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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…
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Maintenance calories and techniques
Hi all, So I am quite intregued by people's maintannce calories and techniques (how do you split the day, how often do you exercise, what exercise etc.) And think we can all learn off each other and positively help one another (I really need the help to get off my exercise then binge cycle, its taken the joy out of losing…
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Personal Question - Plastic Surgery
I might be really out of line here to ask such a personal question so feel free to not respond if you don't want to share but I'm considering a skin surgery/tummy tuck after a loss of 90+ pounds. I can't make up my mind if it is just vanity particularly at my age - I'm 60. I suffer from yeast infection in the folds of…
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I hate my body
I hate my body
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BMR?
Maybe a silly question, but trying to make sure I'm in the right zone calorie wise still. My BMR is 1898 according to Boditrax scan so to maintain weight and build a little muscle I should be eating around the 1900-2000 mark each day? I eat into about 10%-20% cals at the moment. Just hoping for bit of reassurance someone…
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Is it time for recomp?
Okay, help me decide if it's time for me to begin a recomp, or if I need to lose more weight first. Here are my stats: 5'10", 147lbs (I have a small frame though, for example my wrists are 5.5"), 34/26/38. As you can see from that, I carry my weight more in my lower body. My scales say I'm 26% body fat, but as well as…
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Recomp vs Bulk and Cut
After about a 6 month break due to school, today I am finally getting to start back at the gym. I'm at the point where I am at my goal weight but still have fat to burn and muscle to gain. I've never really done a "bulk and cut" or a recomp before, so I was wondering if anyone had any advice on which would be more…
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focusing on lifting - increased appetite?
I find myself very hungry recently. I moved from 2 full body sessions per week (plus other activities as yoga, swimming) to upper body push, lower body, upper body pull, day off, repeat. Any tips? On my 3rd day of lifting I am soo hungry, I am thinking of changing to 2 days lift, one rest, two lift to deal with it little…
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Competition weight
Any Olympic lifters on here who are aiming to maintain their competition weight? I'm in the 69kg category. Currently at about 66kg so I have a bit of give before my competition on 11 Feb. Wondering how others manage their intake in order to maintain strength and stamina in the last couple of weeks of hard training without…
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Am I not eating enough?
I thought I had all my calories and macros figured out perfectly for my recomp, but the other day I posted something and a few people commented that my maintenance calories seemed low. I eat 1600 on days I do strength training and 1400 on days I don't. I'm 5 foot 4 and weigh 125. I just did a tdee calculator online…
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Maintain
Hey everyone so I've already lost my weight and I'm just maintaining now, I need some friends in similar situations. Add me if interested :)
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Activity Level?
Hi! I've been using myfitnesspal for a little over a year to accurately maintain my weight. My dilemma is this: When I started out I was about 122 at 5 foot 7 inches. I felt really confident in my appearance and was consistently in that range, up and down a couple lbs. I'm now working a job at a small vitamin store about 5…