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What’s your New Years Resolution?
For those of you new to Maintenance, your New Years goal for 2017 was likely “to lose x lbs”. Now that you’ve accomplished your goal (assumption since you’re in Maintenance now), what’s your fitness/health goal for 2018? Aside from maintaining of course! Mine are: To compete in no less than one racing event every quarter…
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Skipping gym?
I'm curious.. if I take a break from the gym for a while. Max is a month. Will I become fat again? I say again because I've lost so much weight and I'm scared of gaining any kind of fat. Do any of you maintain without ever exercising? I'm not gonna be sitting around all day.. I have work and school. I'm just swamped with…
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Finding Maintenance difficult.
I was just wondering if anyone else finds maintaining so difficult? I started off weighing 276 pounds and am now weighing 162 pounds. So i am happy where i am. I may even have lost a little too much. But i am ok with where i am... Losing the weight was pretty easy once i got my mind right and knew what i had to do. But i…
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BMI
Morning All, Is there anywhere on MFP to record and track my BMI ? Thanks
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Back from vacation - back on track
One week later and stepped on the scale: Up three pounds. Okay, no big deal, right? Now, I'm out of my maintenance range and have set MFP to lose 1lb a week for a time till I'm back in range. Tonight we have a festive dinner at a favorite restaurant, but I've preplanned what I'll be eating: 3 oz of steak, green beans, and…
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Scared of losing
I am a 27year old female who weight 267 and I am really wanting to lose weight and actually do it I always get side track and quit my now I’m ready for new year to start something off right but I am so terrified of losing weight(goal ultimately is 150-170lbs) but I don’t want lose skin I don’t have great insurance and I am…
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Disappointed in my new IWatch
I have been an avid Fitbit user for a few years now. My husband just bought me an iwatch3. I have collaborated my steps, updated my health app correctly and my total daily cals seem low to me. I have maintained my weight for years eating 2,200 to 2,400 a day depending on exercise. I usually get11,000 steps a day outside of…
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Do I need to cut or bulk?
Not sure exactly where to ask this, but here goes... Most people swear by cutting and bulking when trying to lose fat and add muscle, so if I maintain my current weight and exercise (weight train mostly) will it help that much or is it a lot more efficient to do cut and bulk cycles. Basically I don't mind exercising and…
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App says I need 1930 cals per day?!!
I workout 3 times a week and my job is pretty active so I set the profile to “active” my age is 25 and I am 5ft2 and female. I weigh 8st. I am building muscle. The app says I need 1930 a day. I used to eat 1600 a day before I upped my regime.1930 just sounds like too much?!! Alll websites say to eat between 170”-1930 but…
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Some insight please!
I am new to healthy eating and working out for about 2 months now. I am 30 years old about 135lb give or take and 5'6 tall. I want to be at 125lbs, but I want to lose weight and gain muscle. I can't figure out the formula to do this. How many calories should I be eating a day to obtain this, how much cardio should I…
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Medi Weightloss
So I’m approaching my 10th week in my medi weightloss program and i am 5 lbs away from my goal. But, i want to continue to lose more and i am scared that if i start working out i will put on weight ( muscle) what type of work outs should i start with?
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Recomp fail...
So I’ve determined that my body type is not meant to gain muscle easily... or even with difficulty. I tried doing Strong Curves and I ended up hurting myself. My PT told me I have hypermobile ligaments, plus I have never been a muscular person, even in high school on the tennis team. Is it reasonable to say, I can’t…
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What to do when very few calories are left for dinner?
Some days, after I log in breakfast and lunch, there are 200 calories left for dinner. How do you manage that?
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Weight fluctuation, what is "Normal?"
So... I'm about 3lbs away from my goal. I've lost about 35 lbs since mid August. When I hit my goal, what amount of weight change from day to day should I expect?
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I have met my goal, but...
I would like to continue to use this site (which is fantastic btw) and teach myself to maintain. Over my life time I have lost and gained the weight and this last time I took off 35 pounds and am very happy where I am. How can I use this amazing site to maintain? Any tips?
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Finally can say I belong here and it feels so good!
