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Severely underestimating my calories?
I'm an 18 year old girl, 5'3 and 102 lbs. MFP tells me I should eat 1520 calories a day, and my Apple Watch tells me I only burn ~1500-1600 calories a day in total. However, I track around consuming 1700-1800 calories most days and sometimes I even lose weight on this amount. I work out at home for about 20-30 mins 5-6x a…
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In Maintenance - what do friends mean to you?
For me I have friends who are losing and maintaining. It's all the same journey. We help each other and inspire each other. It's different than IRL or Facebook because we have a much different commonality. I keep a small group of friends who are active and engaged on their newsfeeds in MFP. It helps me keep my head in the…
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How much attention do I pay to exercise calories
Hey all I’m trying to maintain weight but also exercising 5times a week which includes 30mins of cardio. I notice mfp adds calories to my day total during these workouts, which til now I’ve been adding to my tally (although not hitting them all the time) is this going to maintain my weight or put me into bulking category?…
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Permission to Come Aforum?
Sunday started my 4 month maintenance/recomp period. This is part of my overall plan to be over-prepared for full-time maintenance... assuming that is possible. For several months now I have been working on habits, NEAT improvement, and trying to consider my strategy. It helped me to stop thinking of this as preparing for…
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How is this happening?
I've been counting my calories for a good while now. I count everything. Yes even beverages and sauces etc. Usually my weight is pretty steady but I've put on a a few pounds recently (3 or 4 depending when I weigh myself). I weighed myself a few times to make sure. Ive been doing my usual thing so I'm not sure where that…
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The Maintenance Appreciation Thread
I think it’s high time to high-five, fistbump, hug, give some recognition to, wink at, show some love to, appreciate and congratulate the ones who have managed not only to reach their goal weight but even more impressively, managed to maintain their goal weight!!! <3 Maintenance is not as easy as pie! Maintenance ain’t no…
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I’m Struggling...
I reached my goal weight in March 2019. I went on to maintain with ease, even losing more weight. I really thought I had the weight loss/maintainance thing down this time (I have a history of losing and gaining the same 10 pounds over and over). In December with the holidays, it all fell apart. I tried to stay “on track”…
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cravings
Do you give into your cravings or will they pass? I was reading something about the beck diet solution and she says they will pass. I dont want to deprive myself of certain foods but I can get into bad habits fast if not careful. Recently gained 5 lbs and have 4 of it saying I would have that chocolate when I got my weight…
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Feb 2020 Check In
1. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability and support. 2. Copy the form below by copy-pasting and edit to suit your personal schedule, then fill in your information and post each week. 3. Have a successful month, whatever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!! Name: Age: Height:…
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What do all of you do ...?
When I was in the weight loss phase, on the very rare occasions I exceeded my daily calorie budget, I would draw a line in the sand for that day and "make up for it" in the next day or next two days that followed i.e. increasing my deficit on that day whether by way of exercise or eating a bit less. Now that I'm in…
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February 2020 Check In
1. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability and support. 2. Copy the form below by copy-pasting and edit to suit your personal schedule, then fill in your information and post each week. 3. Have a successful month, whatever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!! Name: Age: Height:…
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drinks & dinner?
does anyone here have good tips on maintaining weight and at the same time, enjoying the occasional glass of your favourite alcoholic beverage with your meal?
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Maintaining your weight?
I have lost lots of weight and gained a lot so I know how to do that. What I do not know is how to maintain please share how you figured it out. Did you start with the calories that MFP gives you to maintain or work your way up to that amount of calories? Thanks!
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Hard time to lose tummy fats and manboobs
I want to lose more fats especially from my TUMMY, Back and ManBoobs. I have a lot of weight loss drink hereand I am very active in GYM + Zumba. What should? Because I am also gaining muscle. What should I do?
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Is it considered healthy, a cheat or what?
