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Will a couple of days over maintenance end up being a big deal?
Sorry if this sounds stupid but I'm new to maintaining. When I'd have a few off days when I was eating 1200-1500 I wouldn't worry since I was in a deficit before/after and I thought it would all balance out. My maintenance is 1600-1750 or so and I've hit 2300 yesterday and just over 2000 today due to not really…
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Breast cancer
What foods are best eaten fore breast cancer and what foods to avoid if you have breas cancer
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Motivation to continue entering meals
So I’m currently in the process of losing weight again. I’ve used this app in the past and have been able to find success, but now I’m losing again as I have gained some back. I know I’ll hit my goal, because my metabolism allows me to lose weight quickly when I diet. That being said, I have a hard time entering food once…
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Help! I've lost more weight than I intended to and need to think about maintaining.
Hi, I started out wanting to lose a few lbs before 2 holidays came up, so that I could enjoy my food (as per usual...then). One holiday (10 day duration) has already passed and I regularly went over my maintenance calories but still ended up with a 2lbs loss. Since then I'm still losing (5.2lbs in 14 days). The next…
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Should I keep increasing calories to find maintenance if I'm not losing?
Hey guys. I've posted here before about my struggle figuring out maintenance calories, and looking for a bit more insight. In theory my maintenance calories should be 1950 to 2100 based on my initial weight loss, but I'm now averaging 1650 calories and am technically maintaining - up and down between 129.7 and 131.8 for…
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Why is it hard to maintain weight for years through intuitive eating?
I'm just looking for thoughts. A watched a video by Natasha Oceane on YT who is a huge advocate of IE. Not going to lie, it is disheartening watching someone eat whatever they want in moderation and know that is something I can't do myself without watching the weight creep back up. I don't want to count calories forever.
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Those who maintain without exercising...
I'm looking ahead to when I reach my goal weight and estimating that my maintenance caloric goal will be around 1,870. I wonder if I can feasibly eat at this level for the rest of eternity. Before starting my weight loss journey, I was eating around 2,200 calories a day. My plan is to add daily cardio exercise to burn off…
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Keto so slow for me
Hi everyone I started keto/ Atkins Xmas before last , my husband and I , I ended up losing about 40lbs by year but did have some set backs , then we moved bought a fixer up etc etc and started breaking our meal plans , so now I’m up 20 lbs and starting over , I see al these people who loss so fast in keto and I watch…
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New to Maintenance: still losing
Hello friends! Long and short of it: I’m still losing like a pound a week even after I keep increasing calories to get to maintenance, and I think it’s because I’m too scared to go too close to maintenance calorie levels that I’ve calculated but that seem too high. Coming off about 11 months of weight loss (total of 90…
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Hair Shedding IN MAINTENANCE
I lost 15-20 lb eating 1300-1450 calories per day and felt fine. Current weight 132-136, 5’5’’ tall. Now that I am maintaining, my hair is shedding like crazy. I am either counting to around 1600 per day OR (most often) just eating more intuitively because I am eating out more now for celebrations, Mother’s Day tonight,…
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April Challenge: Maintainers Back on Track Thread
This challenge is specific to Maintainers who may have lost a little enthusiasm along the journey to better health - let’s use this space as a discussion / accountability thread to get back on track and ultimately back in goal range. Check in as often as you like (weekly or bi-weekly preferred). I just ask that you focus…
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Maintenance - worried
I’m small - 5’1. I’ve decided to move to maintenance at least for a while - I’m not at my original goal weight of 105 lm but I’m a healthy BMI now at 112 lb. But I hadn’t realised quite how few calories I could have at maintenance - around 1400 according to MFP - for the rest of my life! How do others manage it - do you…
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How do I go back to maintenance?
I’m doing 1,200 calories a day right now and should reach my goal in a couple months, when I go back to maintaining my weight can I expect to gain a little in the beginning? I think I will need about 1,850 to maintain.
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Best advice
After a long journey, I’m close to my goal weight. In thinking about maintenance, I’m curious what others have found to be the hardest part or what is different than they thought would be.
