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Frequent Steriod Injections & Carb Craving Keeps me Gaining
Had cervical epidural injections today, 4th steroid injection in 5 weeks! Nurse said peeps typically gain between 5-10 lbs each procedure but guess I'm lucky. Only gained 12lbs in 5 weeks but am angry 'cause I couldn't maintain weight even staying w/in daily cals & exercising w/trainer 5-6x weekly! You wake famished &…
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Maintaining weight but eating too many "bad" carbs
I have been maintaining my weight for 2.5 years. It has been relatively easy, and healthy eating is just a natural for me. However, for the past few weeks, I have set up my carb craving again ... I totally am addicted. When they talk about that carb addiction, my name is right there in the definition! I am maintaining my…
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Pregnancy settings
I am currently pregnant with my second child, I used my fitness pal to get myself down to my goal weight just in time for our beach vacation and unexpectedly getting pregnant again. So I am 22 weeks pregnant and I have gained 13 pounds. I had a rough first trimester and all my baby wanted to eat was carbs, so now my energy…
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Lose belly fat, but maintain weight
I am skinny, but I have some belly fat. I am wondering how I could lose the belly fat and maintain my weight. I have already started to make changes to my eating such as incorporating more veggies, lean meat, and whole grains, as well as doing more aerobic exercises and an workouts. To lose belly fat would I have to cut…
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Gaining weight during recomp
Hi guys, I started a recomp after realizing I was skinny fat and so far I think it's going pretty good. However, since I had the completely wrong mindset for weight loss previously, the scale going up really scares me. I know the most obvious reason is that muscle weighs more than fat, but I can't help worrying that I'm Or…
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Body Recomp fail
After reaching my goal weight a year ago, I started body recomp. My current body fat percentage is around 28% and I have quite a bit of visible body fat (especially on my underarms and belly). Anyway, I started recomp, coming here for advice. On rest days I aim for 1,350 calories and on days when I hit the gym (which is 3…
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Getting enough calories
Hi All. I'm Male in my mid thirties and I'm pretty active, I climb 2-3 times per week, do lots of hiking, scrambling mountaineering ect. I weigh around 56-58 kg, I have always been the same weight since bout 18 years old, it doesn't seem to matter how much or little I eat! I have an incredibly variable appetite, sometimes…
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Maintenance Fitness Program
As part of my weight loss efforts, I did a massive amount of walking and then progressed to running--typically 10 miles a day paired with 3x per week lifting. I want to dial it back and was hoping for some input. I'm limited to the great outdoors, a well-stocked home gym and 60 minutes a day. My thought is: Tues/Thur/Sat -…
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When you get to your goal weight
when you get to your goal weight will you still have to eat at a low calorie deficit or will that go up to maintain your weight?
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Friend and family support for maintaining weight lacking
Does anyone else find there is much less support out there for those trying to maintain their weight? There seems to be a lot of support for those trying to lose, even to the point that many fitness and nutrition apps and services don't even seem to consider that your goal may not be to lose weight. Even my friends and…
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Fitbit Maitenance
I got a Fitbit for Christmas and I was wondering if anyone else uses to maintain. I set it an inch lower that I am to make it more accurate.
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Lost the weight I intended to, but can't seem to rid this belly fat. Please Help
Since I've been follwing the diet plan for me I've successfully lost the weight along with exercising and weight lifting, but my belly fat is driving me crazy. Can some one give me some advice????
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6 1/2 weeks Maintaining a Healthy Pregnancy
Looking for Moms to be to help stay accountable and motivated. Pregnant with my third. I was horrible eating and working out wise with my first, I did amazing with my second, currently fighting to find the energy with my third!
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What do you like about maintenance?
Let's get some positive mojo going about maintenance! What has gone well for you? What do you like about it? Any pleasant surprises? I'm pretty new to maintenance and I love that my body is still changing, my clothes are still getting looser, even though my weight is the same.
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Maintaining
Do you always continue to regularly log everything you each once you've reached your goal, or do you lapse somewhat? I'm unsure if to continue logging now that I've reached my goal.
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I lost weight drastically - how do I maintain now?