If my meals consists of foods deemed unhealthy, like fried food or fast food, but I still stay within my calories, is this still considered a cheat? I may be within my calories but I’m not eating anything that’s good for me, so I feel I’m at a crossroads. For example, I really like instant ramen (Top Ramen, Cup o Noodles,…
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How did you transition to maintenance
I'm 15 pounds from goal. My plan was always to stay at 1.5 pounds a week until I hit goal and then switch to maintenance. But looking at maintenance calories compared to current calories and that seems like a lot of calories. I was thinking switch the goal to 1 pound a week and get used to that. Of course, I almost never…
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How do you feel...
When you see numerous tv shows, competitions, boot camps, documentaries, news items, magazine articles, research blah blah blah etc on weight loss, but barely a smidgen on weight loss maintenance?
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Habits for Maintenance
I'm one of those people who loses the weight... then gains it back over a year or two... then loses it... then gains it back... repeat. Obviously, I get to my goal and don't have any good maintenace strategies when life gets in the way. I'm up 15 pounds and I'm starting to work on it, but I want to do things differently.…
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Plateau due to new exercise?
I don't really consider this a real plateau as it has only been a week or so, but I'm curious. I started adding some jog/run intervals to my morning walk after I did a 5k last week. Pretty much as soon as that happened, my weight stabilized. No daily fluctuations, scale is the exact same weight every day. I haven't seen…
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Fitbit Adjustment with User Entered Calorie Goal
If I increase my calories goal from what MFP calculates, will that change the Fitbit adjustment? MFP gives me 1410 to maintain and my average Fitbit adjustment is about 250. That's the average, but it really varies day to day. For 2 reasons, I want to increase my base calories. One is that I believe, based on calculations,…
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Goals!
What comes off next?
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Will I have to log forever?
I wanted to lose approx 113 lbs to get to top end of government published weight range for my height. I’m 6’2” tall and wanted to get to 195- started about 308. I got to 205 without logging but was stuck there for about three months. So I started logging etc and reached my 195. Seems like that only last five minutes…
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Did your face fill back out in maintenance?
I’ve only lost 13 lbs so far, but I’m already seeing more lines in my face, and I look older and tired. I’ve read that some people who have seen the same thing, see their face fill back out a little in maintenance. How many have experienced this? I’m hoping it’s temporary, maybe from the calorie deficit? I am 46, so maybe…
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Do you accept that you'll have to log for the rest of your life(or atleast the foreseeable future)?
I've been thinking about this because I've wondered if I could stop and still be successful and honestly I don't think I can. It's always been count calories to lose weight, slack off and regain 7, 15, 30 pounds. I accept that I'll have days where I won't or cant log, maybe even longer. But if I don't want to regain what…
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New year, new friends with a Lean kind of knowledge
Hello 2019 it's time to get lean. Today, the 01 January 2019 I woke having achieved my phase 1 target. Phase 1 - drop from 92kg to below 75kg - COMPLETE At 74.8kg with a little help from a liquid 31 Dec 2018, green tea, protein shakes and water...along with an early morning grapefruit to cleanse the system I have no…
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Unrealistic expectations??
Aside from losing what I had gained during the holidays, I have stayed pretty much the same weight since Thanksgiving. Being 5'9" at 135-136 lbs. I guess that's a good weight but my brain still wants to get lower, like more between 130-132. Should I shut my brain down and consider that my scale is maybe trying to tell me…
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Do any ladies at maintenance want to share height & weight ?
Really interested in seeing others height and weight as I'm not sure I'm seeing myself right since I lost weight iykwim. Maintaining in the range of 129-134 llbs and I'm 5'9". Although I'm not feeling happy at top end of that range. I would like to see where others are at. I'm especially interested in getting lean and…
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Alternative Sweets?
Hey all! Maintaining my weight at this point. But I have a huge sweet tooth. Any advice on specific sweet alternatives for chocolate or ice creams? I'm a person that loves rich flavors. But I'm looking for something to control that craving to help with splurging. (example, sometimes I keep 90% dark chocolate on hand). Any…
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How do I maintain body fat after 3/4 Month Calorie Deficit?
Current Status Age: 30 Gender: Female Weight: 125lbs (back to my “normal” weight) Height: 5’5 Last year I took a break from healthy eating and regular exercise and put on about 12-14lbs over 7 months (of pure fat I would assume). In October I decided to lose the extra fat I put on and started tracking my calories-in On…