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I think I'm recomping...
I lost weight this past year-from 137-114 at my lowest. I'm 47 & 5'2". My maintenance target was 116 & fluctuated from 114-119. I was very lean, prolly under 20% body fat. Then I went on vacation & ate all the carbs. I gained some fat back & now my weight is 120. It feels comfortable to me. I do a little cardio & mostly…
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Is it possible for me to maintain?
Okay so I made a grave mistake(maybe) I am new to the fitness community to excuse me if I sound ridiculous haha.So I was kind of desperate to loose weight.I ran on the treadmill with 2 incline on 9mph for an hour everyday sometimes when I'm in the mood I'll even do more (20mins extra) etc and I was eating healthily.Note…
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Body recomp & Macro ratios
Hi All, I am wondering what a good macro ratio would be for me -- I've been reading and researching on the internet and there are so many differing perspectives! I'm hopelessly lost. A little bit about my goals and current lifestyle/nutrition habits: 5'10" and 139lbs, size 4/6 jean Not looking to lose weight, focused on…
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Eating enough calories on maintenance
Hi! I reached my goal weight last week and went into maintenance--yea! During the weight loss period, my goal was 1,200 cals a day, which I found a good amount of food. I didn't really feel hungry between meals when restricting to 1200. MFP calculated my maintenance cals to be 1,600 and I'm struggling to meet it each day,…
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Have you taken your body weight scale or food scale with you when traveling?
Hi--I'm just curious how many people here have done this (or would)? I have been losing weight for 3 months, and I've skipped weighing in for two days at a time here and there. But soon I'll be going out of town (visiting family, not a true vacation) for about 10 or 12 days, and I feel like I'd like to at least have my…
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Body recomp - is it working ? (2 month progress pics)
Hey everyone, While this is my first post, I've been an avid lurker in the MFP community. Because of summer (yay no class!) I've had more time to focus on me, and that includes my fitness and diet. I've added more protein to my diet along with lifting heavy 5-6 days a week with 30 minutes of cardio. My overall goal is to…
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Maintaining Weight during the winter
m have been doing my 2 walks everyday one in the morning for an hour and one in the afternoon, but when it starts to get colder won't be able to do it everyday. Is it hard to maintain weight. I can't do much due to medication
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Sick of trying to lose the last 8 lbs, hello maintenance!
So I'm totally over trying to lose my last few pounds. I've been "dieting" and calorie counting since high school. I turn 30 on Thursday. I have been playing with maintenance and I think I'm ready to just stick it out and do a recomp. I don't believe in "set" weights really, but I've been around 128 for most of my adult…
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Diabetes
Is anyone living with diabetes and trying to maintain their current weight? Cutting back on the amount of carbs at one setting but still trying to find enough calories. As I am new to this, I am looking for people that are dealing with checking the blood glucose and finding different ways to eat. Maybe there is another…
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fitbit exercise calories and activity level settings
I just started maintenance and am using a fitbit synced to fitness pal to calculate my calories in vs out. I noticed the fitbit adding exercise calories for day to day running around activities as well as exercise. Should I change my fitness profile settings on fitness pal to sedentary even though I'm active so not to…
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Starting to understand
I am finally starting to understand my body and food intake, to work for me to loose this weight and not keep bouncing around with my weight as it has for such a long time. I love this app I really have started to understand how it works and it keeps you truthful lol .
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Plateau
I am not exaggerating about it, I have hit a plateau. In 7 weeks I have lost at my lowest a pound and half and on average pretty much staying around the same numbers. I have tried changing things here and there and nothing works. I hit this plateau just as I reached my original weight loss goal. I wanted to lose another 5…
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Scared of Maintenance!
Hi everyone. So, after getting on the scale today and losing yet another pound, I've decided it's time for maintenance. I am almost 53, female, 5'7" and currently teetering between 139 and 140. I started MFP in September at 156 with a goal of 142 lbs. At first I was not exercising at all and was set to sedentary (I'm a…
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weight maintain
I am 23 my height is 5'5" n my weight is 57.
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I don't know how to maintain...
