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PCOS Carb Range for Maintenance?
After a long weight battle my weight and cycle have finally become normal after LOTS of tests to determine PCOS with insulin resistance. I have lost 45 pounds through calorie counting and carb counting (100-120 grams per day) and had my cycle go from 45 days to 28 and acne all but clear up. Feels great to finally feel…
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How long does water weight last?
I know there won't be a specific answer to this question so just a general idea would be good. Over the weekend I went on a food tour of NYC and ate a lot more than usual. Sunday I went to soul cycle and I've been eating pretty clean since, but today I measured up two pounds from my maintenance weight. I know two pounds…
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Any advice appreciated
So I am not yet in maintenance, but am about 25-35 pounds away right now. I have so far lost about 130 pounds since September 2015, and lost pretty steadily until about October/November of last year. I am trying my best to maintain as much muscle as I can while still losing, with heavy, progressive lifting. I do a variety…
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Food as medicine
A thought for the day; think of your food as medicine or medicine may become your food!
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I just want to write down my goals
One very interesting thing that I have seen here has been monthly resolutions which I think are fascinating. I only did the new year's resolutions. Here there are: 1. Do excersise the 7 days of the first week of Jan - check 2. Do at least 20 min cardio 5 days in a week- I am doing a lot more. I thougth I was not capable. I…
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The reality of maintenance...
Does anyone else notice that maintenance isn't much different than losing weight other than a few hundred more calories? (That means I can have a large scoop of ice cream lol) Maybe I don't really notice a big difference because I never went too low on my cals when I was losing weight? It's kinda sad, but a reality check…
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Eat healthy,stay healthy
Eat healthy food
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Recomp questions
Okay, so I'm still battling psychologically the maintenance/recomp process, and could use some reassurance/feedback. I think my main problem is, I've always either been on a diet or a total eating free for all - I've never successfully maintained my weight before (I don't think I've stayed the same weight for more than a…
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Yogis and Fitness
Hello Any yogis out there who is similar like me? I practice yoga daily at the yoga club and home. The reason I create MyFitnessPal is to keep track of my eating habits and at the same time meeting new friends who are into yoga and fitness:) I thought it would be good to have friends different parts of the world that can…
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Is 1700 too many calories?
I'm 18, 5'6 and weigh 130 lbs. I've been eating 1700 calories on average daily, and run daily or go to the gym for a spin class, 5 days a week. Is this too many calories? Some days I eat 1300 and other days I got crazy and eat like 2400... I'm worried cause last time I exercised and ate 1700 on average over the holidays I…
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Recomp...how did you decide if you were ready?
So I am working my behind off in the gym at the moment...sometimes doing double visits per day (yes probably too much exercise). Also eating at a large defecit and not seeing results as much as I want to. According to my Fitbit scales Weight is 9 stone 3 (130 lbs) Height 5ft 4 Body fat 22-23% I generally consume about 1500…
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Motivation
I often can't keep to a diet and have that "oh go on then I'll binge" attitude, anyone know any tricks to make yourself stick to a diet? I seriously lack self control when it comes to food :#
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5 more pounds to lose before maintenance...
Hi everyone, I have been using MFP now since about February-March. I started at 192 pounds (20 of which I had gained in about 5 short months due to college). Now, I weigh 145. My goal is 140 and then I want to start maintenance. Currently, I am having a VERY difficult time losing my last 5 pounds. I eat 1200 calories a…
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Garmin and TDEE problems
Im curious to know if anybody else has run into this problem. I had a Fitbit charge HR for about 3 months. Due to the rubber separating from the band my boyfriend bought me the Garmin Vivosmart HR for Christmas. (Now I know that fitness bands can't be solely relied upon for results but I'd like to think the Fitbit has…
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Has anyone lost on one diet and maintained...
on another? I suspect that successful maintainers eat exactly how they ate when losing only a few 100 more calories. Am I correct?
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Worried that my diet is starting to affect my health
Hey you guys, bit of a special case here. I'm a 35 year old woman and a wheelchair user. I got disabled 10 years ago and the pounds started piling on. This made me incredibly miserable and after a long search I found something that worked: My Fitness Pal at 1200 cals per day. I ate like that for a whole year and finally…
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Need a second opinion on my diet. Trying to lose fat and gain muscle. 27 yo Female.
