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Fun
the app is fun
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Calorie amount
How do I change my calorie amount? Its showing 1200 & I would like to increase it up to 1500 because it's not enough?
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Smart Scale Recommendation?
Hi there! My husband detests our old scale we use. He complains about it multiple times a week. I'd like to surprise him with a nice new one. He and I both use myfitnesspal to track food, he uses myfitnesspal to track weight daily, and I use my Fitbit app to track my weight daily. What is a good scale that might be able to…
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SCARED to gain
I figure this would be the best place to post and read until my eyeballs cross. I am 57. 5'5" and have gone from 215 to 142 in a year. This is the 2nd time I've lost alot of weight--in 2013 I lost 88 lbs but gained 63 back. I'm in a smaller size than I was the first time--from an 18 to an 8! Here's the thing.....I'm SCARED…
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Healthy BMI
I’ve reached MY personal goal and now want to try to stay there or thereabouts, just checked & my BMI is sitting at 26.5 so I’m still about 9lbs over, now I know this is what is classed as healthy for my height but I feel good at the moment & just don’t want to put weight back on, I’ve had lots of celebrations since…
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I finally lost all the weight.
My story is simply this: I took on a new job, the stress was killing me, I packed on 15 pounds, and finally decided I wanted to lose it all and fast (and I mean fast-unhealthy). It sucked losing weight that way. I felt like *kitten* most of the time. Despite all that, I finally lost 12 pounds, and I am now pretty much the…
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Rapid Weight Gain AGAIN
Hey everyone! So a few months ago I had noted that I was gaining weight at a very rapid pace (somewhere around 6lbs in 10 days to 142 at the highest point) when I was previously maintaining (around 136-137). I posted about the issue here, and noted that I was under stress with examinations, recently stopped drinking…
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August Maintainers Back On Track
I’m finding this thread really helpful, so I’m keeping it going for August. This challenge is specific to Maintainers who may have lost a little enthusiasm along the journey to better health or simply need to refocus efforts - let’s use this space as a discussion / accountability thread to get back on track and ultimately…
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Darn BMI Weight
I work out and log in daily and my weight has gone down significantly. However, the dreaded BMI is stuck on stupid. Anyone has any suggestions or advice. Feel free to add me for daily support.
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What does it mean to eat 'at maintenance'?
I've seen lots of folks refer to this, and it must have some kind of a formula attached to it, but for those of us who are kind of new, what exactly does this mean and how do we translate this into specific amounts, cals, etc? Thanks. I'm especially interested in how to do this on the way to getting to my goal weight that…
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Yo-Yo Here We Go.....Again!!!!
Looking for some knowledge bombs or experiences that you think might help a cyclical dieter. I believe I am the definition of the yo-yo dieter. I lean out, pig out, lean out, pig out worse than last time, lean out....I always keep on track of my macros until i see im 95% of the way to fully fledged abs and then BOOM…
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My Aria
Is anyone’s Aria not working proplerly? I’ve been loosing weight but it’s telling me I have 11.5% body fat. Down from 26% in 3 months. I don’t believe it. I’ve haven’t been working out. Just watching my calories. Weight dropped from 135 to 128 in the same amount of time.
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Gaining weight
Lost 4 and a half stones over a few years. Can someone help me with advise how to gain muscle. Without looseing anymore weight at the momemt. I lknow resistance training and protein. What about my caleroies. Still overweight i dont want to be thin i want to feel firmer and stronger. Thankyou. X
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1600 to maintain with high carb/low fat, trying to find maintenance with low carb
I am actually trying not to lose weight. On carnivore keto I am seeing that maintaining my weight is a problem. I keep dropping and I am averaging between 1800-2200 a day. I am doing both intermittent fasting as well. I don't want to change everything. So i will change one thing. That thing is to add extra protein. If this…
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Not many calories in maintenance!!
So, this morning I have adjusted my settings to maintenance and the adjusted calorie target is only 1560. This is not much more than I had when I was losing weight. It’s not a problem- i just wanted to moan that I assumed it would be more!