I have hit my goal weight (at least I'm at a weight I'm finally happy with) and now I want to maintain. The thing is (no judgement please!!), I don't know how. I know it sounds silly, but I have never really maintained a happy weight before. I usually hit my goal and end up back where I began over a period of time and then…
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Tips for weight maintenance
I know how many of you, including me , find it more difficult to maintain the weight you lost than actually losing the excess weight. However , once you get the hang of it, it gets sooo much easier ! So I just thought to give you some tips ( i am no expert and these are just things that work for me ) 1.RELAX. I think this…
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Less than a pound till my "goal"
When you got to your goal weight, did you immediately move into a maintenance pattern (even if it's gradually, I've read on here that a lot of people add calories little by little), or did you lose a little "extra" just in case? I've been so excited to get to my goal weight because, yay, a bit more food, but now that I'm…
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Have you found your maintenance calorie goal to be higher than the calculators?
Have any of you found that your maintenance calories have turned out to be higher than you expected and higher than what the calculators give you? I have my fitbit synced to mfp and I try to eat back all of my adjustment. I do like the idea of eating more on days I am more active so I like using the mfp method of a daily…
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Mindful Eating in Maintenance
I've been trying to practice more mindful eating in maintenance. I still weigh, measure and log -- but I'm trying to better understand my hunger and satiety cues. While I was losing, it was my tactic to eat a meal or snack at 8,10, 12, 2, 4 and 7, hungry or not. I tried to avoid getting hungry. This weekend, I decided to…
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Whats your GOAL or current weight range?
5'4 165-167lbs
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Maintaining/body recomp while intuitively eating?
Has anyone had success maintaining their weight and not logging a thing? I spoke with a lady that has been doing so by just weighing herself every other day. If she weighs too much more, she eats less the following days. If she weighs less, she'll do the opposite. It seems to be working for her in body recomposition. As…
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MANUALLY calculating my own TDEE help please
Ok math people please help me out. How do I manually figure out my tdee maintenance calories? I don't want to use online calculators because I believe my own personal logging data will be more accurate. I've calculated that I've lost on average .58lbs each week for the last 6 weeks. I dont really know what my deficit is if…
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Insanity Max 30 for recomp?
I'm at my goal weight (most days). I plan to keep up the deficit until I lose another pound or two just for a little safety net. I've lost my weight (22 lbs) by calorie counting and alternating between weight lifting and running, 5-6 days a week. Maybe it's the holidays (being so busy, so many treats around) or maybe it's…
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Big belly and chicken arms
I'm at my ideal weight but just a weird shape I guess. I look pregnant after every meal
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recomp macro question
currently 135lbs, 5'8. eaten 160c,135p, 45f. I'm wanting to make some gains while keeping fat off. for recomp does this sounds okay: calories- 1925 carbs- 215 protien- 140 fat- 50 I'm not sure if those carbs are too high or even right.
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Thinking Ahead: Anyone around 5'4" around 115-135 how many calories do you eat to maintain?
If you would share your weight, activity level and maintenance with me it would really be helpful. I am planning ahead trying to decide what my ultimate goal might be. I want to make sure I start early eating somewhat near where I will end up.
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Hungrier as you raise calories? Is it a thing?
I'm hungrier as I raise calories to maintenance level. I'm about 50 calories up from what I was doing most days and sometimes 100. I'm aiming for 1400, my mfp maintenance amount. Its making me so much hungrier. Seems impossible! Anybody else experienced MORE hunger as you moved into maintenance and increased calories?
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Am I gaining weight again slowly again?
Lately, I have noticed that my morning weights are becoming steady on the higher normal range. I'm not sure if I am slowly gaining my weight back but I have worked so hard to lose 20lbs on weight watchers. I got off of it for now three months using this app. However, I noticed that I do eat a little more freely than before…
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Eating more but weight not going up?
Please bear with me on this one, I am after genuine thoughts on what's happening here! Happy times, I reached my goal weight in July. Yes, the skinny jeans fit again, it was hard work but I felt like I'd really achieved something. Now it's getting colder I am eating more 'cause I'm hungry, logging on average 500cal more…
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When does the head catch up?
I managed to hit my goal weight and lost a few more. But when I look in the mirror I don't see what I see in pictures, so I'm having a hard time letting/making myself switch to maintenance calories. I've seen people mention that it takes a while for the head to catch up, just wondering how long it took others?