I've been doing some research online, and started a diet based on a few facts I learned. On training day, I get 255g. of protein, 255 g. of carbs, and just 40g. of fat... Easy peasy. I am chugging water like mad. I seem to have lost 1 pound in five days, which I'm okay with. I'm doing strenuous weight lifting. After…
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Maintainance Bar
Hi I am new to maintainance. My goal weight is 70kg. So should I realistically go to 68kg and have the bar at 70kg? Because it seems that since reaching 70kg I am consistently between half to one and a half kgs above 70kg. Thanks.
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Help me switch from yo-yo dieting to maintainance
I am in my 30s, 5'4", F and do 5 hours+ moderate intensity exercise a week. I have been losing and gaining weight (with swings of 5-15 kg ~ 0.5-2.5 stone) since I first left home over 10 years ago. I know how to lose weight (eat 1500 calories a day). I even know how to eat healthily. Regardless of whether I am gaining, or…
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Added synced calories.
Umm... Hi, guys. My fitbit is synced with myfitnesspal app and syncs continuously throughout the day. It add extra calorie allowance to my intake and as I'm sure most of you do... Capitalize on it! But... My weight always goes up a pound or two, the next day? Is this just sheer gross weight of food I'm still digesting, or,…
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Eating at maintenance - Beginner working out
Hello, I started a strength training program one month ago. Prior to this I haven't really done much weight training. So the thing is, while I started the program I was at 20% body fat and I followed a diet which was at a slight deficit ( a 100-200 cal deficit). I wanted to develop muscle too but I didn't want to put on…
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Macro Check Please
19, 5'8, 135 lbs Lifting 4/5 (trying to get the 5th ses in isn't hard so I'm normally doing 5) a week. I'm walking around campus a good part of my day so I would say I'm lightly active. Doing cardio 1 time a week. I want to gain muscle but I'm okay with doing it slowly so I don't gain as much fat. My macros are : 250 c 125…
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24 weeks Pregnant
Hello also pregnant and not trying to gain anymore just maintain. I'm 5'6 177lbs when I found out I was pregnant and now 186 at 24 weeks. Doctor said to only gain 10-15 pounds. Just started to eat healthy. Cravings are so bad with this pregnancy. Waiting on my treadmill to come in so I can at least walk more
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When should I start preparing for Maintenance?
Hi guys, I am about 6lbs away from reaching my goal weight and wanted to start planning what happens when I reach this number on the scale... I have read a lot of the posts in the Maintenance section and realise that it is not a one-for-all calorie intake figure and that it can take time to figure out your own Maintenance…
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Looking for Friends: Maintaining Weight while Pregnant
I am 13 weeks pregnant and I'd like to maintain my weight (or gain in the 11-20lb range) during this pregnancy. I started this pregnancy just barely obese (BMI 30.2) and my OB has suggested the 11-20lb gain, but also has stated that she'd prefer that I gain as little as possible. She said it would be healthy and okay for…
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Switching from NEAT method to TDEE - looking for tips
I've long done the NEAT method and eaten back all exercise calories. Dropped as much as 90lbs doing so and have stayed around maintenance for over 2.5yrs. I currently at the top end of maintenance range from the holidays and looking to shave off about 5lbs gearing up for running season. Thinking of going to TDEE instead of…
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Calories/too little then too much? Not happy with the way my body looks..
First of all, I'm an probably going to sound all over the place and confused and that's because I am due to reading way too many articals that are all over the place about this subject!
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Lost 100lbs.. need maintenance friends!
I lost 100 lbs this year and I'm new to maintenance. I'd love some new friends for mutual support. Add me! :)
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Specific recomp question
Hi guys, I posted a kind of similar post to this about my ski trip. Basically I'm doing a recomp and eat more on strength days and less on rest or cardio days. If I go to pure barre tomorrow, would that be a strength day? Or is it not like strenuous enough? I hope I'm not being too nit picky I just don't wanna mess up
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New to maintenance
I've lost about 50 pounds over the past year, and am happy with my weight where it is now. I look good, I'm stronger than I've been in my life, and all of my aches and pains have gone away now that I'm working out regularly! Here's my question: I've just changed my MFP settings to maintenance, and it's increased my daily…