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Lower body fat percentage without losing/gaining weight?
I hope this is the right place for this query. Most of my life, I've been a high BMI/low BFP person. At 5'10" I felt most comfortable in the 175-180 range and when I've dipped below 170, I looked emaciated (and often accused of having an active ED). Well, a few years ago, I got really sick (cancer, etc.) and gained a lot…
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New Layne Norton Video: What makes a successful maintainer
Part 5 of a series, but in this one he talks about the characteristics of people who lose weight and maintain it. I found it useful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy7HVnI3ACo
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Emotional Eater
Good day...Looking for some help please. I'm such an emotional eater. I eat when I'm happy and I eat when I'm sad. Good food just heals the soul. However, I'm eating way to much. Any suggestion on how do I choose a better path. Looking for motivating friends to add. Enjoy your day.
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When is it safe to buy new "skinny" clothes?
I'm only a few pounds away from my goal weight. I want to show off my weight-loss by wearing new fitted clothes. But I'm worried that those few pounds left might be another pant size on me since I'm petite. I know I should wait and see what size I am then, but what if I reach my goal but lose even more fat in the following…
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Week one on maintenance
So lost more and evaluated what I did. I need to get over the fear of gaining it back and eat some of the calories I exercise off. So that's the goal this week. Due to PCOS they can't be carbs so healthy fat and lean meet here I come.
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Recompers question
Hello! I've been in maintenance about a year and spent most of it working so, so hard to eat enough protein and lift heavy and recomp. I think I was decently successful until a recent vacation sent me off the food tracking rails for about a month and I went right up to the top of my preferred range. Now, I'm trying to get…
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Told to Gain Weight
My work provide a InBody test by Crossfit so thought why not let's see my numbers. I weight in like I always do every morning, went for test I was 1 pound thinner according to them. She said I was doing great my body fat percent was 20.2 my BMI is 20.7 my Basal Metabolic rate is 1345 which she explained to me what I burn…
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Long car rides and bloat - is this a thing?
Just got back from a trip where we were in the car for about 12 hours ... of course, occasional stops, etc., so totally really 10 hours. I noticed that I have been realllllly bloated for the last two days since arriving home. The scale says I gained 4 pounds, which isn't possible from the food I ate (stayed pretty much as…
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Is my maintenance weight okay?
Hi everyone, I have a question regarding maintenance weight. I've been weighing 58 kgs (127.86 lbs) for a long time now (about 8 months). I have to give some background story: I have had anorexia and in March 2016 I was at my lowest weight. I gained weight rather fast and have been at the min. healthy weight since about…
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I gained about 5lb
I don’t understand, why I gained weight I mean Breakfast: nothing but keto coffee and butter and Mct oil Snacks: baby bell light cheese Lunch hand full of spinach,lettuce and 4oz of chicken or grass fed beef -and 2oz of cheese and broccoli Dinner: same as lunch or just broccali and 4oz of chicken Every freaking day why did…
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strange burst of new found energy
I wonder if any of you have experience a profound increase in energy as you hit a certain lower weight. I lost about 40 pounds since January and was in the middle of my BMI. I have touted how much better I feel..and increased energy.. and aches and pains gone. It is true. However, I've been doing an end of the summer tune…
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Is this maintenance?
I mean, I think it probably is? I do weigh daily and use trending apps to see the overall trend, but still tend to look too much at the daily / weekly up and down fluctuations of 100/200g here and there and wonder if that means it's "really up" or "really down". In other words, "have I stopped losing", "does today's low…
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Turkey neck reversal?
I'm near my goal..everything is looking good..except my neck. Did any of you have this happen, and does it go away or improve with time? Please share any tips that worked for you. I'm using neck cream and doing some facial exercises in an effort to improve the situation. I was wondering if I should do some exercises to…
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Ready for Maintenance....need similar friends.
Hi everyone. I am 3 lbs from goal weight and am looking for people who are on maintenance...and doing well....
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Any tips for keeping maintenance while doing recomp?