So basically I lost about 45 pounds by eating 600 - 900 calories a day for almost 5 months, exercised for an hour a day (burning about 300 calories), and by taking diet pills the last month. I'm 5'6 and 120 pounds now, so I've finally reached my goal weight. And I know I did it in the dumbest way possible, and I've always…
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Is it okay to go over your calorie goal for a day?
I started last September 2016 and weighed 264...I did start with 1200 to 1250 calorie intake a day instead of my actual goal which at first it's really hard and most of my friends said I was too crazy to start with it and I should do it slowly...I told them that I can do it and I'll show it to them and I did I stick to it…
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My daughter scoffed at...
my 125 lb goal weight. I'm 5'4" 50 and I have 75 lbs to still lose. She seemed to indicate that my goal weight was way too low for me. It's in the middle of the bmi chart and I haven't weighed that since I was in my early 30s. She thinks at my age I would have trouble getting down that low and suggested I set it closer to…
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Maintenance...the Struggle
I'm in maintenance mode but am really struggling with accepting this weight. I have a strong desire to lose more despite the fact that I know it would be unhealthy. Has anyone every had a similar issue? I feel like diet and weight loss (after baby) have become such a part of my identity I can't remember what it was like to…
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Let's talk about your strategy for remaining in maintenance this Christmas?
What is your plan to remain same weight on 1st of January as you are now?
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Struggling
I looked back over last year's weight logins probably to up my motivation..and I see how much I'm struggling on this journey. I reached my goal last March and immediately fought the 5 lb gain as I upped my calories to the half pound a week loss setting. I've added three pounds to that and I'm working steadily to get those…
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Recomp while still having fat?
I am 36/Male/6'5", current weight is 218. I am currently 8 pounds overweight, but I have fat that I want to get rid of, but I don't really want to lose any more weight. My lowest weight was 179 and I looked too thin but still had some fat. Would it be possible to maintain my weight (or lose/gain) while doing a recomp, lose…
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How to calculate maintenance calorie target at goal weight
I see a lot of people suggesting eating at maintenance for goal weight as a way to lose slowly and consistently and not have an adjustment to make at maintenance. How do you do this using MFP? Or do you need calculators from another website? My recommended maintenance at 124 lbs was 1510/day (my weight is up 5 lbs…
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Start maintaining? Your inputs are highly appreciated.
Good afternoon, It's my first time posting in this forum, so please pardon me of any misconception. Thanks to MFP, I have been losing 50 pounds since March 27th this year. My initial weight loss goal was 165 pounds (with 1,500 kcal alloted), achieved in mid-August. Then I revised my weight loss goal to 150 pounds in…
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Maintaining Weight while becoming lean
Hey!! Happy holidays everyone! I would like to maintain my weight of 128lbs while leaning out and keeping my lady curves. Could someone tell me what is the best solution? I'm new to this! I'm very active. I'm in the gym and I have a job where I walk around a lot. Thanks!
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Quick TDEE Question
When eating at maintenance using the TDEE calorie goal (mine is about 2000), do you ever eat back any exercise calories? I manually log calories over 500 active (as reported by my Apple Watch) into MFP. I've never had less than 500 active calories in a day. I'm assuming there are about 500 calories baked into the formula…
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How many calories do i need to be eating to maintain weight ?
Im finding it impossible to maintain my weight with how active i am can anyone give me a few tips ?
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How did you know...
How did you, personally, know when it was time to stop weight loss and transition to maintenance (for those of you who took that path). Was it an aesthetic being reached or a number or a fitness goal or what? I've been contemplating whether to lose 10 more pounds or to just stay and maintain. I was shooting for a flat…
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Is it risky to "unofficially" jump into maintenance for awhile?
So... I'm within a half pound of my initial goal weight (in my lowest weigh-ins) but I have modified my goal slightly so that that will be the middle or top of my desired maintance range, so I'm considering myself not quite there yet. Now, as we all know, this week is Christmas. I've done well sticking to my deficit (its…
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Dealing with others comments
How do you deal with people saying you are too thin? I am perfectly happy and have a healthy BMI but seem to be getting this quite recently especially from people I haven't seen for a while (like my Dad who ironically I hadn't seen for so long the last time I saw him he said I was too heavy) and I try just joking it off or…