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BMI vs feeling comfortable
Hi all! So far I've lost 4 stone and 5 pounds which I'm really proud of. I only want to lose another 2 pounds which makes me a comfortable uk 10 with a healthy body fat percentage. My quandary is my bmi at 5ft 1inch will be 24.9. That is the maximum for healthy. Is it important to get further into a healthy bmi eg. 23 or…
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Inexplicable weight gain
After six plus years of successful maintenance, I'm having trouble. I log and all the numbers looks good. But for the past year, every time I travel, I gain 5 pounds. These are short trips and I log the whole time - I know I'm not over-eating. I figure it's water from salt and flying (my ankles blow up like balloons). It…
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Leaner/ repeat from general fitness, just wanted a different angle
Ok, used to be 400lbs, lost a bunch. Bought a hand held BIA. Omron 306cHBF. I know they are not super accurate. At 192lbs I had a BF of 15.5 per BIA, Dexa'd 2 days later at 12.7. Unfortunately not fasted, water only, but that will throw off a dexa. That was 2 years ago. Actually Dexa'd at 9.6, same machine 1 year later at…
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Maintenance studies
Interesting studies that show hormonal shifts after a year of maintenance. Lines up with what many people say about it getting easier after a year. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26976129 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31042670
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How do you determine your ideal weight
Hi guys, at the first of August, at 5'8'', I weighed in at 189 during my annual physical. My doc told me he wanted me at 175 when I get my flu shot in September and 150 when he would see me again for a check up. He recommended no radical changes in diet, and strongly advised against dad diets like Atkins or Paleo, but just…
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No snacks? Seriously?
In the last week, I've read two posts that claimed to have snack free eating habits. How does one even do that for a day? I've got crackers and cheese, grapes, oranges, Annies bunny cookies, sometimes (don't go there...lol). I do about 300 calories a day for snacks out of my 2250 allotment.
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Home Cooks: Does intuitive eating work for you?
This post is targeted to people who cook most or all of their meals at home, mostly from scratch. I've heard it said before that eating mostly homecooked meals correlates somewhat strongly with maintaining a healthier weight. At first I was a little skeptical -- I cook almost all my meals at home, from base ingredients…
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What body and health changes can I expect entering into maintennance?
I am 26, 133 lbs., down from 200 lbs. about 1.5 years ago. I have been restricting calories since February 2018 with some maintenance days sprinkled in, as well as a 3 month plateau from May 2019-July 2019. My goal is to be around 125 lbs. or whenever I feel comfortable before I start bulking, as I still have excess…
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A long struggle
First of all, I've been a long time user of MFP but have lost the details to my old account. Alas, I was looking for some help. I started using MFP in Jan 2015. From around 105kg, I went down to 70kg by December that year, so BMI 38 to precisely 25. Since then, I've lost another 14kg, hence I'm around 56kg and I'm probably…
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August 2019 Check in Thread
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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Weightloss...
Recently I kinda achieved my weightloss goal,... I set my goals to short term goals because I find it encouraging,... Anywho when I reached that goal I changed it by 10lbs less, then mfp recalculates my calories to fewer calories... Why?
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Need a non-gym 15 minute workout
I’ll have 15 minutes at a park to workout between school drop offs: is there an app or workout channel that you would recommend? My goal is just to feel healthy, so muscle building, stretching or cardio would all fit that criteria. Thank you!
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Do you eat exercise calories in maintenance?
Hi there, recently switched to maintenance on 1930 calories per day lightly active. I am 5’6” and maintaining at 61-62kg. Should I be eating back exercise calories ? I work out 3-4 times a week doing 45min boxing/weights circuit. Not sure how many I am burning as no fit bit - is I should be eating some back how many do…
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Weighing Yourself
How often do you weigh yourself? Is it best to do it every day?? I just started program.
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To do maintenance calories or not?
Hi everyone! I have lost 30 lbs since January and have been eating 1,870 calories/day since January as directed by MFP when I started this journey. I have had the mindset this whole time of letting my body do what it does naturally and I felt when my body hit a weight it should be at, that my weight loss would slow or…