Hey guys, I have hit a weight I am comfortable at and would like to do a recomp to lose some BF and gain some muscle instead. People on the forum have suggested that I do weight + keep my calories at 0 (or maintenance). The thing is, this is extremely hard, especially if you don't cook yourself. For example, when cutting,…
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Maintainers Weekly Check In - September 2018
1. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability and support. 2. Copy the example 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, what ever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!! Name:…
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Changing goal
How do I change my goals to maintenance right on here while recovering from surgery? I can't figure out changing the goal to include the calories I'll need to heal properly. I know I have soooooo many suggestions for you all this week.
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Maintenance Failure - Gained all the weight back (w/pics)
I gradually regained all the weight I lost almost 3yrs ago. Moral of the story - don’t let the scale be your only measurement of success or maintenance.
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Maintenance (+/-20#)
This is how it rolls for me. Starting weight 220#, goal weight 135#. Just finished second full year of “maintenance “...if you can call it that. So far this year..... Jan-Mar: stayed at 135 (GW) April - hit UGW 125 June - 130, must be retaining water July - 135, must be food stuck up in there August- 140, must be putting…
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Calorie Counters/Maintaining
Hello there, I'm a 21 year old male at the age of 21, I'm 6ft tall. I've been eating 1700 calories per day whilst practically every calorie calculator online states that to even maintain my body-weight I would require the very minimum of 1900kcal daily, and this is when I underestimate my activity levels on the websites. I…
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Weight Gain During Insanity
I am 5 ft 4 inches. In February I started running 2-6 miles daily pushing a double jogger and doing pull ups. I aimed for a 9-10 minute mile pace. I went from 140 to 123 by the end of July. For breakfast I have 1/4 cup of soy with a scoop of protien powder and coffee. Lunch I have a greek yogurt and something high in…
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Protein Advice
Hi everyone! I'm hoping someone can help me with a recent diet change. About a month or two ago I switched my macros from the MFP standard (50/30/20) to 40/30/30, after finding that I was often hungry and lacking energy at work. I thought upping the protein might help. I work at a kennel, my job is to take dogs to and from…
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So much food at work!
During meetings this week there were bowls of mini-candy bars, bowls of jelly beans, three kinds of popcorn, individual bags of chips, and maple bars. The candy bars, jelly beans, and popcorn were all on the table right in front of us during the meeting. I wish people didn't do that. I didn't eat any of it but boy did it…
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Increasing calories without gaining weight
I’m currently eating in the 1,600 range a day I wanna up the calories to 2000 I weigh 118 at 5.6 and want to stay that weight is there a way to slowly up the calories so I maintain and don’t gain? I would say I’m pretty active I dance everyday and except on Sundays average at 6k to 10k Steps.
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Weight Creeping Back
Hi my friends, Well, after getting to goal weight 130 back in 2014, I’m back up 5-7 pounds. Here’s my challenge: I am caregiving across 4 households and not focusing on my food intake the way I need to. Thinking of taking my food with me in one of those insulated lunch bags and looking for ideas from you guys. Trying to be…
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Goal with 5 days to the wedding 😱
I hit Goal today. Not sure I’ve finished yet though. The next 2 weeks I’m eating at 0.5lb deficit and enjoy my wedding and honeymoon. When I return I think I may aim for another 6lbs at a 0.5lb rate and focus on building muscle in a recomp. I think I’ll just see how this weight looks and feels as the excess skin shrinks…
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Observation From 30,000 Feet
Not really a discussion per se, but more an interesting observation. I recently visited a functional medicine practice. My hope was to review my medical history and nutrition for the purpose of disease prevention. On the first visit, we talked for 90 minutes and did blood work. I was referred for another test called a…
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Weekly fluctuations (cause is obvious)
It’s summer, people! I eat, drink, and exercise a lot on the weekends. Monday morning I’m up by a few pounds. I eat less, avoid drinking, and still exercise during the week and it comes back off. Then Friday comes again...
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Cut wine, gained weight
I love my glass of wine each night, but noticed it was more like 2-3 (8 oz-12oz), plus I've been reading a lot about it really not being healthy for women, so 5 weeks ago, I cut it out. The good news was that as a mfp maintainer I could replace this with food calories. Well, I just stepped on the scale this morning and I…
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protein
I'm 155cm nd weigh 55.5 kg how much protein fat nd carb should I be having to maintain the weight but to leaner nd not to bully. thnx