flabby / disproportionately large feedback?!
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Maintaining Weight
My weight fluctuates ten pounds. I usually run twice in the day on a treadmill and burn around 300 calories after each run. If I end up drinking water or Gatorade my weight sky rockets. Why is that? Or even food. Does my body just hold on to fluids and food longer now because of my longer more intense runs? I feel the same…
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As a rule, if you are 9 st and under, average kcal?
I need to know what you would eat to maintain? Say you we're not bingeing or dieting really, just being good but not too good? What would you say is achievable without having to exercise all your extra eating off by working out loads ( my favourite way to be but I can also be lazy) So tell me how much you work out ? And…
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The Magic Number?
In my opinion, weight loss is the easy part. Burn more calories than you take in, weight loss. My question is, how long did it take to find your magic Maintanance number, and what is it? I just reached my goal weight this week. My weight fluctuates between 155 & 158 at any given point. I know, "It's not all about the…
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What is the secret?
Well, I'm at exactly a place where I never intended to be. I got to the weight I wanted at about 115-120. Then, because I was too freaked out I would gain it all back, and since the term maintenance is lost on me, I kept restricting and eventually got down to about 106. It did not look good on me. So, I got back up to a…
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The panic of the first day of maintenance
"Goes on laptop"...."opens MFP"....."checks Home"....."1650 calories remaining"...."still sleepy and thinking...I exercised in my sleep...? why so many calories?"........."sees 0 Food - 0 Exercise"........."realises" OMFG MAINTENANCE STARTED!!!!!! "panicking" I diet for 5 years!!! How it is not to?????? HEEEEEEEEELP…
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Does your body have a natural healthy weight?
I'm just wondering if for most people there is a general 'healthy' weight that can be almost permanently maintained? For me it's 125. I am able to eat well, work out and maintain this weight My body seems happy there. However, I wish it were lower. Though it seems when I drop my calories to try and achieve this I am…
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Only Clothes that fit and make me feel beautiful...
So i am gradually building my wardrobe after having been 2 to 3 sizes bigger for most of my adult life. I can tell you for a working woman. In corporate america, this is not easy. Age appropriate yet classic pieces are in scarce supply - oh in my size and in my price range. Did I mention i refuae to buy anything that is…
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Weightlifting with maintenance calories
So you build muscle while lifting weights and eating at a calorie surplus. You retain muscle while lifting weights and eating at a calorie deficit. What happens when you weight lift and eat at maintenance? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
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How to increase Leptin - some helpful sites.
Following on from recent topic about why it is so difficult to maintain weight-loss I wanted to get some positive answers. I found the video really helpful to explain why I'm craving so much at night time. The messages are repeated on other sites that discuss this topic. Basically when we lose weight our bodies sense the…
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Weight fluctuations
Firstly. apologies if this is a repeat topic :) I've been losing weight actively for @ 18 months and I got down to my target weight. I decided to do maintenance and I was really happy, I found I could work out more and I had more energy. However, I gained @ 4lbs. I read on here that such things are common as your body goes…
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Determining which activity level I am!
I'm a college student who is rather active, but I'm never sure which activity level to set my goals with. I live on a moderately sized campus and don't have a car with me. So, i walk to and from all of my classes (on average three a day, five days a week). I take a 1.5 hour Jazz dance class 2x a week, plus a movement for…
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How do you get rid of the "fear of gain" mindset
I am now in maintenance and have been for several weeks - it absolutely terrifies me, with good grounds. I have been here before about 4 or 5 times. I lose weight brilliantly, it becomes my life's work, I become close on obsessed with it, I become almost a scientific genius on everything from glycogen to the latest low…
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Some help please
Ok first off I want to say this app was very helpful. I decided one day to go on a diet, stuck with it and went from 200 pounds to 165 in 3-4 months. I had a question though, hoping someone could help me out with this. I started working out about a month ago, I'm 24 now I use to lift all the time while in power lifting in…
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How do you maintain?
Alright, so I have lost 44lbs since May. My goal is to lose a total of 50. I just want to be under 140 and I understand there will be flucuations. I've struggled with overeating and eating disorders (nothing official, just serious restriction). I don't want to count calories for the rest of my life, but I now LOVE working…
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Maintaining a weight
How to maintain a weight?
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Coming up on 5 years maintenance! :)
Quick thing. Maintenance is an interesting time. It can be a trial and error of sorts...because your goal weight may not end up being your goal after all. I reached my goal...and then got too thin...bony. I didn't feel right. SO worked to put a bit of meat on in a controlled way. Plus I am always experimenting with…
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Treats and weight gain!?
Hi everyone, just wanted to know about your treat meal/days and weight gain I've been looking on the forums and I've been told as long as you stay under your calorie range, you won't gain weight On that note, I've been eating healthy and dieting for 3 months with no treats and I'm going crazy (always thinking of food ect)…
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my experience with maintaining 6 months in
It's a challenge, certainly.... I think the worst part was the minor "bounce back" gain, which is apparently typical... I was down to 178, about 65 pounds over 8 months lost, which frankly was a bit too skinny, and went to maintenance.. I think the key is just overcoming the psychological fear of gaining. I gained about 5…
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offically reached the too skiny mark
I was skinny fat all I wanted was to tighten some things up. I am lifting weights and that's going well. I am eating quite a lot about 2500 cals a day, and still I am losing weight. I am now 117 pounds and 5'7" No idea why I can't stop losing weight!
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Boyfriend on maintenance - help!
My boyfriend has reached his goal weight, and is now on maintenance. But we're struggling to find clean(ish) high calorie foods to get him up to his target calories (2120) each day. Has anyone got any suggestions please? He can't eat peanut butter and hates cold pasta and bananas before anyone goes down that road!
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Your opinions on the health calc calculator
Hi This is my first post! I am trying to find out the best way to calculate my very varied TDEE (I train between 0 and 10 hours per week). I prefer working day to day and fuelling as necessary. I just wanted to know if you think this calculator is accurate for you.…
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Am I really moving over to maintenance?
My scale has been about a half a pound below my goal scale weight for the last week. I'm thrilled about that, but I still have work to do. After my 1/2 marathon on Saturday, I'm going to be diving into a strength training program in hopes of lowering my overall body fat some more. So, while I won't be aiming to lose…
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Maintaining but!!!!!
I am maintaining my weight of 126-130 lbs. with out any problems but the problem is I'm getting bigger. My small tops are getting to small. I have been lifting weights 5-6 days a week since Feb. and have increased the weights and repetitions. And before anyone says anything I use a weight machine and it works for me. Now I…
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New change with leaner body?
When I was young and skinny, I could often skip meals and not be that ravenous. As I got older, and heavier, I found I could push back meals for a few hours without feeling that hungry, although my stomach could get really, really empty and crampy. When I was on a calorie deficit when losing, though, I needed to eat…
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So, Who's in Maintenance?
Loving the new sections :heart: Just wondering who else is in maintenance, or getting ready to start making the transition? How long have you been in maintenance for? How are you finding it? I started transitioning this past spring and so far it's going ok-still trying to find my rhythm yet :)
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Maintained for Seven Weeks
I have maintained my goal weight of under 200 pounds for seven weeks now. I have lost weight before and then gained it back so I consider this a major success. Every day is still a battle for me. I think maintenance is key. Lifelong maintenance is key. I am also still losing inches and gaining lean muscle so that's also…