The last few days I've been at the top of my BMI range which is what I've chosen for goal. I've added about 100 or so calories per day and am just going to monitor my weight. I'm between sizes so I'm pretty much purging my wardrobe of the upper size, I think I'll probably have to go down a bit more. It's been a long…
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Successful mom trip! (Binge eating and maintenance)
My mom visited for ten days and I didn’t experience a true binge! I did not gain weight, either. This is surprising bc, I love my mom, but she causes me stress. I also live in the south and all we do is eat when she’s here. Did I mention she’s a pastry chef? It’s also the week before my period. My holiday plan was to…
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I am finally ready for maintenance but I have no idea how to start!
It's been a long, hard 9 month journey and I've said goodbye to 64.6 pounds. I just bought my very first pair of size 5/6 jeans. I nearly cried. I'd be delighted to loose maybe just a few more pounds but I am extremely happy with where I'm at in my journey. So now what? How do I even start maintaining? Do I simply keep…
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The scale determines my mood !
Hi everyone So , Basically I used to weigh in everyday and if I am no happy with the numbers shown , I'd just be moody all day and eat even more as I feel like giving up. Now , I am still eating within my fitbit calories but i ditched the scale for a month. I feel sooo much more relaxed and can control what I eat . The…
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Where do I go from here?
Warning: Stream-of-consciousness post. Background: 5'11". Scrawny most of my life, and then skinny-fat (177) until decided to do something about it in 7/2011 (coincidentally when I turned 40). Dieted down to 153ish and was back to just being scrawny. Then a few years of winter bulking and summer cutting and attained…
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Temporary Maintenance Thread!
I've been lurking around these parts for a while, being envious and admiring of the fine folks who've hit their goals or found a happy spot or are just taking a breather. And then last night, I set my account to maintenance for the first time - so many calories! Alas, it's only temporary - I still have about 30 lbs to go…
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All or nothing?
Do any of you guys are also all or nothing person? Like a thin slice of cake wouldn't satisfy me so i don't eat it at all. I don't want to eat the entire cake ofc (I never binged in my life) but thought of not being able to eat more than x amount makes me not to eat that food completely. This usually happens with desserts…
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Maintainers weekly Check-in December 2017
Hey there maintenance friends old and new!!! This thread is a continuation from the previous month. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability or support. It's the last month of the year and it could be the best. Name: Age: Height: Total Weight lost: Time it took to lose: How long in…
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Weekly calories
Does going by weekly calories work with managing weight? Like if you go over one day, balance it a bit the next day.
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Is this recomping?
I reached my GW of 135 in March of this year and started doing resistance training at that time. I am hovering around 137-139 currently and my measurements are about the same. Is it safe to say those extra pounds are muscular? I am having such a hard time accepting the weight increase as a sign of success, and at the same…
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Help with Maintenance weight
Yesterday I decided I was happy with my progress and would finally go to eating at Maintenance, after about 4 or 5 months eating at a deficit of between 1300 - 1400, the jump to 1700 seemed pretty high. I know that seems about right to maintain because I’ve consistently been losing weight with the amount of calories I’ve…
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Tracking the binge!
I've been logging through the holidays (with some "quick add" guesses for big meals) and I know very well that I've been overeating. I've also had several fine craft beers. Good stuff, urp! Oh man! I'll need to compensate with a few weeks of cutting. That's going to suck! Anyone else tracking the binge?
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Running question
Hi there fellow runners. Ive been running for almost a year. I do a 5k a day, I am participating in my first 5k in September and I would love to eventually to half a marathon but I was wondering when runners run for a long time do you ever stop for a breather ? I can go 45 minutes straight but cant seem to go longer…
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Holiday Work Schedule + Food Intake + Exercise = BUST!
First of all, I think I am the only person reading these blog/discussion posts, which is fine because it holds me accountable. I am really struggling. I work for a company that right now is having its "peak period" with Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas, and New Years sales going on. I switched shifts from my normal 10…
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Vacation planning
This is a totally first world problem, but we travel so frequently, I need a better plan for when we are out of town. I’m usually a breakfast skipper, and then eat my meals from 12pm - 10pm, but when we are traveling I often eat breakfast with everyone else and go over on calories. Of course, kids need to eat frequently,…