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Innocent snacks
Innocent snacks. I was eating LateJuly chips with salsa fooling myself that my active lifestyle would counter the calories. wrongwrongwrong. A week ago, I started to get an aftertaste from all chips (the salt, I think), so I switched to a hippie trail mix and guess what. I dropped 4 lbs. Without the chips and salsa, I can…
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Question when adjusting medications on maintenance
I'm not quite to maintenance, but I find this board to be super helpful and since i am only 6 pounds away here I am. I have been on wellbutrin for the past 6 months. I have successfully managed my depression with diet and exercise in the past. For a variety of reasons I plan to work with my doctor to discontinue the…
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Struggling to figure out maintainence.
I reached my goal weight about 6 weeks ago. I’ve been here before, but in the past, I reach my goal, stop tracking, and gain it all back. For the first few weeks, I stayed at a deficit because I was so afraid of gaining weight. (I didn’t, and in fact, lost a few more pounds.) The past few weeks, I’ve had days I didn’t…
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Maintaining while trying to lose
After losing 110 pounds over a year and a half doing “dirty keto” I’ve been maintaining my weight. I still want to lose another 20-30 pounds to be around 130 pounds. Recently I’ve started IF (intermittent fasting) and I’m trying to stop bingeing as I used to binge once a week. I’m currently three weeks and one day binge…
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Cheat days during maintnance ?
I haven't reached my goal weight yet but when I do. I'd like one days were I'm going to eat whatever I want without logging in and watch portion sizes and eat what I want . Then go back on track. would once a month add up overtime?
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What are some ways to keep weight on??
Hey y’all I need some help!! What’s the best ways to keep the weight I gained on my body, because I lose weight pretty fast!?!?
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Currently Pregnant
Trying to not gain too much (Goal is 10-15lbs, and I am already up 5 at 17 weeks) as I already started with a high BMI, but trying to encourage myself to eat better. Anyone on here had a similar situation? Recommendations?
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Maintaining
I am struggling more now trying to maintain than I was losing. I’ve lost 192 pounds and have reached my goal weight. I’m finding my weight fluctuates 5-6 pounds. I’m scared that the 5 pounds will turn into 10 then 15 and so on. My weight has always been an issue for me since childhood. I have done this alone and am…
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Moving to maintenance, Finally!
I'm finally here, after about 18 months of a deficit. I posted in the weight loss board for help because I was getting burnt out with the last 4lbs. It was basically a unanimous vote for diet/break maintenance. So here I am! I've decided that'll i'll just gradually slide into it. I'm going to increase my exercise as well…
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Six/Four Pack Coming In?
Hey, I have been working on losing fat and trying to focus on lifting to maintain and grow muscles in this newbie period. However I can't tell if this is belly fat rolls or the beginning of revealing my abs. Let me know what you think. Caliper body fat was 30% and Bioimpedance on renpho said 24%. I am 5'8" and 252 pounds.
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Starting to Think About Maintenance Halfway to Goal of Losing 56lbs
Greetings Everyone! My wife had a very interesting comment yesterday when she looked at my weight loss graph over the entire span of MFP use. She goes: "ya know, you were successful at losing weight before but then you never had a plan for maintenance. Your trend is that you lost a bunch then started to put it right back…
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Calories in calories out ?
Hello I was wondering if anyone has had success at maintaining weight even when macros are way off . For example minimum protein , low fat , very high carb but calories are at maintenance level ? Can you eat junk food as long as calories eqUate what is needed.
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Recomp Question
I started Crossfit about 2 months ago to get over my excessive cardio tendencies. I take a one hour class 2 to 3 times per week. I'm still eating at a deficit but increased my protein. I want to lose another 20 lbs to get back to my lowest weight (155, 5'3"). My question is if I reach goal, continue my current Crossfit…
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Maintainers Weekly Check In - April 2019
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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is your family concerned that you are still using a food scale?
I've gotten a comment or two a la "I thought you said you were done losing weight?" I pretty much am, but I get comfort from still using the food scale to reach my maintenance calories. In reality, it is freeing because it shows me that I can eat more than I instinctively think I should. But it seems to be a red flag in…
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Maintainers - how do you keep your head in the game?
I'm just wondering if you do anything that helps keep your focus towards maintenance, and preventing gains. Are there any traditions, things you do, preventative methods etc that you do which help you stay at your current weight. I'd love to know of any.